Mason's Fruit Jars Stocked at Bingham and Barrell’s
A large supply at Bingham and Barrell’s will be sold ceep. Tuaven has received a new lot of fresh candies. All fruits of the season to be bad at his store.
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Tuomas, Soper & Son
Gent
Mason's
Bingham & Barrell's
Tuaven
Percemas « Co
Kelley Steme
Dan McCarthy
Ames
Sheldahl
Intellcencen
John Porter
Jones County
R. P. Shields
Beatty
Trotting Exhibition to Follow Shooting Match at Nevada
A trotting exhibition is scheduled after the shooting match at Nevada on Thursday next. If the weather is favorable, a large crowd is expected to attend the event.
Not Many Fish on Wall Lake Fishing Trip
Professor Beal Howard and Turner McLain fished at Wall Lake last Friday and Saturday. They report success in the piscatorial line and say they captured lots of fun and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Beal
Howard
Turner McLain
Wall Lake
Notice to settle accounts and change in business
Mowney or Notes. All persons knowing themselves indebted to me will please call and settle by cash or note without delay, or further notice. My recest change in business makes such a settlement necessary. Interest will be charged on all old accounts from this date. Wa. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowney
Clark
Lightning-Red Peddlers Break From City In Charge
A dozen or more lightning red men fled the city Monday in a break into the countryside. The origin and destination remain unknown. Citizens are cautioned to verify terms before signing any orders and to scrutinize all documents.
Lawn Festival at D. H. Bigelow’s Gathers Pleasant Attendees
The lawn sociable at D. H. Bigelow’s last Friday evening drew a large attendance and was described as one of the city’s most pleasant and gracious entertainments. The entire event left guests with a memorable, enjoyable experience.
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D. H. Bigelow
Ames Trap Club Tests Bogardus Trap with 46 of 50
The Ames shooting club recently purchased a Bogardus trap and glass balls. On Monday a few members tested it by breaking 46 of 50 targets, noting the Bogardus demands careful handling compared with common traps.
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Ames Shooting Club
Notable Visits Touch Humboldt Figures in City Crowd
Fred Taft of the Humboldt Kosmos traveled home from Chicago and was seen in the city last week. Miss Nannie Bourne of DeWitt Iowa visits her sister Mrs. G W Lambertson. Judge Hadley of Luverne Minn stayed with Mr. Lambertson during the same week.
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Fred Taft
Humboldt Kosmos
Chicago
Taft
Nannie Bourne
DeWitt
Iowa
G. W. Lambertson
Hadley
Luverne, Minn
Lambertson
Options for Certification in County Teaching Staff
The educational column notes that third class certificate blanks are exhausted and will not be printed. The county superintendent faces three options: lower the second class standard to include third class teachers, print third class blanks on his own, or remove teachers who fail to win second class certificates at exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction
Glass Bail Shoot At Nevada Next Thursday
A glass ball shoot is planned in Nevada next Thursday starting at 9 o'clock am. Entry is $1 per shooter with ten single rises. Open to first time prize winners only in one class, others join ameurs in another. The event ends with a grand team shoot of three per team under DBogardus rules as closely as possible.
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Nevada
Olsas
Dbogardus
Death of N H Granger A Des Moines trader and Ames Mason
Mr. Granger, born 1844 in Randolph Vermont, lived there until 20, then California three years, and later worked as a commercial traveler for White & McCracken of Des Moines. His death on May 4 followed a severe brain fever after weeks of travel. His wife and four children received broad local support, notably from the Ames Masons who conducted his funeral.
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Mr. Granger
Randolph
Vermont
California
White & McCracken
Des Moines
Algona
Granger
Masonic Fraternity of Ames
the Baptist Church
Brady
Methodist Church
Perkins
Arcadia Lodge Thanks Ames Brass Band for FuneralAid
At a special Arcadia Lodge meeting held June 18 5878 the lodge resolved to thank the Ames Brass Band for the music and assistance given at the funeral service of Brother N H Granger. A copy of the resolution will be published in the Ames Street to excer and a copy given to the band. J E Hinsn Secretary.
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Arcadia Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Arcadia Lodge No. 219
Ames Brass Band
N. H. Granger
Ames
Band
J. E. Hinsn
Sabbath School Workers Meet at Congregational Church
The Sabbath School Workers held their regular weekly meeting last Saturday at the Congregational church with Superintendent Bigelow presiding. Mr Bartlett read an extract from Josephus on Daniel in the Lion's Den and Bigelow discussed Daniel’s authenticity. The next lesson topics were assigned for presentation at the June 22 meeting at the Methodist church.
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Bigelow
Bartlett
Josephus
Lion's den
A. Bigelow
Hunt
D. A. Bigelow
Mr. Reynolds
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Brady
B. Bisbee
Methodist Church
Fourth of July Plans in Ames Move Forward
A Friday meeting of patriotic citizens organized in Ames to start preparations for a city Fourth of July celebration. W D Lucas was named chairman and Jno Watts secretary with committees for speakers music grounds amusements finance reception and arrangements. A subsequent meeting appointed a college celebration liaison and pledged further funds as needed.
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Ames
W. M. Greeley
W. D. Lucas
Jno. Watts
Col. Hoggatt
Greeley
Watts
Thayer
Fox
Meredith
Frazee
D. N. Maxwell
Hoggatt
Spence
H. McCarthy
Brenneman
Boyd
Sheldon
France
G. H. Maxwell
Chapman
Lucas
Bessey
Geddes
G. W. Maxwell
Narrow Gauge Road Planned from Lakin to Hampton
A new company is formed to build a narrow gauge road from Lakin Webster county to Hampton Franklin county and the route will be surveyed next month. Local residents along the route propose a five percent tax to aid the road project.
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Lakin
Webster County
Hampton
Franklin County
Sunday School Basket Meeting at Gibson school house
The notice calls a Sunday School Basket Meeting at the Gibson school house near the coal banks on the last Sabbath of the month. A strong delegation from Ames is urged to attend. Signed 0. Hampeton, Secretary.
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Gibson School House
Coal Banks
Ames
Hampeton
See
A Threa Woman's Last Words
An old woman, tired and unpaid laborer in a house, speaks her last words hoping for rest. She notes no chores, no dishes, and an afterlife with endless singing but no voice. She asks friends not to mourn as she intends to do nothing forever.
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Waeil Oalkten
Sensational Boonsboro cave story questioned by editor
A circulated tale claimed a woman and child were found chained and dead in a timber cave west of Boonsboro. The Boone Democrat notes the report may be false, citing prior allegations of bastery and a missed trial, and says reporters cannot authenticate the story.
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Boonsboro
Boone County
Leest
Boone Democrat
Dobyns Family Heads for Texas Frontier
Mr. K. Dobyns and family of Union township depart for Texas riding by team to Fort Worth after crossing Indian Territory. He seeks to settle Double Mountain in western Texas. The representative notes his pioneer background with California travels, Fremont crossings, and Indian fights with Kit Carson.
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K. Dobyns
Union Township
Texas
Fort Worth
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Double Mountain
Dobyns
California
John C. Fremont
Kit Carson
Story County
Teen rapists captured after four years on run
Chicago Times reported that Nick Hagan, linked to McCoy Laub and Prepper, was apprehended in Boone Iowa. Four years earlier four men raped a local woman. three were caught soon after, the fourth evaded police until today. Ten-year-old Mabel Moor identified the suspect on a Turner Junction car and alerted her grandfather S M Brayton. Boone officials were sent for and to be dispatched to Boone.
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Nick Hagan
McCoy
Laub
Prepper
Chicago Times
Boone
Iowa
Mabel Moor
S. M. Brayton
Somonauk
Turner Junction
Pleasant Hill Items and Community Notes
Local notices describe Sabbath School supervision by R. J. Reid, a successful temperance club program led by Miss Lewis, and a June 28 entertainment to fund an organ. The column reports on land transfers, bill audits, and public activities, plus items on residents like Monroe and Rhodes, with war-era magazine musings and regional news.
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Lewis
Story County
L. A. St. John
Miss Manly
Kelley
Monroe
Black Hills
B. F. Monroe
Ralph Rhodes
Attorney Nelson Secures Change of Venue in Cambridge Case
The attorney L.8 Nelson attended court near Cambridge, moved a venue change, aided by a minister during the argument, and the change was granted and recorded at his boardinghouse. Lewis enjoys evident happiness, while improvements include three frames raised and several lots sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. 8. Nelson
Cambridge
Sheldahl
L. S. Nelson
Lewis
Proclamation of Inference Chains at Chaney's Bakery
A lengthy chain of hearsay traces beliefs and statements from many individuals about a matter of public interest. The notice ends with a dire pledge that readers must buy baked goods at Chaney's Bakery.
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C. C. Rice
A. D. Skillman
M. Kenzie
Jessie Lyons
Jule Smith
8. B. Chase
Billy Woods
A. J. Hanchett
Maggie Mitchell
Lydia Thompson
W. F. Storey
L. C. Oulmann
Lot
Ilenry Ward Beecher
Chaney's Bakery
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