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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1894
Page
7
Memorial Services and Obituary Notes from Ames
News notes reveal many social visits and health updates across Ames and nearby towns. Obituary records report the death of Mrs Parthena Thurman of Ontario aged 64 and memorial services held in the Christian church with a large funeral procession.
Our Specialty Ad Uses All Year Round Advertising
Our advertisement proclaims a consistent specialty aimed at pleasing patrons. It stresses fair courteous treatment and full value for money as keys to growing regular customers, noting low prices and fresh varied stock in groceries and dry goods.
Lucia Gale Barber to Read at College Chapel
Mrs Lucia Gale Barber of Iowa will perform at the college chapel on Saturday evening June 2 at 8 o'clock. The program opens with a monologue The Broken Seal followed by readings from various authors and other musical numbers from Des Moines talent. Admission is 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia Gale Barber
Des Moines
F D Thompson Attorney Presents Compliments to Ames
F D Thompson attorney of Nevada offers compliments to Ames readers through our columns. He urges people to seek legal help at home and notes Mr Rankin will speak at the opera hall Friday evening and not at the college chapel as proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Thompson
Nevada
Ames
Mr.Thompson
Rankin
Opera Hall
Death of Mrs Rebecca Stoops at 23 in Knoxville Iowa
Mrs Rebecca Stoops aged 23 wife of William Stoops died at her residence Sunday morning. The body was taken to Knoxville Iowa for burial. Her maiden name Cronkhite. She seemed well Saturday until a runaway horse possibly ruptured a heart valve. Cause of death pulmonary oedema. She leaves a husband and two small children.
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Rebecca Stoops
William Stoops
Knoxville
Iowa
Cronkhite
Widow Nancy Tanner Dies After Long Illness in Iowa
Nancy E. Davis Tanner widow of John M. Tanner killed in a 1894 Kelley boiler explosion died in Mt. Pleasant Iowa on May 17 at 4 30 am. She was buried beside her husband in Walnut Grove cemetery after funeral in Kelley Baptist Church led by Rev. T M Rickman. Born Carthage Illinois October 2 1844 she was 49 years 6 months old. Survived by two sons Wm E and John A and one other child. She had been in an asylum since her husband’s death and remained frail in body and mind.
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George McFadden
Ontario
Iowa
Parthena Thurman
Thurman
Christian Church
O. H. Truman
Hester
Des Moines
Tanurman
Nancy E
John M. Tanner
Kelley
Mt. Pleasant
Ilowa
Baptist
T. M. Rickman
the Baptist Church
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Religious notices and lectures mark Memorial Week
Baptism at the creek for a young man. Memorial Day lunch by church ladies at noon. U B church young people's society meeting draws a large crowd. Ministers Scott and Douglass trade pulpits next Sabbath. Donations for Rankin meetings requested. Bishop Hott to lecture Walks About Jerusalem May 31 at U B church with choir. U B ladies not serving public dinner on Memorial Day. Rev Leon Harvey to speak on Abraham Lincoln at Odd Fellows Hall. Lawn social for library fund at Mrs Tilden's. $10 raised from ice cream and berries. Memorial Sermon for 1894 at Baptist church May 27. Grand Army post and W A C to attend. Junior Endeavor plans ice cream social May 29.
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Young People’s Societies
U. B
J. W. Scott
LaMoille
F. J. Douglass
Ames
Hott
Jerusalem
U. B. Church
Leon Harvey
Des Moines
Abraham Lincoln
Baptist Church
Grand Army Post
Thomas M. Rickman
E. BigxLow
John H. Williams Opens Ames Law and Insurance Office
John H. Williams settles in Ames to run his law and insurance business and invites calls at his office over Story County Bank. Old papers for sale at this office priced at 20 cents per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Williams
Ames
Story County Bank
Wedding of Miss Cora Skelton and Leland Zenor in Ames
May 25 1804 at the bride's parents home. Rev H J Everly officiated before relatives. After a breakfast the couple left for Missouri Valley and will reside in Ames after June first at Zenor’s parents home. Local ads note a soda fountain, fence agents, carpet sales, and cane mill for sale alongside groceries and notions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora G. Skelton
Leland L. Zenor
H. J. Everly
Zenor
Missouri Valley
Ames
Mr. Zenor
Seventh annual Farmer's Mutual Fire Association meeting notice
The seventh annual meeting of the Farmer's Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association of Story county is set for Tuesday June Sth 1894 at 10 oclock a.m. at City Hall Nevada to elect three directors and handle other business. A J Graves president D M Hayden secretary. Local notices mention Cambridge Press publishers visiting Ames and Rankin meetings with horses, plus W A C entertainment and a home talent show with Major Hendershot drums and profits of about twelve to thirteen dollars.
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Farmer’s Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association
Story County
City Hall
Nevada
A. J. Graves
D. M. Hayden
Major Hendershot
Iendershot
Casoline stoves repair and oil van call
Newman will call for repair or cleaning of gasoline stoves and return them. He promises good work at reasonable rates and to notify when the bell clangs. Thurston Graham offer cream freezers at low prices and sell screen doors and wire. Patent ideas? Write Dubois Dubois in Washington DC.
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Newman
Sun Day Evening Meeting Attracts Large Crowd
The Sunday evening gathering drew a crowded hall with strong interest. A well trained chorus added appeal and Mr Rankin held attention, entertaining and instructing. Attendance hasn’t been this high since the first evening, with the hall fairly full each night. A Baptist church prayer meeting was held Wednesday afternoon to support the movement, and meetings continue tonight and tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
the Baptist Church
Trustees Clear Professors After Plagiarism Charges
The college trustees last week dismissed plagiarism charges against Prof. Wallace and then against Prof. Patrick with little ado. The board appeared irritated by the fuss and hinted at undisclosed information guiding their decision. The Register’s related coverage is printed elsewhere.
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Wallace
A. C. Tupper
Patrick
Farm and Dairy Company
Register
S S TEACHERS INSTITUTE AT U B CHURCH AMES IOWA 1894
S S Teachers Institute held at the U B Church in Ames Iowa on June 12 and 13 1894 presents a schedule of devotional exercises normal lessons and addresses. Rev Ed Clark Rev E W Curtis Rev F J Douglass Rev N F Hicks Rev L H Bufkin and O D Mathews lead sessions with song services conversations and a youth-related mass meeting across Tuesday Wednesday.
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U. B. Church
Ames
Iowa
Ed. Clark
E. W. Curtis
Des Moines
F. J. Douglass
Eslick
Ilomer
Rev. Curtis
N. F. Hicks
Webster City
L. H. Bufkin
Curtis
O. D. Mathews
Subscriptions Offer for The Intelligence and Western Poultry Journal
A combined renewal deal invites readers to subscribe to The In Telligencer and the Western Poultry Journal for a total price of $1.50. The offer targets current subscribers and promotes two publications in one savings package.
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The
Intelligencer
Western Poultry Journal
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