Ames Keeps Debt Low as City Plans New Store and Schools Open
Ames reports its incorporation is in good financial shape with a funded treasury. Thomas Soper & Son advertise Seltz boots and a full line of clothing and footwear. Public schools reopen September 13. Local notices cover real estate, court proceedings, and upcoming political meetings along with assorted community updates.
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Thomas, Soper & Son
Messrs. Thomas, Soper & Son
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Thomas Soper & Son
Ames Coal Buyers Urged for Winter Supply by H Wilson & Co
The undersigned offer hard coal nut and range to Ames residents for winter use and request buyers to prepare for delivery on arrival. Street work on Onondaga Street improves gutters with ruble stone under Van Dusen. council plans immediate paving. Miss Em Chamberlain will leave Ames to teach in Colorado and her friends wish her health and success.
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Ames
H. Wilson & Co
Onondags Street
van Dusen
Em. Chamberlain
Colorado
Des Moines Ames ball game notes and public notices
Des Moines B B C thanks Ames B B C for courtesy and umpiring fair ruling. Postponed game due to rain. Des Moines lost at Nevada then beat local team. Stolen horses recovered. legal actions and civil suit noted. Local items include weather forecasts, feather swindlers warning, and State Fair College exhibit plans. Greenback county convention proceedings with endorsements and nominations.
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Des Moines B. B. C
Ames B. B. C
Story County
Court House
Nevada
P. C. Compton
Ames
J. A. Martin
Cole
Franklin Township
L Irwin
G P Johnston
J W Smiley
Sherman
Union
Milford
Indian Creek
Collings
New Albany
Lincoln
Washington
Grant
Richland
Franklin
Robt
Marshal
R R Paine
PC Compton
Republican Party
Iowa
County Fair Postponed to September 23 24 25
Weather and poor roads force a three week postponement of the County Fair to September 23 24 and 25. Democrats held a pole raising at Nevada with Hickory vs Butternut decision hedged by the Hickory Jackson faction. Dan Finch of Des Moines and Yeoman of Fort Dodge spoke. S. H. Shelley & Co announces sewing machines with a $1000 reward for any rival machine matching their range of work.
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Des Moines
Couch
United States
E. J. Cowen
Nevada
Dan Finch
Yeoman
Fort Dodge
S. H. Shelley & Co
Land Agent Reviews Iowa Railroad Land in City
H. L. Pueres of Cedar Rapids, employed by the Iowa Railroad Land Company, has spent two weeks in the city overseeing vacant land and town lot interests. Phelps has laid out town lots from the Company's land east of Duff street. land west of town and south of the tracks will not be plated.
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H. L. Pueres Esq
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Railroad Land Company
Phelps
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Ames Incorporation
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Our City
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Oliver Johnston
Union Township
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R. R. Paine
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Jamestown
Pire Drugs
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Thayers
WS Bradley
City Bakery and
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Nuts. &c. Choice
J. J. Bousquet
AED
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Gity Drug Store
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EVER
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A. F. Decamp
Peterman’s Block
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Matin Street
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