Ames Personal Notes Report Busy Week in Town
Ames residents share visits moves and career notes as the week unfolds. Benj McPeek of Willow Lake visits relatives while Mrs H G Davis travels in Boone and Chas Whitaker plans to move into a vacated M K Smith property. Numerous residents relocate including D G Bishop and households of Starr Wilkinson Van Dyke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benj. McPeek
Willow Lake
8. D
Mollie Haverly
Harris-Emery Co
Des Moines
Miller
Ames
Mrs. Whitaker
Polk City
Chas. Lincoln
M. Hemstreet
Colorado
Hans Hanson
Mr. Hemstreet
Mrs. Starr
South Side
Hank Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
Frank Shockly
Marshal Ricketts
Quick
Card of Thanks for L. Q. Hoggatt funeral and notices
Acknowledges sympathy during illness and death of L. Q. Hoggatt. Rev. T. L. Dows preached the funeral in Ames with veterans and Masons in attendance. Services featured hymns and a respected eulogy. Also notes March 28 sale of Whitaker estate furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
Unknown Killed Near Midway in Freight Train Collision
A man about fifty to sixty was killed when the Omaha and Chicago fast freight struck him near Midway at nine last night. An unknown slip with the name Fred Trotuth may identify the victim, who wore an overcoat and carried extra shoes, and an inquest will be held today. The rest of the page mixes local politics in Story county praising Dr. Stalker, small ads, and notices about sales and coal prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Chicago
Midway
Amens
Undertaker Loud
Reinbeck
Grundy County
Marshalltown
Fred Trotuth
Story County
Iowa
Congress
Stalker
Ames
Come to the opéra house Friday evening for a mind power study
An ad invites readers to an event at the opéra house on Friday evening to study the power of one mind over another. It also promotes spring shoes and wear to toes with moderate prices and mentions Bigelow & Smith offering boys' blue apron overalls for 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opéra House
Bigelow & Smith
Reverend W. P. Bennet Remembered By Ames Parishioners
A letter from Miss Moulton says Rev. W. P. Bennet died while Nebraska pastor at Crete. He came to Ames in 1882 as Congregational pastor and later moved to Crete in 1884 to lead Dean College affiliated work. He was near sixty and long valued for scholastic sermons and educational service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Q. Hoggatt
Ames
Bennet
Crete
Neb
Dean College
Rev
Flour price sale at MILvER and Kooser's store
Bratow and Smirn advertise Best Flour at 100 per gack and a shoe sale with tie front slippers. They claim their prices are the lowest ever and urge customers to shop early to avoid the rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milver & Kooser’s
Bratow & Smirn
Adams Bros Offers Land and Goods in Local Notices
Dried fruit sold cheaply at Adams Bros. New glass related signs. Adams Bros lists 15 000 acres for sale by Z Shugart Nevada Ia. Log Cabin Maple Syrup advertised. Highest market price for butter and eggs at Milder & Kooster's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. Shugart
Nevada
Log Cabin
Adams Bros
Milder & Kooster’s
Eli Perkins Lecture At Opera House Highlights Wit And Politics
Eli Perkins delivered his lecture on The Philosophy of Wit and Humor to a fair audience at the opera house. The talk contrasted wit with humor and satire, referencing prohibition in Kansas and temperance, with strong engagement from listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Perkins
Opera House
Kansas
Landon
McKinley
City Fathers Banquet Sets Stage For City Leadership
The holdover and retiring officers hosted the newly elected officers at Agricultural Hall suggesting mutual goodwill. Mayor Wilson spoke on the retiring mayor role while M K Smith discussed the city’s future. Attorney Lee and Professors Lies and Marston addressed duties and first impressions as aldermen. A Fourth Ward citizens caucus is planned for March 23, 1896 to nominate a councilman. Herman Knapp, Com 4th Ward. AD Bros. promotes California peaches Bartlett pears and Trilby shoes at Soper’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
M. K. Smith
Lee
Bb. F. Lies
Marston
Fourth Ward
Ames
Agricultural Hall
Herman Knappp
4Th Ward
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Intelligencer
Hodson Bros
Alice Stuckslager
Tom Thompson
Anita
Chas. Whitaker
Ben Cole
Fred Coggshall
Ben Reed
Schoonover
Loucks
Will Childs
D. G. Bishop
Towanda
Illinois
North Side
Richard Jones
This
County
Boone
Culbertson
Marshalltown High School
E. B. Perkins
Cripple Creek
Wesley Keltner
R. M. Hunter
Wm. Scott
Franklin Township
Mammie
Belle Hall
Allan Dist
Laura Moulton
Moulton
Ruth Duncan
Grinnell
Nettie Fibbs
C. Keeler
Iowa Building and Loan Association
W. L. Bray
Oskaloosa
Bray
Duncan
C.C. Fontana
Milford Township
Engineer Outwater
Northwestern
Cal. Giddings
Dr. Raynor Street
California
Mr. Leslie
Cook
Nebraska
Napoleon
Badger
Limes
Ladies Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Japan
Will Sisson
Mrs. Wilson
T. L. Dows
Iowa City
Col. Hoggatt
S P. O’brien
Henry Cameron
J. J. Butler
Congressional Politics
Millerx& KoosEer’s
Grace Eden
Bingham & Co
Mark
Soper’s
W. P. Bennet
Head To Foot Outfitters
Vlackintos
Hew Styles
Knox and
Dunlap
Tilden Bros. & CO
Ladies’ Capes
Bigalow & Smith
C. L. Nelson
Hood
Simmons Liver Regulator
Arkansas
Byron Bradley
Tallahassee, Fla
Minnesota
South Dakota
South Platte Valley
Logan
Morgan Counties
America
Greeley
W. D. Mixxter
Sebago City
Minn
Amar
Simon
Ian
Tunnelton
West Va
Chamberlain
North Ames
Alge
South Ames
Kelley
H. Woodruff
City Fathers
AD Bros
Soper
Tre Farr
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