Heating plant bid notice for Ames high school district
Proposals to furnish a heating plant for the Ames high school building will be received until 2 p m May 4 1900. Lowest responsible bidder will obtain the contract. Plans at the Ames office after April 20 1900. A $100 certified check is required with bids payable to Ben Read president. The district may reject any or all bids. C G Lee secretary.
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Independent
Ames
Story County
Iowa
Frank Feidler
Ottumwa
Ben Read
G. Ler
Independent School District
Church School
IC. G, Lee
Hhis
C. G. Lee
Real Estate Loans Offer Flexible Pay Dates
Story County Bank invites borrowers with existing loans to let the bank handle payments and reduce rates. They advertise a new loan option allowing any payment amount on any day without a commission.
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Story County Bank
Land Speculation Pitch From J C Myers
J C Myers of Liscomb Iowa writes that two years ago he bought land in Wells county North Dakota for five dollars an acre and now faces an offer of ten dollars plus payment for improvements but believes its value will rise further. He notes comparable land farther from the railroad can be had for under five dollars and invites buyers to inspect. A Richmond.
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J.C. Myers
Liscomb
Wells County
North Dakota
A. Richmond
Prittsbury's Best Sold by J. B. Kooser Co
J. B. Kooser and Company sell Prittsbury's Best, a notable item noted in local commerce. The transaction marks a prominent sale by the Kooser firm in Prittsbury markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prittsbury’s Best
J. B. Kooser & Co
Faculty notes and campus events at I S C
Reports from the Iowa State College include Curtiss attending a stock sale in Webster City, a new French class for assistants, and several staff changes. W H Mallock of Drake University to speak. Miss Beulah Bingham injures her hand. Zona Brink starts as stenographer. Miss Barrows visits. two rival golf clubs rumored. horticulture ships stock to branch stations. Mrs Metcalf dies. Sirrine welcome a daughter. Jane Saylor resigns as private secretary. Watterson speaks on Lincoln. John J Vernon elected to New Mexico college chair. King Bridge Co subpoenas in Des Moines water tank suit.
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Sadie Hook
Hedrick
Zona Brink
Cedar Rapids
Barrows
Columbus
Ohio
This College
Maria Roberts
Jane Saylor
Beardshear
Henry Watterson
Louisvillle
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
College Chapel
Watterson
John J. Vernon
New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Mesilla Park
N. M
Vernon
I. S.C
King Bridge Co
Toledo
Ames
Stephen Purcell
Des Moines
Parcell
The Art Exhibit at Congregational Church in Story County
An extensive art exhibit arrives at the Congregational church featuring a core set from the Art Education Co. of Chicago plus local additions. It showcases paintings, old master reproductions, embroidery, foreign curios, and rare books. Lectures by Mrs Summers Rev Douglass and Prof Cummings are planned with ten cent admission. A large list of local ladies assists in guiding visitors.
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Story County
Congregational Church
Art Education Co
Chicago
Dr. Repp
Tilden
McLain
Beda Budd
Greeley
Summers
Ida Proper
Des Moines
Cummings
Robert Allen
Phillipines
Lincoln
Joe Grove
Willis McLain
Rev. Douglass
Iowa
Mesdames
Weems
Marston
Curtiss
Stanton
S. Smith
Bradley
L. C. Tilden
Lydia Tilden
C. C. Smth
Budd
Wilson
Goble
Hutchison
Pride
Fowler
Loud
Repp
Judies
Culbertson
Hardin
Templeton
Letts
Harriman
Sanborn
Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism in West Virginia
A West Virginia couple reports a dramatic cure of rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. The wife suffered a month bedridden with swollen limbs before a fifty-cent bottle, used as directed, enabled her to walk to breakfast the next morning and has had no similar attack since. For sale by druggists.
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Kenna
Jackson Co
W. Va
Maddox
Chamberlain
A. B. Parsons
Swank and White Tin Work Offers Roofing and Spouting
We do our own tin work and can give bottom prices on roofing and spouting. Swank and White advertise affordable metal work for homes with direct service and local expertise.
Odd Fellows Buy Ives Property on Main Street
The Ames lodge of Odd Fellows has purchased the Ives building and lot on Main Street for 1750. Plans call for removal of the wooden structure and a modern double storefront with a lodge dwelling above, marking a major streetscape improvement and the end of wooden business buildings in the block.
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Ames Lodge of Odd Fellows
Ives
Main Street
the Times
Billy Hulett
Odd Fellows
Billy
Tammany Hall
City Council Ends Session With Appointments And Budget Moves
Regular council meeting at the electric light plant approved bills from the finance committee and set city marshal, councilmen, clerks and election judges pay. Reports from the treasurer and superintendent were referred to committees. New council members Morris King Brownlie and Cavell were sworn in. Committees were named for finance street and alley waterworks electric light and other duties. The city plans to move to the 1 M. K. Smith building on the 15th with new stock. Local ads note hardware, paint, potatoes for sale and services.
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Thompson
Hale
Rogers
Chamberlain
Morris
Lanning
Bower
Bissell
Needham
Kyle
King
Brownlie
Cavell
Cal. Giddings
Geo. Miller & Son
Surer Needham
C. W. Hunter
Lee
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Jas. K. Polk
Wm. McKinley
Garrett A. Hobart
The
United States
Ile EE. Holm An
Evrripor
Fierrailtor
Haines
New York
Haines Bros
M. M. Raynor
W. M. Greeley
G. Hamilton
J. W. Weeks
L. G. Hardin
H. F. Jones
Z. K. Graves
Emmett Compton
Houser
TW. Houser
W. H. Thurston
Ames, I Owa
Odd Fellows’ Lodge of
Council Proceedings
Chamberlain, Bower and Cavell
Chamberlain, Bower, Brownlie
Lanning, Morris, Bower Electric Light
Bissell, Chamberlain Rovors
Lion Sidewalk
Morris, Lanning, Browns
Paris
Brownlie, Cavell, Lanning
M. K. Smith Building
ER. L. Taylor
W. Nduperon
Jeweler
Ser Swank & White
W. P. George
Kelley
Swank & Whitk
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