Local Life Notes Stir Small Town Issues
Community items report caucus venue shift to the opera house, public notices of lost items, new Gilbert creamery and drug store openings, social events and auctions, and a legal case over a brood mare. Names include MERRYMAN, Perry Simmons, Gilbert, Ames, and Beckwith, with dates around February and March.
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Knoxville
Mozart Symphony Club
Stand
Tenn
Ames Oven House
Ames
L. E Smith
Ruby Taylor
The
Library Association
Richmond
Gilbert
Sunnyside
Nora Person
Howard Person
Ward Smith
Gertrude N. Morris
Dorcas Society
Rebecca
Justice Loughran
Charles Matthews
Co. M. Ward
L. McDowell
Ward
Constable Childs
Matthews
Supreme Court
District Court
Ames Town Minute: Local Visitors and Upcoming Events
Misses Silliman and Duff visit from Nevada with several Ames and Des Moines guests stopping by homes. Prominent locals attend state treasurer and auditor conventions in Des Moines. Theatre, revival meetings, and a grand Julius Caesar production anchor a bustling week in Ames Marshalltown and surrounding towns.
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Silliman and
Duff
Nevada
Misstta Budd
Des Moines
A. Hurst
Alice
Hamilton County
Dora Hamilton
Mershbaltown
Langury
Maxwell
Ames
Gee. Spellerien
Ida Grove
Robert Cairns
John Mitchell
Turner Junction
Lilue
Nebraska
Simmers
Smith
Red Keys
Ind
Merryman
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Marie Chambers
Chicago
King
Miller
J. C. Spears
Odeon
Marshalltown
Frederick Ward
Elwood Furnas
Cambridge Press
J. A. Kerr
Capt. Brown
Simon Stratton
Arcade
Byron Clarx
Iowa
Town Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Therr
Graves
BE. Harsh
Clapp Block
Ex-Speaker Mitchell to Speak at M E Church Next Sunday
The Iowa legislature's ex Speaker Mitchell will preach at the M. E. church in Ames next Sunday. Also mentions Soper's laundry leave orders, Ames Steam Laundry, vacant and improved lots for sale by G. W. O'Brien, and Bert Rhum Monp's 21st birthday surprise with gifts including a gold watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soper's
Ames Steam Laundry
Mitchell
Iowa
M. E
G. W. O’brien
Bert Rhum Monp
Ames
Bert
The
Times
Pat Mike Pat Mike in Blue Wrapped Bundles
A humorous verse depicts Pat and Mike encountering blue wrapped bundles as they walk through town. Mike explains a local store began advertising with blue wrapping, prompting Pat to wonder which store uses the blue packaging. The exchange hints at a popular, inexpensive retailer known for its blue wrappers.
Iowa Savings and Loan Association Statement of Assets
W W Woodard sworn as secretary presents the Iowa Savings and Loan Association balance sheet for Polk County Iowa. The report lists assets liabilities receipts and disbursements with figures for advances interest premiums and taxes. Notarized January 26 1894 by W A Park and contains B J Shelden Ames Iowa as authorized representative.
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Polk County
W. W. Woodard
Iowa Savings and Loan Association
Mutual Building Association
A. D
W. A. Park
B. J. Shelden
Ames
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Opera House
Kelley
Bree Lyow & Smith
Cnet Little
Canier Bros. & Herman
Perry Simmons
Ws. Williams
Vermont
J. J. Mitchell
Congregational Church
Chester Center
Rickman
Baptist Church
Rogers
Geo
Gilbert Station
E. H. Graves
D. G. Ferguson
H. Dunkle
I. J. Ferguson
M. E. Church
Galers
New York
Fowler & C
Bierton & Smith
Adams Bros
Louis Jones
Shakespeare
Julius Cesar
Odeon Theater
Mondy
Iowa Agricultural College
Ayfor
Patmike
Pat
Agape
Mike
Story County Farms
Story County
Smaraith
Cramer
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State OF Iowa
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