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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1911
Page
2
A late night fire at the C F Bartholomew residence on West Fifth street caused extensive smoke damage. Neighbors aided with a garden hose and a fire extinguisher after smoke was spotted in the attic, preventing total loss and saving the family.
About fifteen members met at the Intelli gencer office for a noon talk and refreshments. A committee of Fred Munn FB W Valentines J A Kove and the writer was chosen to confer with the board of supervisors at Nevada about the proposed new road into the college grounds. The meeting followed earlier publication of the road plan and involved varying opinions from residents and college people.
Milt Little buys Ray Miller's interest in the Twin Owls lunch wagon, making Little a permanent Ames fixture. Davis & Miller had managed the business with Harve Davis active. Miller operated a Boone venture. The small eatery, opened about a year ago, has grown popular.
A local Intelligencer critique mocks a recent men’s meeting promoting religion for men and boys. It objects to three speakers being professors while omitting non professors, defending the committee’s experience and judgment in speaker selection.
Perry Simmons, noted horseman, was kicked in the stomach by a Percheron stallion while at the fairgrounds. A doctor diagnosed a ruptured blood vessel, likely delaying his activities for several days, though recovery is hoped.
Miss Mabel Campbell left Tuesday night for Bloomington Taavia to start college work. She is head of the Home Economics department at Wesleyan College and has been visiting this summer at the Campbell home on Douglass avenue.
The Iowa Chautauqua Alliance gathered in Des Moines with twenty chapters represented. Speakers debated tickets and advertising while a plan for a new veterinary hospital at the college outlined six buildings around a central court and a forthcoming veterinary ambulance.
The season shows near normal temperatures with heavy rainfall in the southeast and deficits in the west. Pastures and potatoes improve as fall plowing resumes. Corn advances toward maturity with potential frost safety of 19 percent uninjured. Silo work speeds up and fodder yields rise, though hail and strong winds on the 8th cause damage in the southeast.
Prof. F M Okeey, former Civil Engineering faculty member, now in Des Moines, has been named assistant professor in structural engineering at the Illinois State University at Urbana. The appointment makes Urbana the professor's new home.
Dean Charles Henry Stange initiated the plan for veterinary buildings set to wrap around Beautiful Court. The project will feature separate structures linked by a covered corridor, forming a connected campus block.
Dr. George D. Crissman traveled to Des Moines for the Iowa Chautauqua Alliance meeting and proceeded to Shenandoah for the Des Moines Methodist Conference led by Bishop Neely. F. M. Cupps went from Ames to Shenandoah as a layman’s delegate. Five delegates will be elected to the Minneapolis general conference next year and Crissman may be returned for another year.
George Hoffman bought a cottage at auction east of the Episcopal church and paid the price. He planned to move the house to Grand avenue but was blocked by a title dispute needing clearance by an agent.
Miss Enid Higgins arrives from Boston to teach the Fletcher Method of Music alongside Miss Lydia Brown in Ames. Both will be located at the K. W. Brown home and welcome new and old pupils for the season.
Sam Hart from Clinton takes a new dispenser role at Lynch's Fountain. He comes with broad experience. Mr and Mrs Hart reside at the Steigerwalt home.
George Hoffman received an order Friday with a pass to report for work for the Illinois Central railroad at Gilman. The family will move this week to Gilman. He is an experienced railroad office man and should easily fill the new position.
Professor Adolph Shane shows very satisfactory improvement following a recent illness.
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