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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
3
In a bargain basement offer the 54 inch black overcoats of Kersey with satin lining are priced at 11.98 after a regular 15.00. Fine fancy worsted suits in latest patterns sell for 11.98, with prior price noted at 15.00. Also available are 68 pairs of men's worsted pants at a special sale price of 2.00, advertised as worn goods.
The Commercial Club meeting in Ames discussed an interurban franchise with action indefinitely postponed. Speakers urged tax exemption for the company and no cross-running constraints. Library funding and public building questions were raised, with a post office project and a hotel move between Ames and Nevada touched on before adjournment. The Hawkeye bowling visit from Des Moines to Ames on Thanksgiving drew interest as the locals expect a win.
Former Iowa residents now in Seattle form the Iowa Society of Washington to connect Iowans across the state. The group will hold meetings, publish registers of Iowa-born residents in Washington, and plan for Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition 1909. The exposition aims to showcase Alaska and Yukon resources with major funding expected from local and national sources. It will use 250 acres on the University of Washington campus with Olmsted landscaping. The society has 500 members and will form additional Iowa chapters in other cities.
A hobo rode the last car of a train, rode along the baggage car as it sped, and used a torpedo signal to slow a refrigerator train. He claimed a coast to coast itinerary and years of sleeping outdoors, making novelties for a living in cities from London to Ames.
A Nevada Journal write up claims a local incident as a college village mix up. The Ames city writer criticizes the piece, arguing the Nevada city has changed since the 1870s and suggests the journalist explore the countryside before publishing such statements.
A physician says the female pulse runs faster than the male from birth to death. Birth rates are 160 for girls and 150 for boys, falling to 110 and 100 by age four or five. Pulses average 95 and 90 for maidens and youths, 80 and 75 for adults, and 60 and 50 for elderly men and women, with very low pulses in old age.
Ames High School played Eagle Grove to a 6 to 6 tie after a hard afternoon in Eagle Grove. The heavier Eagle Grove squad pressed but the Ames boys showed staying power and kept the score level, making it their second draw of the season.
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