Local Ames items note moves and meetings across town
R F Hodson visits Prairie City and Des Moines on business this week. Dr Nolen will move to Des Moines this spring. Dr Stalker lectures at a Tama farmers institute. Mrs Hill visits Des Moines and Mrs Lincoln is seriously ill. Wes McElyea seeks Texas land in Illinois. Miss Minta Tilden visits Ames from Nevada. Various local society meetings announced for March 6 and 10. Eli Perkins lecturing March 14. J H Cook ill with typhoid pneumonia. Several residents relocate homes, stores close, dancing and music events noted. Continuous updates on local business changes and scandals include a banked list of names and upcoming civic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Hodson
Prairie City
Des Moines
Dr. Nolen
Ladies Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Eli Perkins
Funny Man
P. E. O. Society
Nellie Bosworth
Beyer
C. F. Curtiss
Sec’y
K. W. Brown
W. O. Payne
Nevada
Ames
Payne
Nettie Fibbs
Vermont
Doc West
Boone News
Chicago
West
Wilson
S. M. Stuart
Womans Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Baptist
May Robinson
Omaha
Mollie Haverly
Miss Robinson
D. C
Council Meeting Highlights and Budget Adjustments
Last Tuesday evening the regular council meeting reviewed warrants totaling 20.73 for payments including interest on debt, printing, drayage, street work and meters. Officials discussed removing abandoned telephone poles on Douglas street and settled on incoming council as sole judges of election validity. An error in a sidewalk repair bill was corrected charging J. H. Swan, and A. M. Ricketts was approved as city marshal bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Sheldon
Priseeeeee Times
P. C. Compton
Herse M’fg Co
Intelligencer
Peas
F. E. Allen
Whalen
Douglass Street
Sexton
J. H. Kintzley
J. H. Swan
A. M. Ricketts
Coal Prices Listed by B A Lockwoop
Nut coal priced at 2.25 dollars per unit. Soft lump coal at 2.50 dollars, delivered 2.75. The notice is attributed to B A Lockwoop.
Graves to Lecture at Boone on The Reign of the Demagogue
Georgian John Temple Graves will lecture next Tuesday evening March 10 at Boone M E church on the reign of the demagogue. Ames residents can attend by train and return the same night. Also lists local ads for Miller Kooser Adams Bros and others including a shoe sale and various goods and remedies.
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John Temple Graves
Boone
M. E
Ames
Milier & Kooser’s
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertising Verse
An old promotional verse touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal cure and Hood's Pills as a safe family cathartic and liver medicine. The ad urges persistence after failed remedies and invokes cheerful scenes to boost appeal.
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Hood
Bond vote backs light project with overwhelming support
The bond proposition passed last Monday by 299 to 40 as supporters hailed the result while noting light turnout. The event marked a win for women voters and suffrage critics alike, with many teachers voting and ten women’s tickets miscast in the second ward.
Rheumatism Sufferer Benefits From Pain Balm
Mr D Wiley ex postmaster of Black Creek New York was so hindered by rheumatism he used canes until Chamberlains Pain Balm improved him greatly he discarded the canes and praised the liniment as more effective than any other medicine. For sale at 50 cents per bottle by all druggists That Flou ae Kooser's is a dandy one dollar per bottle.
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J. L. Lormmer
National Insurance Co
Ames
Des Moines
John Dillon
Mmerrymakers
Opera House
Dillon
Jason DeSmythe
The
North-Western Manufacturing Co
Old North-Western Fence Co
All Ames
D. Wiley
Black Creek
N. Y
Chamberlain
For Sale Duff farm and South Ames acreage
120 acres in North Ames known as the Duff farm and 90 acres in South Ames offered for sale. For price and terms contact M Hemstreet, agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Duff
South Ames
M. Hemstreet
Agt
Farmers Institute program panels on hogs and fruit farming
The Story County Farmers Institute met on February 19 with addresses by President Furnas and A K Olson. Topics covered included corn fodder topping, hog care and cholera notes, orchard fruits, bacteria and disease, sheep industry discussion, potato growing, poultry funding, clover farming, cooperative shipping and insurance, and the future role of horses.
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
O. Hill
J. E. Jones
E. Furnas
Olson
Hill
Pammel
Roun
T. J. Kegley
J. C. Warren
Hill, Richardson
J. Christopher
White
J. Roun
Kegly
Eland
Roan
Warren
D. M. Hayden
Iowa Tornado and
County Mutuals
Iowa Town Mutual
Election Notice for Ames School Directors 1896
Notice states annual election of school directors at city hall Ames on Monday March 9 1896 from 12 noon to 7 pm to elect two directors for full terms. February 3 1896 meeting recommends levy 6000 for Teachers fund 2000 for Contingent fund and 2000 for School house fund. Report ends with incident involving Jake Shockley son and two Des Moines strangers.
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Ames
Chas, Whitaker
Maras
L. C. Tilden
Henry Wilson
Independent
Iowa
Jake Shockley
Des Moines
U.S
Special excursion rates to Beautiful South Platte Valley lands
March 10, 1896 offers special rates for a visit to the Beautiful South Platte Valley lands. For information contact M HeMSTREET, Agent, Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Platte Valley
M. Hemstreet
Ames
Iowa
Local Grocery Department Sold to City Dealers
Notice states the grocery department is sold to local dealers after years of operation. It thanks patrons for liberal support and promises a new line of goods to attract shoppers while continuing to pay the highest prices for eggs. Spring merchandise arriving. cash prices to attract trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Spring
Biaeelow & Smith
Odd Fellows Banquet and Local Notices in Ames
The Odd Fellows banquet hosted by Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebecca drew 175 guests with a musical program in the Masonic hall led by Gen. J. R. Lincoln as master of ceremonies. Items note a cloakroom theft at the high school and Will A Cole weds Lizzie Lawson next week near Ames. Lennox College won the Cedar Rapids state oratorical contest with I A C placing fifth. J R Davidson spoke on Benedict Arnold the Traitor. Davy is now a law student in Chicago.
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Ames
Odd Fellows
Rebecca
Masonic Hall
Drake
Hodson
Duncan
Hamilton
Will A. Cole
Lizzie Lawson
John Lawson
Cedar Rapids
Lennox College
I. A.C
J. R. Davidson
Davidson
Benedict Arnold
Davy
Chicago
Wanted Ames residence in exchange for Nevada eight room house
Classified notice seeking a residence in Ames in return for an eight room house and two Nevada lots valued at 1600 dollars with a 400 dollar mortgage. Respond with property description to Box 130 Fort Dodge Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Nevada
Fort Dodge
Iowa
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the Intelligencer
Jasuedd
Story County
Hudson Bros
Srhea Ae
Stalker
Tama
Mr. Griffith
Bloomington
Minta Tilden
House Committee On Schools
J. H. Cook
Mr. Cooks
S. W. O’brien
Colfax
S. P. O’brien
Miss Ballou
Odd Fellows Hall
K. P. Hall
Marshalltown
Irwin Randall & Co
J. W. Lanning
Lanning
Quade
Dubuque
Howard Marks
California
Ft. Madison Plain Dealer
Mr. Marks
F. P. Bryant
Reed
Slater
Slater News
Bigelow & Smith
Coal Dowd
H. W. Trier
Breton & Smith
Adams Bros
Winters Bros
Thurston & Graham’s
Milner & Kooser
Z. Shugart
Miller & Kooser
Log Cabin
Simmons
Alabama
H. N. Bryant
Dallas
Texas
Eugene Field
Eli Perkin
Eli
Rnia
Bartlett
Ms Bros
Flou Ae & Kooser’s
the Farmers’ Institute
Cambridge
Cambridge Glee Club
Glee Club
Joe
Miller & Kooser’s
Tilden Bros. & CO
Head TO Foot Outfitters
Pickwick
Grossmn
Pickwick Line
Temasurer
Eee
Ee Ee Eenee “ Co
Asec
Fred Rice
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