Ames News Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Visits
Des Moines visitors and Ames residents are noted in a flurry of short items. Names include Hannah Clark A. E. Lucas Nona Phelan Neva Curley and many others with travels to Des Moines Polk City Nevada Nevada Jexington Harlan and Chicago plus local events like sermons picnics and a July 4 outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Clark
Des Moines
Ames
A. E. Lucas
Nona Phelan
Boone
Jennie Beyer
Chas Whitaker
Polk City
Neva Curley
Prairie City
Jas. Gilbert
Steven Loughran
Dai- Brown
Bartlett Pursues County Attorney Post in Nevada
A. L. Bartlett of Nevada campaigns for county attorney, praised for his hustling canvass. Lillie Kegley of Harris-Friery Co Des Moines visits Denver with Mrs Hoggat. J L Bartlett family returns from Waycross Ga after eight months for Rose Bartletts health. City well progress reaches 75 feet with Briley Craig contractors hoping for 135 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bartlett
Nevada
Bartlett
Lillie Kegley
Harris-Friery Co
Des Moines
Denver
Colorado
Lizzie
Abbie Hoggat
Grayson
J. L. Bartlett
Rose
Pearl
Milwaukee Avenue
East
Waycross
Briley & Craig
Huffmans Visit Ball Family Amid Tornado Aftermath
Rev and Mrs Huffman stay with Mrs Huffman’s parents Mr and Mrs A M Ball in South Ames until after the 4th. Their Casey home was torn from its foundation in the recent twister, dishes broken and furniture damaged, yet the couple escaped with minor injuries. Berryhill carried Hulls and Hull Berryhills precinct in the Des Moines primary. Mr and Mrs W P Fitchpatrick welcomed a ten and a half pound girl born last Saturday, with grandparents appreciating the promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McCartney
South Ames
W. P. Fitchpatrick
Grandpa
Grandma Fitchpatrick
June Marriage Licenses and Independence Day Speeches
Clerk Hamilton issued marriage licenses in June to J. Jackson Linna B Stone Henry Dennister Clara Hall Howard H Clemens Bertha Bunce Fred Stevens Kate Stone Harvey Brown Nellie McAllister William Williams Louise Rutland H P Corkins Beckey Allen Lee Hans Q O Nelson Tillie Oleson Charles K Munns Mahala Silliman H C Buxton Florence E May W F Bales Cora A Morgan John Severtson As lang Dorothea Halverson Clinton Ruffington Nellie A King. Hon B F Clayton to speak at Maxwell on Independence Day and Hon Ole O Roe at Story City same day. Tornado in Kossuth county causes property damage but no deaths. Ames area storm spooked residents, cloud looked ominous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk Hamilton
J. Jackson
Linna B. Stone
Henry Dennister
Clara Hall
Howard H. Clemens
Bertha Bunce
Fred Stevens
Kate Stone
Harvey Brown
Nellie McAllister
William Williams
Louise Rutland
H. P. Corkins
Beckey Allen Lee
Hans QO. Nelson
Tillie Oleson
Charles K. Munns
Mahala Silliman
H. C. Buxton
Florence E. May
W. F. Bales
Cora A. Morgan
John Severtson
Aslang Dorothea
Halverson
Clinton Ruffington
Nellie A. King
Ames News Roundup Reflects Local Matters and Marriages
The Ames column notes Chicago and Northwestern earnings rising to 2 671 965 with a 270 533 gain, local politics shifts in Franklin township, and Hager's renomination in the ninth district. It covers Rev Douglass resigning from the Congregational church, college trustees meeting about sewer and water works, and resignations and appointments on the board. Also reported are marriage notices, farm notices, shop ads, and social visits including a picnic at the A C grounds and preparations for educational travel notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Cook
Russel
Iowa
Mr. Cook
Rev. H. P. Williams
Howard Adams
Washington, D. C
Y. P
C. E
Mr. Adams
Ladies and Society
Odd Fellows
Roberson Building
Boone
Congregational Church
Douglass
Ames
Bridge sale and council bids dominate Ames notices
Local notices document July 8 bridge auction near Ames, city council bids for brick stone poles well drilling and wiring supplies, with discussions on arc light versus dynamo plans and a busy July 4 picnic. Funeral of C R Beck and religious ordination events are also reported along with church sermons and an overflow service plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Cameron
D. H. Maxwell
Tilden Bros
H. L. Munn
E. Briley
Raynor
The People's Bible History Advancing Biblical Scholarship
Promotes The People's Bible History from Henry Q. Shepard Co of Chicago with contributions by Gladstone Sayce Farrar Hale and others. Highlights illustrations typography and subscription sales including a 1 283 page deluxe edition with 200 full page maps and illustrations. Agents are wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Bible History
Henry QO. Shepard
John H. Vincent
Gladstone
Sayce
Russia
Well Drilling and Farm Equipment Ad
Well drilling and repair services offered by Geo. Miller & Son Ames Iowa. Also farming loans advertised by Carrier Bros and Herman up to 2000 dollars at six percent interest. Straw hats at Soper's and LaCreme Mitter Kooser flour suggested for quick baking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Miller & Son
Ames
Iowa
Tf Louis Ham
Ames School House Additions Bid Notice 1896
Notice that Ames Iowa Independent School District invites bids for addition and repairs to the School House on the south side of Ames. Plans and specs available after June 15 1896. Bids due July 2 1896. Hot air furnace bids also received. Board may reject all bids. CHAS. WHITAKER secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTICE
Ames
Iowa
Wash
Story County
Chas. Whitaker
Board of Directors
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Intelligencer
Hudson Bros
John Coull
Milford Township
Elias Clifton
Bluff Park
Milt Little
Bob Bigelow
Okobosi Lake
Rev H. P. Williams
Frank Curtiss
Fannie
C. F. Curtiss
Volney Giddings
Carthage
Kittie Freed
W. H. Day
Goar-Scott Company
Joe Wideman
Illinois
Belle Rutherford
City
A. J. Rutherford
Boone Republican
C. S. Giddings
Colfax
Mr. Giddings
Miss Blanch Gossard
Methodist Church
W. B. Loughran
Toledo
Omaha
C. G. Lee
Dr. Richmond
A. C. Baker
W. J. Bryan
W. H. Jackson
Jackson & Moss
Mrs. Raynor
Miss Mame
Chicago
New York
P. J. Raynor
Mrs. J. W. Ramsay
Harlan, Iowa
Mrs. Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey
Florence Parkhill
Jexington, Mo
St. Louis
Geo. Roberson
Mrs
Albert Lucas
Daughters of
Lucas
K. W. Brown
H. Mitchell
Carry Mitchell
Cresco
Brown
E. E. Faville
Cal Giddings
Ladies’ Auxiliary Cemetery Association
Frank Graves
Story County Bank
Maxwell
Story City
Berryhill
Hull
Hull Berryhill
B. F. Clayton
Ole O. Roe
Kossuth
Chicago and Northwestern
John Hornstein
The
Boone Democrat
McKinley
Franklin Township
Hager
Walter F. Trotter
Marshalltown
Iowa Agricultural College
A. F. Meservey
Hiram C. Wheeler
Odebolt
Meservey
Gregory
Miller & Kooser
W. R. Scott
Elite
J. Ferguson
E. M. Soper
Milner & Rooster’s
Farr
Soper’s
G. W. O'Brien
Louis Heney
South Side
Newman Bros
J. 8. Thompson
Z. Shugart
Miller & Kooser’s
F. J. Douglass
Harris C. Buxton
Red Oak
Woodstock
Conn
Buxton
Washington
New England
R. J. Silliman
Rev. Lovejoy
Corning
Chas. K. Munns
Munns
Providence
R. I
A. C
Jas. Cook
James Cook Jr
A. E. Dean
Arthur Dean
S. W. Mason
Iowa Falls
Miller & Kooser's
Tilden
Mrs. Bower
Adams
J. E. Davis
Harry Hoffman
Geo. E. Baker
Wm. Hulett
Morrison
Marshall Ricketts
Harry Fleming
Iane Saylor
Frank
Lincoln
Neb
C. F. Saylor
G. W. Richards
Duquesne, Pa
Squaw Creek
Ep. Rex
E. M. Sorer
City Council
Carroll
College
C. R. Beckwith
Grant Township
Clark
Hicks
Clinton Co
Ed Skillen
Edgar
Martha Coffin
H. P. Williams
Christian Church
J. Madison Williams
Dean Matthews
Drake University
Matthews
Newens
M. E
Farrar
Gunsauinus
Hale
Carrier, Bro’s. & Herman
J. A. Baker
LaCreme Mitter & Kooser’s
For Trade
Tilden Bros. & Co
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