Local notes from neighboring towns and school opening
Miss Lou Gossard visits Renwick while the R R Co assigns a night man to Kel ley. State fair attendance continues as families visit relatives in Illinois and Nevada. School opens September 4 1899 with grade reallocation due to space. A Story County school event sees A G Anderson win a gold medal and Howard Adams placing second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County
A. G. Anderson
Story City
Charley Alfred
Howard Adams
Adams Bros Dissolution Notice
Notice of dissolution of the partnership between J. W. Adams and M. J. Adams under Adams Bros dated August 29 1899. The business will be run by J. W. Adams and all accounts turned over to M. J. Adams for settlement. all sums due must be paid to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Adams
M. J. Adams
Adams Bros
G A R Encampment Travel Bargains and Local Notices
G A R National Encampment at Philadelphia set for Sept 4–6. Chicago Great Western offers low round trip tickets with varied routes and stopovers, through cars to Philadelphia. Also local items: selling apples, school notices, lost pocket book, a conductor shot by a tramp, and Ames community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. National
Philadelphia
Chicago Great Western Ba
National Capital
Great Western
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Chicago
Alumni Visit Swell Attendance At Ames Campus
Trustees meet as two hundred alumni guests arrive at Ames with many students from the class of 1908 on campus. A football game between alumni and students is planned, while catalogues and new room readings mark campus activity amid a reception and banquet schedule at Margaret hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hall
W. S. Summers
Lincoln, Neb
Proctor
Des
New Discovery Aids Mrs Long and Husband in Pneumonia
Mrs Geo Long of New Straitsville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing her prolonged cough and saving two lives after a severe pneumonia attack in her husband The ad promotes the remedy as a cure for throat chest and lung troubles with trial bottles at Miller s drug store Also mentions new goods at the Emporium and travel discounts for a national encampment with potatoes and coffee advertised by local merchants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Long
New Straitsville
Ohio
Dr. King
Mr. Long
Miller’s Drug
Slave’s Chains of Disease Freed by Electric Bitters
Geo D Williams of Manchester Michigan testifies his wife suffered five years of helplessness before two bottles of Electric Bitters improved her condition. The remedy targets female ailments and a range of symptoms including nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches and fainting. Cure guaranteed at 50 cents by H D Miller druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
H. D. Miller
Woman credits remedy with saving child life
Mrs Geo F Burdick of Liberty Rhode Island recounts treating a severe summer dysentery in her daughter. She says Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy proved highly effective and saved the child, urging other mothers to use it. For sale by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Geo. F. Burdick
Liberty, R.I
Seaport Shoes and Footwear Offers at Local Stores
Condensed milk at Letts and Try Big Loaf Flour promoted. J. J. Grove advertises school shoe fitting for children at low cash prices. Canier Bros. & Henman and Canier Bros. & Herman advertise Seaport Shoes as cheap, serviceable, neat with invites to see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caniel Bros. & Herman’s
Canier Bros. & Henman
Seaport
Caanter Bros. & Herman
Best Appointed Ames Home With Six Acres For Sale
Opportunity to own a well equipped ten room house six blocks from Main Street Ames with six acres. Includes barn cave outbuildings well cistern four upstairs bedrooms and closets carpeted floors modern hard pine finish hot air furnace and full basement. Inquiries to Jas Hale or Western McLain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Main Street
Jas. Hale
Westerman & McLain
Shorthorn Cow For Sale In Northwest Area
A Shorthorn cow is offered for sale northwest of the schoolhouse. The animal is described as a good milker and suitable for farm use.
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School House
Auctioneer E F Posegate Services Offered in Ames
E F Posegate announces services as an auctioneer for live stock and bankrupt sales with small commission. Permanently located in Ames. For dates and details inquire at office.
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Ames
Ommce
Local Markets Corrected Thursday at Lockwood Grain Co
The weekly notice lists grain market details for Lockwood Grain Co in Aseee Barley area, with corrections issued every Thursday morning for CNR and barley pricing and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockwood Grain Co
CNR
Advertised Letter List for Week Ending August 26 1809
The docket shows names for advertised letters including Ball J K Claver Geo Dunnebuck WJ Cutler J W Holmes Mrs Rose, HE Lewis, Oleon Hans Streeler Volovons Sodtman IC Tailor Gertie Walters Whintiar Arthur 7ee SweeR Re Low G Harpin P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
J K Claver
Geo
Ames Mayor Urges Relief for Porto Rico After Hurricane
Gov Shaw appeals to Mayor Thompson and Ames residents to donate to the destitute revolt Puerto Rico relief after a deadly hurricane. Mayor Thompson opens a subscription at Union National and Story County banks inviting citizens and farmers to help the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Gov
Shaw
Thompson
Porto Rico
Union National
Story County
Throbbing Headache Cure and Regional Excursion Deals
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills for headaches with a 25 cent price and money back claim and notes sale via H D Miller druggist. Includes reduced excursion rates to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo September 5 6 9 through 30 1899 for Order of Hoo Hoo meeting and further rail promos to Ogden Salt Lake Utah with Chicago Northwestern trains. Also promotes Monarch extract Letts pineapple products fruit sells and two houses for rent in north Ames with North Western Line excursions to Chicago September 1 2 3 details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
H. D. Miller
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Northwestern
Colorado
Ogden
Salt Lake
Utah
Chicago & Northwestern R.y
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Ioc
Davis
The
R. R. Co
Kelley
Lou Gossard
Rennick
Mr. W. P. George
Marie Rowland
Nevada
Will Caruth
Conrad of Kingsley
Congregational Church
Lillie Simmons
Dist. No
Myrtle Gossard
Gilbert Station
Willamette
Koone
Ladies’ Aid Society
W. P. George
Ella Rosenfeld
A.J. Graves & Son
C. F. Lerrs
Tur P. E. O.’s
Ser Danier Bros. & Herman
John Rex
Ed. Rex
Nell Cole
Ames Public Schools
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Normal School
Des Moines
Letts
Adams Bros., Grocers
Jim
Genevieve Westerman
Highland Park College
Tuk Ames Grocery Company
Bigelow & Smith
Er. L. Hansen
Grove’s
I. $. C. Department
Eva Spears
Sexton
L. W. Noyes
Aermeter
Ella French
Hazel Beardshear
Blair
Miss Brant
Kellogg
Prof. Bissell
Mrs. Resler
Prof
F. J. Resler
South Hall
Shankland
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Coburn
Owens
Charles City
Knapp
Mr. Pierson
Rockwell City
Ina Murphy
Mildred Anderson
Stella McLain
Margaret Doolittle
Chicago University
Effie Curtiss
Washington, D. C
Ella B. Curtiss
Marengo
A. H. Seaver
Maquoketa
College
Frank Meredith
Harvard College
H. C. Spencer
Grinnell
Barabino
Emily Townsend
Julia Holzer
Mame
Alice Tooley
Hal Galley
Geo. McMullen
Frank Shuetz
Halli Thomas
Wood Hastings
I. 8
S. C
Corneliussen
Nina Peterson
Evanston
Mayme Corneliussen
Story City Herald
Profs. Curtiss and
J. A. Craig
Nettie Fibbs
Ida Grove
Veterinary Department
Cuba
Manila
Ritzman
Frank K K. Bellamy
O. K
Iowa
M. F. Sims
Emporium
Nobby
D. & L. Hamilton
Miller & Kooser’s
Chase & Sanborn
C. F
Sherwin-Williams
L. M. Bosworth
J. J. Grove
E. F. Posegate
Low G. Harpin, P. M
Knight Gloning
K Gloning
Iea- H. Marruewetion
E. P. Gilbert E. A. Banks
C. F. Letts
Miller and Kooser’s
C. F Letts
Batavia
Times Office
Grove
J.J. Grove
North Ames
P. O'Brien
New York City
North-Western Line
Froma
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