Hand Amputated After Husking Machine Accident
Don Sowers suffered a severe injury when his left hand was caught in a corn husking machine in the field. Surgeons in Nevada and Ames performed an emergency wrist amputation after the fingers and hand were mangled. Sowers, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sowers of the Nevada road, is a well known Ames resident and Mono Clan member.
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Don Sowers
Witsett
Pr. Bower
Nevada
Proctor
Ames
Sowers
C. W. Sowers
Nevada Road
Thanksgiving frontispiece and poem in Iowa Agriculturist
The Iowa Agriculturist features a frontispiece showing Miss Shirley Storm placing four roasted turkeys on a table photographed by Mr. Colburn. The page includes a poem on Thanksgiving by F W Beckman, reflecting rural gratitude and a farmer’s holiday feast with vivid sensory details.
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Miss Storm
Turkey
Iowa
Shirley Storm
Mr. Colburn
Maxwell Park Association Holds Annual Meeting
The Maxwell Park association held its annual meeting Monday afternoon. The financial condition was reported and future arrangements with the chautauqua association were left for final board approval. The old board members were reelected and a reorganization elected W J Semmons as president W B Niles as secretary Parley Sheldon as treasurer.
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Maxwell Park Association
The
Park Association
Chautauqua Association
Chautauqua
Chautaqua
Parley Sheldon
W. B. Niles
L. C. Tilden
Ben Edwards
H. F P. Woodruff
W. J. Semmons
W. P. George
Dr. W. B. Niles
Improvements at Gilbert For Mann Lumber plant upgrade
The Mann Lumber Co. builds a new shed at the Gilbert branch to provide extra space. Fred Davis leaves as manager on March 1 and C H Speers takes over. Speers plans a new residence and will move his family to Gilbert in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann Lumber Co
Gilbert
Fred Davis
C. H. Speers
Dr Jennie Ghrist Survives Blizzard Trip North
Dr Jennie Ghrist left Ames for Dakota and Montana last week and was caught in a blizzard at Dixon North Dakota. She traveled thirty four miles in bitter cold with temperatures around twenty below. After thawing out she likely found some unusual enjoyment in the ordeal.
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Ghrist
Jennie Ghrist
Ames
Dakota
Montana
Dixon
N. D
Mrs Clemmer Directs Bibi a Comedy of Toys
Ames aims to raise funds for a city band next summer. Business leaders support the plan as many towns host strong band concerts. Mrs U F Clemmer directs a home talent production of Bibi a Comedy of Toys to help finance the effort.
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aTrance Tcents
U.F. Clemmer
Fire Destroys Sam Bowers Home Near Story City
L C Tegland reports seeing a roof fire at the Sam Bower place north of Story City. The blaze gutted the house, furniture saved on the first floor, but the chimney and stove likely caused the flames. Mrs. Bowers and daughters evacuated to Will Bowers in Nevada as neighbors assisted.
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Tegland
Sam Bowers
IL O Tesland
Story City
Times Office
Mr. Tegland
Sam Bower
Unique Missionary Pageant Promises Global Spectacle at Church
A Congregational church exhibit titled a missionary spectacle will run Wednesday and Thursday with sessions from 2 to 6 and 7 to 10 30. Admission is 10 cents per session. Over 50 features require about 200 participants. Each session presents new acts and cultures with curios, melodies, orient displays, tableaux, inventions. Open to Ames and area, children under 12 attend free, church members urged to attend at least twice.
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Congregational Church
Ames
Mr M C McCluen Attends Guthrie Center Funeral
Mr M C McCluen of Gamble drug store and his wife traveled to Guthrie Center on Saturday to attend a relative’s funeral.
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M. C. McCluen
Gamble Drug Store
Guthrie Center
Busy Saturday in Justice Court Haverly Returns Verdicts
Three cases heard by Justice Haverly. Read on book account with counter claim pending advisement. Four dollars contested in Bullock v Wasser, verdict for plaintiff. Stultz v Johnson awarded rent and eviction. venue moved to Justice Morris Franklin township with plaintiff winning. follow up story not detailed.
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Justice Haverly
Stultz Vs. Johnson
Stultz
Johnson
Justice Morris
Franklin Township
Times
Ames Cedar Falls Debate Tomorrow
Ames debaters meet Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls for a forensic debate as a prelude to Saturday's football game. The Ames affirmative team Ray Bell Lloyd Burlingham Elmer Bass travels to Cedar Falls. negative Roscoe Pollock James Girton John Hill stay in Ames. Topic: whether Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of 1907 should be enacted in US law for labor dispute settlement.
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Cedar Falls
Ray A. Bell
C. Lloyd Burlingham
Elmer
Bass
Ames
Roscoe C. Pollock
James G. Watson
T. John Hill
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa
Lloyd Burlingham
Elmer A. Bass
James G. Girton
Agricultural Assembly
United States
Miss Smith Named Superintendent of Nurses in Des Moines
Miss Laura Smith, daughter of Mrs. A. B. Maxwell and formerly of Ames, has been appointed superintendent of nurses at the new General Hospital in Des Moines. She graduated ten months ago and is highly honored by this trust for one so young in the profession.
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Laura Smith
Ames Brland
A. B. Maxwell
New General Hospital
Des Moines
Kooker Improving After Rheumatism Treatment
Advices from Colfax this morning say E. M. Kooker, for rheumatism several weeks, is improving and expects to discard his crutches by Sunday next.
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Colfax
E. M. Kooker
Will Move to Ames Welch Avenue Home
Dr. J. P. Clyde new YMCA secretary for the college will relocate his family to Ames around December 1. They will occupy the Gatewood house on Welch avenue.
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Welch Avenue
J. P. Clyde
College
Ames
Gatewood House
Miss Regina Brennan Guest at Pi Beta Phi House
Miss Regina Brennan who graduated at I S C last June was the guest of Miss Blanch Hopkins at the Pi Beta Phi house over Sunday.
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Regina Brennan
Blanch Hopkins
Pi Beta Phi
Mrs Campbell Improves in Health at Hot Springs
Elizabeth Campbell reports improved health from Hot Springs Arkansas and plans to stay through spring to handle business she may return to Ames soon to oversee affairs.
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Elizabeth Campbell
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Ames
Office Move Shifts Cashier Desk at Kooser Grocery
An interior reorganization at J. B. Kooser grocery moves the office from the back of the store to the room’s middle. The relocation makes the cashier's desk more accessible from all sections of the floor.
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J. B. Kooser Grocery
White Way At Story City Elects Sixteen Lamps
Sixteen five light electroliers are being placed in position on the main street at Story City. The town that hasn't electroliers now is hardly ifs it.
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White Way
Story City
Miss Edith Buck Returns to Work at Tildens
Miss Edith Buck resumes duties in the alternation room at Tildens after several days at home due to illness.
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Edith Buck
Tildens
Workman Injured by Fall of Pipe in Rail Yard
Lester Burrell sustained abdominal impact and back pain when a heavy pipe dropped during unloading in railroad yards. He received medical examination from Dr. Bush and was later able to be up but remains stiff and unable to return to work for now. Burrell works for McCaulley Plumbing Heating Co.
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Lester Burrell
Burrell
McCaulley Plumbing Heating Co
Ames and Iowa Clash Saturday at Iowa City
Ames and Iowa prepare for a key rivalry clash in Iowa City with Ames seeking revenge after last year’s 2 to 0 defeat. Cyclones face injuries and uncertainty including Burge illness and potential kicking gaps, while Iowa holds a weight edge and booster excitement drives an 800 ticket excursion.
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Ames
Iowa City
Cyclones
J. 8. C. Cyclones
Iowa
Agricultural Hall
Drake
Sterotyped speeches eyed for church receptions Ames
Mayor Parley Sheldon of Ames muses on moving to a canned speech for welcoming new ministers. Friends know he will likely craft fresh words that keep the sincere welcome intact when the next minister arrives. Sheldon usually scores with ministers at the receptions.
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Sheldon
Ames
Parley Sheldon
Operation on Nose By Miss Youfse Oliver
Miss Youfse Oliver has returned from Des Moines after nose surgery and may need another operation on the opposite side nose to finish treatment.
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Youfse Oliver
Des Moines
McLain Buys Land in Canada With Thompson Party
Will McLain traveled with the Thompson party of landseekers to Canada last week and purchased a half section near Broadview.
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McLain
Canada
Will McLain
Thompson Party of
Landseekers
Broadview
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D. Sowers
Iowa Agriculturist
Board of Directors
L. C. Tegland
Iowa State College
Usy Day
Justice Court
Miss Smith
Des Moines Hospital
Kooker
Lattimer
Find Wilson
Iowa Wolf
Surry
Anton
Jane
Towa
Nebraska
Burge
State Field
Fritz Law
Jobby Jeanson
Cyclone
Clyde Williams
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