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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1897
Page
4
Sequenced items include seed ads and hardware offers from Adams Bros Daniel Bros. & Herman and Thurston & Graham. local marriages and divorces. curfew ordinance for under eighteens. death of Mrs. Hood in Minneapolis. telegraph and railway notes. a carload of Cooper wagons. Sunday speeches on resurrection. school athletics and student life. numerous local notices and neighborhood sketches.
A proposed bill by Hon. A B Cummins of Des Moines would create a beet sugar manufacture plant at the Iowa Agricultural College. It authorizes bonds up to 450000 dollars, outlines site selection, plant capacity of 500 tons of beets per day, and a fifty year lease to a responsible corporation to fund interest and principal via rental. The act provides student instruction in sugar making and immediate effect upon passage.
A notice invites readers to an April 20 excursion to the South Platte Valley Colorado offering affordable travel to a growing settlement with mild winters and fertile land for crops and livestock. The trip includes a stop in Denver with several days of sightseeing and opportunities to relocate for better markets.
Knight Templars schedule three travel specials from Ames for Gaster Sunday April 18 1897 at college chapel. Two public departures at 9 30 and 9 50 and a Templar only run at 10 20. M K Siru manager signs the notice. High school boys form an athletic group and reassemble desks to widen aisles as they pressure the board for school improvements.
Mrs Sylvia Chapman Martin of Oakland California will give a public reading at the college chapel on May 1. Her previous appearance four or five years ago drew a flattering response and she has since gained wide fame as a high order artist. Her return is expected to attract a large audience. KNOWLTONS Platino photos offer the only genuine platino finish in Ames with orders for a dozen due by May 10.
L. L. Muslin reports the 500 yards advertised at 34 cents sold out and 500 yards more will arrive the latter part of this week from Tilden Bros. & Co.
A local brief notes that readers will find good bread from White Rose flour and mentions a car arriving at Adams Bros. The compact item highlights two named entities White Rose and Adams Bros as the readable facts.
Open meeting announced by the G A R Post and Womans Relief Corps for April 17 at the hall. Old soldiers invited to attend the program and social gathering.
Mortgage and bond notices seek investors in Story and adjoining counties with very low interest rates and optional payments. Contact M Hemstreer in Ames Iowa for terms and potential savings.
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