Home Seekers Excursions Offer Reduced Rates Northeast and Midwest
Home seekers Excursion Tickets will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays monthly from November 1902 to April 1908 to the North-Western territory. The offer includes Standard and Tourists Sleeping Cars Free reclining Chair Cars and other amenities. Carl L. Little advertises farms within seventy five miles of Kansas City available for trade for Ames and Story County property.
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Gorts
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Carl L. Little
Kansas City
Ames
Story County
Local notes from Nevada Iowa January 1908 items
Epitor INTELLIGENCER notes candidate J.O. Michaelson for the Board of Supervisors in the Republican county primary. Town reports cover Cambridge business unity, church missionary funds aiding needy families, coal shortages causing midwinter emigration, strikes by Chicago Northwestern workers, a charity home plan in Kansas City, and a cat killed by turpentine exposed to cold. Also covered are Story County Agricultural Society officers, new president George Henry Maxwell Ames, secretary Oscar Alderman, treasurer J. A. Mills, plus a 1908 real estate transfer list including Adams, Spring, Vandermast, Munn, Anderson, Lee, Manhert, Heggen, Templeton, and Bates in Ames and Nevada.
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Epitor Intelligencer
Board of Supervisors
J.O. Michaelson
Gilbert Station
Story County Agricultural Society
Sheriff's
Nevada
George Henry Maxwell
Ames
Oscar B
J. A. Mills
O. G. Ashford
D. Maloney
O.S. Hammond
George Child
M. V. Bump
W. O. Payne
Nevada Journal
Congregational Church Holds Annual Meeting Despite Weather
Members gathered for the annual meeting with strong attendance. Accession to membership reached 51, $3,100 of $4,000 debt funding secured, missions gifts totaled $166 with $155 raised by the Women’s Missionary Society. Officers elected include J B Weems, Ole Hill, Prosper Templeton as deacons and Stephen Loughran as trustee, with J G Tilden and Martha Wilson in key posts.
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Congregational Church
Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
Ladies Aid Society
Christian Endeavor Societies
Sanday School
J. B. Weems
Ole Hill
Prosper J. Templeton
Earl Templeton
Harry Brown
Bryce Hutchinson
E. B. Watson
Chantauqua Circle Aims To Bring Free Education
The Chantauqua Literary and Scientific Circle organized at the Cha ntauqua Summer Assembly in 1878 offers a structured reading course in history literature science and art for those denied college opportunities and provides graduates a review of earlier studies. Since founding the O S B C has enrolled over 250000 members with about 50000 completing the four year program. An illustrated lecture by Frank A Cattern, national director of education, is planned for Ames and Gilbert Station January 29 30 with full arrangements to be announced next week.
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Chantauqua
National Director of Education
Frank A. Cattern
Ames and
Gilbert Station
J O Michaelson Runs for County Supervisor in Franklin Township
J O Michaelson, a longtime Howard and Franklin township farmer, seeks a seat on the county board. Supporters praise his experience, wide acquaintance, and proven merit, arguing his election would bring qualified conservative leadership and local representation to West Story.
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Franklin Township
J. O. Michaelson
Howard
Franklin
West Story
Franklin township earns attention in county payroll debates
The section notes opposition to appointing a new supervisor from western townships and argues Franklin township Republicans deserve consideration. It also includes advertising blurbs for various remedies and products from vendors in Texas and local pharmacies, referencing Little Early Risers, kidney tablets, and fruit offerings as part of a broader community notice.
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Franklin Township
de Witt
H. Williams
San Antonio
Texas
Loucuran & Bauer
A Cure For Lumbage Promises Relief From Pain Balm
Williamson of Amherst Virginia says Cham berlains Pain Balm gave him complete relief after a year of lumbago when other remedies failed. Sold by Ali Druggists.
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WCOC
Williamson
Amherst, Va
Ali
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