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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
5
Local column lists per line ad rates and free publication for public notices. It mixes commercial promotions with society news and short notices about visitors, meetings, sales, and upcoming events in Ames and surrounding areas.
In both the Dry Goods and Clothing departments Gitt presents unusual handkerchiefs for the holidays. Shoppers can browse a beautiful assortment of designs suitable for gifting or personal use.
Information arrived in Boone announcing the body of Roy A. Phillips found at Red Bluff California. He recently resided in Ames and was the son of Mr and Mrs R A Phillips. The telegram gave no death details but said the body was not in good condition when found. The body was found Saturday amid a deep mystery being investigated by relatives and Boone residents.
Stool cramps and sudden colic pain demand quick relief. A bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is urged as the best option without a doctor. Sold by Loughran Bauer with Gibsons city book store offering Bibles Testaments and other items.
O D Evans, agent for the Des Moines Iowa Falls and Northern at Buckeye, disappeared Saturday with a large sum belonging to the company and the express firm. Marshal Willey detains a suspicious man at the depot, recovers part of the money in a sandwich, and Evans is later traced to Des Moines where he allegedly escapes from custody after a Kirkwood hotel incident. The case involves a defective sidewalk abutting lot 8 in Blairs addition to Ames and is tied to a March city inquiry with McCarthy and Lee as attorneys for the plaintiff.
At the Monday city council meeting a claim against the city of Ames was filed by William Murphy for $1000 damages due to a fall.
The Ames Iowa council met December 5 with Mayor Sheldon and six councilmen present. They approved minutes, reviewed road and sewage work, and referred G W Jones vacation of High Street to the city attorney. They exempt city library property from taxes and ordered a catch basin installed at Iowa and Douglass streets.
George W. Sowers a Story county pioneer and longtime Ames stockbuyer died Wednesday morning at 8 at his daughter Mrs. Hughes home near Kelley after months of illness. He was an early county settler and had recently given up work. The funeral will be held Friday at 1 PM at the Ames Methodist church. obituary to follow next week.
A note invites people to gather at Danforth's candy sale this Saturday at 2 30 PM. The brief mentions no additional details beyond time and location.
North Western Railway offers unusually low excursion rates to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo from all stations January 7 8 and 9 1905. Favorable return limits due to annual conventions and live stock wool growers associations. Two fast through trains to Colorado daily one night. For full information consult Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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