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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
2
Local stores announce bargains on Percales for children’s dresses with two lots up to 10c and 15c values at 7c and 8c, plus a new line of black and colored dress materials priced 50c to 60c. Community notes include college events, lectures, fairs, and staff movements across Ames and surrounding areas.
Bradley and Whith advertise Polar Star Fancy flour with a strong sales pitch urging customers to try a sack to be convinced. They offer a satisfaction guarantee or money refunded, emphasizing quality and value.
John Mathias a Pulaski Kentucky stock dealer suffered a week with flux and after doctors failed relief used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He reports that half a bottle cured him. For sale by druggists.
A letter from a St. James Missouri Soldiers Home resident dated January 28 1898 requests a further 40 ounce bottle of Syrup Pepsin praising its laxative effects and stating dependence on the remedy for constipation.
A Baptist choir will present a concert Sunday evening August 28. The program includes Voluntary and Prayer, responses, duets, scripture reading, quartets, orchestral pieces, children's trio, solos by Mabel Harris and S. G. Hamilton, and a solo by Rod ney Calvary.
The notice lists names Adams Chas T Plake Miss Violet Considene Lenora Hooley Leo Liot E Michael F M Osteran Peater Smyth Hazle Scott J G Wilder C R Long and HARDIN P M as items or persons advertised in the period ending Aug 20.
A rainfall is needed as crops, corn, and fodder on farms in Boone county are discussed. Henry Banks plans a new house warming once finished this fall. Guy Fincham breaks his left arm, Dr. Clark treats him. Woodmen crowd and Chapel Ridge day attract locals. a porch-lurking thief swaps a ten cent whip for stolen ones.
A long county update reports residents in Story City and surroundings. Local trips include hunting plans and visiting relatives in Chicago. A severe Friday night storm caused fires, property damage, and spared lives, with barns, a house, and a hay shed struck or burned. Residents hosted a large gathering with music and refreshments before the deluge.
The county Democrats in Nevada nominated a full slate for office. Clerk of the courts R T Sisson Ames Auditor H J Garlock Maxwell Recorder James O Donnell Cole County Attorney Chas Whitaker Nevada Surveyor P C Compton Ames Board of Supervisors Arthur Dean Nevada. Soper The Furnisher advertises deep discounts on stock and furnishings. Beat Em All soap is promoted through local grocers.
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