Local notes from Ames area include health, farming, and social events
The Intelligencer reports Mrs. Eugene Smith ill with typhoid pneumonia and various home notices. Farming updates mention Milford Creamery butter prices and H. M. Davis selling breeding stock. Social items cover Miss Genevieve Minkler’s at home, neighborhood gatherings at Mr. Charles Minkler, Epworth League activities, wedding bells likely, an Oyster supper at Henry Banker's and a visit by Henry Taylor and bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Smith
Cammeron
Texas
George
General Sheridan
Milton Templeton
Master Bennet
May
New York
Milford
Farr
H. M. Davis
Kelley Choral Club Forms In Community
Last Saturday evening the young people organized the Kelley Choral Club to meet twice monthly at the Baptist church. The next gathering is on Saturday January 19. Other items note visits, a shooting match by the Kelley Gun Club on January 16, and revival meetings led by Rev. Bennett in Garden Prairie.
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The
Baptist Church
Mable Giddings
Ames
Maud
Lulu Gray
Kelley Gun Club
Congregational Church
Bennett
Warner
Garden Prairie
Ontario Notes From Ontario Iowa
Lewis Foster hosted a lively Saturday gathering before leaving Sunday for Marshalltown to attend school and reside with Mrs Strang. S Roos of Hancock county visits relatives here. Reverend Davis plans to resume church duties January 33 after illness. David Harrison greets old friends while Bud Zenor drills a well at home. Free wood available from Bert Gibson with orders. I B Johnsons arithmetic and algebra class grows to about twenty five as the instructor presses on with his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Foster
Foster
Marshalltown
Strang
S. Roos
Hancock County
Rev. Davis
The
Christian Church
Bud Zenor
Bert Gibson
Ontario
Notice of relocation and entertainment listing Gloriana show
Announce upcoming move to new location with Dr E Beeson taking over current offices in Des Moines. Request debt settlements before departure. Manager Whittaker promotes Gloriana a Joy Forever with Frohman company, noting its fame and strong show turnout expectations. Also mentions Stock Breeds Society and local business notices and flour advertisement.
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Whittaker
Gloriana
Chas
Frohman
New York
Chicago
London
Paris
Boston
Grant Township Meeting Closes with Good Results
Evergreen meeting ends on a positive note as residents report favorable outcomes. Ed Scruby of Des Moines visits friend Wi Taylor for a few days. RD Crain recovers from illness while a New Year’s Eve buggy accident injures Mrs Hoff man but she improves. Mrs Fisch of State Center visited. Billie Beckley and mother note family activity near Des Moines. Nevada wedding on December 25 unites Mr and Miss Hoffman.
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Ed Scruby
Des Moines
Wi Taylor
RD. Crain
Peter Hoffman
Hoffman
B. Kingsboure
Mr. Fisch
State Center
Resolutions of P. E. O. Sisterhood mourn death of Eliza J Whittaker
January 2 1895 Apuop TreD notes the death of Mrs Eliza J Whittaker a beloved sister. The A P O Sisterhood resolves to mourn her loss extend sympathy to her family and request publication for record and local papers. Olive W Curtins Phebe Munn Sara Bigelow
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Wuerens
Eliza J.whittaker
A. A
Friends
P. E. QO
Olive W. Curtins
Phebe Munn
Sara Bigelow
Gilbert Observations and Society Notices
Samuel Griggs of the I. A. C. photographed Gilbert school. Ames visitors Miss Aggie and Minnie Allen stayed with Miss Mable Stewart. Hunts yielded jack rabbit, nine cotton tails and seventy four quails. Widespread Dorcas society memorials for Mrs Eliza Whitaker with framing resolutions. W J Keeney visited from Ames. Congregational supper well attended. Deceased Mrs Eliza J Whitaker lauded by Emlsworth Relief Corps No 98. Resolutions pledge mourning and public notice in city papers. Subscriptions offer: The Intelligencer and major weeklies one year for one dollar twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Jenkins
Oliver and
Gretten
Dorcas Society of
Ames
Eliza Whitaker
Wuereas
Eliza J. Whitaker
Emlsworth Relief Corps No. 98
T. M. Hamilton
Jennie McLain
Sarah R. O'Brien
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims World Leading Qualities
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the largest selling medicine in the world and the greatest cure with the largest laboratory. It emphasizes merit and peculiarity, promising Hood's Sarsaparilla cures for the sick and urging readers to take it as the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
All accounts due Jandéer y Ist
A short payment note warns that all accounts are due on Jandéer y Ist and asks the recipient Bi M. Sover to call and settle.
Notice to Settle Debts by Jarhist for Mrs Bradley
All persons indebted to me are requested to settle by Jarhist. Mrs. W.S. Bradley.
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Jarhist
W.S. Bradley
Teachers Association Meeting at Nevada January 12 1895
Story County teachers prepare for an afternoon program at Nevada on January 12 1895 at 1 30 P M. The agenda includes papers on high school objectives marking systems language study in intermediate grades and teaching as a profession with discussions led by local educators. Ina Scott serves as secretary and N G Richardson is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County ‘Teachers’ Association
Nevada
C. C. Carstens
H. Whitford
J. Y. Luke
B. Miller
L. T. Weld
Kittie Hail
C. Welty
Anna Batman
Cora A. McKim
Mary A. Mills
Mabel Gates
Fannie Curtiss
State Teachers’ Association
Probate of Will Notice in Towai Story County
Notice is given that a document in the Clerk's office of the District Court purports to be the last will of Eliza J. Whittaker deceased. A hearing for probate is set for February 1896 to determine acceptance of the instrument as the decedent's last will. Interested parties must appear and show cause. Witness the court seal. Nevada County January 5, 1805.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Eliza J. Whittaker
Ditrict Court of Avid Bounty
Nevada
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the Intelligencer
Cap
Charles Minkler
F. T. McLain
Turner
Bloomington
Potter
Henry Davis
Epworth League
Bateman
Becuse
Lee Smiths
Miss Lillie Guile
Mrs
Helen Lempleton
Mr. Henry Bankers
Henry Taylor
Bride
Hirams
Frank Gerbracht
Bert Mills
Will Hardy
Gossard
Kelley
Cora Clark—Brown
C. K. Gray
W. E. Tanner of
Crocker
Misses Gossard
David Harrison
I. B. Johnson
Johhson
E. Beeson
Sam
South
Story County Agricultural Society
Cae Hlowse
Desiree
A. K. Banks
Adams Bros
J. S. Thompson
Grant Township
Evergreen
Jelllow
Cal
Garland Stoves
Bingham & Co
Gilbert
Samuel Griggs
Aggie
Minnie Allen
Mable Stewart
Miss White
W. E. Hill
Good Templars
W. J. Keeney
Intelligencer
New York Weekly Tribune
Chicago Weekly
Inter-Ocean
State Register
Capital
Canter Bros. & Herman’s
Canter Bros. & Herman
Iowa
Bisbee
Spring & Son
Cramer
Cramer Bros
Just
Bi M. Sover
Sete
N. G. Richardson
Ina Scott
Armee
New Bakery
AMD
Confectionery Store
Perkins
Main Street
T. Ww. Sheldon
Towai Story County
Will
Jas
Keystone Watch Sore Co
Morris Bros
Con
Story County Bank
M. Hemstreet
Ance
Ilowa
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Story County
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Ludge NO
Odd Fellows H
Mes
Cc. A. Duwrz, N. G
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Gippines
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