Time card revamp boosts Northwestern passenger service
Dick Ashton, now superintendent of the Iowa division, unveiled a new main line time card that adds trains to Des Moines and improves connections. Old No. 7 returns at 11 a.m., northbound arrivals now reach Des Moines by 5 p.m., and No. 13 eastbound also serves Des Moines after six. No. 30 freight will carry passengers east around 11 a.m. The public praises Ashton’s focus on the main line. see corrected time card in this issue.
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Dick Ashton
Iowa
Des Moines
Northern Iowa
Northwestern
Ames Cyclones Win Light, Great Football Classic
Ames College and Nebraska played a famed gridiron clash with Ames's Parker, Hammer, and Van Campen driving the Cyclones to an 8 to 0 victory over Nebraska. Shedd starred for the Nebraskans as fans praised the Ames line while a crowd attended, with gate receipts reported at about two dollars.
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I. 8
S. C. Athletic Lark
Iowa State College
University of Nebraska Eleven
Nebraska Fellows
Parker
Hammer
van Campen
Cyclones
Shedd
Nebraskas
Ames
Boone
Nevada
Nebraska
Campen
PRUNR
Vance
Stringer Sasuninop
Hansen Ee Ge Hayward Kettleson
OTR Cochio
Griffith
Puede
Ives
Ccee
Wiggins
Benedict
Williams Davidson
RPM
Svelean
Cowgill Bpo
Sks
Montgomery
Knapp and
Tuky
From Neighboring Towns Highlights and Happenings
Sundays showers settle dust and frosts may end the pes titious house fly. Husking and potato yields are reported from 20 to 65 and about 25 bushels per acre respectively. Local movements include Carl Anderson taking over Uncle Sam Rich’s farm, J H Winters working for Chas Brubaker, and Orra Holdridge gathering corn. Hog cholera devastates hogs as Dingley bill looms over pork prices.
Memorial for J. Allen Hall with Ames burial details
Obituary notes the birth in Harover New Hampshire May 11 182? and death October 10 189? at his Ames Iowa home after a long illness. He married Mary Spaulding in Wheeling West Virginia April 24 1853 and they moved to Story county then Ames in 1892. He served as a Union soldier in Co K 32nd Iowa. Funeral at the Christian church led by Rev H P Williams with Arcadia Lodge A E A M and Ellsworth G A R involvement. burial near his wife in Nevada.
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Allen O. Hall
Harover
New Hampshire
Ames
Mary Spaulding
Wheeling
W Va
Hamilton County
Iowa
Story County
Hall
My Hall
Co. K. 32Nd
Albana
Martin
Decease
Arcadia Lodge
A. E
A. M
Ellsworth Post G. A. R
Christian Church
H. P. Williams
Nevada
Alba Hall
Croup Remedy and Plymouth Rock Cockerels for Sale
A regional notice promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with a testimonial from F A Thornton claiming quick relief. It also advertises pure bred barred Plymouth Rock cockerels at farm prices from J J Kele y. A letter from J J McConnell confirms Ames High School earned full entrance credit from the State University of Iowa. A cash grocery store ad for Adams Bros invites savings.
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J. J. KE
Culbertson
Iowa City
E. D. Y. Culbertson
Ames
Iowa
State University of Iowa
J.J. McConnell
Cash
Adams Bros
Local Notes From Nevada Township And Nearby
Mrs E L Laycock of Nevada visited her aunt last week. Gordon Wood began cribbing corn this year as his crop is solid. Road work improves the township with some preferring it not done. A new bridge over Devils Slough is in place. M Getrell threshed 4500 bushels of oats, the largest around. S Bates builds a house on the river’s east side. L L Wherry family visited his sister Mrs M L Young Sunday. A Missouri editor’s wife sues a church choir for libel. At the husband’s funeral the choir sang Let the lower lights be burning.
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Ames
A. Richmond
A. C. Blackman
Sec’y
Sec’y. Mrs. Bigelow
Cairns
Henry Wilson
H. E. Slattery
EK. D. Y. Culbertson
Galen Tilden
Missouri
Community Notes From Ames Observes Family Events
Miss Lou Gossard returned to school after a week at home while Mr. Fred Frits of Emerson Mills Co visits relatives the association met at the Congregational church with many attendees. R W Crane welcomed a daughter as his store was burglarized last week with shoes silks and more taken.
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Lou Gossard
Fred Frits
Emerson, Mills Co
R. Sheehey
Geo. Rosenfeld
John Nearness
R. W. Crane
Photographers Set Prices as Ames Trade Cools
Local prices list from Ames outlines 40 Poland China pigs for sale and 24 short horn bull calves six months old. C Barbour notes quality in the season's trade. Dr Harriman’s office in Ames is being refreshed by painters and paper hangers.
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Poland
C. Barbour
Ames
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Voice of Caps
Space
Bigelow and Smith
ASEI
Aadarns Bros
Ames Library Association
College Cyclones
Grisham
Gaars Mills
Chamberlain
Banner of Liberty
Libertytown
Maryland
Pres. of Association
Chapel Ridge
Bentley
Maxwell Tribune
Tribune
Carl Anderson
Sam Rich
J. H. Winters
Chas. Brubaker
Gilbert
Orra Holdridge
John Rex
Lem Walters
Minnesota
Frank Gray
Harriman
Wayne Hunter
Dr. Aplin
John S. Hughes
Northern
Mike Gretten
Spirit Lake
Will Dodds
Ayers
J. W. Lanning
the Mutual Life Insurance Company OF New York
Richard A. M’curdy
Insurance Department of the State of
New York
United States
Mutual Life
EF. White
Diet. Agt
Grant
E. L. Laycock
Gordon Wood
Devils Slough
M. Getrell
S. Bates
L. L. Wherry
M. L. Young
Kelley
Congregational Church
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Cabinet
Mantella
Mantellas
Yukos
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J.C. Barkhurst Perry Ayers
Hall of Arcadia Lodge
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Amason
Arcadia Lodge No. 249
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Order
Gro. W. O'Brien
van. Chammerlain
C. E. Haverly
District Court
H. Rich
Wilson D. Rice
Adm
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Overland
Lim Hees
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Pacific
Carroll
Co Bluffs
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