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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
4
Yesterday Tiden Bros and Co closed a great Mid-Summer Clearance Sale drawing many new customers into our sales method. Prices were extremely low and merchandise proved satisfactory, turning many buyers into regular customers at Tilden's due to superior goods and customer satisfaction.
Announcement notes the final selling of all remnants and remnant lots after clearance sales. Hundreds of yards of dress goods in wool mohair and mixtures go to close, with bargains on lace silks linens table linens shoes hosiery underwear lace curtains skirts waists silk coats wash suits and more all must be cleaned up at once.
Joseph Steele Smith born 1841 in Columbia County Ohio died August 4 1902 at age 64 in Story County Iowa. He served three years in the Civil War with four brothers, married Mary Ellen May December 2 1872, lived near Ames and Kelly before burial in Walnut Grove cemetery after a Congregational church funeral conducted by Rev H D Herr.
Local misc items note Jack Watson buying the Art McAully home on the north side and J P Watson listing items for sale on College Street. A birth is recorded for Mr and Mrs Charles VanPatter on August fifth, and a daughter is born to Dr and Mrs C B Hutchison in Harrison Arkansas.
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