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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
5
Readable items report church suppers lectures and club meetings in Ames with ads for ice cream bakery goods and fireworks. Local society notes cover travel births weddings and a fatal railroad accident. the page includes election notices and area business promotions.
Five council members and Mayor Sheldon visited Boone to inspect a seven year old gas plant. They found demonstrations successful, gas lighting praised, and meals cooked on gas stoves enjoyed. Progress toward a franchise depends on balancing the town electric plant needs and growing demand for lighting. The council meets Monday to review the report and decide.
Community excitement builds for Independence Day as residents plan celebrations. Ruth Neidenhizer visits Parmley family while Mr Jessie Jones drops by Boone parental home. Agatha Ross recovers from pneumonia and Mrs K Scott shows improvement. John Hoggatt ships hogs and Budd Zenor ships corn to Chicago. Mrs Zenor visits Moville. Hutchinson finishes painting his store and L Ross coats his house. Robert McMaster visits Boone, John and Mrs Latham tour Des Moines, Maude Eastwood returns home for summer with Cedar City ties.
The Ames Armory Company hosts a dance during the three day summer festival to raise funds for shipping bedding and boxes to their Des Moines encampment beginning August 2. Tickets cost ten cents to Nevada via Boone County Telephone lines with low roundtrip fares to Baltimore and Chicago routes offered for July 1 to 3.
Real estate transfers recorded in Ames show Frank B Rice transferring lots 9 and 10 block 8 8 Daffs addition to Andrew Nelson for 500 dollars. Melvin Brooks sells lots 1 and 2 block 7 Bigelow’s addition to Jillian Mae Simmons for 500 dollars. Margaret M Hamilton et al sell lot 24 block 11 Ames to Peter Christopherson for 7000 dollars. M J Freed and W Freed sell lots 22 28 and 24 block 17 Blair’s addition to Ames for 2700 dollars. Mrs J Q Kelley and H to Isaie B Thomas for 854 dollars. lot 16 Parker’s addition to Merlin J Siby to Mary Edna Selby for 1 dollar et al. lot 8 block 26 Blair’s addition Ames.
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