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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
2
Noon mishap as a wrecker broke a trolley feed wire at the cross over causing an interurban and street car collision path. The accident halted downtown traffic until repairs at the interlocking plant and Kelley area restored service by nightfall.
Rev Stiverson longtime pastor of United Brethren in Ames has accepted a call to the church at Van Meter and will move soon. Rev W Johnson will fill Ames pulpit Sunday morning and evening.
County committee members met at M. K. Smith's office to arrange Seth Low appearances on the 17th. Low will speak at the college Chapel at 10 30 a m and at the Armory at 2 30 p m under First Voter's club auspices.
The old town pump has no handle after the city council condemned the well due to seepage making water undrinkable. Street crews will fill the hole, and officials urge installing a Main Street fountain connected to the city mains for sanitary public water access.
In the Iowa National Guards Company C election to fill the resignation of I J Scott, Glen Fultz was chosen last Monday night to assume the vacancy. Scott resigned due to upcoming departure, and Fultz is a popular choice who will take the post immediately.
Ames residents seeking farmland rushed to register for the Tripp county land drawing at the Rosebud Reservation this week. Notables include Tom Barbour Ben Keltner Dr Kelso Fred Walkey C A Gamble Arthur Bauer Ben Brenneman T J Loughran Carl Little Joan Lathrow and Bill Ricketts.
Last week at Iowa State College two visitors from Scotland toured Ames and the Wisconsin University on an inspection trip of agricultural colleges. They found Ames and Wisconsin representative of modern scientific farming and gathered useful American agricultural methods and ideas.
The local Baptist church marks its 40th founding and 35th year in the present house with plans for larger equipment. An anniversary service is set for Sunday October 18 with Rev. D. D. Proper of Des Moines returning to preach. Organizers seek other prominent speakers and will publish a full program next week.
The Armory opera house hosts The Moonshiner's Daughter this Friday October 9. A traveling company presents a remarkable play with a brown cinnamon bear named Teddy claiming to be the original Teddy Bear from Mississippi cane breaks.
Stockholders of the Ames Chautauqua association met at the Armory Monday afternoon. Secretary reports 1292.88 in the bank. Chairman to appoint a grounds committee for permanent facilities next year. Directors elected include Mayor Tilden and J. W.
The Iowa State College board accepted Mrs. L G Michael’s resignation and elected Marie Zimmerman to succeed her. Salary increases include Miss Norton from 850 to 900 and Mr Bates from 600 to 700. Proposals for new buildings total 215000 plus a 150000 veterinary hospital, with plans by Proudfoot Bird.
Mr and Mrs Jack Watson mourn the death of their baby son Donald who died after a week long illness of cholera infantum He would have been two years old in December Funeral services were held at home Monday at 2 30 Rev Minchin speaking briefly and the body laid to rest in the College cemetery
A. L. Champlin of Boone Street announces a new 50 by 90 foot brick building in the Fourth Ward. The old frame store was moved east, and the lower floor will house merchandise while the second floor becomes a social hall with a roof garden planned atop. Champlin’s Fourth Ward business is described as highly successful.
Ed Wilson switchman in Northwestern yards was caught between two cars last week and sustained serious head injuries that will inconvenience him for some time.
R Quade longtime manager of the depot lunch counter resigns to focus on his studio business. George Huffman succeeds him after running a Wabash lunch room in Clinton Illinois and formerly headed the Ames counter. Huffman began work October first. The Hultman family will move into the McDonald house when available.
A Boone alert by telephone sent Marshal Wilkinson and a deputized posse to the depot. Four hobos taken from the six o eight train were jailed for a holdup charge but released after being proven not from Boone. Two men captured in Marshalltown were identified as suspects and face hearings in Boone.
Captain Guy S Brew er, United States Army veteran of the Philippine campaign and a 1897 graduate of Iowa State College, is awarded a bronze medal by the U S government for valiant service and long enlistment. He reenlisted after the campaign and was among the first to receive medals recently authorized by Congress.
Arvid Alm aged about 21 married Miss Muriel Riffell of Des Moines after obtaining his mother’s consent by telegraph. The clerk had refused a license until consent arrived, delaying the ceremony until 3 PM in Justice Cope’s court. They will live in Ames where Alm works as a pressman for King Printing Company.
Mr and Mrs Alex Norris moved the first of the week into rooms in the Clark residence on North Douglass Avenue.
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