Ames residents socialize in county and state events
Mrs J F Martin of Nevada visits Ames friends while multiple locals travel to Omaha Rock Rapids Des Moines and Chicago. Attendees include W P Payne editor of the Representative and many relatives visiting kin across Ames and surrounding towns. The Nevada county fair draws crowds and a Rathbone Sisters lodge installation is planned with Lova Orland handling Read meat market bookkeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Martin
Omaha
W. P. Payne
the Representative
P.G. Foster
Algona
Dan McCarthy
Kime
Bluffton
Ohio
G. W. Rogers
Ames
Alice Robinson
Webster City
Stella McLain
Des Moines
Wheat A Dollar In Chicago Market Turnaround
August 23 1897 report from Chicago notes September wheat at 1.00 a bushel last Saturday with 84 cent close a week earlier showing a 16 cent gain. Analysts cite European shortage and rising cash wheat with possible further increases toward 1.25. Corn also climbs amid drought risks and ample 1895 96 crops. Traders advise careful selling timing as light receipts keep prices firm. Millers exporters and large grain dealers see no manipulation—only supply demand. The Eckard bridge auction ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CatcaGo
Liverpool Cables
Schwartz,Dupee & Co
Board of Trade
Chicago
Europe
Beerbohm
Adams Bros For Sale and Farm Listing Near Ames
Wanted eggs in exchange for goods. Adams Bros advertise for sale a new clover buller at cash or time. Wm Day Ames Ia invites rides on the motor tomorrow with ladies in charge. Farm for sale 120 acres four miles north of Ames three miles south of Gilbert well located in good cultivation with house barn deep well windmill tanks. Will sell at reasonable price and easy terms may take town property in Ames at a fair price. Call on or address 200
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Day
Tf Ames
Ames
Gilbert
Ames cigar factory opens north of Ames Laundry
F. W. Eighmy moves from Ontario to Ames to run a larger cigar factory in a brick building north of the Ames Laundry. The new plant employs four people and will produce eleven brands including Sporting Beauty, Rose Bud, Pointers, and Club Friends, with the last three priced at ten cents. The venture expects strong local trade as it will not retail directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Eighmy
Ontario
Ames
Portugal
Washington
Mr. E
B. Stull
E. Aylsworth
Eighmy
Music‘Hall
F. W. Atkinson and Brother
Marshalltown
Stanton
London
England
Belgium
United States
Soper's Hosiery Sale Teases Bargain Buyers
A brief note invites readers to call Soper's to purchase hosiery at reduced prices. No further details or dates are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Em. Chamberlain
Soper’s
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L. M. Bosworth
Read's
General House Lk
L. H. Pommel
Hemstreet
C. Howe
Dorcas Society
F. N. Fowler
Can . & Herman
Tourston & Graha
Seton & Graham
Ns. French
J. B. Eliott Furniture
B. F. White
Raynor Residence
Wiliams
E. West
Dakota
John Snyder
Arrick Judge
Boone
EMBER
Canier Bros
Buffalo
E. Davisthas
West N Street
Henry McDaniels
Sical
I. A
College Chapel
Cery
Story
Polk
Dallas
Madrid
John F.kins
Thompson and Gamble
Aurrep Whiting
North Side
W. A. Perkins
Scuoot Shoes
Canier Bros. & Nerman
Ladies of the Cemetery Association
Thurston & Graham
Au. Perkins
Jim van Scoy
Kintzley’s
Andy Watts
Anna and
Louise Favre
Susie Nuckolls
Lulu Otis
Judith Snell
Ernest Andrews
Otto Herman
Jas. Nuckolls
Eugene Favre
Chari_es Wilson
Supr. M. S. Rizer
Chicago & Northwestern
Clinton
Mr. Rizer
Tur Gospel
Beatrice Raynor
Chas. H. Schroeder
Spencer Town
Kaynor
P. J. Kaynor
Tur Boone Daily News
Jay
Clinton Age
Nevada
Will
Ames Ann Vicinity
Rogers
Grand Army
H. C. Wakefield
I. Hi. Craig
W. M. Greeley
J. Russell Sherman
Robert Liddle
Henry Banks
Jas. Brown
George
Mr. Drake
Regulator
McGuire
W. M. Latherow
Fred. Ball
Champion Lodge No. 150
K. of P
Rathbone Sisters
Tursday
Boone News
John A. Davis
Herman
New Round House
District School
Opera House
Geo. Henry Maxwell
Webster
South Dakota
William
Camp Clark
Nebraska
Geo
Ida Grove
M. E
J. E. Nichol
Ogden
Davis
Iowa
Che
Carbondale
Christy
J. F. Martin
Ames Friends
D. D. Bales
Mary Corkin
Mrs. Allen Lee
M. J. Allworth
Jessie
Council Bluffs
C. M. Soper
Grace Richardson
R H. McCarthy
Jim Noble
Indiana
M. K. Smith
Rock Rapids
Jennie Christman
Albany
New York
Velva Bradley
Myrtle Stamp
Louise Hamilton
J. H. Woods
Anna
Jeanette Ringer
Carroll
Ms. W. W. Talbott
Margaret Fairchild
Florence Wright
Teek
Minneapolis
Jones County
Prof. Culbertson
Solon
Dr. McWilliams
Sigourney, Iowa
F. P. Harris
J. M. Junkin
Red Oak
Cedar Rapids
Jay Adams
Bert. Childs
Bert
Zearing
Phil. Walsh
Phil
Windy City
Ralph Redding
J. M. Gilbert
Mr. R
Jones Read
Eagle Grove
Ben. Read
Canada
Alvin VanCampen
Rochester
Minn
John T. Hoover
E. Egan
Glenwood
Opinion
Sid Hamilton
Egan
Hamilton
Hattie Bosquet
Jno. H. Williams
Illinois
Mr. J
John
Bingham & Co
L. H. Brinenam
Riverside
Rock Bottom
Tuurston & Graham
Marrikn
Mathilda Wilson
Warren McGuire
Ina Wilson
H. P. Williams
Chicago Board of Trade
Miller & Koosen
Eckard
Franklin
Adams Bros
Tilden Bros. & Co
Cigar Factory
Tewa Weather and Crop Bulletin
ForSale
Jersey
Times Office
Imood
Colltogee Department
Ed. Sherman
Fort Dodge
College
W. W. Letcher
Wooster Conn
J. B. Weems
Beardshear
Dr. Beardshear
Ames College
Palace
Lehigh University
Pennsylvania
Palace Restaurant
S. A. Knapp
Lake Charles
Bradford
Hellen
Knapp
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