Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Time Table July 6 1893
The Chicago and North Western Railway publishes a July 6 1893 time table listing outbound and inbound trains including the Omaha Express Denver Limited Overland Limited Pacific Express and several freight services. It notes passenger trains operate with limited runs and that no other trains carry passengers except Sundays. Gero W. Woger, Agent.
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Chicago
Sterling Express
Esse Wobgook
Atlantic Express
Denver Limited
Omaha Express
Overland Limited
Pacific
Carroll Oak
M & Dak
D. M
B.C. Pasa
Treigh
Social notes highlight Ames area gatherings and travel
Miss Blanche Granger spends the Fourth with her sister in Boone while many residents visit relatives in Boone Ames and Chicago. Attendees include Mrs Gloyd from St John Kansas Mrs Rutherford Mrs Daniel McCarthy ill with Malaria and others visiting Des Moines Webster City Chicago and Montreal.
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Blanche Granger
Boone
Gloyd
St. John
Kansas
City
W. 5. Smith
Prof. Pommel
Chicago
Des Moines
S.S. Paxton
John Scott
Nevada
Rankin
Fred Lucas
Baby
610
West Ninth Street
Ames
Capital
Laura
Nannie Craig
Cambridge
Mamie Hall
Northern
Iowa
Starr
Nina
Webster City
Minnie Hoppes
Little Boy
State Center
Maime Raynor
Tenry Wilson
Charlies Tilden
Illinois
Fay Arnold
Virginia Corbett
Montreal
Kittie Freed
Barker
Gilbert Station
Cohn
Cobleskill
New York
S. W
C. Shelden
Herman, N. Y
Clarence Pitts
Sioux City
Mr. Everly
Cole
M. E
Col. Hoggatt
Cora Quick
J. D. Quick
Gladys
Debt collection notice from BiekLow and Smith
Local creditors urge readers to pay as much of their outstanding indebtedness as possible this week. The notice emphasizes the need for funds and names BiekLow and Smith as the asserting parties.
Local Lumber Stock Liquidation and Notice to Unpaid Accounts
Advertises bulk lumber sale and confirms no transfer of old accounts to new location. Warns that after July 8th collectors will locate debts. Urges immediate cash or note payments. Also lists assorted items and local suppliers with prices and goods for sale.
No extra charge for extracting teeth at Hunt's Dental Parlors
Advertises no additional fee for tooth extraction at C. E. Hunt's dental parlors highlighting painless service.
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C. E. Hunt
Bloomington News Briefs Highlight Local Incidents and New Publisher
The text reports various local happenings including a court scene where Geo. Scott received ten days in jail for theft, a Cambridge Press launch by R. M. Harvey promising independent news, a nuisance incident on Main Street, a Bloomington picnic with lemon race, and the sale of the Aplington News including a note from the new owner. It also mentions Mr. Coggeshall’s prosperity and the enthusiastic reception in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Press
R. M. Harvey
Polk City
Harvey
Aplington News
J. L. George & Co
Aplington
Timber land and town lots near Ames offered for sale
160 acres of fine timber land within two miles of Ames. Also improved town lots. Mrs Harriet Santee. 104 The Des Moines Bankers Accident Insurance Company's coupons for sale at this office. 30 days 3.00, 60 days 4.00, 90 days 5.00.
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Ames
Harriet Santee
Des Moines Bankers Accident Insurance Company
Miss Etta Budd Offers Painting and Drawing Lessons
Miss Etta Budd will receive pupils in painting and drawing at her residence. Diamond Bluff flour is the best. Cash price one dollar per sack. Grove Bros offers 10 percent discount for cash until July 4 on all men's boys and children's clothing at Tilden's.
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Etta Budd
Diamond Bluff
Grove Bros
Tilden’s
Local Bargains and Fresh Dairy Items Listed
Two number one fresh milch cows for inquiry with J. H. Swan. Mason fruit jars at Grove Bros. New glassware at W. S. Bradley’s. Eggs 12c at Bigelow & Smith’s. Odontunder Eggs 12c a dozen at Tilden’s. Best patent flour 1.00 a sack at Tilden’s. Straw hats a newer line at Tilden’s. Electro Carved Panel bedsteads at Loud’s. Salt per barrel 1.25 at Adams Bros. D.C. Freed Company offers ice cream delivery citywide.
Local adverts tout goods and services from leading merchants
Numerous ads promote flour at 1.00 per sack Adams Bros and best patent flour. furniture and dining goods from Geo D Loud and Hamilton Co. dresses by Miss Anna Capps. coffee by W S Bradley. gasoline stoves Thurston Swan Co. patent attorneys DuBois & DuBois. Cottolene for pies. straw hats at C M Soper. Hebra's Viola cream at Bosworth. stock-up call before July 1 and note settlement of debts for G G Tilden Estate.
Blemish Cure Promoted by Ames Druggist
Claim promotes a bottle that supposedly cures horse lumps blemishes bruises and joint swelling. It alleges blood sprains ring bone and throat ailments are cured and offers savings of five hundred dollars. Sold by L M Bosworth Druggist in Ames Iowa.
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L. M. Bosworth Druggist
Ames
Depot restaurant boasting largest chain between Chicago and Omaha
The depot restaurant rises as the region’s busiest midpoints for travelers with quick clean service and fair prices. Proprietor James Dunn runs multiple outlets across the country while Ames Iowa duo Tom Story and J T Mitchell oversee day shifts and Ed Lynch of Carroll Iowa handles night duties. All three praised as courteous and instrumental in keeping the place popular.
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Chicago
Omaha
James Dunn
Tom Story
J. T. Mitchell
Ames
Iowa
Mr. Dunn
Ed Lynch
Carroll
DuPage County Independent
Quiet Fourth Observed in Ames with Local Festivities
Ames residents marked the Fourth with family gatherings and nearby events. Travels to State Center by forenoon train, return in the evening. A large group enjoyed Worrell's grove and John Brown's bowery dance. An invoice of 538 kegs and 8 beer cases arrived Monday and was disposed of without incident. Gilbert fireworks display pleased attendees.
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Frank Moore
J. E. White
Sigourney
John Glidden
Detroit
Mich
Rose Bartlett
Ames
State Center
Worrell’s Grove
John Brown
Bowery
Gilbert
Fight on campus as medics clash with cane and fists
On Monday afternoon on the uptown infirmary campus a struggle broke out between two medics amid bystander indifference. A man who tried to stop the fight was struck as clothes tore and skin was cut. Onlookers remark the pattern of near blows over recent dog fights and separations.
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Pill School
Up Town Infirmary
Ames and Nevada church meeting schedule announced
The third quarterly meeting for the Ames church and the Nevada circuit occurs next Saturday and Sunday. Events include a Saturday 2 PM quarterly conference in the Ames U B church and 8 PM preaching at Bethany chapel. Sunday services feature Ames Sunday school at 9:30, preaching at 10:30 by Rev. Geo Miller and 11 AM by Rev. L H Lufkin, with afternoon events and a 3:30 PM children’s mass meeting.
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M. E
Ames Church
Nevada
Ames U. B
Evergreen
Bethany
Bethany Chapel
Ames
Geo. Miller
D. D
O. D. Mathew’s Grove
L. H. Lufkin
D. D. Love Teast
Meteorological Observations for June 1893 Ames
Observations by Isaac Young at south-west of Ames for the Intelligencer record June 1893 highs of 94 on the 13th, lows 50 on 2nd 5th 6th, mean 71.26. Daily range 32 on 26th, min range 6 on 21st. Precipitation 4.07 inches over 11 days. Weather mainly cloudy to clear with 4 cloudy 7 fair and cloudy 3 fair 5 clear. Thunder and lightning on several dates. Southeast prevailing wind. Notable sunsets and astronomical phenomena. Rainfall concentrated northeast on 14th and south on 2nd.
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Isaac Young
Ames
Intelligencer
Romance July Number features eastern legends and Kipling tales
The July issue of Romance magazine highlights a Special Oriental Number with legends from Hindoo, Persian and Japanese literature, Kipling, a Sepoy mutiny incident, and a kangaroo hunt. It also includes a July 4 story by Spofford, ghost tale by Maupassant, and French love stories plus American sketches. The edition costs 25 cents or 5.50 yearly. Also notes Union School District No. 6 Franklin Twp report and Iowa visitors’ sale of Daily Iowa Capital at Wells Sizer.
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Harry Willard French
Rudyard Kipling
Australia
W. Thomson
Harry Prescott Spofford
Mary E. Wilkins
Guy de Maupassant
R. I. Cowens
James Harvey Smith
Arthur James Pegler
Romance Publishing Company
Clinton Hall
Astor Place
New York
Union School
Franklin Township
Story County Lown
Clayton Plumb
Eva M. Grove
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the Intelligencer
Story County
H&s. K. Wilson
Mai Matter
Chicago & North Western
Railway
B.C. A
Gero
W. woGeRs
Mrs. Rutherford
Daniel McCarthy
Eva Grove
Bert Bisbee
Armou Packing Company
Prof
Patrick
James Hutchison
Indiana
James
Junkin
Red Oak
Town
Etta Chevalier
JH. L. Carrell
M. C. Allen
L. A. Ferguson
Rockwell City
William Hulett
Morrison
Lil
C. H. Hallam
Saybrook
Hester
E. A. Kegley
Cedar Rapids
Frank Patrick
Miller
John W. Spencer
Brenneman
Florence
Bennie
Jennie Beyer
Wesley McElgen
Squire W. C. Shockley
C. E. Wheeler
Clinton, Iowa
Barrows
Taylor
E. L. Taylor
McFarlan
Gates Brown
Stuart Hutchinson
Russel Read
George Tilden
Minneapolis
Zearing
Hawks
San Francisco
Cal
Whitaker
Marshalltown
California
Pacific Coast
Hattie Lucas
Col
Mrs. Eddy
Pammel
Germany
P. Wolff
Gammelgab
Pr. Broager
Pro
Schl
Holst
BiekLow & Smith
Geo. Cameron
J. TH. Queat & Co
Lamilton & Co
C. M. Soper’s
Loud’s
Kratzer
Thurston, Swan & Co
Odontunder
Grocery Department
Dry Goods Department
McCormick
Loughran Machine Co
Oxford
G. CG. Tilden Estate
J. A. Kerr
Dr. Cramblett
Geo. D. Loud’s
W. S. Bradley’s
W. RK. C
Geo. Scott
Davis House
A. M. Ball
Sheldon
Main Street
Bloomington
Bradley
Adams Bros
J. H. Swan
Mason Fruit Jars
Bigelow & Smith’s
D.C. Freed Company
Anna Capps
W.S. Bradley
Thurston, Swan & Co's
DuBois & DuBois
Washington, D. C
C. M. Soper
Hebra
L. M. Bosworth’s
Hamiltron & Co
G. G. Tilden
School House Grove
Ramsay
E. O. Taylor
Congregational Church
Woman's Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Lowa
Iowa Capital
Wells B. Sizer
State Street
Fymes
A. N. Palmer
Intetticencer
Des Moines Weekly Register
Orange Judd
Haas Bros
L. M. Bosworth
C. W. Dudgeon
R. T. Sisson
McCormick and
Esterly
Rock Island
Motor Line
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