Sixth Annual Boone Ames District League Convention
The sixth annual Boone Ames District League Convention met August 6 7 in Ames with about 200 delegates and visitors from around forty of fifty two leagues. Officers elected included J Elwell president W A Bull secretary and E L Welsh treasurer. Reports and papers covered junior work Epworth Army and league social life with 3084 members and 52 Epworth plus 15 Junior Leagues. The event closed with a lecture by Rev C M Stuart and praise attendance and weather praised.
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Ames
J. A. Henderson
Elwell
W. A. Ball
Henderson
J. Kendrick
R. R. Sec
C. L. Nye
Press
C. P. Johnson
S. M. Featley
C. J. English
State V. P
E. M. Holmes
Iowa Agricultural College
Y. M
Bertha Ruefly
Mary Stockwell
League
Mary Thompson
G. R. Melnick
Shaw
Epworth
Frank Thompson
Lassell
E. L. Welsh
Glidden
C. M. Stuart
Northwestern
Press Sec’y
Democratic State Convention Nominates Ticket At Marshalltown
At the State Democratic convention in Marshalltown Judge W S Babb of Mt Pleasant was nominated for Governor with L H Bestow Chariton for lieutenant governor George Jenkins Dubuque for Railroad Commissioner T G Harper Burlington for Supreme Court Judge and Lyman Parshall Maquoketa for Superintendent of Public Instruction The ticket leans anti free coinage and received strong Cleveland administration support. The article notes Bets and Parshall as experienced figures and discusses crop conditions and a Declamatory contest at the Good Templars in Ames.
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Democratic Party
Marshalltown
W. S. Babb
Mt. Pleasant
L. Bestow
Chariton
George Jenkins
Dubuque
T. G. Harper
Burlington
Supreme Courts
Lyman Parshall
Maquoketa
Henry County
Cleveland
Kestow
Jenkins
Parshall
Harper
State Senate
Parley Sheldon
Dan McCarthy
Charles Whitaker
Ames
Kelley Social Notes from Kelley Illinois
Miss Katie Wire of Savannah Illinois visits her sisters Mrs Person and Hubbard. Mrs Steves has been ill but better. J F Gossard began his meat wagon Tuesday morning. Mrs W E Tanner returned home due to mother Mrs Sheehey illness. Mr and Mrs W A Gossard visited Nevada Sunday. The social at Mr Georges was a financial success. Emily and Marie Rowland Myrtle Gossard and John Rowland visited Nevada and stayed with the Gossards. Mrs R Sheehey slowly improves. Ladies Aid at Baptist church served ice cream on the church lawn last Thursday. Mr and Mrs L Crane of Ames visited Kelley friends Thursday evening. Miss May Stark visiting Mrs C C Stevens. G E Crane and wife of Cedar Rapids visiting his brother here. Rev Smith of Green Mountain was here Tuesday locating. Misses Sue and Maud Gray Kelley callers Monday.
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Wm. Waddell
Bedford
Kate Porter
Wynn and Doolittle
BE. E. Kaufman
Fargo
N. Dakota
J. I. Shulte
J. M. Sodol
Sec
Mary McNeill
W. J. Eck
G.D. Gunn
W. W. Spring
Kansas
Cherokee County
Intelligencer
Iowa
May Spring
Des Moines
R. Sheehey
Ladies Aid Society
Baptist Church
L. Crane
Ames
Kelley
Rev. Smith
Green Mountain
Misses Sue and
Maud Gray
Prices Cut On Ilats And Walking Shoes
Local store slashes prices to close out inventory. Ilats now five to fifty cents, former prices vary from two cents to one dollar fifty. New walking shoes offered with reduced pricing.
L O G T Jefferson district convention names officers
The Jefferson district convention of the L O G T chose officers for the ensuing year. Etta Budd of Ames is D C T C J Marmon of Jefferson is D Counselor Patterson of Dana is D V T John Brownlie of Logansport is D T R W Simpson of Angus is D Sec Hat tie Cookingham of Paton is D 5 J J Kate Wright of Gilbert Station appears as D Guard Gates Brown delivered a declamatory piece in the evening titled The Saloon in Politics and won third place.
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Jefferson
Etta Budd
Ames
C. J
Marmon
Patterson
Dana
D. V.T
John Brownlie
Logansport
D. T
R. W. Simpson
Angus
D. Sec
Kate Wright
Gilbert Station
D. Guard
Gates Brown
Quick Time Carpet and Rug Store Notice
Large carpet assortment with orders for high grade samples taken. Velvet Brussels carpet ordered Friday at 4 p m and Monday noon August 5 laid upon receipt. Carpet department to improve this fall. prices are very low. Also an ad for shoes and a rental notice for a photo gallery space after September 6 by J E Duncan.
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Tilden Bros. & Co
Harvest favorable as corn and grains surge across Iowa
Central Station Des Moines reports Aug 6 1895 weather slightly above normal with deficient rainfall. Harvest of small grain proceeds with heavy oats barley and wheat yields. corn conditions above average in 61 counties and well above average state wide. Flax and potatoes also progressing with frost danger easing by mid-September.
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Central Station
Des Moines
Law
Peoples Party Meeting in Nevada August 31
Populist candidate s B Crane will address citizens at the court house in Nevada on August 31 at 1 PM. Every voter is invited to attend and hear for himself. August 5, 1895.
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S. B. Crane
Iowa
Court House
Nevada
Prohibition League Leader to Address Ames Youth
Y M C L announces Indianapolis based B L Rockwood president of the Junio Prohibition League will speak to Ames young men and women Friday at 8 p m in Y M C rooms. Public invited especially youth of both sexes by committee.
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B. L. Rockwood
Indianapolis
Indiana
Junio Prohibition League
N. S
Ames
Hard Times Social Planned by U B Church Ladies
The U B church ladies host a Hard Times Social at Ed and Mrs Ed Perkins residence in South Ames on Tuesday evening August 18. A prize goes to the best impersonator of hard times. Rules ban boiled shirts, patches only, no tramps, shoes required for adults, children barefoot, no crawling under canvass, ministers in shirt sleeves if weather allows. Refreshments on the lawn. amusements promised. By Order of Com.
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U. B
Ed Perkins
South Ames
John Lamings
Cosmopolitan pays clever satire on Pilgrim Sons and more
Late literary notes praise Henry Fuller's Pilgrim Sons as a sharp society satire in the August Cosmopolitan. It highlights Mrs Reginald de Koven on bicycle culture and on photographing big game in the Rockies, with a roster of celebrated contributors and premier artists pictured in the issue.
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Henry Fuller
Pilgrim Sons
Reginald de Koven
Cosmopolitan
de Koven
Nimrod
Buffalo Bill
Rocky Mountains
Lewis Morris
Edwin Arnold
Edgar Fawcett
Tabb
W. Clark Russell
Lang
Sareey
Zangwill
Agnes Repplier
Hamilton Gibson
Denman
van Schaick
Six
Sandham
W. C. T. U. Meets August Ninth in Congregational Church
The W. C. T. U. will meet Friday August ninth at 3:00 p.m. in the lecture room of the Congregational church. By order of the president, one dollar buys a pair of good Oxfords at Canier Bros. & Hermans.
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The
Congregational Church
Canier Bros. & Hermans
Half Rates to Colorado Excursion Tickets Offered
The North Western Line announces August 11 and 12 sale of excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Manitou and Pueblo at half fare for round trip travel. Tickets valid for return from Colorado points by August 2025 with extension to September 1. Apply to agents for tickets and full information.
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North- Western Line
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Pueblo
Colorado Points
N. W
R.y
Half Rates to Boston for Knights Templar Conclave
North-western Line offers excursion tickets to Boston at half fare for round trip from Aug 19 to 24 to accompany the Knights Templar Conclave event. Tickets valid for return until Oct 6, 1895. Inquiries and tickets via C. N. W. agents.
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Knights, Templar
Boston
Mass
North-western
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the Intelligencer
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Dr. Beardshear
Sigourney
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Pueblo, Colorado
Miss Ruth Duncan
Mr. Young
Cornell College
H. D. Evans
Iowa State Register
Hansen
Athletic Association
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Osage
Jennie Beyers
Grace Axtell
Stella Eberhart
LaPort City
Nellie Lane Sommers
Lincoln
Neb
Edith Foster
Woman’s Building
Bozarth
May Doolittle
Miss Burnham
Mr. Whitmore
Esther Beatty
W. L. Weaver
Joe Bush
Orr
Lebulon
Doxee
Mulls
Florence Baker
Boone
the State Convention
Good Templars
Lyman
Perkins
McMichael
Hodgson
Grove
F. Curtiss
C. G. Lee
R. F. Hodson
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Messrs Gossard
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Ball, Swan
Richmond
St. John
Anna Richmond
Katie Wire
Savarnnah, Ill
Mrs. Person and
Hubbard
Emily
Marie Rowland
Myrtle Gossard
John Rowland
Gossard
Miss May Stark
Mrs. C. C. Stevens
G. E. Crane
Cedar Rapids
Sacco
Bre‘tLow & Smith
Mr. Ayer
J. E. Duncan
Peoples Party Meeting
Colorado
Story County
Dongolas
Dongelas
Caniel Bros & Herman
Opera
Miss Grace Dyer
Beatiful Opera
M. Hemstreet
Opera Book
J. B. Elliott
California
Dos Palos
H. B. Marks
Vant
Morris Bros
W Feed Stable
J. A. Fitchpatrick
H. Westerman
F. T. McLane
Real Estate and Loan Office
Westerman & McLane
New Bakery
AML
Confectionery Store
Main Street
Solicita
T. W. Sheldon
Jersey
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John Hoggatt
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