County Fair Aug 30 31 and Sept 1 updates
Ames local notes list dozens of visitors and residents in Boone Story City Nevada Des Moines and Marshalltown with dates of travel calls on Mon Tue Wed and Fri including M K Smith Chas Meiers Laura Smith Kitty Baughman Eva Pearsons Bertha Epperson Viola McGrath Kate Goble and many others. Multiple social calls weddings births and farewells mark a busy regional schedule.
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Bernice Hartman
Boone
Verna Eighmy
Bertha Epperson
Viola McGrath
Nevada
Florence Perkins
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Advertising Rates and publication terms detailed
Local notices five cents per line per insertion for notices and lectures with fees five cents per line. Cards of thanks twenty five cents. Resolutions of respect and condolence one dollar. Church lodge society and club announcements and non revenue public gatherings published once free, additional five cents per line. Display rates and changes due Tuesday evening each week.
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Ecomene
Wedding Bells and Civil War Veteran Passings
Obituary notes for John Alexander McFarlan of Gilbert marked by Civil War service and church work. He died August 18 after remarriage and is survived by a wife and four children. Public schools close Sept. 5. Also a marriage in Gilbert Union as Mark Havenhill of Fox Illinois weds Carrie Overhausser. wedding at home of bride’s parents with guests from State Center and Lawrence Kansas. The piece ends with Story County Fair dates August 30 to September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Ruth Nelson
Gilbert Station
Leskon Club
Hutland
Ruth Watts
F. Watts
State Street
Collins
Kennedy Sisters
B. G. Dyer
B.G. Dyer
Marshalltown
J. G. Weatherly
John Alexander McFarlan
Schenectady Co
New York
Gilbert
McFarlan
New York Heavy Artillery
Schenectady N. Y
Washington
Jane N. Hannay
Schenectady County
First Presbyterian Church of
First Presbyterian Church
W. D. Herr
Congregational Church
Neal McFarlan
Westfield Lawn
W.H. Nelson
T. Scott
M. D
Tuscon
Arizona
O. O. Clark
Ogden
Mark Havenhill
Fox
Ilinois
Carrie Alice Overhausser
Andrew M. Shea
Methodist Episcopal Church
Illinois
Iowa State College
Overhausser
S. Overhausser
Clab
Proper moves stock to new business block
E. 8. Proper has moved his furniture stock to the lower part of his new block and is now operating there. His building is nearing completion and appears attractive. Rev. O. L. Baxter, former pastor of the M. E. church, spoke for the Des Moines hospital and at a union meeting on temperance.
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Arthur Foster
Haverly and
Cole
Chicago
Colorado
Ghos J. Brown
Everdell
Minn
W.B. Hyatt
Des Moines
Gilbert
Ames
John V. Farwell
Boone
Proper
O. L. Baxter
M. BE
Methodist Hospital
M. E. Church
Union
Congregational Church
Fire, lightning suspected in vacant Sherman Street home
Yesterday afternoon about four o clock an alarm of fire was turned in and the hose cart rushed to the residence recently vacated by Frank Sunstrom, 1100 Sherman Street. The fire did little damage near the roof and was quickly put out. It is thought from appearances the house was struck by lightning during the storm yesterday. The house was unoccupied and the origin of the fire is uncertain.
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Frank Sunstrom
Sherman Street
August Fur Sale: Early Buy Discount on Cash Purchases
August fur sale offers 10 percent cash discount on all furs bought in August. Early buyers get first pick of collars scarves and boas with a focus on demand this fall.
Hobson Delivers Opening Chautauqua Address on Sea Power
Richmond Pearson Hobson spoke at Ames Chautauqua on America the Mistress of the Seas. His argument for a stronger navy drew a large audience despite a storm and showcased solid study and eloquence. The first program was a success in audience appeal and quality, with finances tied to attendance.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
America
Hobson
Rocky Mountain Tea Ends the Day’s Grim Mood
A verse-teaser notes that while a bottle and a glass may mellow, Rocky Mountain Tea is the drink that livens a fellow, credited to L. M. worth.
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Rocky Mountain Tea
L. M. Worth
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. K. Smith
Chas Meiers
John Judge
Laura Smith
H. Wilkinson
E. G. Rayness
Story City
Kitty Baughman
Normal
Kate Goble
Will Rickets
Mrs. H. M. Benson
Mrs. Roselle Payne
St. Louis
W. H. Hoggatt
Esmund Hoggatt
Rev. Wright
Ontario
Eva Pearsons
Kelley
Harriet Pammel
Elsie Albaugh
Loretta and
Jennie Williams
Pauline Peck
Bessie Kintzley
Charles Meiers
Mackey Grove
B. S. Denney
The
Christian Missions
Bertha Watts
Sherman
Iowa
Leola Williams
Mary Knowlton
Nampa
Idaho
H. P. Sayles
Joe Hawser
Ledger & Strauss
Josie Gustafson
Dayton
F. W. Eighmy’s
Helen Watts
E. E. Sowers
Galva
Geo. Miller
Forbes, Colorado
L. Peterson
la Junta
Albert Miller
Parker Amusement Company
Carnival Company
T. J. Miller & Son
J. Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
George Maxwell
OC. G. Lee
T. CO. Miller
Albert and
Don Fowler
Mrs Hicks
Paul Smith
Payton
Business
Mrs. Lon Kendall
Council Bluffs
Haverly and Lanning Homes
Sylvia Wattes
Odebolt
Maude Corbin
Lala Christofferson
Mary
McConnell
Crocker
Myrtle Lanning
Belle Plaine
Marengo
Mrs. A. Anderson
North Ames
M. CO. Ufford
Zearing
Clarence Miller
Paul Elliot
Anna Roland
Mrs. Frank
Aan
Storm Lake
Glen Stultz
Maxwell
Hazel Winecoop
Jefferson
Mabel
Ethel Capps
Ruth
Boone Lodges
Louis O. Watson
Mason City
Clyde Goble
H. S. Goble
Sioux City
Rebeccas and
Odd Fellows
Earl Templeton
Henry Mangus
Sam
Johntown
Pensylvania
H. L. Carroll
Dan McCarthy
Charles Niskern
A. M. Elliot West
College
S. W. O'Brien
Geo. O’brien
Martha Coffin
Mabel Campbell
Miss Coffin
A. B. Harvey
Arne Nordskog
Daisy Lockwood
S. E. Heistand
Katherine Stuart
Wall Lake
Miriam Graves
George Bourton
Ruth and
Ethelyn Nelson
Mrs. C. B. Clark
Vera Talbott
Audubon
W. W. Talbott
Webster City
Wm. Smay
Frank Dickey
Churdan
Horton & Steigerwrlit
Prof
Barriet
Cassidy
Hoggatt St
O. W. St John
Montour
L. O. St John’s
Florence and
Mildred Chance
Ufford
Gladys Ufford
O. W. Hunter
Vaughn
R. W. Mason
J. Adams
Breckenridge
Minnesota
Beulah Busby
Hazel Heifner
Garnet Busby
Edith Ferguson
Beulah
Julia Olson
Litttle
Nettie
Hawarden
Sutherland
Fred Smith
Mildred Herr
H. D. Herr
the Okiboji’s
D. W Vaughan
Kansas City
Mildred
Barr
Miss Herr
Rev. Herr
W. J. Freed
F. W. Foster
St. Paul
Mark Prime
Arapahoe
Neb
Wm. Prime
Chas Antes
Moville
Goldberger
Mapleton
A. D. Freed
H. Baughman
Kittie Freed
Cassiday
Prof. Olin
G. N. Whipple
Slater
Golden of
Marcus A. Hanna
Havenhill—Overhaulser
Ladies
Ars
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