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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
4
Local notices list five cents per line for admissions and entertainment notices, one dollar for resolutions of respect, and free publication for non revenue public gatherings with subsequent five cent per line charges. Several community items follow including visits, travel, and personal announcements featuring many named individuals and towns such as Boone Nevada Des Moines and Ames.
At a Thursday meeting in city hall 813 shares had been sold with 168 voting for the Harriman lot on Story street and 29 for the east of the bowling alley site. A five-member committee will draft articles of incorporation and four directors were named, with three more chosen later to form a seven-member board.
Dora B. Smith now of Ames files for divorce from Frank R. Smith in district court. Married in Cass county in 1880, they separated in June 1902 leaving five children. Defendant's whereabouts unknown after desertion. attorney seeks severance and equitable relief.
Two ponies priced at seventy dollars each and two additional ponies two years old priced at sixty dollars each. Prospective buyers invited to view one mile east and one north of Ames ipd NE. Gilmore.
All camp members of I. O. F. are requested to be present at their hall on July 15. Work in all degrees to be given with refreshments and a general good time. Also an inquiry about stock for pasture.
The Ames Ministerial association adopts a rotating Sunday night service plan listing dates and participating churches and ministers from July 10 to August 28. Locations include Baptist, Christian, M E, Congregational, U B churches and Chautauqua grounds with Rev. Shea Wilson Herr Ferrall Pratt Storms.
Miss Martha Ballman of Logansport Boone County disappeared after leaving home and was questioned in Boone while claiming to be Rachel Clifford. She later traveled to Ames and was taken to a hotel by a resident, then identified as Martha Ballman through letters found by Marshal Willey. The case reflects a wider spike in Iowa runaway reports and cautions about unhappy homes.
Mr G W Jones and his wife arrived home yesterday morning after a trip to the Pacific coast, bringing back souvenirs and stories from their travels.
A cool wet week with daily temperature deficits around 5 degrees kept fields too wet for farming four to five days. Corn progress is fair in the south and central, with over half laid by. northern areas need more cultivation. Small grains show promise, oats and barley spared from rust, meadows and pastures improved, potatoes thrifty, apples promising.
A double wedding will take place this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Little on Clark Street. Miss Grace Little will wed John E. Christie, and George W. Little will wed Miss Ethel Christie. Rev. Andrew M. Shea will perform the ceremony. John E. Christie and his sister have lived near Sunbury, Pennsylvania. he now resides in Thayer, Kansas, where he works in banking. The couple will settle in Kansas. George W. Little and Mrs. Little will reside in Ames. The ceremony will be witnessed by relatives and a few intimate friends.
T. W. Kendall of Omaha, traveling salesman for Graton Knight Mfg Co of Worcester Mass, stopped over last night with Dr. Hunt. Kendall is an old resident of the city.
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