Local notices from exchanges recount burn fatality and staff moves
Mrs E R Hanson of Roland died after a gasoline can exploded while she poured it on a fire believing it to be kerosene. Chas Nye, son of Rev Nye, will leave the Nonpareil for a better position at the Sioux City Journal. Representative O Nelson received a leather couch from bank officers in appreciation of his years of service after leaving the local bank presidency. Ministers formed a city ministerial association with Nye as treasurer and planned monthly Ames meeting invites. Homer Curtis reports a new adv and make-up position at the Record in Cedar Falls. A silent lament follows an egg-laying line in Ex and a call for local dailies to stop mockery of country papers. Dr Miller, new dentist, plans permanent offices above Larson's. Fitchpatrick helps place a monument site at Vicksburg. Old residents trace Carrie Nation to this township, and a fire at Rev Scott's home caused damage, aided by bucket brigades due to no nearby water main.
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Homer
Curtis
A. L. Curtis
Maxwell
Cedar Falls
Record
Maxwell Tribune
Scott Family Faces Damaged Home After Incident
More damage was done by cutting than by the fire. Mr. Scott has insurance and may have the insurer fix the home. Furniture suffered some damage. The Scotts live with their son Ed while repairs proceed.
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Scott
Maxweil Tribune
General J F Bell Commends the 55th Iowa Regiment
General J F Bell praises the Fifty-Fifth Iowa National Guard regiment for its equipment, size, discipline, and drill during camp instruction. He says it rivaled regular regiments, impressed the division review, and reflects well on Iowa’s state forces and leadership. An official copy is sent to Colonel James R Lincoln.
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Bell
Cummins
Lincoln
National Guard
United States Infantry
Fifty-Fifth
Iowa
United States
J. F Bell
James R. Lincoln
Des Moines Capital Bargain Day for 1904 Offer
The Des Moines Daily Capital offers a 1904 yearly subscription by mail for $2.00 on December 28, the paper's sixth annual bargain day. Regular price is $3.00. Present subscribers pay current balance plus $2.00 for new year. mail checks to Safe Young, Des Moines. The Capital claims metropolitan coverage, AP wire, strong market reports, and statewide reach to Rural Routes.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Safe Young
Associated Press
Daily Capital
Fourth Annual International Live Stock Exposition
Round trip excursion tickets to Chicago will be sold by the Chicago and North Western Railway from November 28 to December 5, 1903. Rate is the lowest regular first class limited fare plus 2.00 for the round trip, except where rate of fare and one third applies.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Real Estate Transfers in Story County Listings Summary
Sheriff of Story County transfers title to D M Grove for a parcel in Burris addition Nevada and other deeds recorded. Multiple transfers include W P Starr to Susan and Margaret Monahan for a 70 by 140 foot parcel in Nevada and several deeds in Zearing Ames Cambridge and Nevada involving Grant Allen Chase Belden and others for various lot combinations and monetary amounts.
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Story County
Grove
Burris
Nevada
P Starr
Susan
Margaret Monahan
Charles L. Belden
Grant Allen
Richardson
Zearing
Addie
Belden
Allen
Chase Belden
Cambridge Land and Imp Coto John
Hennick
Bik
Union Park
Cambridge
J M Bartlett
Craddick
Scotts
ET Adams
Bangham
Bigelows
Ames
Anson White
John L Osness
E T Adams
Racine
Goble
Jennie I Lockwood
James Prawl
Maxwell
Richard Beitler
Wm Beitler
Margaret Reitenbaugh
Wm Betler
Lote
Fragmented 1903 sale dates and food reform notes
Dates show sale from east of Missouri River November 29 30 December 1 1903 and west to November 28 1903 with final return December 7 1908. Roosevelt Thanksgiving proclamation set Thanksgiving on November 26. Iowa topics cover newspaper ownership changes and state fruit jelly fraud warnings urging pure foods law and labeling reforms.
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Missouri River
Missouri
Attitudes Toward College Support in Ames Compared
The Student laments Ames merchants for not closing or prioritizing college events like Grinnell and Indianapolis towns. It contrasts Grinnell merchants and Indianola stores that pause for events with Ames where shops stay open and season athletic tickets are seen as an evil.
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Grinnell
Indianola
Ames
Big Four railroad tragedy claims more than football losses
The piece recalls eleven players and four church leaders who faced danger on the Big Four railroad last Saturday. It contrasts football danger with the broader disaster, noting the deaths and the loyal community tied to their school.
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Loughran & Bauer
Summer H Willer
Kodak
Jome
Eastman
L. M. Bosworth
Cowpell & Millard
L. C
Tallman
Jewelers
Parker
Poland
China
J. R. Ballard
Shipley, Iowa
Cade & Steigerwalt
Eric Hanson
Roland
Chas. Nye
L. Nye
Council Bluffs
Sioux City Journal
Oleg Nelson
Slater News
C. L. Nye
W. B. Sandford
J. E. Hammon
Collins Liberator
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Vicksburg
Monument Commission
Carrie Nation
Mr Chadwick
Fred Drier
Dan Blair
Chadwick
Mr. Nation
Hubbard Monitor
Rev
J. L. Scott
J. F. Bell
Lyman F Freeland
Sadie E Graves
E J Peterson
Haaken
Oscar Thompson
E A Cole
Torkel Henryson
Anna Olson
Story Ce
Eli McQuiston
Theodore Roosevelt
Register and Leader
Strauss
Harvey Ingham
A. B Funk
Spirit Lake Beacon
James A. Smith
Osage
F. L. Maytag
Newton
Fank
Ingham
State Agricultural College
Board of Control
Reform School
Eldora
Marshalltown
Judge Robinson
Lowa
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
State Department of Agriculture
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