Ames Local Notes Highlight Visitors and Fourth of July Festivities
Ames reporters detail residents visiting Kelley and Des Moines, wins and losses in town, and a busy Fourth. Notables include Miss Ssephene Gossard, Vinje, and Gossard family gatherings. Local events cover church, school, and civic life with marriages planned and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gossard
M. E. Church
Kelley
Slultziser
Des Moi
Geo. Hultz
Tupper
Anselmo
Nebraska
Ames
Marshall
K. W. Brown
S. H. Mitchell
Cresco
Iowa
Baptist Church
Carrie
A. E. Lucas
Des Moines
C. H. Maxson
Indian Territory
India
L. S. Loughran
W. O. Brown
Mitchell
Local Ames Retailers Advertise Goods and Services
A mix of ads for Miller and Kooser and local merchants promote La Creme Flour bread and teas, dinner sets, furniture, organs, and upholstery. City notes discuss Ames electric plant bids, choosing a high speed engine with direct connected dynamo over a Corliss option, highlighting fuel efficiency and simplified shafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council of
Ames
Corliss
Clifton
Franklin
Allis Corliss
Westinghouse
H. P
Adams
Ames Electric Light
Ames Council Hears Bid for Engine Setup in July Sessions
Council met July 2 3 and 6 for bid openings on general electric supplies engines boilers and dynamos. Ide & Son Springfield bid on a 140 to 160 HP engine and two boilers with appliances and the motion to accept carried after discussion. Several bills were approved for water works street and office services and staff salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
The
Electric Appliances Co
General Electric Supply Co
Prof
Franklin
Ide & Son
Springfield
Tilden
Adams
Thompson
Well drilling and repair services offered locally
I am prepared to do all kinds of well drilling and repairing promptly and at reasonable figures. Call or leave word with Geo. Miller & Son, Ames, Iowa. tf Louis HAM. Men's Grain Cong. Plow Shoe $1.25 and $1.50. Can and Bros. & Herman, $2,000 to lean on good farm land. Long time, six percent interest. 8-4 J. A. Baker. Look at our 4c straw hats with a good band, at Soper's. For quick raising flour use LaCreme MrLtLeR & KoosEeR's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Whalen
Des Moines
Abe Bingman
Grove
S.O. Ward Esq
Eagle Grove
Ames
U. B
Rev. Hicks
Adams Bro’s
C. H. Monger
Anamosa Journal
Iowa
Europe
B. A. Lockwood
W. P. George
Kelley
Garden Prairie Band
Jay C. Fremont
South
Fremont
Mississippi
Story County
George’s Grove
Geo. Miller & Son
Tf Louis Ham
J. A. Baker
Administrators Notice for W E Catherine Sheckley Estate
Notice to all creditors and interested persons that in Story County District Court of the Estates of W E Catherine Sheckley deceased the administrator will settle the estate. Creditors must file legally authenticated claims and debtors must pay debts to the undersigned. Dated July 7, 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Story County
W. É. Catherine Sheckley
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Intelligencer
Hudson Bros
Ssephene Gossard of
Armes
Red
Vinje
A. B. Harvey
Coffin Home
E. G. Irwin
Banks
Attorney Gifford
W. A. Paxton
Blakestown
Jessie Hudson
Hampton
W. M. Greeley
Parley Sheldon
Nice
Inez Ball
Cora Huffmann
Casey
Bert Bisbee
Board of Health
Chicago
Robert Sonquist
B. F. White
W.S. Bradley
Frank Gore
Beloit
Wisconsin
W. L. Taylor
J. F. Reed
Mrs. Emery
New London
Ohio
Mrs. Gossard
W. W. Talbott
Carroll
Talbott
John Miller
Geo. Clapp
D. Bisbee
Issac Johnson
Boone
Wm Clark
Chas. Sargeant’s
Chas. Whitaker
Polk City
R. G. Miller
Mrs. Miller
H. L. Carrol
Frank Schieiter
Mr. Schieiter
Fonda
Miss Sawyer
J. H. Williams
Westerman & Arnolds Drug Store
Calamus
Geo. Graham
Hamilton County
Etta Budd
Harry Gossard
Rochester
Mrs. L. T. McDowell
Mr. R. McDowell
Hallenbeck
the Baptist Church
Congregational Church
Saylor
Albert Kelley
John Wegxt
Fred Kelley
Storm Lake
Frank Schleiter
Lydia Watts
Ladie’s Aid Society
Elliott
Citizens Committee
Southside
Rich Bros
J. E. Davis
Ing
Baptist Parsonage
Ames Baptist Church
Tama County
John
Skunk
Sam
Scott Bradford
I. A.C
Buena Vista County
Hicks
S. W. O'Brien
Miller & Kooser’s
Irwnd Co
Miller & Kooser
J. Ferguson
E. M. SoPer
Keent
Louis Henry
South Side
Newman Bros
J. 8. Thompson
Z. Shugart
Nevada
Electric Light Fund
Elias Clifton
Water Works Fund
Sheldon & Sheldon
Sk. Pea
Reynard
Fia
Intelligencer
Woogie
Geo
Das
L. M. Bosworth
W. A. Rickets
Parshal
Soper’s
Smith
S. A. Mitchell
Capt. Brown
Flora A. Lucas
Elite
Chamberlain
G. W. Richards
Duquesne, Pa
W. R. Scott
Miss Beach
New York
Music Hall
Ladies Hall
Beardshear
Assembly
C. F. Curtiss
Canada
John Craig
QO. Johnson
Ira Voiles
Ike Feay & Bro
Thurston & Graham
Ed Whalen
Extra Labor General Fund
Mrltler & KoosEeR’s
Tilden Bros. & Co
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SHOES
Oxfords
Haces
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