Ames Local Notes Show Community Ties and Civic Doings
A collection of brief items from Ames and surrounding areas notes visits and movements of residents including Miss Myrtle Mason and Mrs Selby. The Story City post office gains presidential rank and local officials discuss franchise costs. Dr. Harriman speaks on microscopy at the Story County Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Mason
Jefferson
M. J. Selby
Story City
A.C. Helmer
Ole Laughland
Slater News
Ames
Harriman
Story County Medical Association
Nevada
Reward offered for stolen horses in Ames Iowa
Hesekiah Gilbert of Story county celebrated his seventy fifth birthday with family and friends from Gilbert Station and Ames. The piece notes a theft at a barn on January 15, with white face sorrel geldings valued and a $25 reward offered for arrest and conviction of the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Hesekiah Gilbert
Story County
Edward
Frank
Elias Gilbert
Gilbert Station
Ames
Resolutions for Edwin Read by I. S. C. Class of ’96
The class of ’96 at I. S. C. expresses heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family after the death of Edwin Read. The resolutions note his upright conduct and cheerful ways, and request publication in Ames papers and the I. A. C. Student. Signed by Co. O. Pool, EpitH Foster, and T. J. Manory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. S.C
Ames
Co. O. Pool
Epith Foster
T. J. Manory
Mill in Ames Sold to Theodore M Brown from Pipe Stone Minnesota
The Ames flouring mill was sold Monday to Theodore M Brown of Pipe Stone Minnesota who took immediate possession. He gave farm near Pipestone to former owner Frank Patrick who will move to New York then Ames. Patrick will vacate the residence and Brown will reside there in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Theodore M. Brown
Pipestone
Minnesota
Brown
Frank Patrick
Patrick
New York
County Printing Board Contends in Patronage Scramble
The Board of Supervisors hears a legal fight over printing contracts as local newspapers contend for official status. Three Nevada papers plus Ames publications and others target the proceedings with a single price offer through attorney Addison. The Times INTELLIGENCER clubbing deal is at play while Watchman and Journal clash over subscriber lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Nevada
Ames
Maxwell Tribune
Collins Clipper
Slater News
Addison
Maxwell
Times
Intelligencer
Watchman
Journal
Epworthan Council Installs Church Officers
The Epworthan had charge of services at the M. E. church last Sunday evening Rev Everly installed officers including Co E Hunt as President Mrs E Fowler 1st Vice President Belle Rutherford 2nd Vice President Mary Fellows 3rd Vice President Stella McLain Vice President Myrtle Lanning Secretary Mrs McMichael Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworthan
M. E
Everly
Co. E. Hunt
E. Fowler
Belle Rutherford
V. P
Mary Fellows
Stella McLain
Myrtle Lanning
Sect
McMichael
Treas
Story County Teachers Association meets in Ames January
The program outlines sessions for January 18 with speakers on reading and discipline including Margaret Watts and E D Culbertson. Music and discussions are planned led by J J Coul. Attendees include teachers school officers and patrons with officers S B Milner president and Metta Harrison secretary. Home Seekers Excursion to the South dates January 14 28 February 11 and March 10 1896 offer excursion tickets to multiple southern states via Chicago and North Western Railway. Blain... Co Ames Iowa advertises 20 cent bushes for corn trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. MiLner
Metta Harrison
North-Western Line
Kentucky
Ippi
Louisana
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizona
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Ames Council balances city bills in special session
The Ames council met in a special session last Friday with the mayor present to approve payments for multiple vendors. A resolution seeks an E B Hillman forfeit bond and a May 1 target to complete the electric light plant, pending bond approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Hillman & Co
P. C. Compton
H. P. Corkins
E. McMichael
J.D. Quick
Fred Hacket
H. L. Mann
Lumber
John Queal & Co
Sour
Giavors
W. P. Taylor
Shurston & Graham
Intelligencer
Maxwell & Son
Ed Whalen
Ames
E. B. Hillman
City of Ames
Iowa Falls
City of
Local notices and school reports from the community
Geo Kimble and M W Templeton are noted as absent from work and duties. The W W Society meets with Mrs Ham Wakefield on Wednesday January 22. Sheffield Literary Society formed in Sheffield school house meeting Fridays. Pleasant Grove school hosts weekly cyphering and a race of exercise led by Henry Sowers Lena Sanders and Jesse Sowers. Local ads promote Witch Hazel Salve Round Oak heater and Hubbard's Superla flour at local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Templeton
W. W. Society
Ham Wakefield
Maggie Shattuck
Laura
Jas. Ferguson
Methodist Aid Society
Montgomery
Daryin Barker
Howard Township
Chase
Pleasant Grove
Sheffield
Sheffield Literary Society
Henry Sowers
Lena Sanders
Jesse Sowers
Publishing rights for 4 Business in Great Waters secured
The county edition announces exclusive rights to publish Julian Corbett’s 4 Business in Great Waters. It promises a thrilling historical novel about French society during the revolution, free of objectionable content. Back issues available from this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Waters
Julian Corbett
France
Blaine-Spence Co To Quit Business Rumor
Rumor says Blaine Spence Co will close in a few days and give away goods to avoid moving. Mr Meauly of Omaha will lecture next Sunday evening at the Congregational church on Christ's Work in the World Today with 100 stereoptical views. Free lecture with collection at end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine-Spence Co
Meauly
Omaha
Congregational Church
Marriage of James Black and Ida Pontius at Boone
James Black and Ida Pontius of Story County were married Wednesday January 8, 1896 in Boone Iowa by Reverend Wm E Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone, Iowa
Wm. E. Randall
Jas. Black
Ida Pontius
Story County
Local notes from Pleas ant Grove and surroundings
Pleas ant Grove residents report visits and social happenings. Guests include Miss Genevieve Minkler in Pleas ant Grove and John Graham of Manchester Iowa visiting relatives. Revival meetings begin with Rev Horswell and church gatherings occur at Rays Hall and the Christian church. Marriage licenses issued since January 1 1896 include multiple couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Graham
Manchester
Iowa
R. D. Graham
Horswell
M. E. Church
Rays Hall
The
Christian Church
Jay A. King
Palm
Curtis House
M. E
C. Hamilton
Humbolt
P. E. O. Society
Fitchpatrick
Margaret Statler
Boone
Wm. Pellersels
Maria Gilmore
Henry T. Meeks
Julia Larson
J. R. Mundon
Mary E. Watt
Frank H. Long
Carrie Leonard
Bernie M. Harrison
Alma A. Brown
Albert L. Hall
Ethel Grier
John J. Dean
Lillie McNichols
Dr. McCall
Kelley Beats and Local Meetings Gather in Boone Area
Prof D Littlejohn from Boone visited to clean organs earlier in the week. Etta Budd from Ames came to organize a Good Templars Lodge. Lou Gossard visited from Nevada. Mrs Willis returned from Des Moines. Lottie Wooton joined. Lulu and Maud Gray called in Kel ley. A Oakland child died of diphtheria last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Budd
Ames
Lou Gossard
Nevada
J. Willis
Des Moines
Lottie Wooton
Lulu
Maud Gray
Kelley
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
Advertising copy touts One Minute Cough Cure as the easier remedy for colds and hacking coughs. It urges purchase from D. C. Bales Drug and mentions grinders at Irwin, Dall & Co's. The ad implies immediate relief and warns against suffering through a cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Bales Drug
Irwin, Dall & Co’s
Local merchants promote wholesale closeout and cough remedy
Watson stock owners announce a February closeout on underwear boots caps shirts and notions with low prices. Adams Bros. nostalgiac trade and Perry Cameron druggists Flushing Michigan commend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as best cough medicine sold, available at 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Perry & Cameron
Flushing
Michigan
Pastilles Praised By Satisfied Customer Endorsed Local Sale
Dear sir having used your Pastilles I can recommend them to the public. I have been attended by four doctors but one and a half boxes of your medicine had me more good than all of them. For sale by D. D. Bales. Prices range from Amen Stove Free 3.00 to 40.00. Bingham & Co. Dr Sawyer. Mrs Maggie Johnson Bronson Branch Co Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Brook, Bronson
Bethel Branch
Mich
D. D. Bales
Miss Jennie West Visits Boone and Local Notes
Ontario social notes recount Miss Jennie West visiting Boone and Mrs Chas Antees from Eldora visiting this week. Local items include Schuyler Freed and Flave Jones at Luther Station, Briley Bros not yet buying a steam saw, Bessie Sutton ill with pneumonia, and Wm Barger renting Clay Fosters farm for spring. Church events, Sunday services by Rev. Wright, and a list of upcoming meetings and visits are noted along with farm work and a two year old heifer butchered weighing 964 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie West
Boone
Chas. Antees
Eldora
Frieds
Schuyler Freed
Flave Jones
Luther Station
Briley Bros
Bessie Sutton
Wm. Barger
Clay Fosters Farm
Wallace Gaston
Gilbert
Thomas
Nora Canday
John
Simeon Ross
Hawarden
Simeon
Jones School
W. H. Beedle
Maud Eastwood
Kansas City
H. Baugman
Last Call Extends Response Window Amid Messy Text
The note appears to announce an extension of a response period to a date in 1996. Readability is poor and specifics are unclear.
Family Cure Endorsed By Sufferers Across States
A testimonial note from S HAMILTON'S Home Made Minc tat praises Dr A P Sawyer and his Family Cure. Mrs H Wingart of Lena Illinois and Mrs W Weathershee of Augusta Georgia report relief from rheumatism and lung troubles after using the remedy. Sold by D D Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Hamilton
A. P. Sawyer
One Minute Cough Cure Advertisement Promises Fast Relief
An old advertisement touts a remedy called One Minute Cough Cure for asthma and feverish colds. It emphasizes instant results and targets druggists as the distributors.
Fragmentary text hints at a purchase and a name
Readable fragments mention buying something and a named person, but details are unclear and no clear event, date, or place emerge from the damaged text.
One Minute Cough Cure Advertised By D D Bales
Trade notice highlights One Minute Cough Cure as a harmless remedy with immediate results sold by D D Bales Druggist. Also mentions mufflers neckwear celery sees bananas and other items at Sop s and G Milton s. Early Risers advertised as smallest dose that forms a cure by D D Bales Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Bales
Milton
de Witty
Pain relief treatment for chest pain by old remedy
A dampened flannel bound to the chest and another between the shoulders provides prompt relief for chest pain caused by a cold with pneumonia risk. The remedy is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Early Risers and Shelters Promote Bargains and Tools
An advertisement column offers De Witt's Little Early Risers for headaches and digestive relief, with druggists promoting sales in multiple towns. Letters brag about a new No. 2 Centrifugal sheller, claiming superior design, cleaning ability, and western availability, sent to Logan B. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin, Randall & Co
Ironera
Irwin
Randal
Logan B. Thomas
Mississippi River
W. T. Jones
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the Intelligencer
Hudson Bros
Charlie Hartford
Boonne
Ames Friends
Mame Raynor
Chicago
John Hoggatt
Jersey
Rev. Williams
Drake University
Perry Williams
Perry, In
Selby
Williams
Henry Lodds
John Lanning
Soper
W.S. Dawson
Bradley Store
C. E. Taylor
Slater
Thayer
Duncan
Knights of Pythias
Boore
Story Counties
Blackman
Baptist
Baptist Church
L. Jane Saylor
Beardgrear
Iowa Agricultural College
South
J. K. Hester
Valisca
Walter Simmons
Colorado
Walter
Gand
Geo. Carter
Hester
Washington Township
Ida Price
Flora Scott
Weston Johnson
Louis Johnson
Emma Moser
Nellie Scott
Mary Moser
Daisy
Dora
Ollie Johnson
Mary
Bell Barger
Clarence
Eddie Rex
Arthur
Homer
Harvey Beedle
James
Laura Moser
Albert
Ethel Murray
Floyd
Scott
Allie Briley
Otto
Ernest
Yeston Jinkens
Harvey
We McDanel
Bert Shute
B. Johnson
Ellsworth W. R. C
Parkhill
McElroy
Hungerford
Saylor
Shaw
Bloomington
Illinois
Dawson
Matthews
Gaston
Ames, Iowa
Edwin
the County Printing
Story County Teachers’ Association
Margaret Watts
Me Allard
Harsert Harpy
J. J. Coull
R. V. Veneman
Alice Lewiss
E. D. ¥. Culbertson
the State Association
L. T. Weld
Nora E. Nicks
Bessie Hall
Blainxg-Spence Co
Ames, Lowa
Mankato
Minn
S. G. Hamilton
Adams Bros
Wallace Publishing Co
Wallace
Farmer and Dairyman
Philippin Datag
Adams Pros
Dre. A. P. Sawyer
Z. Shugart
la. I
S . Hamilton
Schuttler
Studebaker
Irwin Randall & Co
J. E. Davis
Blaie-Spence Co
Irwid Randall & Co
B. A. LockWood, F. N. Flrower
F. A. Rhoads
Sutherland
A. G. Bartley
Magic, Pa
Witt
Ape
Geo. Kimble
Balus Howland
Jas
de Witts
Hubbard
G. Hamiltons
Genevieve Minkler
Ollie White
Mrs. Sheldon
State Center
H. M. Funson
D. Littlejohn
J. E. Duncan
Bingham & Co
Ontario
Ams Bros
United
Sop¢’s
de Witt
Rouunde
Sam
Winters Bros
Thurston & Graham’s
Adams
Tey Hubbard
Hamilton
Lown
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