Thanksgiving finds Stevenson in country and voters
The Intelligencer notes Robert Lewis Stevenson in the country taking interest in the silver question and reading debates. Jeremiah M Raisk former Wisconsin secretary of agriculture dies at 63 in Milwaukee. he served as soldier congressman and governor and was widely loved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lewis Stevenson
Steven Ison
Jeremiah M. Raisk
Department of Agriculture
Milwaukee
Congress
Wisconsin
Maxwell Tales and County Notes Push Ahead
Maxwell editor reports social visits, new postmaster Dwight Flickinger at Elwell, and a growing October station revenue. The Clipper criticizes exchanges of items, cites revival attendance in Collins, and notes a Chicago trip about a railroad claim linked to John McVey’s estate. Hawaii, Hawaii debate, and political press commentary appear in a long regional roundup.
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Maxwell Tribune
Lindsay
Ames
Geo. Berlin
Grandma Higley
Cawker City
Kansas
Dwight Flickinger
Elwell
Maxwell
Nevada
the Tribune
A. J. Marshall
Thomas Bromley
John McVey
Chicago
McVey
F. Thorsen
J.B. Hanson
Lakeville
Calfornia
St. Louis
Fair
Ames Declared City of the Second Class
State officials certify Ames Iowa population 2480 from special census and declare the town a city of the second class under state law, with the governor authorizing publication of the statement in accordance with the act and official record.
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State OF Iowa
SuonstAny of
Starr
S Motes
Iowa
State of
Secretary of State
Auditor ‘of State
Ames
Genera’ Assembly
W. M. McFarlaxp
Gilbert Gleanings and Ames News Highlights
Correspondence from Gilbert notes School has reopened after a short vacation with an exhibition crediting Miss Wright and her pupils. Funds over eleven dollars were raised to buy a flag for the schoolhouse. Local entries cover new residents, health updates, a Main Street bakery, a new jeweler, and social visits. Also referenced are school reopens, a chicken pie supper, and broad rural life notes with a railroad safety plea and a humorous watch-trick anecdote.
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Ames High School
Wm. V. Wilson
Ames
Mary Liddle
Main Street
M. E. Watson
B.stuart
Flora Fisk
Nevada
Dance at Hix's Hall Draws Large Nevada Crowd
The Zearing Enterprise notes a lively Friday dance at Hix's Hall with a well-filled venue and excellent speakers including J. F. Reed H. M. Funson and Elder Encell. Outside music by the Zearing band and inside by a fine orchestra complemented an overall enjoyable evening despite bad weather.
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Hix's Hall
Maggie Murphy Moran
Nevada
W. E. Armstrong
Will Child
Ames
Mason
Plano Manufacturing Co
J. F. Reed
H. M. Funson
Elder Encell
H. M
Local Sardonic Notes From Ames South West
Ole Hill and wife of Gilbert cared for kin on Saturday. A scare over scarlet fever persisted last week. Miss Minee Peterson was ill on Sunday. A school teacher became a model house keeper wearing a blue and white apron.
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Engine of State
McKinley
Washington
Ste
Dawson
Bethany
Henry Kingsbury
May Crain
Elmore
Minnesota
Mother's Society
Emma McLaughlin
West Point
Nebraska
McCall
Cole
McQuillan
Lance
Clerk Morse
Joliett
Earnest LaCore
Lincoln Smay
Lake Pari Dickinson County
H. A. Welty
Prof. Welty
Nevada
Jack
Hugh Jack
Presbyterian Church
Horsweil
Wolf Island
T. Lawrence
Kingston
Mr. Fitchpatrick
Chicago
Ole Hill
Gilbert
Minee Peterson
Thanksgiving and college notes fill a small town page
The piece mixes farm life with civic and academic updates. Farmers tend harvest and Thanksgiving chores while Miss Alice Hurst starts a teaching term in Hamilton County. College notes cover horticulture, journal clubs, and upcoming flower show plans, plus travel hints to Velasco and regional climate snippets.
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Alice Hurst
Hamilton County
J. K. Hester
St. John
Hawley
Kansas
W. C. Edwards
Perry
Oklahoma
West
St. Lawrence County
York
Ohio
Edwards
Colorado
Dr. Goodwin
Willimett Gossard
George Parson
Congregational Society
Des Moines Doctor to Visit Lawton House Ames
Dr. Sculley, of Des Moines, will be at Lawton House in Ames until November 25 93. Free examinations offered with reasonable prices. He has had success treating female diseases rheumatism dropsy indigestion and long standing illnesses.
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Watchman
Linn Street
Jacob Erb
Nick van Nyle
New Oklahoma
van Nyle Jr
Oscar Litchard
Lexdy
Raff
Ames
Johnson
Palestine Township
Advent Society
A. ?. Jones
Library Reading Room Association
Bearashear
Dee
Slater News
Sheldahl
John van Gundy
M. E
Woodward
van Gundy
X. E
Ong
Bethlehem
J.C. Holm
Squire Lande
Walter
F. L. Kent
Faville
Nova Scotia
Stalker
Horticultural Society
Des Moines
Harry Gossard
West Ames
Sculley
Lawton House
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Union National Bank
M. Gameney
E.R. Chamberlain
Story County Bank
Ry Smeldod
Bd. Smet
Henral
Sietane
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Story County
Otterstaz Smith & Son
Tows
Kenneth Whitaker
Mes, Iowa
Illinois Central
New Central Station
19Th Street
Park Row
Lake Front
the Intelligencer
K. Wilson, Publishers
Ovid
Virginia
Thomas Nelson Page
House of Cannons
Thomas Power O'Connor
Frederic Remington
Harper's Magazine
Stead
London
Review of Reviews
Jhey
Rhodes
Grafton Livingston
Near Ames
M. D. Livingston
Mahala Silliman
Nevadi
J. Nuliman
H. B. Holm
Eagle Grove
Geo. E. Waud
New Hampshire
Hawaii
Great Britain
Gresham
Lilliokalani
State Department
Cleveland
United States
Ames Prug CO
Bigelowd& Smith's
Ames Drug Co
Ast
Minneapolis
R. T. Sisson
Gilbert Gleanings
Sind
Story City Herald
Herald
I. R. Boyd
Boove
W. B T
Tteraidean
Velasco
Texas
California
South
Commercia Club
M. Hemstr
F.T. McLain
Hemstreet & McLain
Real Estate
Towa
Opera House Furniture Store
G&a
J. B. Elliott
Ass Lowa
Hamilton & Co
O. F. Martin
Russell & Erwin
Bingham
Adams Bros
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