Ames Story County Notice Issued by Wilsons
A notice from Story County Iowa issued on Thursday by H and S K Wilsons appears in the local publication. The fragment references the Ames area and a formal notice procedure.
10 Aug 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1893
Page
1
A notice from Story County Iowa issued on Thursday by H and S K Wilsons appears in the local publication. The fragment references the Ames area and a formal notice procedure.
Wees County Auditor Clerk District Court County Attorney Secretary Treasurer Recorder Sheriff Superintendent of Schools Coroner W Lippe Franklin Two BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JOHN JOHNSON Palestine Two B Shaw Sheriff Two Mayor Recorder Treasurer Marshal
The notice lists Sunday morning worship at 11 o'clock and evening service at 7 30, a Wednesday evening meeting at 720, Sunday School after the morning service, and a Christian Endeavor gathering an hour before the evening service. Pastor T. M. Rickman leads the church.
Messrs Frank and Lew Underwood of Ames ordered from the Story City butter-tub factory. Mrs Mansfield and niece of Webster City and Mr and Mrs Cooper of Ames were Sunday guests at the Tresslers. Mrs Hamaker from Randall rode the tram and cycled back. The writer mocks stray dogs and laments scarce good dogs. Larson Bros closed their meat market as a losing venture. Miss Thompson, injured last summer, traveled to Des Moines for treatment and recovery. George Hemstock and wife of Grant visited the Shaws and reminisced about Civil War days. The post office at Story City moved to A D Hix on Main and Center and Bert reshaped the space. Shaffer’s next project remains unknown.
The firm Chamberlain and Smith dissolves by mutual consent with both resuming practice separately and retaining offices in their block. Other notes mention dusty streets from water cuts, a death in Lyons, visits by J. B. Elliott and wife to Ames and Jefferson, and local sights including an imitation clock, graveling streets, and a Good Templar ice cream festival raising about $20.
A. M. Ringheim and wife and Miss Hannah Ringheim head to New York and the East. The game law enforcing club is organized with Chas. E. Smith as president and Fred McCall as secretary. W. A. McCord seeks re nomination for Polk county schools superintendent. The Register lauds his record. Iowa notary public history noted. Nevada hosts a charity baseball game between Court House Rats and County Seat Terriers at the Fair Grounds with proceeds for the Library Reading Room. A gasoline stove incident at Farmer's Home hotel caused brief alarm but no damage. July marriage licenses issued to ten couples listed by clerk Morse.
A. T. Bowen displays an early Indiana potato claiming it arrives 15 minutes before the Early Ohio. Col. Bowen of Maxwell House toured Ames college and notes curiosity about Latin or Greek menus. The local creamery ships about ten thousand pounds of gilt-edge putter weekly to New York Philadelphia and Boston. Frank Hill handles busy daily operations. A rumor notes a dog that frequents the printing office to fetch the Maxwell Tribune and refuses the wrong date.
Mr. A G Raynes visited his brother in Ames over Sunday. Misses Cora Manda and Addie Basset entertained friends Saturday eve. A young man arrested here for fraud was taken to Marshalltown to face similar charges. The Kellys beat our boys 22 to 18. The Post Office moved to John Johnson's building, effective the first of the month.
Judge Dowing grimly says his sore hand from hay field labor will keep him from future harvesting after rough treatment. William Hidy and daughter Flora of Boone visited town last week. Flora attended her aunt’s funeral while her father remained away.
Miss Lizzie Cole of Maxwell died Friday night of consumption. She was a sister of Mrs. Longnecker near Collins and was well known and popular locally. The note contrasts a traveler's late arrival with this death, and a separate lampoon about towels in China hints at missionary reports.
The fourth annual conference of the college department at Lake Geneva Wisconsin draws about 250 to 275 students from nearly every state. Iowa leads with the largest delegation and athletics points while delegates engage in Bible study, leadership training, and lakefront life including boat rides and recitals.
The Fort Dodge Messenger argues Gov Bowes lends countenance to a Chicago silver convention aimed at pressuring Congress. It labels the event partisan and calls the Iowa delegation a stake against President Cleveland, warning the move harms national finance and Iowa business confidence.
An advertisement promotes a one year subscription for both titles at 1.50 dollars. The deal urges readers to subscribe now.
On mid Lenten Sunday the pope blesses the golden rose with chrism and incense then places it on the altar. It is sent to a devout ruler, usually a Catholic sovereign. This year Marie Henriette of Belgium, Austrian archduchess and wife of King Leopold I, received the honor for her virtue and talents.
Melville E Stone, successor to William Henry Smith as AP general manager, is famed for creating the Chicago Daily News. He founded it in December 1875 with $500 capital, purchased an editorial plant, and entered a crowded field hoping to launch a successful evening paper.
Four wheelmen at Belleville Illinois pursued and captured a horse thief after setting out to pursue him. The item notes local pursuit and capture by riders, with no further details provided.
A famed U S agricultural agent known as Cornmeal Murphy wins German army approval for cornmeal bread after mixing rye into sample loaves. He sends samples to Reichstag members and Berlin institutions, then repeats the effort in Sweden. Italians and Spaniards resist corn as food while northern Europe accepts maize.
Rand McNally seeks a local manager to handle sale of Universal Atlas while Idaho opal finds draw prospectors. Camps around Squaw Creek in the Owyhee foothills describe hot springs lava and volcanic traces as opals lie embedded in rock matrices awaiting cutting.
Governor Sylvester Pennoyer of Oregon, famed for his assertive gubernatorial rights, has built wealth in lumber over 25 years. A two term Democrat who switched to the People's Party last fall, he is 62, a native of Grafton New York, Harvard Law School graduate, and has a family of five children.
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