Chicago and North Western Railway Time Table
Time table lists Going East and West trains including No. 53 Night Express arriving times and freight services. Notable services include Dak and Des M Exp, S C and Des M Passr, and Atlantic Express with arrival and departure times. Only select trains carry passengers. others are freight. Agent Geo. W. Rogers signs as agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atlantic Express
Night Express
D. M. Preight
S. C
Des M. Pass'r
Dak
Des M
Freigh
Ames and nearby towns bustle with visits and moves
A sweeping list details Mrs Soper visiting Des Moines, Ames residents visiting Madrid and Boone, multiple trips to Chicago and Denison, campers en route to Watkinwell, teachers and students changing posts, and health updates on Rev Stevenson and Mrs Patrick, reflecting a busy cross-town social scene.
All Summer Goods to Close Sale Notice
Store announces closure with specials on remaining stock and bargains. Egg trade offered at 12 cents a dozen while wood is also offered for sale. The note invites trade and promises favorable terms for customers.
Community Notes From Nevada and Surrounding Towns
Mr and Mrs Frank Curtiss visited from Nevada on Tuesday. Miss Annie Whitaker of Marshalltown visits the city. Several local families host guests from Marengo Story City Indianola Logan Morrison and Omaha. A Whitaker wedding in Boone attracts Ames friends. Des Moines and Washington health trips noted. A barn fire claimed by a small boy and matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Tilden
Alworth
Jessie
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Hansel
Nevada
Ames
Neasham
Ottumwa
Story County
Hattie Lucas
Nettie
Des Moines
Col
Mrs. Eddy
Mrs. Lucas
Florence Sonquist
Hazel
J.D. McAfee
Brownstown
Indiana
Chas. Kegley
Chas
Mitchellville
James Robinson
H. P. James
Colfax
Washington
Richmond
J. J. Butler
Tedrow
Fern
Boone
Geo. Goodno
Dedham
Mass
Idoward Adams
Kansas City
Howard
Mr. Stevenson
Ames M. E
W. Stevens
Frank Curtiss
Annie Whitaker
Marshalltown
City
Will Stevens
Nellie Maxwell
Logan
J. H. Williams
Molly Haverley
Nettie Haverley
Omaha
Tessie Maxwell
Sioux City
Simmons
Darlington
Nettie Ferguson
Chas. Larned
Washington D. C
Mrs. Lyon
Morrison,l
Crawford County
Mrs. Smith
Maggie
Sweeney
Vestal Chandler
Lockwood
Wes Moines
Miller
Chas. Hamilton
Hanson
Humboldt
Minnesota
New York
Whitaker
Sara A. Whitaker
Howard Springer
Wilmington
Del
Beer bottles and drunken mischief touch 19th century town
Marshall Hoggatt collected 23 beer bottles last week and a court fined him for disorderly conduct. W B Needham’s mare Annie Only won at Omaha in three heats with a best time of 2.27 and a $250 purse. Boone ordinance on parked teams was ignored until a fatal accident led to enforcement. In Nevada a Republican county convention sparked a fight between Don Leonard Chas Hall and Simmons resulting in Leonard’s death and all three men facing punishment. Hall and Simmons were jailed and Leonard was revived after intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hunter
Old Grange
Ames
Hunter
J. H. Alexander
G. H. Maxwell
Cedar Rapids
Huron
Nevada
Capt
K. W. Brown
Aylesworth
Drake University
Marshall Hoggatt
W. B. Needham
Annie
Omaha
Boone
Carless
Don Leonard
Chas. Hall
Simmons
Simons
Hall
Ian
Auctioning outfits and assorted goods offered in local ads
Local notices advertise sale of a grey horse harness and phaeton for cash or notes at one year eight percent interest. Other ads promote farm machinery at cost, riding plows, cul tivators, low prices on day goods, hats at 25 cents, canned fruits, belting, a dry goods grocery stock, and a Chinese laundry offering first class work in Ames Iowa. A small steam engine and boiler inquire at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebakers
Chicago
J. E. Duncan
Hiung Lee
Davis House
Sioux City
Hunng Lee
Ames
Iowa
Deaths and poison case shock Ames residents
In a vacant house police found the dead body of Don Leonard and unconscious Charles Hall and Charles Simons who were drugged after consuming what they believed to be whisky. A deadly fluid and a flask were recovered and sent to a college for analysis. The men were from Nevada and a scandalous note of treason in Nevada correspondence accompanies local political news from the Des Moines Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Don Leonard
Charles Hall
Charles Simons
Nevada
A. L. Stuntz
Stuntz
Des Moines
Sermons and Services Highlight Local Churches
Webster City preachers deliver inspiring sermons on Christian Missions Baptism and temperance as church groups plan entertainments and bake sales. A new Baptist parsonage rises while a church procession of reform efforts and social events continues. Local notices note an accident to Rev Hester and a grand new Zenor carriage inspiring neighborly chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Hicks
Webster City
U. B
Young People's Society of
U. B. Church
Clark
United Brethren
The
Christian Church
John Cole
New Baptist
Barrows
Congregational Church
Congregational Ladies Sewing Society
Missionary Society
C. H. Mallarian
Young People's Society
Episcopal Society
Sr. Hoyt
Mr. Hester
Mr. Stevenson
M. E
Union
Everly
Hicks
Local notices from Grove Bros Ames July 27 1893
A. C. cheese at Grove Bros Ames La July 27 1893. We request all who owe us to pay in full or at least part. We must collect to meet bills. Bigelow & Sprrit. Butter and eggs bought and sold at Sisson's. Highest market price for same in trade. Fall styles of suitings pantings and overcoatings at C M Soper's. Fall styles of hats arriving at C M Soper's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Bigelow & Sprrit
Sisson’s
C. M. Soper
C. M. Soper’s
Odontunder Old Papers for Sale at This Office
Notice announces old papers available for purchase at the office for 20 cents per hundred.
No to Bac and patent ideas advertised in dental parlor circulars
An old advertisement promotes No-to-Bac a tobacco habit cure sold by druggists with a mail order option from The Sterling Remedy Co Indiana Mineral Springs Ind. It also touts Hebra's Viola Cream at L M Bosworth and urges readers to submit patent ideas to DuBois and DuBois Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Indiana Mineral Springs
Ind
W A R C Leader Visits Ellsworth For Funeral Social
Ellsworth W R C hosted its department president Mrs E Flora Evans of Clinton on Tuesday. A reception and five o clock tea were held at the home of senior vice president Mrs Drake Bosworth amid heat and clouds. Mrs Evans spoke on the orders work and progress avenues and will visit Nevada and Cole this week. She toured the college Wednesday morning with Mrs Kent guiding and praised the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth W. R. C
E. Flora Evans
Clinton
W. A
Evans
Nevada
Cole
Kent
Keigley Branch Coal Fields Poised for Town Growth
Locally centered coal fields near Gilbert Station and Story City attract interest as Keigley Branch area readies a town between the Johnson and Maple Grove coal companies. Johnson mine reports a 4 ft 3 in seam at 136 ft depth with day and night shifts. Maple Grove shaft at 100 ft shows a 34 ft coal vein. Mine work pauses briefly but expected to resume with larger crews and prospecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Station
Story City
Johnson
Maple Grove Coal Company
Wm. Johnson & Son
Maple Grove Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Intelligencer
EI &S. Ee
Wilsow
Chicago & North Western
Railway
Wees
Geo. W. Mogers
Avent
Mary Selby
Dr. Fitch
Oskaloosa
Munn
Cora Skelton
D. A. Kent
Madrid
E. A. Williams
Wm. Clark
J. 3. Butler
Libbie Montgomery
Myrtie Sweeny
James Montgomery
Jewel Record
Miss Rouge
Illinois
Miss Boylan
Hubbard
Kaynor
G. M. Blair
Miss McNee
Greeley
Colorado
Duncan
Carrie Bray
Rhinelander
Wis
Rosa Hotchkiss
Denison
Thayer
Hilda Nelson
Dayton
Anderson
Mary Sweeney
Mr. 8S
Cramer
Chris Smith
G. A. Underwood
Wm Maxwell
Geo. H
C. McBarnes
Colo
Anna Hemstreet
W. P. Coon
Mrs. R. J. Miller
Tom L. Jones
Milliard & Stedman
Watkins
Frank Sies
Columbus Junction
Sies
Sies Bros
H.S. Goble
Lizzie Kegley
Newton
Teachers’ Institute
Lynn
Carrie Chevalier
Red Oak
Carrie
Vilisca
Geo. O'Brien
Champion Binder Co
Douglass
Roscoe
Lulu Maple
Highland Park
Jennie Kegley
Miss Maple
Miss Kegley
Winter
Dr. Niles
Miss Winter
Judge Ely
Lydia C. Tilden
Grove Bros
Grocery Department
Cross & Blackwell
Watkin
Dry Goods Department
Allison
Lenderson of
Marengo
Mrs. McDaniel
Henry Boyd
D. B. Stanton
Hench
California
Charles E. Haverley
Gen. Lincoln
Grand Lodge of K. P’s
Muscatine
Curtiss
D. G. Ferguson
Louis Wilson
Indianola
Lanning
John Lanning
E. S. McCord
College Sanitarium
Dr. Fairechild
Rev. Brown
Jackson Township
Boone County
Mailarian
Turkey
Geo. K. Tilden
CG. G. Tilden Estate
Thurston, Swan & Co
Grove Bos
Anna Cupps
H.S. Goble’s
Sisson
Gove Bros
Miss Gretta Zenor
Haas Bros
Mr. Kistler
Zenor & Son
I. A. C. Cheese
Odontunder
C. E. Hunt
Hebra
L. M. Bosworth's
DuBois & DuBois
Washington, D
W. R. C. Reception
Keigley
KGB
C. W. Dudgeon
Adams Bros
Pratt’s
Ust
Westerman & Arnold
Cramer Bros
Lowa
Wells B. Sizer
State Street
M. Hemstreet
F. T. McLain
Hemstreet & McLain
Iowa Central Ra Y
Town Central R’y
A. F. Banks
TuHos
P. Barry
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