Real estate transfers and deeds in Story City and surrounding towns
A series of property transfers and deeds are recorded. Includes SL Wherry and wife to C W McElye for 3600 acres sw 2483 24. John Noble and wife to L E White and E 8S Bamberger for 1900. Amos W Fiora and wife to S J Miller for 1800. Tom Tollefson to Ingebritt J Chelvig for Lot 8 Block 19 Story City. Amos Spring to Andrew J Spring for 1. Iowa R R Land Co to G Schaudt for 100 covering several lots in Blairsburg Ames. Carrie L DeCaskey to N W Dickson for 500 Lot 17 Block 13 Maxwell.
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John Noble
White & E
Bamberger
Amos W Fiora
S. J. Miller
Tom Tollefson
Ingebritt J Chelvig
Story City
Amos Spring
Andrew J Spring
Carrie L DeCaskey
N W Dickson
Bik
Maxwell
San Francisco Note Claims Relief From Sarsaparilla
A San Francisco man at 735 Turk Street reports chronic headaches for three years and credits Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla with stopping attacks after starting use, noting relief the day after consumption.
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I. Cox
Turk Street
San Francisco
Joy
Waly
Red Earl Spencer Exemplar of British Admiralty Power
Lord Spencer born 1854 as fifth Earl of Spencer, educated Harrow and Trinity Cambridge. He served as lord lieutenant of Ireland, later lord president of the council, and in 1892 became first lord of the admiralty under Lord Rosebery, noted for his bushy beard and influence in Gladstone era politics.
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Lord Spencer
Earl Spencer
Admiralty
Mr. Gladstone
Earl
Earl of Spencer
John Poyntz
Harrow
Trinity College
Cambridge
Ireland
Gladstone
Earl Cowper
Lord Rosebery
Ames Socials and Rail Traffic Noted in Briefs
Mrs. Harry Waverly of Ames visited Mr. G N Whipple and family. Slater weekday rail traffic shows 24 trains with 14 by C N W and the rest by C M St P. Rev Campbell Coyle and wife of Oakland Calif visit Mrs Greenwalt’s family. Mrs Jessie Child Osborn travels from California to Nevada friends and Indiana before coast. Hiram Elliott, age 55, died at Cambridge after brief illness. funeral led by Rev Clark of Ames. he was a Union veteran leaving a wife and children. State party convention expected July or August. State auditor congratulates Nevada banker on birth of son. dairy commissioner may appoint him milk tester at Nevada.
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Stone
Canada
Bethaly
Rutland
Mass
Beth
Bethel
Abiel J
Farina
Austin
Saac Emery
Emery
Mr & Ter
Ellen
Thstead
Bethel Village
White River
Gayaville
David S. Stone
Chelsea
Hiram Elliot
Cambridge
Clark
Ames
Elliott
Nevada
Rock Creek Player Forgiven After Cold Night Sparking
A Rock Creek player who kept his team in the rain and cold last Sunday night while sparking will have his team cared for next time he neglects them in town.
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Rock Creek
Ames and Cambridge residents named jurors for May trial
The Cambridge Press reports D. D. Sheldon Iowa Center and A. J. Graves Ames chosen pet it jurymen for the United States District Joint trial in Des Moines next May. Notables Hon. Daniel S. Lamont and Gen. R. N. Batchelder are noted visitors. United Brethren plan communion and baptism at Byers chapel on Sunday April 22 at 10. Miss Mary Rouge of Ames attended the Andreas Olson wedding Saturday.
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Cambridge Press
D. D. Sheldon
Iowa Center
A. J. Graves
Ames
Des Moines
Daniel S. Lamont
Cleveland
Lamont
R. N. Batchelder
Geo. W. Davis
U.S. Army
James B. Bryant
Cambridge
United Brethren
Byers
Mary Rouge
Andreas
Serena Olson
Widow Mary Ann Jones Dies at Iowa Center Home
Mary Ann Jones of Iowa Center died last Sunday from peritonitis at her home. The issue notes efforts to discontinue the Iowa Center post office, which would burden residents, but the move is unlikely to succeed. Also published are political candidacy cards for E. H. Addison for county attorney and A. H. McNaill for county recorder.
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The
Maxwell Tribune
Mary Ann Jones
Iowa Center
Peritontes
Tribune
E. H. Addison
the Tribune
A. H. McNaill
Collins Township
Vacation visit and social notes from Story City
Miss Deila Moses spent her vacation with her aunt Mrs. C E Mangus at Gilbert. Miss Mamie Corneliussen has a case of mumps. Mr and Mrs Stewart and Mr and Mrs Wm McGill of Gilbert were guests of Dr and Mrs Ailen earlier in the week. Mr H T Henryson returned from Des Moines after completing work as assistant secretary of the senate and may pursue new plans. J Wold's barn burned Sunday afternoon near Story City, loss about 200 dollars. neighbors aided at the scene.
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Story City Herald
Deila Moses
C. E. Mangus
Gilbert
Mamie Corneliussen
Tey
Story City
Stewart
Wm. McGill
Ailen
H. T. Henryson
Des Moines
Senate
Henryson
Scaffold Fall Injures Three Men At Ames Site
Last Friday a center brace broke on a scaffold at A D Hix's new use injuring Sam Smith John Sullivan and James Armstrong. Smith struck Grandy who was laying stone. both bones in his right leg below the knee were broken and other injuries reported. W A C organized in Zearing with 29 members joining. officers installed by E J McGrogeon including President Mrs E J McGrogeon and Secretary Mrs J U Johnson.
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Sam Smith
Johnnn Sullivan
James Armstrong
A. D. Hix
Smith
Alex. Grandy
Grandy
Sullivan
Armstrong
E. J. McGrogeon
J. C. Burkhart
J. V
Bert Child Visits Des Moines Father and Friends
Bert Child of Des Moines spent the week in the city visiting his father George and old acquaintances. He continues to work at the Aborn House and welcomes Story county residents seeking attention.
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Bert Child
Des Moines
George
Aborn
Story County
Multiple disasters and trials shade the week in Midwest cities
A steam radiator burst in a 22 room Chicago school injuring 40 and killing a boy who jumped from a upper window. Rail accidents near Tyner City Indiana and Whitehall Michigan left several dead and injured. The Davidson Theatre in Milwaukee burned with nine deaths and three fatally injured. The trial of Mrs Bennett at Marshalltown concluded day two with opening of defense. Des Moines papers hint many ex lawmakers seek Republican offices. An Ames reader recalls famine coverage via A Far Reaching Charity by B F Tillinghast in Midland Monthly.
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Chicago
Davidson
Milwaukee
Ames
April Midland Monthly
B. F. Tillinghast
Iowa
Story County Normal Institute Announces Summer Session
The course of study for the Story County Normal Institute is out and the teachers are finding it an interesting document. The Institute will run from July 30 to August 17 with Mr Reed leading a strong corps of assistants and a systematic outline. Mr Carstens will teach Orthography Grammar and History. The pamphlet is produced by the Representative office.
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Story County Normal Institute
Reed
Carstens
Democratic map shows GOP sweep from Rhode Island to Utah
The New York Sun laments the Democratic collapse across the nation. It notes large areas from Rhode Island to New Mexico and Utah as Republican gains and claims Democratic panic, widespread defeats, and Republican dominance in regions including Queens County.
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Rhode Island
New Mexico
Utah
Kentucky
Queens County
New York Sun
Real estate transfers and payments in Ames Nevada ads
Week ending March 31 1994 lists various conveyances including Adaline Vanhorn and F M Van horn to M D D Boynton for all int in Seth Hadley estate David H Mackey to Laura Rube for 8400 Ada Catherine O Leary and Dennis O Leary to Ed Mund L Harity for 3080 acres and lots Gossips report multiple parcels in Ames Nevada and surrounding areas with payments ranging from 50 to 8500 dollars and property descriptions including blocks and lots.
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Adaline
Vanhorn
Power outages disrupt On Line streets sparking outrage
From The Watchman a few evenings this week the electric lights on On Line streets failed early, leaving pedestrians to mutter curses as darkness fell and safety concerns rose.
New Grave in the Valley Prayerful Funeral Ode
A funeral ode speaks of a brother laid to rest in a valley with angels guiding the spirit to the Father. It expresses comfort for surviving family and hopes of reunion at the throne, urging readiness for the master call and eternal life beyond death. Mus EB ParTeRsoml is Fort Worth Texas.
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ParTeRsoml
Fort Worth
Texas
Coronado as a Southern California Atlantic Style Resort
The article portrays Coronado near San Diego as a resort resembling an Atlantic coast retreat with a sheltered beach, fog and wind kept at bay by a bluff. It notes seasonal Northern and Southern visitors, the grand hotel, sun baths, open-air activities, and a Spanish fashion influence in attire.
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Coronado
San Diego
California
Atlantic Coast
Great Hotel
Mexico
Harper’s Weekly
London death rate 1700 1750 and public health rise
Between 1700 and 1750 London population fell from 665 200 to 658 900 as deaths ran about one per 30. By 1801 population rose to 777 000 and deaths fell to one in 41, indicating a major public health improvement.
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London
Property Transfers Recap From Week Ending April 14
The week’s record lists numerous property deeds and tax deeds involving John Thompson Frank Curtiss David Dale Burris Leona Story Carrie L Wierson Lucian Bartlett Robt Richardson EJ Richardson ET Alderman and others. Transactions show lots and parcels across Cambridge Nevada Zearing Ames Story City and Nevada with amounts from 30 to 4000 dollars and multiple heirs and estates noted.
Marriage of French Ambassador Patenotre and Miss Elverson
The wedding of M Jules Patenotre, French ambassador to the United States, to Miss Eleanor Louise Elverson, daughter of Philadelphia publisher James Elverson, marks the first ambassadorial wedding in the country. Patenotre arrived in 1891 and became ambassador in April. Elverson, educated in France and Germany, is noted for fluency in modern languages. her engagement sparked by her refined French.
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M. Jules Patenotre
United States
Eleanor Louise Elverson
James Elverson
Philadelphia
M. Patenotre
Try
Romero
Mexico
Mendonca
Brazil
Roustan
Miss Elverson
France
Germany
Young George W. Childs Drexel Takes Ledger Role
A 25 year old heir to the Childs and Drexel fortune assumes control of the Philadelphia Public Ledger after his father George W. Childs dies. He is an orphan, married in 1891 to Mary S. Irick, and trained in the Ledger office, ready for duties.
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Childs
George W. Childs
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Anthony J. Drexel
Mary 5. Irick
Vincentown
N. J
Ledger
Printer, Soldier and Congressman Amos J Cummings
Amos J Cummings New York congressman began life as a printer s devil born in Conk ies Xh Y at age 12 he apprenticed at The Christian Palladium later served as compositor and joined General Walker in an invasion of Nicaragua after Walker was shot Cummings served in the Twenty sixth New Jersey volunteers then returned to The Tribune and became editor managing editor of the New York Evening Sun now in his fourth term in Congress The piece ends with a humorous Brooklyn Life exchange about a child Ethel speaking impertinently to her father.
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Amos J. Cummings
New York
Conkies
Xh. Y
Christian Palladium
William Walker
Nicaragua
Cummings
Walker
Honduras
New York Tribune
Twenty-sixth
New Jersey Volunteers
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Tribune
New York Evening Sun
Congress
Laundry cupboard guide to bleaching and stain removal
The article outlines home remedies for stains using tartaric and oxalic acids for inks and grass stains, muriatic acid for rust, and hot water for fruit tea and coffee stains. It warns acids can harm fibers and colors, urges careful use and thorough washing, and notes turpentine, benzine, alcohol, and ether as solvents for oils.
Seasickness Prevention On Board
Advice states seasickness arises from bile and weak stomach. Eat little before departure, then a hearty bread and meat meal with stout on arrival. Rest on a sofa or bunk for about thirty minutes after eating.
Weight of Cattle by Girth and Length Method
Describes a formula to estimate the weight of four cattle quarters from body measurements. Multiply the square of the girth in feet by five times the length, then divide by 21 to approximate weight in imperial stones. Notes fatness or leanness alters the result by about one twentieth.
A Lucky Player on a Paris to Nice Express
Two travelers discuss plans to visit Monte Carlo. One reveals he plays the violin there every year and twice daily, claiming he never loses. The anecdote, framed as humor, ends with the quote about his success at the violin.
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Paris
Nice
Monte Carlo
Dead Man Believed Dead by Evacuation Attendant
A man being wheeled away during an epidemic insists he is alive when told he is dead. The attendant, certain of the doctor’s verdict, calls him quiet and proceeds toward the street and the dead house as the Argonaut notes the surreal exchange.
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San Francisco
India Rubber Man vs Ossified Man Walking Match
Quote from New York Press notes a walking match between the india rubber man and the ossified man. Bettor predicts strong finish for the india rubber man, while acknowledging the ossified man’s resilience in the final stretch.
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New York Press
Some Good In It
Bunker and Hill discuss a house fire where Hill lost a library but most books were saved. Hill explains friends had borrowed many volumes, not firemen, sharing a wry truth about the incident.
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Bunker
Hill
Miraculous Beard Producer Peddled To Cure Boils
An advertisement from Texas Siftings hawks Miraculous Beard Producer claiming a three day hair growth will cover boils on the face. The quack medicine promises instant cosmetic improvement and cautions buyers about rapid results.
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Texas Siftings
Teacher-Lazy Boy Dialogue Ends With Teaching Ambition
A comic exchange shows a teacher scolding a lazy boy who mulls his future. The boy yawns and suggests teaching as a possible path, prompting a brisk “Good News” from an observer. The dialogue captures a lighthearted view of aspirations.
Pacific Coast and Puget Sound Pace Reaches Comfortably
The article notes swift and smooth progress of the Pacific Coast and Puget Sound pace, reaching conditions that aid rapid movement and steady progress across the region.
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Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
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