Ames Times notes and happenings at Ames in 1892
The Ames Times from August 25 1892 reports local notices and ads including Bingham Co mill supplies lawn hats and lime, Loughran Machine Co plows, and a Clinton white lime shipment. It notes visits by D O Freep Indiana plans a cigar store, the Northwestern State Fair trains, horse racing news, fashion nits, real estate gains, a Democratic elector appointment, and a week weather crop report with stacking and threshing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. O. Freep
Hanna
Ind
McGuire
D. L. Smith
Ames
Eagle Grove
Tama
Carroll
Diverse local notices and updates from Boone News
Various items report upcoming church services, business promotions, street parades, and social events. Edward Mills advances to Superintendent of Passenger Equipment for the Northwestern, after twenty eight years on the Iowa division ending in Boone.
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J. Mills
Northwestern
Chicago
Mills
Iowa
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Boone
Boone News
Building Boom In Ames Shows Forty Homes This Summer
Over forty houses have been built in Ames this season with estimates suggesting the total may double by year end. The Times reports costs exceed fifty thousand dollars already, noting many residences are high grade and located near the business district.
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Ames
Times
Ames and Surrounding Residents Visited Across Towns
A long list of local residents and visitors is noted with movements to Boone, Webster City, Chicago, Radcliffe, Ames, Nevada, and Colfax. Individuals include pastors Rev. Byron Clark and Rev. F. J. Douglass, bankers, teachers, and merchants like M. K. Smith, Charles Larned, and J. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Clark
Webster City
Soper Hats and Laundry Offer Fall Goods
C M Soper advertises a complete fall hat and cap stock plus a laundry service that calls for goods and delivers free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Soper
Ames Prohibition County Convention to Nominate Officers
The Story county Prohibitionists invite attendees to Ames City Hall on Friday Aug 26 at 2 30 pm to nominate county and township officers and discuss prohibition issues. D J Bunce is President and D M Hayden is Secretary. Also notes on investments in Nebraska land and sales of mares and drivers by J L Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Funson
Newdan
Times
H. M
Story County
Ames
Iowa
D. J. Bunce
D. M. Hayden
Eastwoods Celebrate Fortieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs A F Eastwood marked forty years of marriage with a Aug 17 gathering at their Ames area home three miles west of town. About forty friends and neighbors attended including their son George from Lincoln Nebraska. A bountiful Iowa style feast was served in the front yard under shade trees as guests shared well wishes and left gifts.
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Rebeccas
J. Kegley
C. B. Kegley
Washington
Far West
Palouse City
Wash
Ames
C. A. Beverly
M. D
Iowa
Norden
A. F. Eastwood
George
Lincoln
Neb
Shooting Tournament Prize Winners Listed After Three Day Meet
The three day shooting tournament closed last Thursday with prize winners named. Budd won first in ten targets and nine singles as well as several other events. Rex claimed top in fifteen targets while Hughes earned multiple firsts including fifteen targets and twenty singles. E. D. Trotter secured several firsts in events including nine singles three doubles and various target counts. The citizens purse paid six prizes with Budd and Trotter among the leading victors. several extra shoots produced additional winners not fully listed.
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Budd
Hughes
Trotter
Sanford
E. D
Rex
E. D. Trotter
Christianson
Hagin
Smith
Georgeson
H. J. Tr
County institute enrolls three new entrants this week
Mr Ep notes three new entrants Nettie Meade Maxwell Lara Hainline Elwell and Emma Sparke Zearing boosting total enrollment to 210. County superintendent J F Reed leads the program with instructors L T Weld M F Arey C C Carstens C D Slinker and Anna E McGovern guiding primary methods. Prices listed for drinks and extra rubbers.
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J. F. Reed
L. T. Weld
Weld
Nevada High School
M. F. Arey
Arey
Iowa State Normal School
C. C. Carstens
Prin
Carstens
Ames High School
C. D. Slinker
Slinker
West Des Moines
Anna E. McGovern
Iowa State Normal
Reed
Lik
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J. F. McLain
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Frank Curtis
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H. E. Briley
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Jim Miller
Sac City
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Mr. Marseille
J. F. Baker
Gilman
Geo. B. Baker
This Place
Methodist Church
Chamberlain
Union National Bank
Henry Wilson
O. S. Canier
Mr. C
C. G. McCarthy
T. C. Miller
J. M. Morris
Sioux City
J. K. Hesther
Christian Society
Morris
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Charles Aldrich
Aldrich
Charles City
Mason’s
Bierstow & Smith
Prohibition County Convention
J. L. Stevens
Christiansen
H. J. Trotter
Mr. Ep
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Lara Hainline
Elwell
Emma Sparke
Zearing
Bigeelow & Smith
C. M. Sover
Digelow & Smirit
J. F. Martin
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Cordwood
New York
Grove & Zeenor Co
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Ames Iowa
Othel
Ames Ia
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