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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
4
Local notes from Ames detail visits by Soper and Mrs Martin, storm damage to farms and campus, burglaries, community events, and regional updates. Notable items include a windstorm aftermath, a public meeting, and the Ames ball team losses to Slater and Cambridge.
Obituary for Mrs. Clara Zenor, wife of John Zenor, who died at her home near Ontario after weeks of illness. She was born in Indiana in 1825 and lived in Iowa since 1850. Six children survive. Funeral held at Ontario church with interment in Ontario cemetery. Also notes on Klondike mining by Ham Hulse, college excursion plans, a mistaken barn fire report, Florence Webb’s visit, and the marriage of Miss Gatha Cobb to Ira B Johnson, now Manning school superintendent, who will live in Manning.
Mrs. Jas. Stanley 51, nee Blounk, dies near Ontario after moving from Kansas with husband and ten children. Burial held at Zenorsville with Evangelical pastor leading service. Property listing notes former judge Stevens residence for sale on easy terms in Boone Iowa. contact S. S. McGrath.
A shop advertises 5 cent 129 and 159 lawns and organdies and 25 cent organdies at 10 cents per yard. TripEen Bros. & Co. offer discounts on men’s furnishings while Soper, The Furnisher, promotes a sale. An Ames Times writer criticizes political coverage and party alignments in Hardin Wright counties regarding Judge Pitchamineh and the Dolliver coalition, noting tensions and perceived bias.
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