Pleasant Grove News Roundup Weaves Local Life
Kiss Ballard shines with a new top buggy Lena Sanders drove to McCalls burg Tuesday. Harry Boyce receives a visit from a niece of Chicago. Jim Dodds finishes planting a fine large field of potatoes. John Hill and wife visit Parents Mr and Mrs Harnden. Tom and Jim Sowers attend Masonic Lodge meeting at Booney. Sanders and wife visit Essie Chandler of Cambridge. Tabernacle meetings progress at Gilbert Station under Rev Cox. Roy Adams absent from school with a sore hand. Mr Bad Sanders and wife visit Mrs Sanders' mother in Nevada. Miss Christianson of Canto visits Uncle John Danielson. Edd Wilkinson of Nevada erects three tombstones for his children. Billy Boyton's Nevada teams pass through en route to Summit coal mines. Billy has contract to lay half mile of bench from C N W to coal mine. Thomas Sampson of Eagle Grove weds Miss Ellen Tweet of Roland. Over three hundred friends invited. couple destined for Eagle Grove home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Sampson
Eagle Grove
Ellen Tweet
Roland
E Grove
Scissoring and Death Notice from Carroll Herald
Local item rebuts I S C versus I A C debate at Iowa Agricultural College and reports the sudden death of business man E C Doolittle at Ames stock yards. Funeral held with Rev F J Douglass and Rev N F Hicks, burial at cemetery. Doolittle, born Sept 18 1850 in Crawford County Illinois, left a wife Alwilda and three children. He lived in Story County since 1856 and was a farmer stock raiser.
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Carroll Herald
Herald
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
E. C. Doolittle
Doolittle
Crawford County
Ill
Story County
Story City
Joshua Grove
Alwilda Grove
Science Illustrated X ray Exhibit at College Lab
The physics department will present an X ray exhibition at Westermann and McLain next Saturday. Prof. Franklin and Spinney, with their setup, will demonstrate apparatus and other experiments. A nominal fee funds the athletic association, and the professors offer their services for Ames citizens to attend.
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Department of Physics
College
Westermann & McLain
Franklin and
Spinney
Physical Laboratory
Athletic Association
Ames
Revival Encouraging despite Tent Delay and Local Visitants
Wel McFarlane and friends have attended the revival with interest as Oliver and Gilbert and spouses consider an early excursion this week. Services were held at the Presbyterian church due to the late tent and drew crowds. all urged to attend. Dodds suffered a runaway team incident last Friday. Mrs Sawyer and Mrs McGill from Story City visit and plan travel to Massachusetts to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Allen
Story City
Mrs. McGill
Massachusetts
Third Quarterly Meeting at U Church Next Weekend
The conference resumes with Dr Mills of Carlisle Iowa preaching next Saturday at 2 PM and a quarterly conference business session. Sunday features Rev Hicks at 10 30 AM and Dr Mills at 7 30 PM with Sabbath school programs and a closing remark by Dr Miller.
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U. Church
Mills
Carlisle
Iowa
Hicks
Dr. Mills
Miller
Wood for sale cords of dry stove wood inquiry
Several cords of fine dry stove wood for sale. Inquire of P. P. Brown.
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P. P. Brown
For Safe below Cost. A perfectly new set of Johnesn's Cylia-latest edition.
A brief classified style notice states a new set of Johnson's Cilia latest edition offered below cost. Inquire at the contact location for details and availability.
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Johnesn
Roentgen Rays Aid Insight Into Heart Case
The Boone Standard notes Col Hoggatt's old saying about judging a man by lighted candle insight. It reports an Iowa man with heart trouble had his innards photographed by cathode rays in Chicago and observed displacement, with likely relief anticipated.
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Boone Standard
Col. Hoggatt
Iowa
Chicago
Des Moines Cadet Sets Lifting Record During School Career
Des Moines cadet Mr. Mc Carthy has been part of the crew most of his time at school. He plans a three months cruise to the Madeiras during a vacation and will visit Des Moines in September. He set a lifting gain record of 210 pounds over a year, finishing at 1,002 pounds.
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Des Moines
McCarthy
Madeiras
Beard to Lecture on Hints in a Good Start at Ames
President W. M. Beard shear of the Agricultural college at Ames will lecture at the East Side United Brethren church on Thursday evening June 4. Admission is free.
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W. M. Beardshear
Agriculural College
Ames
East Side
United Brethren Church
Grounds at Agricultural College Turn Heads in Des Moines
Des Moines readers praise the college grounds for their unrivaled beauty. Early students planted the groves under President Welch, with nature’s hand shaping an artful, natural landscape over time.
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Judith Jorgenson
Des Moines News
The
Agricultural College
Welch
Norris sells 3000 bushels of potatoes to Prairie City shipper
W S Norris offered to give away 3000 bushels of potatoes in Colfax last week but no takers appeared. He then sold the entire invoice to a Prairie City shipper for 3 cents a bushel delivered at the Prairie City railroad station. Proceeds nearly cover transport to the potato city.
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Colfax Clipper
W. S. Norris
Prairie City
Judge speaks on Corporation Law to Ames class
Judge J L Stevens addressed the junior commercial law class at Ames on Tuesday on Corporation Law. Ogden Reporter notes Prof Reece secured Beardshear to deliver the Baccalaureate address to the class of 189%.
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Boone News
J. L. Stevens
The
Ames College
Ogden
Reece
Beardshear
the Agricultural College
Ames
Excursion to Colorado South Platte valley from Ames Iowa
M. Hemstrreet invites readers to join a June 9 excursion to the South Platte valley in Colorado to inspect irrigation, crops, and climate. He promises favorable investment potential, home opportunities, and credit toward land purchases, with details available at his Ames office.
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South Platte Valley
Colorado
Ames
Hemstrreeeet
Iowa
Coal and tea price notes from Miller and Kooser
Soft lump coal priced at two dollars fifty cents and two dollars seventy five cents delivered. Nut coal offered at two dollars twenty five cents. B A Rockwoop advertises coal prices. Miller and Kooser promote an elegant line of tea ranging from twenty cents to eighty cents per pound.
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Miller & Kooser’s
Miller & Kooser
Misses and Ladies Rubber Circulars Slashed in Closeout
A local sale offers Misses rubber circulars at 50 cents and ladies at 1.00, reduced to less than half the original price. Stock from Bieztow and Sirs is offered as part of the clearance.
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Bieztow & Sirs
North Western Line Excursion Tickets On Sale June 9 and 23
The North Western Line announces Home Seekers excursion tickets at low rates to many West and South points on June 9 and 23 1896. Tickets and details available from Chicago and North Western Ry agents and Mr James Perdue Monroe Michigan praises Chamberlains Pain Balm for rheumatic back pain and relief. Irwin Randall Co offers cultivators with assured suitability.
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North- Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Ry
James Perdue
Monroe, Mich
Chamberlains
Chamberlain
Down to Due Bills from Any Grocery Store in Town
A local notice states that due bills from any grocery store in town are accepted the same as cash. The policy aims to simplify payments and reduce the use of coins. Readers are asked to present due bills when making purchases.
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U.S
the Intelligencer
Pleasant Grove
Kiss Ballard
Lena Sanders
McCallsburg
Harry Boyce
Secarnes
Chicag
O Jim Dodds
John Hill
Mrs. Harnden
Tom
Jim Sowers
Masonic Lodge
Booney
Sanders
Wife
Dge
Essie Chandler
Cambrid
Tabernacle Meeting
Gilbert Station
Cox
Roy Adams
Mr. Bad Sanders
Miss Christianson
Canto, S. D
John Danielson
Edd Wilkinson
Nevada
Billy Boyton
Summit Coal Mines
Billy
Benck
Science Illustrated
Wel McFarlane
Messrs
Oliver and
Gilberts
Dodds
Soper’s
Irwin Cultivato & Co
Ohio
Thurston & Graham’s
Mingles
Salvation Army
Aurora
Illinois
J. H. Queal & Co
Trunks
Valises
Adams Bros
Z. Shugart
Thurston & Grahaw
Carter Bro’s. & Herman
B. A. Rockwoop
Florida
Baker & Carpenter
J. F. Kintzley
Union National Bank
Irwin Randall & Co
Buckeye
Deering
Gilbert & Miller’s
Maccormick
L. M. Bosworth
Eddy
Cash Store
Maxwell & Son
Hal
Elliott’s Furniture Store
Lakeside Organs
Dave Him
Irwin, Randall & GO
McCormick
Tatain
Tteaedabeeien Ik
Loughran Machine CO
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