Local notes mix of ads gossip and weather
The column blends playful remarks on sports and meal ideas with local updates. It notes an evening match, a rainy day across the county, new cats, a photographer near Ames, a cheap washing machine highlight, a thoroughbred colt trainable for the State Fair, and local merchants promoting goods while reporting light gossip from Jefferson and Denison. It ends with circus excitement near Boone and a Senatorial Convention seguing into a tent show preparations in New York.
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Boone
New York State
Boots and Shoes Stock Huge Sale by Tuomas, Soren & Sov
Boots and shoes from leading American manufacturers now on hand in largest stock ever. Priced cheap and available for inspection. Announcement notes a Sunday school convention date correction: August 17.
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America
Tuomas, Soren & Sov
Local Advertisements and Town News Roundup
Messrs Bigelow Huntington and Tilden publish a note to readers while Mr Huntington travels east for bargains on house purchases. Compton and Lawrence offer quality work at current rates. Gilbert brothers finish an elevator project and relaid the station side track. An itinerant repairer passed counterfeit coins in Story City and was not trusted to fix machines. Pictures printed dark or light on request. Comprox and Lawrence promote low prices. Two tramps put off a freight train near Grand Junction fired at a conductor and crew. captured and held for Greene County Grand Jury action.
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Bigelow
Huntington & Tilden
Huntington
Morvar
Grand Junction
Durance Iile
Greene County Grand Jury
We Demand Fair Beer Divide For Every Citizen
A call to split beer and money equally in the United States. The letter urges stamping a question this fall and argues that eight gallons per person should be allocated. It commends the idea to the public for consideration.
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United States
Boone County Tax Backers Nominate Amid Rift With Democrats
Boone county tax supporters held a convention last week and nominated candidates. They rejected a fusion with the Democrats and anticipate retaliation as Democrats plan their own convention and aim to freeze out the group. The outcome remains uncertain until ballots are counted.
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Tax Greenbackers
Boone County
Boone
Soldiers Wanted in Washington Township Call to Join Roll
Capt. W. M. Greeley recruiting officer urges ex-soldiers residing in Washington Township to visit the bank and sign their names to the roll. He predicts a sizable company and urges action before encampment day to avoid being left out.
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W. M. Greeley
Washington Township
Business moves as C N W removal eyed
Boone merchants plan to relocate supply lines to Ames and set up new shops. McCune Brothers will open a graded boot and shoe stock in Greeley’s block around September. A local merchant tailor will also open in the same block. Both firms originate from Boone.
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Boone
Ames
McCune Bros
Greeley’s Block
Archery clubs from Iowa attend national tournament in Chicago
Archery clubs from contiguous Iowa towns travel to Chicago for the National Tournament. They receive free passes on eastbound routes and incur only trifling entertainment costs. The author muses why Ames cannot organize a local archery club, praising the sport as seasonally popular and long lasting.
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Iowa
Chicago
Ames
Bright Harvest Prospects Across the Atlantic
Despite British gloom over the season and crops, American farmers enjoy plentiful harvests. The West reports a large corn crop and forecasts fair cereal and beef prices for the coming year.
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Ocean
Atlantic
West
Infant Ray Monroe Kistler Dies at 3 Months
Died August 9 infant son of M. J. Kistler aged 3 months. Parents express thanks to neighbors and friends for sympathy and assistance, asking blessing from God for their afflicted little one.
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Ray Monroe Kistler
M. J. Kistler
The Deadly Frog
Thursday afternoon in Boone George Wallace day switchman in the yard was run over and killed by passing cars while switching a train. A tool caught in the frog caused him to be unable to free it and he suffered fatal injuries including a broken spine. He was 30 and left a wife and five children.
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George Wallace
Boone
Wallace
District Court Trial Jurors Named for Next Term
The list of jurors drawn for the next term of the District Court includes J R Wood Thomas Spiller Daniel Brubaker Indian Creek A McGriffin A Willhide Geo W Hambleton E S Bamberger A Hague 8 M White Nevada Ozman WV Daws Collins S F Fuller Miller Templeton G P Eastwood C G McCarthy Washington Serena Chandler Union Sol Young Milford C C Furnas Richland Chas Christian Howard Wm H Wilson BR N Dodds Franklin Jared Noe Martin O'Donnell New Albany.
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District Court
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Thomas Spiller
Daniel Brubaker
Indian Creek
A McGriffin
A Willhide
Geo W Hambleton
Bamberger
A Hague
White
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Ozman
WV Daws
Collins
S F Fuller
Miller Templeton
G P Eastwood
C G McCarthy
Washington
Serena Chandler
Union
Sol Young
Milford
C C Furnas
Richland
Chas Christian
Howard
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Dodds
Franklin
Jared Noe
Martin O'Donnell
New Albany
Damage Split Against the City Over Sidewalk Injury
Sheriff served two notices on Ames city officials in cases by Mary A Erb seeking 10000 in damages and Joseph Erb seeking 1500 in a Civil action alleging injuries from a defective Kellogg street sidewalk. Hearing set for September 4.
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Gillespie
Ames
Mary A Erb
Joseph Erb
Mary Airb
Kellogg Street
Administrator Appointed for Ole Apland Estate
Oley Nelson appointed by the court as administrator of the Ole Apland estate in Union township. Personal property exceeds $50,000 and over 2000 acres of land require management, with Nelson bringing prior knowledge of Apland’s affairs to begin duties.
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Oley Nelson, Esq
Sheidah
Ole Apland
Union Township
Nelson
Apland
Circuit Court
Story County
Iowa
Eame
Des Moines Line Plan Quietly Sets Polk City Against Track
A C N W railroad survey from Des Moines division favors moving the line two miles west of Polk City. Residents oppose shifting the track and depot from their town, predicting a public clash and spirited dispute over the proposed route.
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C. & N. W. Railroad Company
Des Moines
Polk City
Piace
Pork
Roughing It Plains Letter Sparks Reader Interest
A Plains correspondent pens a daring piece about roughing it in the west. The account notes the travelers began with mules and a wagon, but now have neither yet continue to press forward.
Attorney Fee Rules Adopted by Eleventh Judicial District
The Eleventh Judicial District adopts default fee schedules for attorney payments. In Law, clerks collect $10 plus 6 percent on the first $200 and 2 percent on amounts over $200. If under $100, 5 percent. In Equity, $20 plus the same percent as law. if $100 or more due, fee applies. if under $100, $10 plus 5 percent. In force from August 1, 1879.
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Eleventh Judicial District
Elder Reynolds Dies After Illness at Ames
Elder R. Reynolds aged 49 died from acute internal congestion in Ames after a brief illness. He was born in New York, served as a Baptist pastor in Ames and Nebraska, and is mourned by his wife. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church conducted by Elder Jameson of Omaha with a large attendance.
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Reynolds
Baptist Church
Jameson
Omaha
Friends East
Elder Reynolds
Renseauer
New York
Ames
Baptist Church of
Washing Made Easy Fluid Claim by Waicat & Cut
An advert touts a washing fluid said to wash without rubbing or boiling. The sellers Waicat & Cut promise a money back guarantee if the product fails to work as directed.
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Waicat & Cut
Beware of Swindlers In Ames Lightning Rod Insurance Scam
A local warning about traveling swindlers selling lightning rods with fake insurance and offering loans. A resident was duped into a near $700 loan and mortgage scheme, but the attorney labeled the case a fraud. The article urges readers to avoid these con artists and protect themselves.
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Ames
Villian
Old Veteran William Lindsey Dies in City Home
William Lindsey aged 1794 born in New York state died Friday morning at his son’s home in the city after long decline. He served in the War of 1812 and the Canada War of 1836, and twice in the Civil War era though age limited active duty. A cancer on the face afflicted him in recent years.
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William Lindsey
New York
Normal Institute opens in Nevada with 126 teachers enrolled
County Superintendent calls a Story county Normal Institute meeting at the Nevada school building on August 4 1879 Conductor Prof Payne and assistants Mrs Payne and Prof C C Chamberlain from Council Bluffs oversee 126 enrolled who show interest in the work and expect it to raise teaching standards and be appreciated by the community.
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Normal
Story County
Normal Institute
Nevada
Payne
C. C. Chamberlain
Council Bluffs
Nomination of Gillette Declared at Lard Senatorial Convention
The central committee of the Lard Senatorial District held its nominating convention in Ames. Delegates from Boone and Story voted. Gillette won a majority after an inform ballot and was declared nominee and thanked the convention. McCall then formed the central committee for four years.
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Central Committee
Lard Senatorial
T. C. McCall
A. Joice
Boone
J. M. Brainard
John Watts
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J R Crary
A E Upton
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Hi Moerke
L Soderland
TC McCall
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Jac A McFarlan
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Lars Raymond
J N Scott
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Gillette
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Story
J M. Brainard
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Not a Patent Remedy Claims Extraordinary Cures
The item asserts that Not a patent medicine Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is a preparation delivering extraordinary recalls in physicians hands. It touts superior excellence and calls it the best bowel complaints remedy since its introduction sold by Van Valkenburgh & Co.
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J. J.bousquet & Co
van Valkenburg & Co
van Valkenburgh & Co
van Vaikenburgh & Co
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