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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1892
Page
3
Local Ames items describe Bingham's and Grove Zenor sales on fruit jars hats and workwear, plus lumber from Queal & Co. A hospital report notes Billy Miller’s recovery and several town anecdotes from Story City and Eldora, with farm and railroad updates and upcoming fair dates.
Webster City Herald commentary and Boone Standard analysis discuss a north south line connecting Lehigh to Ames and Boone. The piece cites plans by the C N W and D M N W systems and notes local motives, possible opposition from Boone, and a proposed Lehigh to Ames route via Willson’s Crooked Creek line with coal mines and brick works.
A compilation of brief society and travel items from Ames and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs Liddle in Gilbert Bert Kooser Boone visitor Josh Whitehead Ames visits Miss Gertrude Rutherford Denver trip and many others across Des Moines Denver Oskaloosa and Oregon.
Grove and Zenon Co offers a full line of white shirts and new linen collars for fall at C. M. Soper's. Prices listed include pints 90¢ quarts $1.00 and half gallon $1.25.
The Arcadia Lodge No. 249 A F and A M at Masonic Hall adopts resolutions mourning the death of Geo G Tilden. The text commends his family as a loving husband and father and notes his value to the community. The lodge expresses sympathy to the bereaved and orders publication in Ames newspapers with copies to the family and minutes recorded.
D G Ferguson offers real estate services and invites property owners to leave sale orders at Paxton's jewelery store. Provides direct contact through the store for arranging listings and showings.
Obituary and notices for Mrs. Mary C. Smith, wife of David L. Smith, aged 50 years, detailing birthplace in Washington County Illinois, marriage in 1860, migrations to Sterling and Clarence Iowa, settlement in Ames in 1876, church affiliations, and surviving children. Also includes local items: lectures, purchases, farm news, weather, and civic notices from Ames in August 1892.
The Iowa State Reflector notes manager Cox aims for a three night run by the Andrews Opera Company in Marshalltown with its own 38 member company and star principals like Marie Roe Jay Taylor and E F Seamans. Repertoire includes Dorothy Fra Diavolo Iolanthe Martha Boh eme a and Mikado. Tickets on sale at Westerman Arnold's drug store with reserved seats 75c.
Advertisements note sugar bulk deals 21 pounds for 1.00 and 23 pounds for 1.00, fuel and paint prices, 5 cent crochet needle sets, and lime from Joiner & Gold Maquoketa. Laundry offers free delivery and improved service, with emphasis on quality and accessibility at Queal & Co and local merchants.
A notices style ad listing Henrychiefs in stock at J. P. Warsen and prices for fruit jars at Cramer Bros. Mason jars with pints at 90 cents and quarts at 1.10. Extra rubbers ten cents a dozen. Also an auctionish note from J L Stevens offering fine standard bred mares or a capable young driver for sale or trade.
Staw Has plans to close them out cheaply as BiceLow and SMITH prepare to move on.
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