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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1894
Page
3
Dailey, the star tailor, and E. M. Soper's advertise hats shirts and overalls. A variety of notices cover theater, parades, a new baby, a barn, school staff changes, a street parade by a Mexican band, and a reshuffled rail schedule. Local accidents, misprints, travelers’ plans, and a weather crop bulletin wrap the week with community color.
Ames Iowa August 10 1894 council met in special session with H Wilson mayor and six councilmen. Rasmussen bid lowest for sewer work at 1.80 per rod with city furnishing material and 300 dollar bond. Mayor ordered sewer pipe purchase. Duntz to tighten water works tower bolts. Various local notices, ads, and social updates follow, including theater promotion for That Girl and relay race reports from Washington to Denver with President Cleveland’s message.
A clerk at Tilden's, CuarRLeY Lyman, recalls an unusual rain episode Friday night when a bucket of water struck him as he sat near the store. The incident left his shirt front soaked and his chest protector limp. The downpour seems to have been localized and brief, not a spout. In the aftermath, a turnip seed famine followed the rain, with many planning turnip sowing Saturday.
At the Boone District Epworth League meeting in Perry Mrs Jennie Beyer of this city was elected third Vice President. A missionary lecture by Frederick Wallen Brown from India is set for tonight at the Christian church with no admission charged. The Willing Workers plan a meeting August 22 with Mrs Anna K DeWitt, their first in the second year. Rev T M Rickman resigns as pastor of the local Baptist church after about five years. J W Geiger of Marion will lecture on Young America at the U B church on Friday August 25. The Milford township Willing Workers held an anniversary sociable netting $6.17. annual report shows 11 members, 26 meetings, 172 total attendance, 520 visitors, and $72.96 raised.
The North Western Line announces excursion tickets to Independence at reduced rates. Tickets on sale August 25 to 31, valid for return passage until September 1 inclusive. For tickets and full information, contact Agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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