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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
5
Public notices list church services sales and meeting notices. Community items report visits, travels, marriages, illnesses, births and local business changes with many names and places centered on Ames Iowa and nearby towns. Frequent references to expositions, fairs, and upcoming events mark a locally focused social calendar.
The management selects August 9 to 18 for the 1905 Chautauqua to avoid state fair conflicts and to benefit from a full moon. The first session was a success, with plans for a larger grounds and a fuller attraction lineup including Mark Guy Pearse A M Nevans and W J Bryan. Returning this year are Prof P M Pearson Col Geo W Bain and Dr R S McArthur.
The Watkins Skellinger machine company has opened in a new building on the Munn and Lee lots south of the railroad, coming from Clinton with good recommendations. The Ames location offers rail access and farming-area benefits. They will manufacture and repair machinery including wire mattresses with orders already on hand. Albert Tresselt remains with the firm, while Watkins and Skellinger reside on Town and Duff streets.
The Nonpareil club held its third annual guest anniversary at Mrs. Margaret Leland’s home with a seven o’clock two course dinner. Members invited three guests each to favor family ties, and Mrs. L. M. Gibson on behalf of Mrs. Asa Vandermast presented shell tokens. Miss Mabel Held of Boone, Iowa won a prize for solving the most book name puzzles.
One week event offering lowest prices ever quoted on high grade ostrich plume goods at Mrs Henrys.
Various period notices praise Dr. J W Conley as a gifted Baptist speaker and thoughtful orator. The column also reports on a county rural route system rollout affecting Ames and surrounding towns with guidance on handling mail delivery changes.
Morning sermon titled Gods Gracious Provision of Salvation for all and an evening talk on Hero Worshipers pastor Walter I Fowle delivers both at the First Baptist Church on Sunday December 4 1904 in the callout of church topics.
Rose Gobieon’s home hosted a Clover Dames evening last Friday with Puritan parson Janice Meredith La Fayette and several brides from 25 years ago among the guests. Old fashioned games were played and a candlelit supper served by the hosts. Attendees included Laura Kracht of Cedar Falls and Dwight Davis Roy Bradley Lee Akin Irving Paxton Claude Campbell Frank Underwood and John Wright.
Ordinance 153 establishes fire prevention rules in Ames Iowa defining fire limits, required noncombustible outer walls, and prohibited constructions within limits. Violations carry fines up to 100 dollars and possible jail time up to thirty days. The measure becomes law after publication and city endorsement.
An old medical note praises Chamberlains Pain Balm for sprains bruises burns and similar injuries. It claims instant pain relief and faster healing about one third the usual time and warns of antiseptic benefits protecting against blood poisoning. Sold by Lou Ghran Bauer.
Prof. R. P. Baker visits St Louis this week to obtain forestry materials and other exhibits donated by foreign exhibitors to the forestry department. Harold Van Epps, ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Epps west of the college, is dangerously ill with appendicitis.
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