Early Morning Fire Destroys Ames Nichols Livery Barn
A morning blaze consumed the Nichols livery barn in south Ames, killing thirteen horses and destroying seven buggies and related gear. Firefighters fought the flames with water from near the electric plant as the building burned, with no insurance on the property and unknown origin.
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Nichols
Ames
Geo. Underwood
George Nichols
I. M. Dayton
Dayton
Geo
Do You Want a Home In Ames Offer
Opportunity to secure a well appointed ten room house with six acres near Main street Ames. Four upstairs bedrooms with closets, carpeted floors, large downstairs halls and rooms, modern kitchen, bath, furnace, hot air heat, barn, cave, outbuildings, well, cistern. Inquire Jas Hale or Westerman and McLain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iere
Ames
Main Street
Jas. Hale
Westerman & McLain
Excursion Tickets to the Greater American Exposition
Reduced rate excursion tickets to the Greater American Exposition in Omaha Nebraska available from Chicago and North Western Railway stations until October 31 1890. Tickets sold on specified dates with limits defined for agents and routes.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Half Price Bargains At Local Stores
Cuina at half price and prices cut in two on all straw and crash hats at Joe Cohn's. The soothing Chambelain's Cough Remedy is praised for its pleasant taste and prompt cures. Barrel and rock salt available at Letts' and Famp A ladies black silk cape offered by Knudson & Barber.
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Knudson & Barber’s
Joe Cohn’s
Des Moines Weather and Council Notes Aug 8 1899
Weather report from Des Moines Iowa notes a warm week with excess rainfall and high humidity. Corn is improving though wind storms caused some damage. overall crops show strong conditions with 90 percent corn, 100 percent potatoes, and other crops in good shape. Council met at the electric plant with several financial resolutions and tax remission request for Mrs Mary Elliott.
Mother Credits Remedy With Saving Her Daughter
A mother recounts severe dysentery in her little daughter and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving the child's life after other medicines failed. She urges other mothers to know the medicine and notes local availability through Druggists. Also includes prompts about summer goods, shoes, salt, and fresh fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Geo. I. Burdick
Liberty
Sights of a grand pageant in a historic city
A silk loom operates showing woven color patterns. An ice-maker runs. The Lincoln death bed is on display along with Libby Prison artifacts. Grant and Lee surrender table, Mexican War relief, and a Philippine village are featured. A 60 foot dive, Hagenbacks animals, Venetian Carnival, giant Indian camp, and captured cannons from Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines are listed.
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Lincoln
Libby
Grant
Lee
America
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Opportunities in small villages for business growth
A promotional note invites entrepreneurs to invest in farming communities surrounding villages. It promises growth for general merchandise, hardware, blacksmiths, lumber yards, and staple lines, with free time-saving advice from W. J. Reed, Industrial Agent for Chicago Great Western Ry, St. Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Reed
Hicago Great Western Ry
Endicott BY
St. Paul
Minn
Land buyer touts ND acreage as value grows
J C Myers of Liscomb Indiana says he bought land in Wells county North Dakota two years ago at five dollars an acre and now has a higher offer plus improvements paid but declines, predicting greater future value. He says other land near the railroad can be found cheaper and invites inquiries from A Ricum Mono.
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Frank Bicknell
Marshall Times
Iowa Agricultural College
Ohio
Curtiss
Ilinois
Cubcanco & Northwestern
Nevada
Ames
Nevada Journal
Journal
Duluth
New Orleans
Cambridge
Gulf
Benjamin
Benjamin & Steer
Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern
J.C. Myers
Liscomb, In
Wells County
North Dakota
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Letts
Cohn’s
Grove’s
Maple City
Cuase & Sanborn
C. F. Letts
Mrs. Greeley
Minneapolis
A. C. Blackman
The
Christian Church
J. R. McIntire
U. B
Wit Randall
Story County Osteopathic Infirmary
Ben Davis
Elmer Coffin
Bob Bigelow
Milt
Skunk
Read's Hall
Leo XIII
Spain
David Taylor
Wind Ridge
Greene Co
Macatt Tulloch Thompson
Aberdeen
Scotland
Wm. Thompson
Wynn
Ames Cemetery
Maggie
Geo. Judisch
Lillian Hunter
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Judisch
Judisch Bros
Lerrs
Maxwell
Mrs. C. F. Letts
Emma Letts
Manila
Jefferson
Clarence Mason
Iowa
Clarence
Bert Kooser
Tom Loughran
Bosworth
Ed Sparling
Tom
Story County Agricultural Society
Agricultural Society
Leslie Penfield
Scott Bradford
Storm Lake
Fairchild
Clinton
Annie Runkle
Mr. Hughes
State Center
Bob
Cairns
W. L. Taylor
Gene
Dr. Fairchild
Parley Sheldon Home
M. A. Littile
Dixon, Il
Newt
Gaston
Zenorsville
TIMES
Cady” Paxton
Cherokee
Merideth
Crawford, Neb
Gertrude Morris
F. N. Fowler
Davenport
Grand Lodge of the
K. P's
Grand Chapter
Rathbone Sisters
S. H. Shelley
Giddings
Scot, Bradford
Scot
Capt. Greeley
Edith Thompson
W. A. Paxton
the Times
Budd
Bosworth’s
Joan Leecing
Jennie G. Christ
Slane
Hank
Frank Stultz
Jim Dunne
Northwestern
Eagle Grove
Frank
Miss Smith
Echo
Miss Jones
Engineers
Baptist Church
Frank E. Bellamy
Kintzley
John Kintzley
H. L. Munn & Son
Cuina
C. F. Lerre
J. J. Grove
Monarch
C. F. Lerts
Tilden Bros. & Co
Lowell
Story County
Pildlen
Council Proceedings
Thos. Thompson
Hale
Rogers
Lanning
Morris
Bowers
Sexton
Bissell
Water Fund
Electric Light Fund
Westinghouse Electric Co
Board of Supervisors
Mary Elliott
O. F
Miller and Kooser’s
O. F. Lerrs
A. Ricum
Mono
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