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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
1
A notice offers exchange of a house and lot in Ames for 160 acres of fine farming land located five miles southwest of Watertown South Dakota. E J Houghland Gilbert Station Iowa lists the offer. Maple City Self Washing Soap boasts no resin wood fibre or adulterants.
A Baltimore medic survived a near fatal incident in a football game at Annapolis last week. The attending physician ruled death due to cardiac syncope, with questions arising over the responsible party for the fatal blow.
The Rand estate of Burlington has acquired Mud Lake from D. A. Kent who spent years and $25,000 on drainage. A $56,700 reconstruction plan aims to create a systematic ditching project that could value the farm at about $160,000. A steam shovel on an ice boat will start work at spring thaw, the boat following the ditch as it progresses.
The Inter-State Breeders Blue Ribbon Show and Sale will run November 10–13 in the state fair pavilion Des Moines. About five hundred head of stock from Herefords Shorthorns Aberdeen Angus Poland China Duroc Jersey horses will be exhibited and sold. Admission is free and catalogues are available from Dan R. Mills, Secretary, Des Moines Iowa.
The court, jury and bar enjoyed a brief vacation on Wednesday afternoon as all assigned jury cases were settled and there was nothing remaining to occupy them, prompting adjournment.
Martha J Lyons of Ross County Ohio born August 13 1818 died aged 85 years 2 months 9 days married to David Lyons in 1840. They moved from Indiana to Iowa in 1852 lived in Story County since 1861 with a seven year period in South Dakota. She joined the United Brethren church in 1861 at the Kegley school house. Funeral services for her son-in-law Mr Stilwell’s house on October 24 at 10 am conducted by Rev O L Wilson of the United Brethren church.
The Boone gas company completed season long improvements at the gas works, spending a large sum to modernize the plant and make Boone one of the state’s best and most reliable gas facilities. Amelia Lilleberg and Knute Ersland were married at the bride’s Story City home last Saturday evening in a small family ceremony. The couple will live in Story City through winter, planning to farm near town in spring. Frank Scott’s route No 1 mishap left wagon overturned but no damage to team or wagon occurred.
Mrs F S Smith and Miss Maud Bal lou hosted a large reception at their home with more than 200 lady guests. Autumn leaves decor adorned the rooms while guests from Ames and Jefferson attended, weather was pleasant and social mingling thrived. The Times Republican notes local youths signed a pledge to refrain from playing flinch, shifting social pressure to the girls to choose traditions.
The Nevada Representative remarks the Ames opera hall will have its last run this week and be retired as a public institution. The building’s store rooms pass into various owners and will be divided into offices, signaling Ames may not miss the venue much. A humorous obituary notes Thomas P Rowell, a rough character with debts and a dubious past, buried in an asbestos lined casket with palm fans tossed in the grave.
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