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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
7
Ames residents share welcomes visits and family events. W J Zenor ill with la grippe, A J Hawley expands charity work with life and accident insurance messages. Community concerns include sewer ditch stench and city improvements as churches report active meetings and benevolence efforts.
A 1893 survey lists new houses and barns in Ames and improvements on existing structures with costs over $100. The report notes major payments at Agricultural Hall and various repairs, reflecting local prosperity. It includes numerous names, properties, and amounts, plus echoes of upcoming entertainment and advertisements.
The message urges readers to spend wisely in the new year and to favor cash purchases. Merchants promise full value for every dollar and pledge diligent customer satisfaction, urging customers to start the year trading at the Opera House Cash Store.
The WCTU will gather in the Congregational church lecture room Friday afternoon February 9 at 3 o clock. Prayer will focus on the dangers of the current prohibitory law. Ladies should bring items related to the State Assembly work and remember local voters to nominate and elect pure, decent leaders.
The Ames issue praises the firm Duntz & Thompson as energetic, reliable contractors and builders. It notes they built thirteen houses in 1898 plus barns and repairs, highlighting their local success and quality. Also lauds the D Ormond Fuller company and announces Ingomar on Monday night with reduced prices to 25 and 35 cents.
The Gilbert charge of the M E church will hold its second quarterly meeting at Pleasant Grove appointment on Saturday and Sunday February 3 and ith. Quarterly conference at 2 30 Saturday with evening preaching, then 11 a m Sunday service and sacramental rite. Rev A L Curtis of Maxwell to officiate. All invited. A W HARNET pastor in charge. The rest is local commentary on railroad workers and a note about M C Allen, county surveyor and Ames resident.
Conflicting notices show the Story County Agricultural Society’s meeting day as the 20th, 28th, or Saturday the 27th. Pleasant Grove Chapel hosts extend gatherings to Sunday evening. Attendance at evening services and home prayer meetings improves after bad weather. The W R C regular meeting is planned for tomorrow afternoon. Dorcas society to meet February 7th with Mrs. G W Rogers.
The college community reports arrivals and departures, lectures, and local visits. Dr. M Stalker testified before a Hawaiian investigation committee in Washington, offering views on the revolution and annexation questions.
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