New Made to Your Measure Skirt Offered
A shop announces a new line of fall styles and a Made to Your Measure Skirt. They guarantee a perfect fit if you place your order with them. if not, they will not ask you to take the garment.
18 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1904
Page
1
A shop announces a new line of fall styles and a Made to Your Measure Skirt. They guarantee a perfect fit if you place your order with them. if not, they will not ask you to take the garment.
The event will run Aug 31 and Sept 1 at the fair grounds with Story county teams. Cambridge faces Roland at 10 am on Aug 31, Maxwell vs State Center at 3 pm, and Story City meets Colo at 3 pm on Sept 1. Two $500 horse races and other attractions boost the program. Regular fair admission covers all events.
Exploration notes questions why plants and animals behave as they do along with a profile of Dr Wilcox joining the Iowa Agricultural College as assistant professor of soils. His Texas education and Chicago PhD, plus farm roots, signal enhanced soil research benefiting farmers and landowners across the state.
A compact collection of aphorisms on life virtue and duty. The lines urge steady effort over pleasure warn against judging others sins and claim true joy follows duty. The tone reflects a Tribune quotation style praising self discipline and moral reflection.
A Savannah News reflection on extreme cheap living cites turpentine workers who subsist on meals costing 5 or 6 cents each. The weekly ration includes five pounds of bacon or pork, a peck of corn meal, a quart of molasses and a pint of salt, worth about $1 to $1.10. The piece argues the challenge lies not in cost but in forgoing eating extras.
Mrs Bascom shouted for an encore and urged the performers to repeat until they delivered a flawless rendition. Singers returned to the stage, yielding to the crowd’s demand for one more performance.
The New York Tribune reports on a question about hired help noting that none are kept by the house, while about two applicants visit weekly seeking employment. The dialogue references practical attendance and hiring patterns in the city.
Northwestern line excursion to the Nevada County Fair in Iowa offered at reduced rates from August 30 to September 2 with return allowed until September 8. Tickets available through Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents for specifics.
Notice of dissolution states the hardware firm Cade and Steigerwalt in Ames Iowa is dissolved by mutual consent. Creditors are asked to settle debts promptly with R C Capg J S Steigerwalt.
Ames Savings Bank in Story County Iowa submits its condition as of August 4 1904 to the Auditor of State. The report lists assets including cash on hand discounted debts and drafts with Des Moines Cedar Rapids and other banks. Liabilities show capital stock deposits undivided profits and other items with a total of 70 270 20. Endorsed by President and Cashier and notarized August 15 by J Graves Notary Public.
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