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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1893
Page
3
Ames community notes record sales and ads from Adams Bros and Canier Bros. & Herman. local business openings, railroad troubles, church events, school shutdowns for furnace repairs, a Valentine’s Day reminder, and marriages of McFarlane and Sherman plus other local happenings and upcoming auctions.
A string of personal notes covers visits, moves, and illnesses among Ames residents including Etta Budd, Gretta Zenor, Geo O'Brien, and others. A veterinary report describes ergot poisoning from wild rye in cattle near Parley Sheldon, detailing symptoms and historical context, with a sample displayed at the Times office. The Times offers subscriptions to readers of the Des Moines Weekly Leader.
A bidder seeks a cash settlement as year end nears to balance books and meet debts. The message mixes a playful local ad tone with a street scene involving a bachelor and a Northerner, then lists low price items from Maxwell and Son including sugar, snaps, coffee, dried apples, rice, flour, and a crockery giveaway.
Having rented my farm I will sell on my premises 1 mile north west of Kelley and 7 miles south west of Ames on Tuesday February 14 1893 at 10 o clock a m horses cattle hogs farming utensils and other articles For particulars see sale bills Hannah McGrath Mrs 21 pd bid WANTED 100 cards hard wood highest cash price offered by F N Fower Lockwood Elevator New York apples Baldwins Greenings openneeds Spys 40 cents per peck $3 50 per barrel G G Trupen Estate
All persons having unsettled accounts or past due notes with the G. G. Tilden Estate will please call and settle by cash or note at once. L. C. TipEn, Administrator.
An advertisement touts German Magic Ointment as curing colds by absorption through a throat chest plaster for quick croup relief. It promotes Sioux Blood Remedy as superior for cleansing the blood and claims purity safety and low cost.
The Ames Improvement Association met at city hall on a bitter cold Friday evening with good attendance but little business. Thirty members now include F. T. McLain, Robi Cairns Jr, Henry Wilson, M. Hemstreet, F. N. Fowler, Thos Thompson, and H. L. Munn. The executive committee recommended moving the annual meeting date from the first Wednesday to the first Friday in April.
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