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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1893
Page
3
Fragmented classifieds list lumber at Munn's and green vegetables at Adams Bros for Saturday. An Odontunder Hunt is advertised at SISSON dental parlors. J P Watson offers a nosy line of ladies items and Fower & Co promote a new advertisement with a sale for 25 cents.
A fragmented page shows personal mentions and visits, farm property for sale, local business ads, clothing and harness notices, and scattered plans and events. Names include Bert Elliott, Mrs. Fairchild, W. L. Munden, J. B. Paxton, C. C. Tallman, Fred Mann, Judge Stevens, Bert Kooser, and many others amid Ames and Hanson County references.
The California suffrage group extends school suffrage to women as the Twenty-first state. Mrs Julia Evans attends Iowa State University while the Suffrage Society plans a meeting with Mrs Rowena Stevens on Wednesday April 26 at three. The piece covers Mrs Laura de Force Gordon seeking Honolulu consulship, Mrs Bloomer's papers on The Lily, and reports from the World’s Congress of Representative Women opening May 15 with delegates from many nations. A lecture by Rev. I. S Ford is announced in Ames for April 27.
The Grove A R annual encampment is announced for Keokuk Iowa April 25 to 27 1893 with excursion tickets offered by Iowa Central Ry for April 24 to 27 return by April 28 Rates and agents are listed Decoration Day planning meetings cover committee appointments including A B Thayer W R C and others A meeting will be held Saturday night Other local items include combined riding and walking cultivators plows from Binccuam Co and church notices about baptism and a Baptist sermon on close communion with questions invited by Sunday night.
Two hundred acres of tame pasture with shade and living water offered. Inquiries to J. J. Kegley on Sheldon’s farm a half mile south of Ames.
Former prices ranged from 15 to 30 cents per pair. Entire lot offered at 10 cents per pair. Also 25 dozen men’s sizes at 5 to 7 cents per pair, worth 10 cents elsewhere in the city. Gro. G. Trlpen Estate. For the correct styles. Come and see Bidetow & SMITH.
Oscar Whitmer promotes a barber service at the World’s Fair with haircut 15 cents shave 10 cents and shampoo 10 cents. Highest style of the art and satisfaction guaranteed. Give me a call.
For sale by L M Bosworth and manufactured by Pucks Soap Company Columbus Junction Iowa. 3m
Fragmentary note references a spring event in Iowa with hints of care and attendance. Readers may be invited to participate, though details are unclear due to damaged text.
An OCR fragment notes high grade harnesses and stock, mentioning guaran style collars and cork, with McGiness as a referenced name.
A fragment lists railroad service by routes and numbers including Chicago Express, Denver Limited, Overland Limited, Pacific Express, and Night Express. It notes arrivals and departures with times such as 12:25 and 6:50, plus agent reference W. Rous.
A fragment notes an editor was killed by a stroke, with mention of the event followed by unclear details about a man found and someone unable to run. The text references Binenam & Co as agents for Glidden wire and cites J. L. Ellwood in an unclear promotional context.
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