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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
5
Prices for vacuum cleaning offered by Floyd MacGregor at 716 between Ames and the red on inside of it Dudgeon's jew Florence Holm. Lost black leather wallet likely in woods south of campus. Owner’s name faded on receipt. A. H. Hott an physics department inquiries.
Ames In Brief reports various local items including Perry's sales on hats and dresses, visits by residents to Des Moines, Marion, Colfax, and Kelley, school and baseball news, and notices of local business changes and upcoming club meetings. The page also notes selling harness at cost and a Des Moines visit by John Williams.
Judge Stevens drives with friends from Boone. several residents visit Ames, Boone, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines over the weekend. Travel includes trips to Cambridge for a funeral, Poughkeepsie arrivals, and a visit with Mitchellville relatives.
The sale showcases Silk Chiffon Faille in multiple colors for waists and dresses, along with 18 inch silk fabrics, brocaded and plain, plus a large selection of fancy silks, muslin petticoats and gowns, cotton skirts, and white shirt waists offered at reduced prices during the last three days of April. The event includes limited stock from the prior season and reduced pricing across garments and accessories.
Fine vic kid shoes patent leather box calf and odds ends of women’s stock 1.3 size lot offered this week with three day sale window.
A sale opportunity presents foulard silk dresses in two quality levels with a wide range of styles. For three days the 9c quality is available at a low price and the 25c quality at a higher tier, with distinctive pricing noted in the advertisement.
About 25 pieces of wash dress goods selected from the season’s best offerings. Prices vary from 19c to 35c per yard, with all items on sale during the next three days. Includes a range of 25c and 35c goods as part of the promotion.
Readable catalog style items include nickel plated safety pins brass pins wicks convertable hand bags folding to small and expandable to large sizes with limited colors. Barrettes priced 25 to 35 cents. back combs 19 cents. air float talcum powder with sachet tops. men’s elk skin work shoes $2.45. blue shirt collars 45 cents. men’s dress shirts about 85 cents.
A fragmented grocery list items include Kelly's Best Flour four dollars for three sacks, granulated sugar by the pound, Santos coffee per pound, milk pitchers two sizes, a Jap tea pot, large vegetable dish, sets of 6 inch and 12 inch plates, covered butter dishes, soup plates, a No 2 glass hand lamp, kettle covers, and miscellaneous kitchenware. No dates or store name provided.
Small stock of children’s shoes in a few sizes but all sizes available in a mixed lot. Choice 25 during these three days, price $l.
Mrs Evans plans to leave the week for New Sharon after a two week visit with her mother in Lincoln street. Mrs Aiken Mrs George Aiken Mrs Charles Flutter Mrs Will Allen and Flo Aiken spent Sunday at the Philip Allen house in Milford township. Mrs McBarnes came to Ames last week to spend her birthday with her daughter Mrs William Muir. Mrs W F Harriman of Palacios Texas and her sister Miss Lucy Mitchell of Charles City visited Mrs W E Harriman on Burnett avenue before leaving for Texas. Mr and Mrs Albert Loring moved into Banks cottage on Boone street and Loring joined C B Nelson Electrical on West Main. Harold Trewin son of Senator James W Trewin of Cedar Rapids, spent Saturday in Ames as guest at the Conaway home. Trewin a Dartmouth junior spent Easter vacation with his parents.
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