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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1892
Page
5
The Times page notes a busy holiday scene with Grove Bros. and Adams Bros. offering candy nuts oysters and gifts. Christmas preparations include silk handkerchiefs mufflers and fire kits at Soper's. a Merchant’s Carnival by the W R C. and social events from weddings to church gatherings.
Advertisements from Ames area grocers and merchants offer stoves sugar flour flour prices and holiday goods while a travelogue excerpt cites Humboldt and Central American tribes in a scattered 19th century mix. Mentions Grove Zenor Co Stern party and poland china boars with farm birds offered by F R Wilson.
A December 29 meeting at Town Hall featured papers on the orchard prospect by Prof J L Budd and sheep farming by Turner McLain with Wil son discussion. Afternoon topics covered the American boy and living, farm futures after children leave home by F P Wylie, plus cash or note settlement by December 31 1892 for J H Queal Co.
Mrs J J Boru offers entire stock of millinery at cost with some items below cost until January first. Opportunity to purchase holiday millinery cheap.
An advertisement touts no extra charge for extracting teeth without pain using Odintunder at the dental parlors of C. E. Hunt. It also promotes Soper's stock of suspenders and Paxton's silverware featuring cake baskets berry dishes nut bowls salad forks and other pieces suitable as Christmas presents.
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