Happenings From Ames and Surrounding Communities
Miss Maude Rice visits Charles City. John Cleghorn visits Ruth in town. Thomas B Hant goes to Odebolt as A E Cook secretary. Wm Shoemaker, former student, dies of typhoid in Marshalltown. Marie Chambers moves to Chicago to study oratory. Reverend Marquis to speak at Rock Island chapel. Writings on botany and biology projects, new exhibits and lectures fill campus life with plays, receptions, and field work.
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John Cleghorn
Onawa
Ruth
Thomas
Hant
Odebolt
A. E. Cook
Wm. Shoemaker
Marshalltown
H. M. Cattreel
Missouri
Cook
Visitors and relocations noted in Ames social items
A long list of social calls and travel across towns including Nevada Des Moines Cedar Rapids Boone Perry Story City Clinton Clinton and Ames. People like H M Benson Miss Lottie Rogers Dr Jennie Christ and Mrs Marian Graves are mentioned with visits weddings business trips and a Chicago mail service discussion.
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Miss Dakin
Marshalltown
Marian Graves
Aged Man Dies by Own Hand in Story City
Jens Hansen an 83 year old resident of Story City died by suicide Sunday morning. His sister living with him found the body hanging from the coal house rafters after he used a rope tied to a rafters and stood on a box, aided by crutches, to end his life due to age and crippling illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jens Hansen
Story City
Low Rates Announced Across Western North America
Very low fare schedule valid daily from February 15 to April 30. Covers Montana Idaho Washington Oregon British Columbia Utah and Colorado via Chicago Great Western railway. For details contact a Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer G P A Chicago Illinois.
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St. Joseph
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Railway
Des Moines
W. H. Long
City
Walnut St
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Utah
Colorado
Chicago
Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Illinois
Executors' Notice for Elisha Briley Estate in Story County
Executors Duhn A L Briley and Algernon Briley announce actions of the Story County District Court April 15 1903 regarding the estate of Elisha Briley late of Ames Iowa. Heirs creditors and noticees are instructed to present claims or make payments to the executors.
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District Court
Story County
Iowa
Elisha Briley
Livy al
Ames, Iowa
Duhn A. L. Briley
Algernon Briley
Union Savings Bank Opens With 4 Percent Interest
The Union Savings Bank announces its organization and public opening soliciting deposits. It offers four percent per annum on balances of one dollar or more for six months or longer. Alfred H. Munn presides, Geo Judisch is vice president, J Westerman cashier, operating in rooms of the Union National Bank.
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Union Savings Bank
Alfred H. Munn
Geo. Judisch
J. Westerman
Union National Bank
Marvelous Structure: Great Natural Bridge in Virginia
Detroit Free Press recounts the Great Natural Bridge in Virginia a stone arch over James River valley praised as a wonder. It notes its location on the Blue Ridge slope near the center of the state and highlights carved surveys by Washington and Jefferson with quotes from notable figures.
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Virginia
Great Natural Bridge
United States
James River
Blue Mountains
Niagara
Washington
Lord Fairfax
George III
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Marshall
Henry Clay
Detroit Free Press
Curious Wills Stir Lon don Telegra ph
The London Telegraph reports on wills that shock for cruelty. Queen Austingilda allegedly urged Gontram to slay her physicians and bury them with her. The king forbids remarriage and threatens reunion if disobedience occurs. A deceased wife directs executors to find a kind wife for her surviving husband.
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Austingilda
Gontram
London Telegraph
Casey's Generous Gift
When Mr. Casey died he left all he had to the orphan asylum. The tale prompts a joke about what he left his twelve children, reflecting a playful misreading of his will reported by Detroit Free Press.
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Casey
Destruction of Property at Agricultural Hall Site
Manager Smith reported to Marshal Ricketts that switches torn up overnight damaged tracks for the A. and J.R. railway addition to Agricultural hall. Likely a student prank, but property protected and police called.
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Smith
Marshal Ricketts
Agricultural Hall
Miller and Son ad offers strawberry plants for sale
Read the Miller and Son advertisement announcing large shieldless strawberry plants for sale at fifty cents per hundred. Also notes a Northwest excursion special with greatly reduced rates and sleeping car service via the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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Chicago & Northwestern R’y
Otsonville Greenhouses and Nurseries Advertisement
An Otsonville nursery promotes apple trees, cherries, plums and other small fruits grown west of the 1. 8 S. C. They tout tested standard varieties, hardy American grafted plums in 23 standard varieties, and offer horticultural advice from experience. Visit the nursery at 48-36.
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S. C
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Crown Cottage
Bradley Q Vrooman Co
E. Davis
Miss Maude Rice
Charles City
Marie Chambers
St. Louis
Columbian School of Oratory
W. S. Marquis
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Rock Island, Ill
Tri-Serps
Circle Hall
Mrs. Resler
Stanton
Profs. Marston
Curtiss
The
Good Roads Association
Miss Kellogg
Glencoe, Minn
N.C. Rew
Swift & Co
Philentheroi’s
Chapel
Wm. Hawley Smith
H. C. Price
Franklin Brown
Eddyville
Glenwood
Board of Trustees
L. W. Noyes
Aermotor Co
R. C. Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
Aves
Reese
Brown
Winifred
Genevieve Shaw
E. W. Stanton
Blaine van Vlite
Traer
F. R. Marshall
Department of Animal Husbandry
Big Cook Farm
Mr. Cook
Botanical Department
James Brandt
Madrid
Department of Agriculture
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Philippines
W. J. Kennedy
Miss Hook
Prof. Newens
Ames
Iowa State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
H. Knapp
G. W. Hissell
Chas. Hamilton
J. R. Lin
Coln
A. Marston
Lincoln
J. B. Weems
A. T. Erwin
F. H. Lincoln
Dr. Cessna
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Department of Agronomy
Newens
L Ife
Veterinary Medical Society
J. H. McNeall
C. W. Gay
Shealey
W. H. Martin
W. M. Cummins
M. Rosenberger
G. A. Dodge
J. D. Stillwell
C. O. B. Club
J. L. Stevens
Linnstraet
Hibbard
Prof. Hibbard
Mr. Blair
Ethel Cessna
Imogene Stevens
Boone News
Harry Brown
Nevada Sunday
E. E. Sowers
Fred Cleaver
C. A. Duntz
Canada
Gus. Martin
H. C. Honeycutt
Tama City
Willis McLain
Brother Bert
Boone
Racine Gable
Perry
Miss Baldus
H. M. Benson
C. L. Baxter
Will Taylor
Ray Pilcher
Geo. Brown
Dalton Fields
Joe Cohn
Sioux City
Alice Nelson
Carydell Marshall
Gilbert
Lulu White
Rockwell City
Rachel Rex
Chas. Miers
Littie Langworthy
Clinton
Verne Blake
J.J. Grove
State Board of Iowa Christian Churches
W. E. Harriman
Iowa City
John Harriman
C. C. Cornell
Ogden
Wm. Marshal
W. Talbott
Los Angeles
California
G. W. O’brien
C. E. Holmes
Chas
Alfred
Sterling
Abbie Cole
Eagle Grove
Cole
Graham
Gus Holmes
Dakota
Frank Smith
C. A. Woodcox
Edith Boyd Lustfield
Paulina
W. O. Boyd
Margaret Hutchison
Adeline Carey
Horton Coye
Carson City
Coye
Roy Young
Webster City
Roy Hutchinson
Loretta Davis
Nevada
Richmond
Katherine Sayles
Town
Marian Hedrick
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Mildred Bower
Lou Allen
Jennie Christ
Sioux
State Medical Association
John Lawrence
Hough, Neb
Turner McLain
M. K. Smith
G. Lee
Frank Lang
Northwestern
Robert Taylor
Red Oak
Edith Humphrey
Humphrey
Cuba
Vandervort
Watl Paper
Oil
Japan
Loughran & Bauer
H. L. Munn
Bridget
G. L. Marshall
Gilbert Station
M. Dirreenbacker
T. J. Miler & Son
Otsonville
A. & C. Railway
A. M
P. M
H. West
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Manaaga
P.M
P.M. MO
W. M. Greele
AR Ager
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