Born Saturday last a daughter to Mr and Mrs Mere dith
Ames records reflect a parade of births and visits with many names and towns. D Waters of Humboldt spent part of the week in Ames while Mrs Caroline Shircliff of Jefferson visited relatives here. Various weddings, vacations, and moves involve Frank Buck, Rollin Meredith, Miss Win Tilden, and many local families across Ames, Des Moines, Nevada, Webster City, and Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Meredith
D. Waters
Humboldt
Ames
Caroline Shircliff
Jefferson
Frank Buck
McCarthy
B. A. Knudson’s
Nina Smith
Lolia Marsh
Webster City
Paule Peck
Ogden
John D. Porter
Carrydell Marshall
Eagle Grove
Frank Schleiter
Jeannette
Ruth
Helen Watts
Boone
Hull
Denver
Charles
Jas. A. Baker
Des Moines
Genevieve Kegley
City
Ed. Rutherford
Frank Curtiss
Mrs. English
Nevada
Mesdames
Frank Smith
Henry Kuntz
Myrtle Day
Ira Mackey
Creston
Jack Daniel
Fort Dodge
Lakes
CO. F. Armstrong
Roberson Block
Lake City
Advertising Rates Notice for Local Publications
Local notices cost 5c per line per insertion. Entertainment events with admission fees charged 1 line per insertion. Cards of thanks 2c. Resolutions of respect or condolence $1.00. Church services and non revenue public meetings published once free. additional insertions 5c per line. All denotations for dis... must be forfeited by Friday evening.
Big Five Days Carnival Opens in Story City
Story City hosts its first five day carnival starting Tuesday June 28 with the Collins Car nival Company supplying attractions. The program features Startle the high diver Calvert the high wire performers and a big Ferris wheel among other acts with a round trip fare of one and one third over the North Western and Iowa Central lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story City
Collins Carnival Company
Webster City
Carroll
Iowa Falls
Startle
Fraviolo
Calvert
Flood & Hages
Baloon
North- Western
Iowa Central
Larned Family Arrives in Great Falls for Teaches and Business
Mrs M H Larned and Misses Abbie and Bessie Larned arrive from Lewistown to join their son and brother H D Larned proprietor of the Grand hotel Mrs Larned and Abbie will live in Great Falls with Abbie taking a public school teaching post for the coming year Bessie plans to return to Lewistown after a brief visit having long worked in Fergus county auditors office Excursion rates to Central Iowa Chautauqua Assembly offered by Northwestern Line with June 29 30 July 1 travel dates and limited return by July 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dague Thompson
Chicago
Marshall Field
Danforth
Nat Sanden
Ames
G. H. Gammon
Graettinger
Gammon
Grace Kent
Jewell Junction
Kent
W. D. Chrisman
Virginia
Ilinois
Dixon Laundry
Ben Read
Harry Clifford Roll
Odebolt
Marie Banse
G. F. Roll
Hal
M. H. Larned
Abbie
Bessie V. Larned
Lewistown
H. D. Larned
Grand Hotel
Central
Iowa
Chautauqua Assembly
Tame
Toledo
Northwestern
James Pascal Watson Dies In Well Derrick Accident
James Pascal Watson of Albia Iowa born June 17 1856 died June 15 1908 near Sheldahl in a well derrick accident He was a farmer turned welldriller then hotelier and merchant in Ames Prairie City Winterset and Sheldahl He leaves a wife Ella Soper four brothers and two sisters funeral held at Ames Christian church June 17 with burial in Ames cemetery Attendees included O M and R H Watson and several Sheldahl residents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Alice Grove
Story County
Iowa
Crookston
Minn
Ames
Jefferson
Oklahoma
Claud ©. Zenor
Emily
Christian Church
F. D. Ferrall
H. D. Herr
Congregational Church
James Pascal Watson
Albia
Monroe County
Ella Soper
Prairie City
Winterset
Sheldahl
O. M
R. H. Watson
James Netterfield
D. Ringenburg
E. D. Phillips
A. M. Smith
G. W. Grigsby
KE. Ahlbre
J. Colson
Mr. Watson
Penfield Sells Interest in Nevada Realty Firm
E. J. Penfield sells his share in the Larson Penfield real estate and insurance business to John R. Larson. Larson will run the firm alone going forward. Penfield plans to leave Nevada for new opportunities, leaving many friends saddened by his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
E. J. Penfield
Larson & Penfield
John R. Larson
Penfield
First Annual Central Iowa Chautauqua Meet at Tama Toledo
The first annual meet of the Central Iowa Chautauqua Association will be held at Twin City Park between Tama and Toledo from June 26 to July 4, 1908. Attractions include W J Bryan R P Hobson Champ Clark Wesleyan Male Quartette Mason and Dow's Orpheus Jubilee Singers Dr Thomas Green Col Baine Dr Fox Edmund Vance Cooke and J Franklin Caveny. Reduced railroad rates. For full details contact E Fleming Secretary Tama Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Iowa Chautauqua Association
Twin City Park
Tama
Toledo
Iowa
W. J. Bryan
R. P. Hobson
Champ Clark
Wesleyan
Mason and Dow
Orpheus Jubilee Singers
Thomas Green
Col. Baine
Fox
Edmund Vance Cooke
J. Franklin Caveny
E. Fleming
Also Mentioned on This Page
HH. Ll. Munn & Son
Mutual
Capt. Smith
M. K. Smith
Katherine Fenton
Rev. Baxter
L. E. Nelson
W. W. Spring
Sorenson Meat Market
Sadie Graves
Mendota, Ill
OC. W. Dudgeon
Laura Smith
John Watts
Colorado
George Smith
North Des Moines
Gail Watts
Miss Win Tilden
Mt. Holyoke College
Sout
Hadley
Mass
Tilden
Edith Cairns
Still College of Osteopathy
D. Fitzwater
Ed. Bailey
Mineah Lumber Co
Northern Grain Co
Cole
W. W. Talbott
Dwight Boydson
Joe Cohn
Sioux City
Mrs. Bater
Mrs. Eddy
Arch McDaniel
Sioux Rapids
Ontario
Maria Roberts
Dunlap
Harriet Beyer
Jennie Williams
Elsie Alpaugh
Lydia Peckham
Marshalltown
Ben Davis
Ethel Hamilton
Jake Kooser
Elizabeth
Rolin
Grand Junction
George Rolfe
Baker
Paullina
Delia Harris
Hazel Loving
Susan Foster
Col
Cole and Haverly
Eohemia Harrison
S. Henry
Nebraska
Verne Blake
Elmer Sowers
Little Frank
Alice Watts
Will Watts
Fred Eighmy
Dayton
Josie Gustafson
Tunner McLain
John
Willis McLain
Irene Coye
O. H. Coye
Carson
Des Mones
Elmer
Ames Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Rev. Wilson
U. B. Church
Sadie Wormley
Newton
Patience Wormley
Loughran
Adrian Newens
Manhattan
Kansas
Convention of Elks
Wragg
Waukee
Fannie Wright
A. E. Griffith
Council Bluffs
Nelson Griffith
Kate Cole
Elmer Banks
North Ames
van Chamberlain
Wm. West of
Rock Rapids
Ben Brenneman
Milo Manning
Episcopal Church
McMahon
State Center
F. L. Meredith
Rollin Meredith
E. B. Watson
College
Armour Packing Co
Frank Resler
Pennsylvania
Kintzley
Jasper Zenor
Vernon
Zoe Hauser
Christian Church Missionary Society
Home Improvement Association
Fifth District
Christian Endeavor
Ferrall
D. V. Ives
Ames Endeavorers
Ezra Potter
Muscatine
Peoria
John Glidden
The
United Brethren Church
Redmen and Daughters of Pocahontas
Redmen’s Hall
Bessie Hixon
Ida Grove
Bessie Vandermast
John Wright
H. J. Hansen
Beardshear
Sunnyside
Hansen
A. Shaw
Emily, Grove
Belle Grove
Watter S. Grove
TILDEN BROS. @ CO
Department Store
Oxfords
Car
Royal Milling Company
Ben Hur Flour
Ben Hur
Tildens
Galen Tilden
Tilden Bros. & Co
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