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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
2
The piece notes Americans as leading patent makers, cites Chamberlain's remedy, and records rural life items from Maxwell and McCallsbourg. It mentions March seeding, drying roads, pasture checks, stock feeding, a family dinner, Presbytery visits, and a cyclone cellar project for storm safety.
J T Jacobson visits mother. Arrasmith and Jacobson repair flour house roof after wind damage. Mame McFarlan home from Marshalltown. A girl born to Mr and Mrs A Hedges. a new girl to Mr and Mrs E J Hoagland. Mrs C P McFarlan visits Marshalltown. Roads passable. farmers repair plows and discs. Oliver expands machinery stock and buys Kelley lumber yard. Sidewalk lumber arrives. town to push work. Life Insurance canvassers White of Oskaloosa and Sawyer of Ames. Mrs M E Watson returns from Story City to reopen millinery. Palmateer visits Marsdens. Frank Wilson buys land to build. Jim Holmes moves to Cambridge.
Numerous Iowa items cover Miss Sales leaving her school for Murphy school this summer, Lytle brothers leaving Slater, Mrs. Sheehey’s buggy accident, Elmer Koons moving to run a milk route, and Jennie Arrasmith’s wedding. A Rev. Weaver lecture boosted funds for the ladies aid society as Mrs. Remington’s talks drew audiences.
The 500 yards of muslin advertised last week at 344 cents is all sold. We will receive 500 yards more the latter part of this week. TILDEN Bros. & Co. For TRape We want to trade our heavy draft farm team for a light driving team. Must be good. No other need apply. Siks Bros. N. W. Fence Factory. Mrs. Carrie Mickleson died at the home of her son Geo Olson south of town Thursday last at age sixty seven.
Ensign J A Dearing of the Salvation Army will host a graphophone meeting in the Baptist church on Friday night April 2. The Edison invention reproduces speaking and singing by army leaders and can be heard clearly by five or six hundred people. Admission is 10 cents to defray expenses.
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