06 Dec 1894
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1894
Page
1
A local jeweler advertises a Merry Christmas message and promotes a full stock of watch, jewelry, and silverware items. The text emphasizes beauty utility and durability with rings in plain flat or oval shapes, engraved bands, and set rings with pearls opals diamonds and other stones. It highlights lace pins brooches baby pins scarf pins and various chains and watch charms.
A seller advertises a line of ladies gold watches from 12.50 to 35.00 and an aiming clearance of 18 size Elgin and Waltham watches, all high grade with attractive prices likely to sell.
Not prizes but first class goods with the largest line of silver novelties ever shown in Amis. Inspect TeaSets Bon-bon boxes Trinket Trays Cups and Saucers Rings Cake Baskets Berry Dishes Sugar Shells Butter Knives Spoons Knives and Forks and more. Call to inspect today.
An advertisement offers eight day alarm clocks in oak or walnut for 3.50. The sale runs until January 1. This presents a special price for household use and highlights mantel clocks as ideal gifts.
The Ames jeweler extols low prices and straightforward guarantees while touting long wear for jewelry and silverware. He asserts honesty, vows no lottery schemes, and claims the store offers value with a focus on customer patronage and durability.
The Times notes potential candidates in Story County for spring elections, mentions J. E. Duncan and John H. Williams as likely legislators, and praises Secretary of State McFarland for appointing Frank Landers as census superintendent. It also covers Iowa game laws, charitable concerns, and a cloakroom proposal for churches and theaters.
J H Sanders owner of the Breeders Gazette in Chicago has bought eight acres at Sigourney Iowa to build a residence. The Sigourney News notes his early departure twenty years ago for Chicago and his later success with his sons H P and Al. Now aging he plans to spend his final years among friends and kin in Keokuk County where his family’s influence remains strong. Sanders built a notable home in Sigourney years ago and is expected to add another ornamental structure to the town.
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