Local notes from Ames and surrounding areas
Community update listing visits and moves of residentsincluding Mr and Mrs Harvey at Coffin home Kellogg street Kassem sold residence to Sam Akin Engaged in Des Moines visits Lon Barnard works at Sorenson meat shop Read meat market bookkeeper Lena Pitts quits George Lonsdorff exits Webster City meat shop church notices funeral for Mrs Rich Nevada and various local events and weather references Local trains and public notices accompany usual social news and upcoming sermons at area churches
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Lena Pitts
Read
Russ Read
Des Moines
Lydia Tilden
Martin and
Fiske
Vermont
George Lonsdorff
Webster City
Ames
W. R
8. H. Mitchell
Rich
Nevada
Lyman McDowell
Decoration Day Observances Change Schedule at Tilden
The May 13 program starts at 2 p.m. with music and speeches before graves are decorated. Mayor Sheldon named marshal. Speakers include Rev. O. L. Wilson, Commander, O. G. Lee, Rev. CO. L. Nye, and Rev. F. D. Ferrall. A separate item advertises a 400 page work offered by I J Ferguson, Ames, for 150. An Ames marriage notice follows for Miss Anna Sherwood and Mr. Charles Corcoran with details of backgrounds and plans.
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Sheldon
Seventh District Republican Convention Set for Perry
The Seventh Congressional District of Iowa will hold a delegate convention in Perry on July 10, 1902 at 11 a m to nominate a candidate for congress and conduct other business. Representation is by county with an extra delegate for each 200 votes or major fraction for A B Cummins in the November 1901 gubernatorial election.
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Iowa
Perry
A. B Cummins
Madison
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured After Fourteen Years of Suffering
Josh Edgar of Germantown Bal says fourteen years of sciatic rheumatism ended after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He reports immediate relief and a lasting cure. The liniment is sold by all druggists.
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Josh Edgar
Germantown
Bal
Chamberlain
Dodds and Wilson Wed at Gilbert Station Iowa
Mr Ira Dodds and Miss Mable Wilson united in marriage by Rev Dunton on May 14 at the bride’s parents home in Gilbert Station Iowa. Only immediate relatives attended due to a serious accident to the bride’s brother Fred. The couple have lived here all their lives and are wished a happy prosperous life.
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Ira Dodds
Miss Mable Wilson
Rev
Dunton
O Wilson
Gilbert Station
Iowa
Fred
Dodds
Cash on Delivery Urges Customers at Local Laundry
The laundry cautions customers that cash payment is required for all orders due to rising costs and tighter finances. They offer discounted coupon books for advance payment and insist cash on delivery for those not buying coupons. The note mentions paint materials at Loughren & Bauer’s.
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Wina
Loughren & Bauer's
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Mrs. Harvey
Coffin Home
Kellogg Street
Kassem
South Ames
Sam Akin
Daniel Embree
Lon Barnard
Sorenson
Mr. Sorenson
O. J. Whitson
State Center
F. L. Meredith
Kate Romnel
Lincoln
Neb
Arthur Chambers
Frank Muassleman
the Book and Basket Club
R. F. Hodson
Joe Cohn
Sadie Lanning Morrison
Chicago
C. H. Seccombe
Congregational Church
The
Christian Church
Christian Endeavor
Gilbert
O. H. L. Mason
Boone
49Th Town
Baptist Young People’s Union
K. W. Brown
Ladies Missionary Society of the
Gilbert Station Congregational Church
Woodman Hall
Jack Birmingham
Grace Nye
Oreston
Mr. Birmingham
Rou
Tilden
Cuba
All America
Quail
Chicago and North- Western
Maxwell
M. P. Baker
the Light and Heat Co
Victor Hugo
Mayor Low
New York City
Brooklyn
Onice Jean Valjean
Marshalltown Carnival Company
Carrie Nation
Old Soldiers
No. 3
Jane
Methodist Church
OC. L. Nye
Jacob Riis
National College of Law
Nashville
Des Moines News
William J. Bryan
Gen. Wood
Bryan
O. L. Wilson
O. G. Lee
Rev. CO. L. Nye
F. D. Ferrall
Martinque
St. Vincent
I. J. Ferguson
Anna Sherwood
T. J. Loughran
Charles Corcoran
Sioux City
Jane Fourth
Lanark
Illinois
Miss Sherwood
Shannon
Corcoran
Milwaukee Road
E. Porterfield
Gro
van DyKke
Ary
Ond
Howe
Battenberg
Gace
Nottingham
Curtain
Julius Kayser
Asa Vandermast
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