Iowa Agricultural College Farm Details and Leadership
The Iowa Agricultural College Farm lies one and a half miles west of Ames with a main building two miles from the railway. The campus covers one hundred and twenty acres of blue grass and evergreens, while the college farm spans over nine hundred acres. Root B. Armst, class of 93, will supervise and edit the department for the local press.
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Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
College
Iowa Ieading Co College
United Tes
Roo’t B. Armst
Christmas Holiday News From Ames College
Ames college pages report faculty and students holiday travels and events. Ed Jones and Tom Hutton depart for home areas while Dr Beardshear and professors attend the State Teacher Association in Cedar Rapids. The campus hosts Christmas trees and festive visits as the December season continues.
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Beardshear
Stanton
Gosvern
Pammel
State Teacher's Association
Cedar Rapids
Parishioners Enter Pastorical Home for Pleasant Surprise
Tuesday night visitors from the pastor’s congregation quietly entered the Congregational parsonage to share a social gathering. They brought plentiful food and a new gown for the pastor’s wife, plus a warm black dogskin lap robe. The pastor and family accepted the gifts with thanks, pledging continued devotion to the church and requesting a Christmas gift of five dollars from Gilbert people to support books and related needs.
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Ominie
Gilbert
Apple Prices and Estate Notice in New York Market
The listing shows New York apples including Baldwins Greenings and Northern Spys priced at 40 cents per peck and 3.50 dollars per barrel. G. G. Tipen is named in the estate notice.
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Baldwins Greenings
Northern Spys
G. G. Tipen
Estate
Christmas Tree and Program Across Churches
Christmas observances filled several churches Friday and Saturday with trees, literary programs, and abundant gifts delighting children. Congregational Baptist U B Methodist Christian churches all held festive events showcasing cheerful displays and merit programs.
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Baptist Society
U. B
Christian Church
Christmas Socials and Visits In Nearby Towns
Gilbert Station resident Will Ferguson of Cylinder Iowa visited friends here Saturday. Miss Maud McFarland returned from Marshalltown with her mother to spend the holidays. W H Peiffer visits in southwestern Iowa and plans to Buffalo New York at week end. Rev Henderson spent several days with his family last week. The Young People’s League hosts an oyster sociable at Robi Liddle home Saturday Dec 31 with afternoon for older folks and evening for the young. Neil McFarland Sundayed at home. Tom Dodds spent time with his brother in Des Moines and will join Christmas at Highland Park. Mrs Wood of Marshalltown visits sister Mrs Reynolds.
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Chicago
Council Bluffs
C & NW
Boone
State Teachers Association
Cedar Rapids
State Teacher's Association
Iowa
Boone News
Henry Thormahlen
Morris
Keeler Street
Justice Dale
Paterson
Maud McFarland
Marshalltown
W. H. Peiffer
Buffalo
N. Y
Young People’s League
Robi
Liddle
Tom Dodds
Des Moines
Highland Park
Christmas Week Returns Warm Rural News
A surprise party at Mr Cramblers marks last week. Bert Jewett, overhauling hay loads, jokes he is master of that craft. Mrs Earnest recovers from illness as sleighing delight continues with frequent snow turnovers. Sunday school at Keltner school house ends for winter and Rev George Thomas delivers a strong Christmas sermon. William Wiltse and wife visit her parents James and wife for a Christmas reunion of twenty seven relatives.
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William Wiltse
James Bell
Life on Southern farms sharpened voices for long distance calls
The article notes how country life in the South fostered stronger voices through daily practice and distant communication. It observes differences in intonation between men and women when summoning others, with halting hollers, hallos, and calls echoing across hills and plains. It also mentions hunting as a contributing leisure activity.
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J. Harvie Dew
John
South
Religion by telephone reaches Nottingham from Birmingham fifty miles
The mayor of Nottingham and other officials attended a Sunday service held at Christ church Birmingham, fifty one miles away, via the National Telephone Company exchange in Nottingham. Thirty receivers lined a long table while eight transmitters in Birmingham projected bells and sermon across the distance for attentive listeners.
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Nottingham
England
Electrical Review
National Telephone Company
Christchurch
Birmingham
Soper Announces Special Sale on Handkerchiefs and Mufflers
To reduce stock a sale of handkerchiefs and mufflers will run until January 7 1893 conducted by C M Soper.
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C. M. Soper
Week of Prayer Planned Across Ames Churches
The annual week of prayer begins next Sabbath with united services across Ames churches. Meetings run Monday through Friday at 7 30 pm at United Brethren Disciples Baptist Methodist and Congregational churches. All Christian people are invited to participate and contribute to spiritual blessings for Amos and the world.
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Ames
United Brethers Church
Disciples’ Church
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Amos
Churches of Christ
Faith and works row the boat to immortality
A Highland tale has a boatman debate with a minister over faith and works. The boatman demonstrates by rowing with one oar, both, and finally both together to symbolize truth. He claims faith alone or works alone fail, but combined effort helps cross life’s troubled waters to lasting peace.
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Highland Glen
Churches extend welcome to IL A C students on campus
Via signed notices from Fr J Doveass and four other pastors Ames churches invite IL A C students and others staying during midwinter term to attend Sabbath services young people meetings and midweek prayers across all year. They urge students to feel at home with the congregations while at the college.
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Ames
IL. A. C
J. Doveass
Iil
J. Everly
T. M. Rickman
J. K. Hester
Brian Clark
United Brethren
Train Car Etiquette Quip Involves Crying Baby and Dog
A humorous exchange at a railway station has a passenger asking a conductor about dogs in a car. A gentleman on the platform replies that he is not the conductor but notes a crying baby in the car and jokes that a large dog could swallow the baby, then would be welcome.
Times Plans Full Line of Legal Blanks
The Times offers a ready stock of legal forms including Chattel Mortgages Notes Teacher's Contracts Teacher's Term Reports Warranty Deeds and more to expedite filings and records.
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the Times
Real Estate Trades for Week Ending Dee 24
Compiled by Smith & Son Nevada Ia detailing multiple quitclaim and warranty deeds. Transactions include Lara Olson and F Petersons to Merkel, Thorpe to Lydia Lee, Allen and Mix to Alderman, and others in counties including Zearing and Story City with properties ranging from 30 to 2000 acres, totaling numerous parcels and transfers.
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Smith & Son
Nevada
Lara Olson
F Peterson
Merkel
Lars Olson
C Merkel
Thorpe
Lydia
Lee
MC Allen
K E
P Alderman
Tad
Dara
Another Way of Explaining Et
A brief overheard exchange between Bunker and Miss Flypp jokes about Miss Scadds’ fondness. Bunker says she lowers the light, while Miss Flypp quips that darkness makes beauty more apparent, in a Brooklyn tone.
Special festival sale on oysters and crackers by Hamilton & Co
Hamilton and Co offer specials on oysters and crackers in festival quantities as they prepare to close out before their annual inventory. Anxious to reduce stock, the firm highlights discounts ahead of restocking coats suits and jackets from Jertow and Smiru.
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Hamilton & Co
Week end notices and names from Hallard and surrounding towns
A fragment lists numerous individuals including Lou Pooper John Kranvoet Jon Peterson Jorgen Robinson Harry W Stevens S L Scott E A Turner James Tillotson Anson Tay l Por in Hallard and nearby areas. Dates reference Dec 20, 1892. Names such as Julia Ke Mrs Marie Coulter William A Enstan Frederick W Hanson Miss Hansin Long D A Marshall A Nielsen Hans Daniel Scott John Vick Martin Walker Billie appear with others in a miscellaneous roster.
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Chovainns
Lou Pooper
Gan
John Kranvoet
John Peterson
Jorgen Robinson
Harry W Stevens
L Scott E A Turner
James Tillotson
Anson
Tay l
Hallard
Julia
Ke ‘Knes
Marie. Coulter
William A. Enstan
Frederick W Hanson
Hansin Long
D. A Marshall
A. A. Nielsen
Hans Daniel Scott
John Vick
Martin. Walker
Billie
Bey your wife one of those handsome rockers for a Christmas present
J. B. Evtiaorr suggests a Christmas gift idea for a wife, proposing stylish rockers as a thoughtful present.
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Bey
J. B. Evtiaorr
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Endorsed By Ogden Druggist
Daily sales from now until January 1 1893 at Bingham Co. feature Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised by H A Walker of Ogden Utah as safe and reliable for colds croup and whooping cough. Westerman Arnold sell 456 bottles. Also advertisements for fire kits Lockwood’s GARLAND stoves and other goods with rustic hints and household tips.
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Bingham & Co's
H. A. Walker
Ogden
Utah
Westerman & Arnold
Booneville hardware merchant praises Chamberlain's remedy
W A Baldwin of Booneville Dallas County Iowa says two doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy relieve his two year stomach cramps and he recommends the product. Sold by Westerman and Arnold. 1-15 Hoor and Rerp's photos are the best tf.
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W. A. Baldwin
Booneville
Dallas
Iona
Chamberlain
Westerman & Arnold
Hoor & Rerp
Trains Schedules Include Passenger Limits and Arrivals
A railroad timetable lists No. 4 Chicago Express No. 3 Omaha Express No. 1 Pacific Route and No. 53 Night Express with destinations to Denver Des Moines and Omaha. It notes freight and passenger limits with no trains on Sundays and departure/arrival times such as No. 58 at 12:23 a m and No. 62 at 5:16 a m. Local agent Geo W. Roowpns appears.
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Chicago Express
BO A
Atlantic
Denver Mited
Moose Ee
Lamigog Ok von
Cass Orsenbeine Db
Omaha Express
i—Denver Limited
Pineces
Overland _emline
Beeen Hice
Pacific Rx
Eaedannbacks Prreoe Zess
Night Express
Pigapees
Don
Gong North
Local council names and officials listed in county record
A fragment shows names of supervisors and council members including Sheldon Underwood Axwell Chamberlain Hamilton Whalen Liddle and John Jommbom. The text appears to be an official roster or roll call of county leaders with unclear surrounding context.
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Pam Sheldon
A. Underwood
B. Axwell
E. i. Chamberlain
S. G. Hamilton
Gee On
Eb. Whalen
Atrest
D. B. Hocoa
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A. C. Department
Ed. Jones
D. G. White
George Carver
N. E. Hansen
Shelby County
Miss Chester
Charles City
R. W. Olmstead
Orange City
Tom Hutton
Alton
Jerry Sexton
Dr. Kilbourn
Washington, D. C
Dr. Moore
Washington
Moore
Prof. Stanton
Bearshear
Osborn
Pommel
Knapp
Odontunder
C. M. Soper’s
A. M. Perkins
C. M. Sorer
Tur
Woman’s Relief Corps
Times Office
Republican State Central Committee
New York
Gilbert Station
Will Ferguson
Cylinder
Irene Jenks
Frank Dunn
Rev. Henderson
Neil McFarland
Mrs. Wood
Mrs. Reynolds
Mr. Cramblers
Bert Jewett
Earnest
Keltner School
George Thomas
Herod
Jerusalem
Adams Bros
EW Lumber Yard
E. S. Downs
Ss. Downs
J. B. Eliott
Ames, Fa
Richard
Alexander
Main Street
Faith and Works
J. F. Martin
Zenor & Co's
C. EB. Twat
Hugh
Peter Christofferson
James FE Heatty
Francis M Reed
Hanson
John M Whitmore
Howard
Hill
Lota
Maxwell Lotn
Maxwell Lot
Aaron A
Guthrie
Mary Caner
Bik
Zearing
AH Hanson
Gaus Collins
John Swan
Story City
Uy S Fine & To
Revernen
Cambridge
Reynolds
Jertow & Smiru
Gerifin Baaf
Hermione
Muslif
Jason
Rasmmisen
Jorgen Staten
James Schultz
F W Smith
Hamilton Thurston
Myra
Deceininad Cruise
Byron
George
Paville
Tata
Jonnson
Chris
Arthur
Tiana le
Mise
Jennie
Aot Wright
Ard
Florence
B. Duncans
Lockwood's
Garland
Bingham & Co
Hemstreet & McLain
Ames Lowa
Scientific American Agency For
Munn & CO
Broadway
America
Raseseg
Church Directory
Baptist
Orning
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Episcopal
H. J. Everly
F. J. Douglass
Pulic
Byron Clark
Christian
J K. Hester
Chicago & Northwestern
R’yy
Geo
W. Roowpns
Agen
Ames City OF
Pickers
Courcilmer
S Maxwell, M
John Lanning A Bosworth
H. M. Templeton
James Selene
A. P. Bing Oosresste
Rss
M. Momar
Clerk District Court
M. P. Wess. Asses
H.W. Liddle
John Jommbom
Buaw
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