28 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
1
New mixed nuts at Letts and Kennedy crackers at Grove cited among local ads. Short sermon at Christian church next Sunday and chimes installation at the college. Weather turns very cold with below zero readings. Deaths, property sale, and public notices follow from Ames and nearby towns.
Christmas visits and homecomings fill towns as many residents return from Des Moines Chicago Madison Waterloo and other places. messaged travelers recount festive gatherings and local society news with notes on church events and community notices.
The city woke to a white Christmas with clear mornings and a noon thaw. Churches held Christmas exercises and many faiths hosted trees and celebrations. Merchants reported excellent holiday goods displays and strong trade, noting window dressings rival metropolitan displays.
Freen Fruit at Letts’s and Monarch mince meat at Grove’s advertise groceries. Tilden and Loughran offer carefully compounded prescriptions and pure drugs. J. B. Kooser & Co. pay top prices for butter and eggs. A clup dance at the opera house entertained a young crowd. Jas Dodds, who left for Kansas then Colorado, visited with relatives. a Christmas reunion brought four brothers and two sisters together after forty years.
A mix of items including sale offers for a line of candy, a boy’s watch for sale, and court notices in Nevada with Judge Weaver. Des Moines hardware dealers seek Thurston store purchase, city jail confinement for two men after a holiday dispute, plus a testimonial on Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism with Richmond Indiana ties.
OuR Candies are the best that money will buy. T. J. Miller & Son Don't fail to see out the Underwear, D. & L. Hamilton. ONE cent a bushel above the market price for corn and oats in trade or on account. TILDEN Bros. & Co.
Myrtle Lodge 64.1.0.0 F Gilbert records the death of brother Jacob T Jacobson on the Isle of D4. iQ. The lodge commends his industrious nature and cheerful conduct, notes daily devotion, and offers condolences to his family. Resolutions include mourning drape for 30 days and messages to Jewell Junction, Jewell Record, and the Ames Times.
Samuel Watt, a longtime Ames resident and respected local figure, died December 20 at his home after years of poor health. Born March 19, 1826 in Girbin Ayrshire Scotland, he came to the United States in 1865 and settled in Story County. He and his wife observed their golden wedding on December 9. He belonged to the Presbyterian church in Scotland and later joined the M E church in Ames. Funeral services were held at the family residence with J B McIntire officiating.
Mrs Watt and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for help and sympathy shown during the illness of their husband and father.
Advertises Dr. King’s New Life Pills as boosting stomach and liver action for better health and success. Claims a 25 cent box makes you feel like a new person, sold by Tilden and Loughran, druggists.
The Ladies Cemetery Association will meet with Mrs. J. R. Lincoln Thursday January 4th at 3 p m. Reny Rieu, Secretary. Heinz extra family mince meat in 1 and 2 pound cans at 10 and 20 cents a can. T. J. Miler & Son.
Local sale held Wednesday January 3 1900 at 1 pm offers 2 brood mares 3 and 12 years old a bay mare a black horse a yearling filly 8 cows 5 steers 2 yearling heifers 1 Shorthorn bull 2 calves 35 hogs 1 binder mowers rake plow Harrow checks seed corn hay tools and farm equipment 25 tons hay 2000 bushels corn farm rent terms cash under 5 notes for larger sums 7 percent interest 2 percent discount for cash on time sales owner E Haut 23 É)
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