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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
5
Local notices cover house inquiries, visits by residents and visitors, church events, business changes, marriages, and a fatal shooting risk to a Nevada pastor. The feed mentions the Iowa State Fair semi centennial plans, armory site meetings, and national politics in St. Louis.
Local notices five cents per line per insertion for general notices and entertainment related items. Cards of thanks twenty five cents. Resolutions of respect and condolence one dollar. Free one time publication for church lodge society and club meetings not run for revenue. subsequent publications five cents per line. Rates available on application. changes for display ads due by Friday evening each week.
Ruth Dewey of Agnewville Virginia fell ill with cholera infantum last summer. Her father says they expected her to die each hour until Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used. After five hours improvement appeared and she recovered after giving part of a bottle. The remedy is sold by Loughran Bauer.
All camp members of I. O. F. are requested to attend their hall on July 15 where work in all degrees will be given. Refreshments and a general good time are planned. Don’t forget the date July 15.
The notice lists transfers in Nevada and nearby towns detailing property sales. Names include John McDaniel, Emma E Cameron, Rose A Woten, A W Woten, Frank W Dill, Clark McLain, John A Johnson, T L Olson, Edward G Richardson, R A Cool, May E Zenor, James T White, F E Clark, Sophia I Osborn, and James T White. Parcels cover blocks and lots in Parker’s addition, Gilberts Station, Clarks Subdiv, and others with prices from 27.50 to 5000 dollars.
Dear Sir letter urges joint effort between firms to save customers money and prevent rust and rot by using better paint. Mentions F. W. Dever & Co. and Loughran & Bauer. Rosebud Reservation Opening notes train service from Norfolk Junction Nebraska to Benesteel with special excursion rates via the North-Western Line for July 1 to 22.
Weather was cooler than normal yet sunny warmth supported healthy growth of corn and small grains. Oats spring wheat and barley show better conditions than typical July heat. Rust-free small grains, variable hay yields but good quality, potatoes apples berries and minor crops general good progress.
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces special reduced excursion rates from all points for major conventions and events including Atlantic City National Republican, Elks Grand Lodge, B P O Elks, Shrine gatherings, Prohibition, Knights Templar, I O O F and Democratic Conventions. For details on rates and sale dates contact the North Western Line ticket agent.
Excursion tickets to Iowa Falls Chautauqua Assembly via the North Western Line offered at reduced rates on convenient dates with return allowed until July 19 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
Market list from Ames shows corn shelled 39 to 40 cents per ear 43 cents, oats 34 to 4 cents, wheat 64 cents, barley 41 cents, rye 50 cents, butter 18 to 22 cents, eggs 13 cents, potatoes 1.50, lard 11 cents, hogs 4.30, chickens 8 cents, geese 6 cents, turkey 10 cents, ducks 7 cents, veal 4.00, quantity 450 units.
Excursion tickets at one fare plus 50 cents available July 14 to 18 with favorable return limits for the Triennial Convention L. A. B A. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
Save life with Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to be bought now. For sale by Loughran and Bauer. Also note cheap excursion tickets to Detroit via the North-Western Line on July 5 6 and 7 for the B Y P U convention with favorable return limits.
Ames Iowa adopts Ordinance No. 147 to authorize sewer construction and repair across streets and property. It details funding through district funds, city funds, general revenue, or special assessments, with assessments not exceeding 25 percent of property value and requiring public notice and hearings before proceeding.
The district court of Story county Iowa appoints M F Sims administrator of the estate of Ann H. Sims deceased. All debts must be paid to the administrator and all claims presented legally authenticated to the court for allowance. Ames Iowa June 18 1904.
A terse note records sand and gravel items involving Bower and Perkins, listing the firms and material in a brief market snapshot.
A Shoe Trade Journal item notes that smiling helps many sales but counters that some high class customers opposes warmth. It cites a four hundred shopper who arrives with icy reception, while skilled clerks maintain polite briskness to close high value footwear sales. Also contains an Ames pasture notice from J. R. Munden offering 320 acres well watered two and a half miles from Ames.
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