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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1893
Page
5
The Ames area reports the Iowa Agricultural College farm located west of Ames two miles from the railway. The campus sits on a rolling 900 acre tract with blue grass and evergreens. Roo t B. Arm, class of 1895, will supervise the department and oversee local press coverage.
A May 15 field day at the I A C is announced. Local residents report visits and travel from Des Moines to Boone and Webster City, with several calls by J Delos Reed J J Coull and Jack Stringer. Readers note campus weather, a cannon idea for military cadets, and various community men and women visiting relatives or traveling to fairs and markets.
The Times notes Ringling Brothers World’s greatest shows will not visit locally but offers rail fare to Boone for Saturday May 6. The item promises a grand exhibition under large tents with elephants camels zebras horses and a wide array of acts. It also includes other notices about weather crops and religious events in Ames and Boone.
The Peoria Transcript notes the State Register discussing women’s fashion and asks why not short hair. It cites Artemus Ward’s generosity offering space to answer the question. It quotes Alexander Hamilton on rights preceding constitutions and predicts woman suffrage may become a practical political issue soon.
Suburban notices show Miss Mattie Turner as Special Agent for Story and adjoining counties promoting home loans with 20 percent earnings for vested money. Also dairy and hatching offers, a suffrage discussion at Des Moines, and theater news about Marie Heath in Ames with ticket details and pasture and real estate notices nearby.
Tomorrow is Arbor Day plant a tree Sisson offers best potatoes for price at Adams Bros Pure Early Ohio seed potatoes in lines 5 10 25 at goods J P Watsons Attend Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at college chapel April 28 New goods in Oxfords and Fine Shoes at Canier Bros Herman s Four prisoners broke jail at New Monday night Rev I REMEMBER the lecture Ad Ford at U B church to night Court convenes with His Honor Judge Hindman Rockers line at Ames shown at J B Elli ots Dr BEVERLY sold drug stock to Mr Kirck Wellman Iowa rkpat
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