Ames Public Notices and Iowa State College Context
Entered at the post office in Ames Class Ma il Matter. Boypeocent on the Chicago and North Junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road. Ames sits thirty six north of Des Moines and is the seat of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with several hundred students and a well appointed public school. The surrounding farming lands yield abundant fruits and orchard produce.
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Boypeocent
Chicago
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Thirtysiz
Des Mois
Iowe
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Board of Supervisors Names and Officials
County officials listed include Henry Wilson Jr as District Clerk and George W. Diver as County Attorney. Other titles shown are County Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder, Sheriff, Superintendent of Schools, and Surveyor with names partially obscured.
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C. G. McCarthy
Henry Wilson, Jr
Gro
A. Peet
Tae Seeeas Recorder
Tacos
San Aco Enema
Board OF Supervisors
Unclear list of names from archival page
Fragmentary OCR shows a roster-like line with names A. Richmond Van Chamberlain C. E. Havberty H. Maxwell Westerman A. Perkins. No context or event details provided to define actions or outcomes.
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A. Richmond
van Chamberlain
C. E. Havberty
H. Maxwell
Westerman
A. Perkins
Church Services and Schedules in Local Notices
Methodist Episcopal holds Sunday morning and evening services with Sunday School at noon and Wednesday prayer at 7:30 led by Pastor H J Everly. Baptist conducts morning and alternating Sunday evening services with noon school and Wednesday prayer at 7 led by Pastor H W Wilson. Congregational meets Sunday 10:45 morning and 7:30 evening with Sunday School after morning service and Wednesday prayer at 7:30 led by Pastor E C Moulton.
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Methodist Episcopal
H. J. Everly
H. W. Wilson
E. C. Moulton
Dyer & Fitchpatrick Practice in State and U S Courts
Iowa law firm Dyer and Fitchpatrick advertises practice in all state courts and United States districts in Iowa and nationwide collections service with office in Opera Block Nevada Iowa.
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Dyer & Fitchpatrick
United States
Iowa
Opera Block
Nevada
The Blindfold Game by A Hedbrooke
A poetic meditation on aging and the unknowns of fate and love. The speaker, blind to many truths, questions what life reveals as years pass and longs to see the face of the friend who touches the heart. A glimpse of hope lingers that the unseen Voice may be understood or even loved in a dream.
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A'lantic Monthly
Mr. Lincoln
Mr. C
Lincoln
Fort McHenry
A. Linceux
Fairfax Station
Virginia
House of Prayer
Notong
West Virginia
Baltimore
Washington
Andy Hickenlooper
McPherson
Tennessee
Jim Harper
Hickenlooper
Mississippi
Ham
Tricine
Nora Bene
Boston
Brace Up
Adam
Orpheus
AnaErLma
New York Tribune
Newman Independent
Dakota Bell
Boston Courier
Missouri
Alonzo Borns
McGribbin House
Alonzo
Hole In the Wall
Arkansaw Traveler
Money missing from Steelton mill safe triggers a dramatic flood rescue
In Steelton a missing $500 package from a mill safe sparks a murder of character and a lake of fear. Robert McIlvain proclaims his innocence as detectives shadow him. Flood night forces Emily Worthington to risk her life to save him. A carved casket yields the stolen notes and Walter Rhinebeck confesses. Robert is freed and marries Emily.
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Steelton
Mr. Tabor
Robert McIilvain
McIlvain
Mellvain
Pittsburgh
Montana
Mr. Henderson
McIilvain
Robert
Henry Worthington
Emily
Worthington
Henderson
Robert McTivain
Walter Rhinebeck
Emily Worthington
Robert MelIlvain
Rhinebeck
Walter
Robert McIlvain
Ohio River
Alleghenies
Allegheny
Mononghehela
Rod Blakey
West Virginia
W. R
Methodist Church
Walter Rinebeck
Cables of the World and Telegraphic reach
The article notes the vast extent of submarine cables about 113000 nautical miles with nine lines linking Europe and America since 1858. It highlights reliability in repairs and rare serious outages, then adds a brief crime anecdote about Boston burglars stealing stylographic pens and a moral reflection on acts shaping character.
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Europe
America
Shot and Shell and Civil War Reminiscences
A collage of wartime reminiscences and anecdotes from Civil War campaigns, artillery crews and river operations on the Mississippi, cavalry raids, and notable figures. Includes Randall’s powder barge accident, Lincoln telegrams, and Hickenlooper’s cotton bridge, plus later notes on entertainment feats and Howells.
Warbling at Eve and other odds from Siftings
A scattered collage of wry quips and brief vignettes from various papers. Jests about restaurants, bishops, and go beyond railroads mix with humorous exchanges on buses, cows at circuses, and a bartender’s promotion. Notable lines reference Boston and New York papers.
Verse of a sow buried near Colonel Sloan’s tent
A Civil War camp tale recounts a hog missing storming opinion, a sow found buried near Col Sloan’s tent with a verse accusing him of murder and vowing consequences. Company G is credited with the execution where the sow’s grave was dug and marked.
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Lerry
Sioan
Company G
Sloan
Thander
Not Honored at Home By Village Judgment
An essay explores how a brilliant individual is shunned by his local community, facing mistrust and ostracism despite later acclaim. It argues the village history of a prodigy like Jack Smith condemns him for early misdeeds and doubts his genius, yet the wider world celebrates him.
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Cairo
Randall
Mississippi
Memphis
Chicago Ledger
Farmer Hoyt
Mary Jane
Jack Smith
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Toad Enterone
J.E. Duncan
Ames
Official Directory
J. Q. Bumeris
Anthony Hale
R. Ballard
Howard
Chamberlain
W. C. Shockley
L. “van Dusen
Aes
Baptist
Masonic
Acadia Lodge NO
A. F
A. Masons
M. C. Jones
W. M. Calippines
United Workmen
Ue Lodge
AL Rees G. A. Meredith
M. Sormi
G. A. Allsworth
J. E. Duncan
C. E. Haverty
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Can Gippines
Q. M
Sons OF Veterans
U. S. of A
G. A. . Hall
J. H. Pickett
Hagtey Stucksacer
O. S
Ellsworth Relief Corps No
A. R. Fall
Geppes
Connit
Jones
Treas
M. J. Smith
Stevens
Geo. A. Underwood
U. S
District of Iowa
Union National Bank
D. McCarthy
Piorney-At-Law
Collec‘sion
J. L. Stevens
H. M. Templeton
Ames, Iowa
C. A. Beverly
B. Church
Story County
E. B. Plumb
West House
Chas. E. Hunt
Tornato Insurance
Travelers’ Insurance
Soca Almositas
ALL Druggsts
A. Hedbrooke
Sumter
James Franklin Fitts
Panner
W. 0
Stoddard
Artilleyman
the Pious Cavalier
James Madigan
Hank Madigan
Robert Garnella
Garnella Brothers
Garnella
van Amburgh
Mobile
Ala
William I. Hobbes
Hobbes
John Amor
Dan Rice
Girard
Pa Amor
England
United Kingdom
Isle of Wight
Frank Stark
John Robinson
Feir
Indianapolis
Mr. Howells
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Wheeling
Martin’s Ferry
Hamilton
Intelligencer
William H. Rideing
St. Nicholas
Daniel Webster
Supreme Court
American Magazine
Samplys
Missourian
Kansan
Boomville
Go Beyond
Ekansan
Detroit Free Press
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Seventh Street
Buffalo
Buffalo Courier
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