From Neighboring Towns at Chapel Ridge
Mrs Wm Manges visited Ames this week. Mrs Tom Osborn hosts a cousin from Zionsville Indiana. Mrs Wm Ruth and Mrs Frank Palmer visited A M Bingman home Tuesday. A large chapel gathering Sunday attracted many. Miss Georgia Merideth of Crawford Nebraska visited relatives on the Ridge. John Musiand becomes son in law and will rest awhile. Mrs Della Hunter and children travel to Alexander Iowa to spend a week. Rev J H Henderson from Neevada will preach at C P Church next Sabbath August 13. Mr and Mrs Wm Arrasmita go to Plymouth county to visit relatives. Mr Johnson of Marshalltown visited with brothers north of Gilbert. Many visit St Paul and the Twin Cities during low-rate weekend. Farmers Cooperative Creamery directors bought new machinery to be installed soon and occupy Sept 1. P Lake of Atkins and his son will manufacture butter for farmers and move here soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Lake
Atkins
Iowa
Wonderful Career of Col O'Brien at Southern Express
Col. M. J. O'Brien has been elected to succeed the late Henry Plant as president of the Southern Express Company. He began as a wagon driver with Adams Express, rose to private secretary to the president, and thirty years ago became secretary of the Southern, now its president. He served in the Confederate army and logged heavy mileage as superintendent. The same report notes the Argonaut's planned sponge and pearl diving venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
M. J. O’brien
Henry B. Plant
Great Southern Express Company
Adams Express Company
Southern Company
Mr. O'Brien
Southern Express Company
Plant
O’brien
Europe
Georgia
Col. O’brien
Poindexter
Local Notes and Social Roundup in Ames
Miss Myrtle Gossard Sundayed in Gilbert. Messrs Ray Wortman and Wil Lytle have returned to duties at the college. Eric Cleveland has a new steam thresher ready for first class work. The Ladies Society of the Congregational church meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs Roland. Mrs Henry Gord east of town with children visits Cambridge. Mr and Mrs W H Dunn and May attended church in Kelley. They moved from Des Moines to Ames. The young people played a prank on Miss Effie Murray Monday evening. She goes home west of Ontario this week and will be greatly missed by the young people, especially one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Dunn
May
Kelley
Des Moines
Ames
Effie Murray
Ontario
Oyster and Sponge Fishing by Submarine Boat
The article explains that submarine boats like the Argonaut will transform oyster harvesting by diving to beds, collecting oysters in baskets, and surfacing to haul them up. Under ice, divers can work below. nets enable bottom fishing as fish approach the glare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott’s
Chesapeake Bay
Ice Man Pays A High Bill Whistles On Way Out
The plumber finds his cashier collapsed as a man whistles away after paying a large ice bill. The stranger arrived humming a tune, declared the amount, and left without anger, while the cashier recalls the name Smith and notes the man can afford to whistle. The plumber suggests replacing ice men tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Cattle Feed on Abundant Asparagus on Russian Steppes
Cattle graze on plentiful asparagus on the Russian steppes. The plant is so common that livestock treat it like grass. Seeds are sometimes dried and used as a coffee substitute.
What Liquid Air Will Do
A vivid demonstration compares liquid air with ordinary matter. Ice remains hotter than the liquid air, making the kettle boil while other items show remarkable changes from wetness to dryness. Mercury, iron, steel, potatoes, lead, rubber all respond in surprising ways under the cold.
Ames Topics Show Campus Life and Legal Notice
I S C Department notes include classes and new faculty as well as library help and domestic science growth. A large Alaska science party visits Ames, while a Norwegian paper sues county papers over printing rights in a Story county district court notice.
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Coughs and Pneumonia
Mrs Geo Long of New Straitsville Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving two lives after a frightful cough kept her awake. One bottle cured her and a severe pneumonia for Mr Long. The remedy heals throat chest and lung troubles with a trial bottle free at Miller’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Long
New Straitsville
Ohio
Dr. King
Excursion Tickets to Great American Exposition to Omaha
Reduced fare excursion tickets via the North Western Line available from select stations until October 31 1899. Details on rates sale dates and ticket limits provided to agents of Chicago and North Western Railway. Also an advertisement inviting customers to inspect new lamps from C F Lerrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
New Life Pills Promise Quick Relief for Headaches
Dr. King's New Life Pills claim to swiftly cure sick and nervous headaches and improve health by purifying blood. The advertisement notes a 25 cent price and a money back guarantee not offered if not cured, sold by H. D. Miller druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
H. D. Miller Druggist
Veterans encampment to be held in Maxwell Iowa
Attention Old Soldiers of Story County Iowa. The 21st annual encampment of the Story County Veterans Association GA R will be held at Maxwell Iowa August 11 and 12. A B Cummins of Des Moines will be speaker of the day Department Commander C F Bailey and L M Balek will be with us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County Veterans Association
Maxwell
Iowa
A. B Cummins
Des Moines
C. F. Bailey
L. M. Balek
North Western Line Sells Excursion Tickets in Iowa
The North Western Line offers reduced rate excursion tickets within 75 miles for August 14 through 18, with sales valid only through August 19. Contact agents Chicago and Northwestern Ry for details. Miller and Kooser advertise pure maple sugar.
Local Ads and Tickets from Ames and Rockies Rail
A collage of small ads lists new potatoes at Miller and Kooser Ames two houses for rent north of Ames and wafers and flour and soap brands at Grove and Letts. An excursion ticket sale advertises the Unicago Great Western Ry route to Colorado Springs Pueblo and Glenwood Springs with Maple Leaf Route details and agent F H Lord Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicago Great Western Ry
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Maple Leaf
F. HU. Lord
Adams St
Chicago
Posegate Auctioneer Services in Ames
E F Posegate announces permanent Ames location and offers live stock or bankrupt sales by day or small commission. Inquiries by telephone at office and per diem rates for dates and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iam
Ames
Corrected Thursday morning update by Lockwood Grain Co NN
Grain market note from Lockwood Grain Co listing rye and oats with prices and notes on new and old stock. Indicates Thursday morning correction and Boise reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockwood Grain Co
Boise
End of Week Results for August 5 1800
Week ending August 5 1800 lists participants Bairson WG Brigs Ale Bradley B H Carlson Anna Culliman Harry Donnelly WE Emmons and others including Miss Classie Fuller 8 R Lange Elizabeth Larson Hans Leverson Martha Peterson P H Patterson B Paul R Rice Smith Sheanie Miss Taylor Seed Co Welch and G Low G Hardin P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bairson
WG Brigs
Ale Bradley
B H Carlson
Anna Culliman
Harry Donnelly
WE Emmons
Foresight
Finland
Classie Fuller
R Lange
Elizabeth Larson
Hans Leverson
Martha Peterson
P H Patterson
B Paul
R Rice
Smith Sheanie
Taylor Seed Co
Welch
G . Low
G. Hardin
P. M
Scotland's Crown Bull Brought to Iowa College Herd
Prof. C. F. Curtiss announces arrival of Scotland's Crown from William Duthie's Collynie herd in Scotland at Iowa Agricultural College. The bull, deemed superior, is offered at a special price after generous concessions, with dam noted as a high milker and beef-dairy blend. Scotland's Crown to be imported by G. K. Ward this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Curtiss
Ames
Iowa
Scotland
William Duthie
Collynie
J. Deane Willis
G. KE. Ward
Wanderer
Bright Belle
Challenge Cap
Bright Boy
Bright Anchor
Brave Anchor
Agricultural College
Curtiss
Iowa Agricultural College
Rbreeder
Iazette
The Pestilence of Constipation and Dr. Pierce’s Pellets
Centuries ago fear focused on the Black Death yet the common constipation causes more misery and deaths. A simple remedy is Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, one pill for laxative or two for a mild cathartic. Send 21 cents to World’s Dispensary Medical Association for a 1008 page medical adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
New Pall Goods at the Emporium Nobby Felt Hats
New stock at the Emporium features felt hats in all shapes and colors with no old stock remaining. County Pair Nevada Iowa is listed for the promotion. The Chicago and North Western Railway offers excursion tickets at reduced rates within 75 miles from August 14 to 18, with August 19 inclusion, via its agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nobby
North- Western
Chicago & North-Western Railway
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Jewell Gasoline
the Jewel Security
Arene Eea
Chapel Ridge
Wm. Manges
Tom Osborn
Zionsville, Indiana
Wm. Ruth
Frank Palmer
A. M. Bingman
Georgia Merideth
Crawford, Neb
John Musiand
Pete
Della Hunter
Alexander
J. H. Henderson
Neevada
C. P. Church
Wm. Arrasmita
Plymouth County
Mr. Johnson
Marshalltown
Andrew
Axel
Gilbert
St.Paul
Twin Cities
Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Co
Col. O'Brien
Myrtle Gossard
Messrs
Ray Wortman
Wil Lytle
Eric Cleveland
Ladies’ Society of the Congregational Church
Henry Gord
Cambridge
I. S. C. Department
Mr. Hibbard
Miss Test
Mrs. Edgerton
Miss Hodge
Eagle Grove
Edith Stevens
R. P.miller
Pittsbury
Otto
Dr. Beardshear
Beaver
E.S Wishard
Miss Wishard
Knapp
Birdie Kegley
St. Paul
Miss Knapp
George M. Rommel
J. A. Craig
Animal Husbandry
E. C. Macey
The
Iowa Central Railway
I. 8
S. C
Lillian Boutelle
California
E. C. Boutelle
Mrs. Boutelle
Mesdames Bennett
Misses Placeway
White House
John Hoover
Duluth
Rice Lake
Wisconsin
Ashe
Division of Forestry
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Y. M
Newens
Stalker
Rachel Larrabee
Clermont
Bessie Larrabee
Germany
Alaska
Harriman
Alton Road
Miss Gardiner
Coburn
oMisses Heatty
Eastwood
Vandivert
H. E. Summers
Ames College
San Jose
A. B. Shaw
Board of Regent*s
Agricultural College At
Visergutten
Story City
Board of Supervisors
District Court of
State of Iowa
Story County
Wisergarten
Payne & Son
Benjamin Bros
V. A
Lon Hardin
Ames Times
Nevada
Funson & Bure
the Times
C. F. Lerrs
J. J. Grove
Sherwin-Williams
L. M. Bosworth
Olsanville
Adams Bros
Old Soldiers
Carroll
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
Miller & Kooser’s
North Ames
S. P. O'Brien
C. F. Letts
C. F
Kennedy
Grove’s
B. Read
E. F. Posegate
Duthie
Iowa College Herd
Emporium
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