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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
4
Local notices highlight Adams Bros fresh fruit and the Adams Down to Date coffee sale. The Ottawa Quartette and Brun’s Nina vaudeville act headline at the opera house with a thirty five cent value. Nearby updates report cold weather, train news, social events, and court cases in Ames and Story County.
An Iowa Telephone Co agent will call on you after leaving word at Bigelow and Smith's store to explain the system at very low terms. The notice promotes convenient telephone service for offices and homes.
Davenport banks reduce interest on deposits from five to four percent citing abundant money making the higher rate unsustainable. Davenport reports the world’s highest per capita savings deposits and local ads include Reap Miller Kooser and Bradley White promotions. Community notices cover Arcadia Lodge meeting at the Masonic hall and a Baptist church mother’s meeting with program details. Dorcas Society officers elected for the coming year are listed with committee assignments.
Meteorology notes for January taken at 7 am 2 pm and 7 pm southeast of Ames by Isaac Young. Highest temperature 44 degrees on the 7th, lowest 8 degrees below zero on the 1st. Monthly temperature range 52 degrees, greatest daily 30 on the 3rd. Mean max 35 on the 7th Lith, mean min 7 on the 31st. Total precipitation nine tenths inch over 9 days with 8 cloudy 3 fair and 12 clear days. Mean temperature 20 degree, prevailing northwest wind, thunder and lightning with rain on the 11th. A number of Ames people invited to a reception by Mr and Mrs Geo France in Des Moines tonight.
Chicago market notes a unexpected wheat setback with May futures sliding to 95 cents after closing high, as profit taking by large operators prompts a natural correction. January wheat also fell to 1.03, indicating shorts in and bulls confident of future strength dominated by U S demand. Corn eased after last weekend’s sharp advance.
Philadelphia resident John Oliver recounts a near fatal illness with yellowing skin and weakness. He credits Electric Bitters after three physicians gave up, saying one bottle helped and three weeks cured him. L. M. Bosworth sells bottles for 50 cents. Also mentioned are critiques of state printing politics and a newspaper sale in Iowa.
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