Gas Franchise Question to Mayor Ames Council March 22 1909
Ames voters are to decide if Edward G Pratt and successors may build a 25 year gas franchise for a full gas works system in Ames Story County Iowa. Ordinance outlines price terms construction deadlines bonds liabilities and public street work duties. Administrator notice follows probate actions March 30 1909.
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Hullibarger
Meltzer
Ames
Iowa
Edward G. Pratt
City of
Ames ‘Times
Ames Intelligencer
Meltzer, Potter, White, Snyder
Hoover
Dwards
Story County
Saft City
Ames to Vote on Edward G Pratt Gas Franchise 1909
City of Ames announces a special election on April 19, 1909, to decide granting a gas works franchise to Edward G Pratt and assigns. The ordinance outlines city oversight, extension costs, purchase rights after five years, and conditions for acceptance by Pratt. Voting sites are listed by ward and the notice is signed by City Clerk and Mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Pratt
Wodward G. Pratt
Ames
Iowa
1St Ward
City Light
2Nd Ward
City Hall
Watkins Machine Company
4Th Ward
A. PD
A. B. Maxwell
Galen Tilden
Administratrix Notice for Harriman Estate in Story County
Mary W. Harriman administratrix of Wilbert E Harriman estate announces payment, invites those with claims to present them legally authenticated to the court for allowance as of March 30, 1909 in Story County Iowa.
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District Court
Story County
Iowa
Frank J. Graves
Wilbert E. Harriman
Mary W. Harriman
Official Publication on Ames City Indebtedness to Meet Legal Test
Iowa assembly acts to validate past Ames city contracts for electric light water works and other purposes. It notes five year excess over one and a quarter percent statutory limit but under five percent constitutional cap. The measure seeks to retroactively legalize prior indebtedness by consent of electorate in specified condition.
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Ames
Iowa
General, Assembly
State OF
Real Estate Transfers Listed for Ames and Nevada Regions
Multiple property transfers_NAME_George T Kooser to Marie Larson_. F Clark to Mary Blinn. Sadie Boitnott to Mary Turner. Clara Kurtz to C G Lee and Bert Welty. Phoebe Lockwood to J B C Lockwood. Samuel Thompson to Oliver Moore. Sarah Ritland to Andrew Ritland and heirs. Nicholas Sinnott to J H Afferty. P E Granger to D G Welty. M J Evinger to Ben Edwards. Fogle sang to S N Smith. William Lee to John Moore. Isabella Miller to Benjamin Roberts. J L Stevens to Helen Erickson. Asa Ellison to William KE. William Totten to EK Houghland. Joseph Pool to Ira Scott.
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George T. Kooser
Marie Larson
F. &. Clark
Mary Blinn
Wilcox
Sadie Boitnott
Mary C. Turner
Clara Kurtz
C. G. Lee
Bert B. Welty
Phoebe A. Lockwood
J. B. C. Lockwood
Fitchpatrick
M. J. Evinger
Ben Edwards
J. P. Duthies
Parkers Addition
Ames
Www
Fogle Sang
S. N. Smith
Burris
Nevada
William Ke, Lee
John Q. Moore
Iowa Center
Isabella M. Miller
Benjamin F. Roberts
Millers Subdivision
J. L. Stevens
Helen Erickson
College Park
Asa B. Ellison
William KE
William H. Totten
EK. J. Houghland
Block
Gilbert
Weather Crop Bulletin Highlights 1908 09 Season
The six month average temperature across the state was 62.9 degrees, 2.3 degrees above normal, with deficits only in October and March. Precipitation reached 10.24 inches, 1.28 inches above normal, while March snowfall exceeded norms. Drought, uneven germination, and freeze thaw cycles reduced winter wheat and clover prospects, though spring growth and field work are accelerating in southern counties. Fruit trees show good condition overall, but hay and rough feed supplies are tightening as stocks run low amid late-season delays.
Ames City Water and Electric Plant Financing Act Approved
The Ames city council of Iowa is authorized to exceed the standard debt limit for five years to fund a water system and electric light and power plant and related purposes. The act takes effect upon publication in Des Moines Register and Ames Ames inteligen cer newspapers, with no state cost. Existing litigation is unaffected by the act.
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Ames
Iowa
Register and Reader
Des Moines
Armes Inteligencer
One Touch of Nature and Shared Good Fortune
The passage notes a natural shared joy when someone finds something good and urges others to benefit. It cites letters from users of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as examples of this benevolent impulse and mentions it is sold by J. B. Cagwin.
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J. B. Cagwin
Strange Hair Trouble and Youth Preference Among City Salesmen
New York City hosts a banquet for two hundred gray haired and bald headed salesmen. They mourn that firms favor younger men as older workers worry about being placed in the has been division. An elder asks if there is a remedy to restore hair color.
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New York City
Hair Restorer Tale Sparks Drugstore Gamble
An audience member recalls visiting a patent medicine plant and noting many gray and bald workers in the Hair Restorer room. A man claims his brown hair turned iron gray before using Q-Ban and that the firm would refund if it failed. His wife’s Ban Hair Tonic is said to stop hair loss and grow length, with drugstores offering the guarantee.
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Q-Ban
Q-Ban Hair Restorer
Runaway buggy injures attorney as horses bolt
Nevada attorney Larson, County Attorney Hadley, and Mrs Hadley were riding when a curving horse trailed a leg over the side trace and frightened the team. The buggy overturned, Larson was knocked unconscious briefly, while Mr and Mrs Hadley escaped injury. Larson reports no lasting effects.
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Larson
Nevada
Hadley
Insey
Attorney Larson
Needed Adjusting
A customer enters a shop with a clock and complains it stopped for two days. The salesman notes the clock now runs on time to the minute, while the customer insists it is still behind by two days. The tale ends with the salesman excusing himself to wind a sundial.
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Edward &. Pratt
Edward G
Ance
Edwin H. Graves
G. Pratt
Armes
Edward
Pratt
Samuel C. Thompson
Oliver P. Moore
Sarah Ritland
Andrew M. Ritland
Nicholas C. Sinnott
J. H. “Afferty
P. E. Granger
D. G. Welty
Stienway
Bush
Gerts
Schultz
Knabe
C. E. Holmes
Geo. E. Baker
Ames, Iowa
E. L. Sylvester, Optician
Weston & Horn
Union National Bank
W.M. Greeley
Pres
E. W. Stanton, W. Pres
Henry Wilson
Cash
A C.L. Siverly
Bankers National Bank
Chicago
National City Bank
New York
N. Y
Valley National Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Drs. Fellows & Fellows
DRS. Fellows & Fellows CO
Our
Beok
Walnut ST
Cnnocent
Gilbert Station
la Pitcher
Collins
Wm. L. Steiner
Rhodes
Chas. Tucker
Boone
Simon Burger
Gladbrook
John H. Looby
F. W. McCanon
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