Local Miscellany and Community Notes
Local notices recount dry goods sales at Bradley and White s and backmone oysters at M Read s. It cites births and deaths including a nine pound girl born to Mr and Mrs Geo E Baker and a diphtheria death of Guy Billings aged ten. Reports on staff changes at Lockwood Grain and Hunt Brownlie dental arm, and a busy Ames shopping period with a Nevada Journal correspondent. The Times notes a near debt free Christian church and an ordination planned for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Billings
Jason Billings
Ames
the Times
Clien
Erraer
Gilbert
Nevada Journal
Journal
Gilert
Boone
Madrid
Local Happenings and Notices from the North Side
Marriages and family events fill the page from a northeast city area with details of a Tilden Bros. wedding at the bride’s home, a Christmas gathering near Kelley, and a Hamilton County clerk reunion in Nevada. Reports cover church events, a child’s death in Des Moines, a proposed marriage near Kelley, and a mysterious Texas murder of Oren Ives with remains found near Ft. Smith.
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Maggie Watt
J. B. Keoghie
North Side
Hamilton
Nevada
J. Dooley
Louisiana
E. J. Roland
Kelley
B. F. Tallett
Times
Oren Ives
David Ives
Des Moines
Christmas Day Reflections and Local News in Ames
Christmas at Ames features pleasant weather, church programs, and happy gatherings. A wedding at the M E parsonage unites Mr. John Worth and Miss Pletcher. The Ames cigar brand promotes town pride while Pleasant Hill school reports December activities and attendance. Travel notes share Maple Leaf Route schedules and agents in Des Moines St Paul Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Worth
Miss Pletcher
M. E. Parsonage
Thomas
Real Estate Loans and Local Business Changes
The notice details real estate loan availability at low interest and liberal payments. It also reports the dissolution of Thurston and Graham hardware, with Graham retiring and Thurston continuing at the old stand. William Thurston remains a prominent figure in Ames trade, and George Graham contemplates Alaska gold field exploration, with a hopeful return to Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
If Story Country Bank
Thurston
Rahaim
Graham
Will Thurston
Ames
Geo. Graham
Alaska
Klondike
Times
Dr King's New Discovery Trial Offer
Cut this out and take it for a free sample bottle of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It promises not to require purchase first and claims to cure in severe cases. Trial bottles are free at L. M. Bosworth's and many physicians endorse its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth’s
Ames Opera House Welcomes Dvorak Merchant of Venice
Manager E L Moffitt announces the Ames engagement of John E Dvorak in The Merchant of Venice with Edwin Tanner and Eugenia Du Bois in supporting roles. Chicago crowds praised the company on tour. advance sales start Monday Jan 3 at Bosworths drug store with 50 cent seats and first act satisfaction guarantee.
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E. L. Moffitt
Ames Opera House
John E. Dvorak
Ames
Chicago
Texas
Dvorak
Edwin Tanner
Eugenia du Bois
Merchant of Venice
Bosworth’s
Through tourist sleeping car to Los Angeles from Minneapolis
The notice describes a through tourist sleeping car service to Los Angeles leaving Minneapolis with departures on Tuesday via Chicago Great Western Ry Kansas City and the Santa Fe Route. The car provides bedding linen two large toilets and a cooking range with a porter keeping it clean and attending to passengers. It highlights the Maple Leaf Santa Fe car as offering lowest rates shortest line quickest time and no Sunday travel.
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Dodge Center
Hayfield
McIntire
New Hempton
Sumner
Oelwein
Waterloo
Gedar Falls
Reinbeck
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
F. H. Hunter
C. J. Brooks
St. Paul
F. H. Lord
Chicago
Jan l
Land of Flowers
California
Chicago Great Western Ry
Santa Fe
Wilsons Mark Fifth Anniversary With Large Celebration
Mr and Mrs Harry Wilson of Ames south area were surprised by many friends and relatives who helped them celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary with a joyous gathering and a royal good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson
Ames
Enthusiastic Buyer Praises Chamberlain Remedy in Anaheim
Curtis Fleck of Anaheim California bought a bottle after friends praised Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and reports it worked wonderfully. The product comes in 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Curtis Fleck
Anaheim
California
Duggists
Fragmented Financial Statement Lines Incomplete Report
The readable portion shows figures for total liabilities and capital stock with paid in capital and surplus. It mentions national bank notes and deposits but the text is garbled, limiting further identification of entities, dates, or specific figures.
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National Bank
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M. Read's
Bradley & White's
Tupen Bros. & Co
Haviland China
Wedgewood
G. Haminton
G. A. R. and
W. RK
Geo. E. Baker
Chicago Chronicle
Nail
W. W. Talbott
Chicagoes-Herald
John Musseliman
An- Musseliman
J. B. Thompson
Summit
Oskaloosa
Myrtle
Lockwood Grain Company
Hattie Troubard
The
Grain Company
Hunt & Brownlie
Hunt
Brownlie
Mes
Ir. Brownlie
N. Hansen
Sia
Hansen
Stoeak
L&s
lDress
Jamestown
O. K
Cmerits
Green- Wheeler Shoe Co
Selz, Schwab & Co
Drew- Selby & Co
J. F. Budd
Little Giant
Alaskas
Arctics
Sas
Tilden Bros
W. A. Gossard
M. E. White
Geo. White
City
Bripar Foreman Allen
Clinton
Mississippi
Blackman
United Brethers
Christian
Union Meeting
Baptist
Douglass
Methodist
Williams
Congregational
Baptist Church
W. H. Fitchpatrick
Dudley Arrasmith
Washington
Missouri
Osborn
Ames Experiment Station
San Jose
Iowa
Nic
Worth
L.M. Bosworth
L. M. Bosworth
F. W. Eighmy
Pleasant Hill
Washington Township
Ella Finch
Myrtle Reasoner
Arthur Bates
Berley Sims
Dale Wherry
John
Willie Elliott
Gertrude N. Morris
H. Queal & CO
Union National Bank
Resources
U.S
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U'S. Certif
U. S
State OF
County OF
Story
Henry Wilson
B. J. Shelden
W. M. Greeley
K. W. Brown
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