Local notes from Ames and surrounding towns in March 1896
R F Hodson visited Prairie City and Des Moines on business. Dr Noler will move to Des Moines in spring. Dr Stalker lectured at Tama farmers institute. S W O Brien of Colfax visited Ames. Miss Ballou accompanied her father to Ames. Episcopal services move to Odd Fellows Hall with 10 am start. Dancing Club enjoyed a song-filled evening at the opera house with Marshalltown Orchestra. P E O Society officers elected. W R C to host supper and quilt sale March 6. Payne of Nevada represented in Ames political circles. Nettie Fibbs returned home to Eagle Grove for a sister’s relapse. H Hodgkins, now in Des Moines, plans a Vermont trip. Doc West leaves Boone News for Farm and Fireside in Chicago. S M Stuart to speak March 6 at Baptist church. May Robinson of Omaha visits Ames. Mollie Haverly serenades at Methodist. Hill and Cupps rent Duncan Building west room for a millinery stock. North-Western Manufacturing Co succeeds North-Western Fence Co with broader wares. J L Lorimer sentenced in Des Moines for forged checks. John Dillon and company stage a lively show at the opera house. Ames stores poised for full occupancy. Lanning to lease Ames Flouring Mill. Quade travels to Dubuque after aunt’s death. Perkins family to California for health. Mrs Danielson joins. Howard Marks sells stake in Ft. Madison Pl aindealer to move with family. Bryant moves to Ames for Reed meat market job. Bigelow & Smith restructure shop and stock. new cash carriers. Graves to lecture in Boone March 10 on Demagogue reign. Miller & Kooser advertise butter and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. O. Society
Nellie Bosworth
Beyer
C. F. Curtiss
Sec’y
K. W. Brown
W. O. Payne
Nevada
Ames
Payne
Nettie Fibbs
Eagle Grove
H. Hodgkins
Des Moines
Hodgkins
Vermont
Doc West
Boone News
Chicago
Mr. West
Wilson
S. M. Stuart
Womans Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
May Robinson
Omaha
Mollie Haverly
Miss Robinson
J. L. Lorimer
National Insurance Co
John Dillon
Merrymakers
Opera House
Dillon
Jason DeSmythe
The
North-Western Manufacturing Co
Old
North-Western Fence Co
Bales Convicted In Nevada Liquor Sale Case
D D Bales was found guilty in Nevada last week of violating liquor sale laws. Judge Weaver fined him 300 dollars plus costs, with many Ames businesspeople and citizens summoned as witnesses. The defense argues the conviction rests on a technical point and cites a Des Moines case where the judge remitted all but costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Bales
Nevada
Weaver
Bales
Ames
Des Moines
Council Meeting and Local Notices
Regular monthly council meeting notes include warrants for interest, street work, printing, and election notices. Abandoned poles removal ordered along Douglas street. Ward 4 ballot counting objection deferred until attested. Incoming council to judge legality of elections. city marshal bond approved. Property sale ad seeks three acres with home near college grounds. Local ads promote shoe sale at our store, dried fruit, glassware, various livestock and farm items, and Simmons Liver Regulator testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W
T. W. Sheldon
P. C. Compton
Horse M’fg Co
Ckeenee Cubacves
Douglass Street
Sexton
J. H. Kintzley
J. H. Swan
A. M. Ricketts
Bond Victory for Lights With 299 Against 40
The bond proposition passed overwhelmingly with 299 votes in favor and 40 against last Monday. The regular ticket drew little interest, and a new woman voter marked the bond ballots correctly, signaling a suffrage blow to opponents. D. Wiley of Black Creek, NY found relief from rheumatism using Chamberlain's Pain Balm, then discarded his canes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wiley
Black Creek
N. Y
Chamberlain
Farmers Institute Full of Farm Topics and Lectures
The Story County Farmers Institute met February 19 with President Furnas and secretary pro tem A K Olson. Speakers covered corn fodder methods hog production orchards potatoes and clover farming as well as bacteria and medical advances. Endorsed cooperative shipping mutual insurance and hail protection with songs and an illustrated lecture by Prof Pammel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County Farmers’ Institute
Furnas
A. J. Graves
A. K. Olson
C. King
Little City
A. K Olson
Mills
Reem
Kegley
Hill
J. E. Jones
E. Furnas
Olson
Pammel
Roun
T. J. Kegley
Iowa
J. C. Warren
Hill, Richardson
J. Christopher
White
J. Roun
C. Mills
Kegly
Etland
Roan
Warren
D. M. Hayden
Iowa Tornado and
County Mutuals
Iowa Town Mutual
Iowa Hail Association
Co-operative Creameries
Coal Prices for Delivery and Pickup Noted
Soft lump coal priced at 2.50, delivered at 2.75. Nut coal listed at 2.25. Provided by B. A Lockwoop.
Eli's Lecture Draws Local Audience Bright and Early
Readers gather as a lecture at Eli's draws community interest. The notice hints at a lively event with bands and cheerful crowds. Aimed at residents seeking a cultural outing, the piece emphasizes a welcoming, upbeat mood.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure When Others Fail
Advertisement proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures when medicines fail and touts Hood's Pills as the best family cathartic and liver medicine. It emphasizes harmlessness, reliability, and certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
For Sale Duff Farm and Nearby Acres in North and South Ames
Auction type notice offers 120 acres known as the Duff farm in North Ames and 90 acres in South Ames for sale. For price and terms contact M HeMSTREET, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ams
Duff
South Ames
M. Hemstreet
Notice of School Election in Ames March 9 1896
Notice announces annual election of two school directors at Ames city hall on Monday March 9 1896 from noon to 7 pm. It states levy recommendations for 1896: Teachers' fund 6000, Contingent fund 2000, School house fund 2000. Includes brief treasurer report note about a local arrest incident involving a son of Jake Shockley and Des Moines liquor planters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ba George
Ames
Evenat Y Sr
Coas. Whitake
L. C. Tilden
Henry Wilson
Independent
Iowa
Local Grocery Department Sold Out to City Dealers
Notice declares the grocery department has closed and a new line of goods will be offered. It thanks customers for years of patronage and states eggs will be bought at market price. New spring goods arriving and cash prices promised. BieELow & Smith. WANTED a residence in Ames in exchange for an eight room house and two Nevada lots at 1600 price with 400 mortgage. Box 130 Fort Dodge Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Spring
Bieelow & Smith
Ames
Nevada
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Odd Fellows Banquet Brings 175 Attendees In Ames
Ames reports a large Odd Fellows banquet with 175 guests from Odd Fellows Daughters of Rebecca and other invitees. Gen J R Lincoln presided, with a musical program in the Mason hall and toasts from Rev Everly and others. The event was praised as a grand success. The ruling notes a theft at the High School cloak room and a forthcoming marriage of Will A Cole and Lizzie Lawson. The Cedar Rapids contest crowned Lennox College with I A C placing fifth. Davy now a Chicago law student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Odd Fellows
Rebecca
Masonic Hall
Drake
Hodson
Duncan
Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Lennox College
I. A.C
J. R. Davidson
Davidson
Benedict Arnold
Davy
Chicago
Excursion to South Platte Valley Lands Promoted
Special rates offered for a March 10 1896 excursion to the Beautiful South Platte Valley lands with information available from M Heemstreet agent Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Platte Valley
M. Heemstreet
Ames
Iowa
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the Intelligencer
Story County
Hodson Bros
R. F. Hodson
Prairie City
Dr. Noler
Stalker
Tama
Mr. Griffith
Bloomington
S. W. O’brien
Colfax
S. P. O'Brien
Miss Ballou
Odd Fellows Hall
K. P. Hall
Marshalltown
Mrs. Lincoln
Wes McElyea
Illinois
Texas
Minta Tilden
House Committee On Schools
Ladies Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Eli Perkins
Funny Man
J. H. Cook
Mr. Cooks
Irwin Randall & Co
J. W. Lanning
Mr. Lanning
Howard Marks
California
Ft. Madison Plain Dealer
Ilona
Marks
F. P. Bryant
Reed
Slater
Slater News
Bigelow & Smith
John Temple Graves
Boone
M. E
Miller & Kooser’s
H. W. Tripp
BieLow & Smith
Adams Bros
Winters Bros
Thurston & Graham’s
Miller & Kooser
Adams Broos
Z. Shugart
Log Cabin
Simmons
Alabama
H. N. Bryant
Dallas
Bartlett P
the Farmers’ Institute
Cambridge
Cambridge Glee Club
Glee Club
Joe
Miller & KoosErR’s
Coal Dowd
Eugene Field
Perkin
Eli
Tilden Bros. &Co
Head TO Foot Outfitters
Pickwick
Pickwick Line
Teachers’ Fund
Cor Bren Fund
Urer
Jake Shockley
U.S
Ae Ee
Eeeee
Fred Rice
Will A. Cole
Lizzie Lawson
John Lawson
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