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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1894
Page
2
R B Armstrong reports tickets for Stalker's lecture offer and a $2 purchase credit through April 28. The I A C gains a unified athletics body uniting tennis, football, baseball and track with 140 members enrolled. Collegiate social rooms improve. Cholian society seeks more space and gains support. Excursions to Alaska and lectures by Col Ormsby are noted, along with student moves and health updates.
A long local item list notes Miss Cramblitt begins school on Monday April 15 and that the school should see better attendance. Various community happenings follow including lectures by Rev Nagarkar, a ball game score, college social events, farming notes, and local hires.
Vermillion South Dakota reports from Sioux City Journal about J. H. Santee of Scho field Schurmer Teagle Oil, Cleveland, and a Mrs. Harry Martin claiming marriage. They clashed in Yankton and Vermillion hotel, with denials of wedlock and rumors of other women. Santee counters that Mrs. Martin ruined him. he has a Chicago wife and is not divorced. Mrs. Martin links Santee to Cincinnati and other affairs. his sisters live in Perry Iowa and Yankton. Maj. A. L. Dean’s sister-in-law is Mrs. Martin.
A Sunday morning blaze damaged the north town residence of Jake Shockley. Fire was fought by bucket brigades saving the home. insured for seven hundred dollars, making the dwelling uninhabitable as Shockley moved across the road. The incident followed by a bagpipe street scene and a church supper notice for April 97.
White shirts priced from 43 to 93 cents are advertised as hammers. Customers are urged not to miss the chance to buy a shirt at those low prices from Bicetow and Smith.
With neatness and dispatch. Insurance in the best of compa nies at low rates. Farms for sale.
Classified items advertise leather goods and pants at $4.50, along with shop names Bierton Smith and E M Soper. Local society notes report J R Decker welcoming a grandson, R J Davis recovering after illness, and a diphtheria death of Alta Noble. Reports cover Rev Nagarkar speaking at Odd Fellows hall, Col Volney Hoggatt’s Washington visit, and a St Plunkard Company show with a farmer’s band parade as a crowd-drawing feature.
Billy Morgan a black 15.2hh stallion weighing 1215 pounds with a star and white hind ankle stands under Young Blackhawk lineage. Described as a promising sire with superior style and beauty, his foals are said to be handsome and spirited with great substance. Season at Perry Simmons Ames. terms require cash down and service due Oct 1. accidents at owner's risk.
Messenger Boy is a dark brown 16 hands high stallion described as intelligent with a deep breast and strong build. He is a noted foal getter with excellent action for his size and will stand for the season at Perry Simmons barn in Ames north part. Terms: 5 for sound living, 3 for single leap, cash down. service due on parting. No stock shown on Sunday.
Decoded rails timetable lists trains like No. 1 Mainland Express and No. 2 Mail and Express with arrival and departure times across divisions including Decorah Iowa Falls and Davenport. Mentions frequent daily runs with several sailor and express notes and agents J. Ives Hannegan Morton at Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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