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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
7
Local items report caucus venue shift to the opera house and a string of happenings across Gilbert Ames and nearby towns. Diphtheria cases in Kelley, a new Gilbert creamery, library board actions, a cattle and horse sale, and a legal mortgage dispute conclude the week’s brief notices.
Misses Silliman and Duff visit from Nevada and Des Moines. several Ames residents travel to Hamilton county and Chicago for study and work. Local leaders, church, and business news touch on farmers institute, caucus preparations, and upcoming theater events at Marshalltown. Ads promote spring coats, groceries, and a fifty dollar reward for evidence of thefts at the Iowa Agricultural College.
The Iowa Homestead reports the Town Mutual Fire Insurance Association formed at the previous state convention has written over 700000 in risks, sustained only nineteen dollars in losses, and plans to insure dwelling property at low rates of 20 to 35 cents per hundred dollars plus fees. It notes fires in towns target stores and frame structures, while dwellings show little fire risk, and cites Des Moines data and other Iowa cities to back the claim. A. Graves of Ames handles insurance and C. E. Harsh of Des Moines offers further info.
Local notices list leave orders for laundry work at Soper’s Ames Steam Laundry run by ex-staker Mitchell of the Iowa legislature set to preach at M. E. church next Sunday. Vacant lots for sale by G. W. O’Brien. Bert Rhum Mond celebrated 21st birthday with friends in Ames receiving a gold watch among gifts.
Pat and Mike observe shoppers and blue wrapped bundles in a city street scene. They joke about a store that uses blue wrapping as advertising while discussing which store offers the best value. The exchange highlights humor about local shops and wrapping colors.
W W Woodard affirms under oath as secretary of the Iowa Savings and Loan Association that the listed assets and liabilities and receipts and disbursements are true and correct per the association books. The statement was sworn January 26, 804, before Notary W A Park.
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