Social Notes From Ames and Nearby Towns
A long column records visits and travels of residents and former residents, including Capt. J. L. Smith, Miss Tea Breszely, Mrs. Wm. Boyd, R. S. Beecher, Miss Mollie Haverly, Miss Kittie Freed, Bert Richmond, Stewart Hutchison, Miss McBeth, and many others. It notes health updates, road trips, family gatherings, convention plans, and social events across Ames, Maxwell, Paulina, Nevada, Perry, and Des Moines, with occasional local business and advertising items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tea Breszely
Maxwell
Ames
R. S. Beecher
Soper’s
Mollie Haverly
Omaha
Kittie Freed
Mapleton
Lake View
Bert Richmond
Stewart Hutchison
Spirit Lake
Groceries and Goods Offered at Low Prices
An advertisement proclaims we will sell groceries disugs dry goons nortons at prices as low as the lowest, inviting shoppers to compare value and save on everyday items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Chicago Cottage Organ Co
Lecture on Farming by Irrigation at U B Church
Dr Weeks, a long time central California resident, will lecture Tuesday evening July 31 at the U B Church. The free talk titled Farming Gardening and Fruit Raising by Irrigation promises entertaining insights for farmers and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks
Central
California
U. B
School staff assignments and plan for student supervision
The text notes Miss Fitchpatrick will lead a primary room and Miss Winter will oversee fourth and fifth grade work in the old Christian church building. It suggests the Board may adopt a no-recess plan or another provision to keep students off the streets if the building isn’t moved from its current site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchpatrick
Obituary for Henry Delong at Story County Poor Farm
Henry Delong aged 76 years 23 days died at Story County Poor Farm on July 20 1894 after a long Iowa residency beginning 1853 born near Wheeling Virginia. He leaves four children two sons and two daughters. He was buried in Ames Cemetery on July 21. The item notes local society events including post office upgrades by Mr Sheldon and staff and other community notes from Gilbert Ames and surrounding towns.
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J. A. McKee
Cambridge
Iowa
Mr. McKee
Geo. Judisch
Des Moines
Jesterman & Arnold
Story County
Henry Delong
Mr. Delong
Wheeling
Virginia
M. E. Church
Ames
Wind MIlls and Wind Pump Co Advertises Iowa Offers
An old notice promotes wind mills and pumps from Batavia Illinois maker Wind Engine and Pump Co. A second item touts the Baptist State Sunday School Assembly in Iowa Falls with attractions, normal work, Bible study, music, temperance talks, and reduced rail rates via certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wind Mills
Spectral NorTice
Story County
Wind Engine and Pump Co
Batavia
Lil
Halliday
U. S
Gem
Ana
Iowa Falls
Baptist State Sunday School Assembly
Trents
F. N. Eldredge
Des Moines
Iowa
Sermons and campus notes fill Ames college life
Rev. Leon A. Harvey will speak at the college chapel next Sunday morning on The Religion of Science. Chapel services at 10:45 a.m. feature Harvey of Des Moines. A union meeting, school news, bids for barn and Ladies' Hall, and campus visitors fill the week as students prepare for the fall term.
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R. B. Armstrong
The
Ames Times
Des Moines
Armstrong
Agricultural College
Register
Endeavor
Cleveland
Miss Duncan
Mr. Potter
Kaynor
Charles Kaynor
Clinton
Henry
Leon A. Harvey
College Chapel
Reed’s Hall
Leo Thurliman
Joe Chamberlain
Ridgeway
Washington, D.C
College
Leon Harvey
van Court
Omaha
Flora Wilson
Nevada
Col
Crescent Room
W.S. Spring
Ames
Sioux City
O'Neil
Neb
Spring
Soper
Notice of Administration for Mary E. Ratt Estate
In Story County Iowa on July 20 1893 Jennie Barr administratrix announces appointment by the District Court for the estate of Mary E Ratt deceased. All indebted persons must pay and all claims must be presented legally authenticated for allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
District Court
Story County
Iowa
Mary E. Ratt
Jennie Barr
Excursion Fares For Battle Flag Day and Catholic Union
The North Western Line announces low round trip fares for Battle Flag Day at Des Moines on August 10 1894 with tickets on sale August 8 9 and 10. A second offer provides half rate round trips to St Paul Minnesota for the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America convention with tickets on sale July 30 31 and return by August 6 1894. Tickets and details from Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
North-Western Line
Chicago and North-western R’v
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Ripans Tabules Promised to Add Ten Years of Life
A quaint ad copy claims Ripans Tabules can lengthen an average businessman's life by ten years with occasional use. It asks if anyone wants those extra years and targets busy professionals.
Demand for Immediate Settlement of Past Due Accounts
A commercial notice states that numerous unsettled accounts from last year must be settled within this month or, at the latest, next month. It requires payment by cash or Goop note to balance the books and satisfy all parties involved.
The Sun motto and editor Charles A. Dana
The Sun proclaims itself as the first American newspaper under editor Charles A. Dana, championing the American Constitution idea and spirit as timeless.
The Sun Sunday Newspaper Price
The greatest Sunday newspaper priced at $1 per year and addressed to THE SUN in New York.
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the Sun
New York
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the Intelligencer
Atmes
L. C. Hudson
Chicago & North Western
Railway
Denver Limited
Overland Lines
Paueieankane
Sunda
Chicago Limited
S. C
Ping H
Chicsgo & Omaha
Chicago Express
Aes
Geo. W. Rogers
J. L. Smith
W. L. Culbertson
Carroll
J. H. Purcell
Dunlap Reporter
Mr. Cook
Russell
Clear Lake
Lillie Bingman
Goodell
Genevieve Westerman
South Dakota
N. F. Douglass
Newell
E. P. Wilson
Neva Curley
Prairie City
James M. Gilbert
East Des Moines
John Hoggatt
Luesday
S. A
Blair
Hamilton County
Gossard
Parkhill
Miss Allen
Kuehl
F. R. Wilson
Wm. West
Ogden
Arcadia
Mr. Gee, Drake
Sterling, Hl
3. Brenneman
James Hutchison
Maggie Gilchrist
Zenorville
Agatha West Ramsey
Rock Rapids
Thayer
Rome” Simmons
Relief Corps
Curtis
James Miller
Miller Homestead
Lincoln
the Lakes
W. L. Taylor
Anna Capps
Abram M. Bingman
E. Loughran
G. W. Lyman
Bale
Bales
Leach Taylor
Phioeralal
Ames Hotel
Franklin
Washington Townships
M. W. Templeton
Gilbert Station
H. M. Templeton
Adams Bros
G. Newman
Charles Whitaker
Lona
Longsdorf
Emma Fowler
Grand Junction
Weidman
Chas. Arnold’s
Mr. Gammon
Belle Selby
Tilden
Perry
Grace Kent
Jewell
George O’brien
Colfax
J. N. Boling
Stanwood
J. B. Elliott
Frank Pringle
Collins
Mt. Fleasant
Story County Normal Institute
J. F. Reep
Parney Sheldon
Dr. Merryman
Jewel Davis
Henry Keltner
Jerry Sexton
Prof. Patrick
W. H. Beall
A. J. Hawley
Dan McCarthy
Alice Ambrose
Nell Nelson
Henry Wilson
J. M. Ingram
Lewis Ham
Kelley
Whitaker & Kerr
Old Rockford
Ilinois
Hood
E. C. Wilkinson
Minneapolis
Louesa M. Bosworth
Nebraska
Denver
C. F. Lies
Worrell’s Grove
Soper’s Mill
Axel Berg
Queal & Co
W. L. Sutton
Salt Lake City
Portland
Arthur
Grinnell
Lynne Mitchell
Turner Junction
Messrs
Platt & Young
Watchman
Star Mail
Center
P. Goodnow
Iowa Center
Maxwell Tribune
Noah
Story City Herald
Morse
Mt. Pleasant
John Burger
Andrew Jacobson
Susan J. Fenn
Ellizabeth J. Thompson
Ashford
Chicago
Grove Bros
Tse
Diamond Bluff
aiIs Our
Stove Bros
Gilbert Gleanings
Mr. W. Jenks
Gilbert
L. Oliver
Wm Wilson
Humbort
Lincoln Camp
Prof. Kent
T. Scott McFarland
Chicago Homeopathic Medical College
Lincoln Park Sanitarium
Watkins
P. F. White
J. H. Reynolds
Reynolds & Jacobson
Jim
Orland Gilbert
Board of Supervisors
McCalisburg Boys
Roland
Con Duferstoskenski
Breeton & Siru
H. P. McLain
State Sunday School Assembly
Union
Mr. Clark
Christian Church
the Baptist Church
Wm. Arrasmith
Congregational
Christian Young People's Societies
F. J. Douglass
Ames Church
Gilbert Church
M.S. Drury
Toledo
Enterprise U. B
Western College
al Winter
Boone
Belle Plaine
Marshall
Denny Ward
Denny
North-Western
Hull
Seventh Congressional District
Congress
A. P. Fleming
Central Committee
Fleming
Committee On Permanent Organization
John A. Guayheir
Madison County
Wm. Musson
Polk County
Committee On
John A. T. Hull
J.J. Stuckey
Polk
J. A. T. Hull
Com. Culbertson
Marion
E. R. Hays
Hays
Capt. Hull
Senator Gorman
Confederate Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Long Bridge
Potomac
Mrs. Damon
Son
St. Louis
Prof. Pommel’s
Damon
Dr. Caldwell
Steamboat Rock
Jim Dewell
Missouri Valley
Duell
Miss Beardshear
J. M. Graham
Kate Brown
West Locust St. Des. Moines
Doxey
Miss Ford
Syracuse
Miss Doolittle
Washington, Iowa
Charles A. Dana
Cramer Bros
Singer Sewing Machine
C. H. Glidden
Bisbee
Peter
Buzz
the Sunday Sun
By Mail
Mail
Fu. M
SOP Bes
I2n & Bore Co Merchant Tailors
Tilden’s New Clothing Store
Times
Yours Truly
Westerman & Arnold
City Drug Store
Sixth Ave
Des Moines, Iowa
F. O. Box
Lodge
Surreys
Loughran Machine Co
Motor Depot
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