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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
5
In this issue readers are assured Hart Schaffner & Marx overcoats are in stock. The copy promises all wool fabrics free of mercerized cotton labeling and emphasizes quality and fair pricing for shoppers seeking durable coats.
Listings include merchants promoting goods at discount prices and services such as watch repairs and photos. Reports mention travel by E Holmes and Harry Brown, visits from Claude Campbell and Miss Rose Graves, house dog Lost near Slater, and social events at the Ames Congregational church and the homes of Lincoln and Coffin. Several farm animals and business notices appear, alongside a Munhall revival impact and a storm shed at the depot.
Ames and area residents report midweek events including a rifle exhibition by a Peters Cartridge Company representative, a fatal horse accident, church construction delays, arrivals and departures for Chicago, a Miss Blanche Granger Brown obituary, and a kitten rescued by a car inspector. Also noted are property deals, a migration from Olds Alberta, a bridge of notices on insurance criticism, burglary attempts on Knudson and Kooser stores, and a Nevada Marshalltown football dispute ending in a 15 to 0 Marshalltown victory.
Local notices priced at 5c per line per insertion. Cards of thanks 25c. Resolutions of respect and condolences $1.00. Church and lodge announcements and nonrevenue public gatherings published once free, additional insertions 5c per line. Display rates available on application. Changes for display ads due by Friday evening each week.
For Rent advertisement offers four furnished rooms with modern conveniences located at Clark Street two doors north of motor line.
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