Local Ames and Nevada notices span social and civic items
Mrs. Chas Hamilton visits in Nevada while meetings and arrivals fill the week. Prohibition and Christian services, school planning, and a county convention loom as people travel to Indianapolis and Nevada. A baby born on Clark street and a corking watermelon of local gossip close the notes.
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Volney Hoggatt
San Francisco
New York
Ames
Frank Allen
Clark Street
Advertising Rates And Publication Policies
Advertisement rates include five cent per line for insertions and cards of thanks at 25 cents. Resolutions of respect and condolence cost one dollar. Church services lodge and club announcements listed free once. additional lines five cents. Public notices not for revenue published once. Rates available on request. Changes due by the following Tuesday evening.
Ames Company Mustered into National Guard as Co O 55th
Last evening June 28 the Ames company was mustered into the National Guard as Co O 55th Infantry Iowa National Guard by the adjutant general. The general praised the company for appearance and drill proficiency, noting it may be first in the state to be drilled under new regulations.
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Ames
National Guard
Co. O
55Th Insty. I. N. G
Adjutant General of
Iowa
U. S
West Point
R. Payne
Permenawy
A. J. Lincoln
Bob Tpcomache
J. M. Poucher
H. G. Semmons
B.B. Hauser
H. P. Ashby
G. K. Burton
F. L. Buck
A. P. Buck
H. R. Bries
E. Bryant
J. T. Coffin
Excursion Tickets to Iowa Chautauqua Assembly
Excursion tickets to Iowa Chautauqua Assembly via the North Western Line sold at reduced rates on convenient dates. Return validity until July 19 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Iowa
Chautauqua Assembly
North- Western
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Detroit
Mica
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western R'y
Gowrie
Prohibs in Trouble and Fundraising Debate
The Register Leader reports possible schism in the Prohibition party asserting poor management and high fundraising costs. J H Campbell alleges W D Elwell of Ames collected most of last year’s 2518 84 in contributions as salary and expenses, leaving donors wary of how funds were used.
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Prohibition Party
Register-Leader
J. H. Campbell
W. D. Elwell
Ames
Campbell
Elwell
Three Common Ailments and Balm Remedy Ad
Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck, Lame Shoulder are highlighted as ailments for which Chamberlain's Pain Balm provides relief. The ad claims prompt use saves time money and suffering and notes the product is for sale by Loughran and Beuer.
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Loughran & Beuer
Civil War Bonds of Friendship From Alexandria to Ames
K W Brow recalls enlisting on May 1 1861 with two fellow farmers as the first Alexandria New York volunteers. He and Gilman Evans shared hardship through four seasons of service and a typhoid fever episode during a hot southern summer. Brow notes Evans now in Iowa, plans a visit, and invites G A R friends to meet him recalling Evans risking his water during Brow’s illness.
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U. S
Alexandria
New York
Levi F Auable
Gilman Evans
Carthage
Ames
Alexandria Bay
Iowa
G A.R
K. W. Brow
Market Prices for Grains and Livestock Listed in Shillings
A list of commodity prices including corn at 39 to 40 cents per ear, oats at 84 cents, wheat at 64 cents, barley 4 cents, rye 50 cents, Timothy at 1.75 dollars per hundred pounds, butter 138 cents, eggs 18 cents, potatoes 1.50, lard 11 1/4 cents, hogs 4.30, chickens 8 cents, geese 6 cents, turkeys 10 cents, ducks 7 cents, veal 4.00, with a total item count of 450.
Des Moines firm seeks agents for best selling article
L. W. Hotter and Son of 848 Fourth Street Des Moines Iowa advertise agents wanted for a best selling article paying 40 to 75 dollars weekly. Sell to business men exclusively and request seekers send for a free catalogue.
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L. W. Hotter & Son
Real estate transfers and a social tin shower in Ames
W A Hook and wife transfer property to George W Welch for 450 dollars. Martha A Barbour transfers to Howard M Adams for 1500 dollars. Howard Adams and wife to James W Adams for 400 dollars. Faith Hodson and wife to Millie B Buck for 1000 dollars. James W Adams and wife to O and Martha A Barbour for 2600 dollars. Anna Hemstreet and Chas Waltmire, to be married tonight, receive a tin shower hosted by the Valentine club in Ames with a rocking chair presented by Geo O'Brien.
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Hook
George W Welch
Ames
Martha A Barbour
Howard M Adams
Chamberlains
Ad Ames
Howard Adams
James W Adams
Bigelows
Faith Hodson
Millie
Buck
Martha
Barbour
Adams
Blairs
Anna Hemstreet
Chas. Waltmire
Lanning
South
Valentine Club
Geo O’brien
Special Reduced Excursion Rates From Chicago & North Western
Travel specials to Atlantic City Detroit San Francisco and more for major conventions and events. The Chicago and North Western Railway offers excursion tickets with sale dates and return limits for July through September. Contact ticket agents for rates dates of sale and conditions.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Atlantic City
N. J
Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati
Grand Lodge B & P
Order of Elks
Detroit
Mich
Indianapolis
Ind
Louisville
K. P
St. Louis
St. Paul
North Western Line
Appointment of M F Sims as Administrator in 1904 Story County estate
Notice announces M F Sims appointed administrator of the estate of Ann H Sims in Story county Iowa on June 18 1904. Creditors are asked to pay and claimants to present claims to the court for allowance in Ames Iowa.
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District Court
Story County
Ann H. Sims
Ames
Iowa
M. F. Sims
Three pigs found near Northeast city limits
Two sows and a male pig, all black with white feet and about 150 pounds, were found near the Northeast city limits. R. E. Carr is notified of the discovery.
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R. E. Carr
Chautauqua Admission Dates and Ticket Types
Advertisement outlines season tickets available through August 1 for Chautauqua events. Family tickets apply to heads of households, with day tickets for general admission. Children 8 to 14 may purchase two regular season single admission tickets each.
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Miter
Stock Wanted Pasture Land Near Ams
Wanted stock pasture about 320 acres well watered two and a half miles from Ams. Inquire of J. R. Munden.
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Ams
J. R. Munden
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Grover Ware
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Dr. Wade
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Fay Campbell
Dunlap
Perenene
Katherine Marcroft
Quade
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Christian Endeavor
Ds. A. M. Elliott
J. H. Carr
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M. W. Bushman
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R. W. Miller
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N. Y
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J. W. Leecing
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Colfax, II
Thomas Callahan
Des Moines
William
J. E. Crilley
South Dakota
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Chrisman
Iowa Street
Sorenson & Gamrath
Iowa City
Grundy Center
Scroggie
National Educational Association
O’brien
Lyon
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Velardona
Durango
Mexico
W.L. Munden
Park Rapids
Minnesota
Dr. Seager
Justice Haverly
Marshall Willey
Montgomery
Willow Park
Marshall
D. B. Cooley
South Ames
Fred Winters
Elmer Winters
Mr. J. B. Grove
Devee
Devoe
J. J. Hall
Sheffield
N. Avery
Delhi
F. W. Devoe & Co
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Chas. Tallman
Geo. O’brien
O. D. Freed
Tallman
Gertrude Ivy Degen
William H. Heileman
Fresno
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Jane
Salt Lake City
Mr. Heileman
College
Bureau of Soils Department of Agriculture
Utah
Ferrall
Bride
Odd Fellows Temple
Christian
Methodist
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U. B
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The
W. H. Olin
McCarthy and Lee
Martin Mather
Messrs. Dagwin and Devendorf
Story City
Bert Harmon
Boone
Boone Standard
Lion
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Alexander Gray Jr
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Sanford
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Dr. Jeffrey
Anna Wackum
J. F. Hardin
Eldora
Bro Hardin
W. F. Hand
W. L. Lobough
Mr. Kirk
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Tacdaeawas
Eeee Eeens
Eeees
Eebeese
Ceee
Cradie Rolie
Ce Nee Eewers
Fhenksien
Leas Oses
Senoos
Jerusalem
B. Mitchell
Old City
F. Kooser
Mable Shirk
Burnett
J. W. Bateman
Milford Township
Howard Bishop
E. A. Kirk
Cambridge
Dean
C. F. Kooser
Ames Markets
Fourth St
Hart Schaffner
Summer Fabrics
Mary
Tilden Bros. & Co
Bower & Perkins. B. Co
Pingale Medicine Co
O. A. Gamble
Ames Times and
Ames Intelligencer
Duff
Onondaga
Pearl
Carroll
Sycamore
Douglass
Fayette
Kellogg
Grant
Hodge
Hoggatt
Clark
Pear
Sereeerere
Lows
Verrier
Story
Northwestern
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Kellog
A. Marston
Story Street
Coeerey
A. B. Maxwell
Parley Sheldon
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