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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
3
Adams Bros advertise clamps while graduating exercises occur at the opera house tonight. Tar Tenneseeans perform at the Ames opera house on the 26th. The Dorcas Minstrels move to March 4 from February 25. Public sales report solid results amid milder demand. Building rises in Ames with several new projects underway. J Whitmer offers barber services with 10 cent cuts and shaves. Uncle Jim Noble returns to the streets after a grip illness.
Local notes report the editor of the Nevada Journal, J K Laycock, retiring from this role though not leaving journalism. Other items mention a school of instruction at Webster City, Ames Lodge delegates, and a Boone curfew law. The Times notes tax receipts from Wilson banquet and a college water well completion in Iowa.
Mrs. M. J. Jones returns from Colorado after wintering there. A. D. Hindman of Eagle Grove discusses the Wilson reception and stays through Saturday morning. Tom Loughran is recovering his health. Mrs. Loughran and the baby return from Shannon. Billy Prye, formerly with Grove & Zenor Co., now in Chicago, visits for two weeks. Dr. Beardshear arrives from South America reporting a restful winter and renewed energy for his IA C presidency work.
A slate of programs for a Sory County teachers meeting in Colo Iowa on February 20 1897 at 1 PM includes instrumental music by Mrs Weeks vocal solos by Miss Nettie Armstrong and Mrs Weeks papers on memory the laws of language and grammar and progressive education with discussions led by Florence Gladstone Mattie Emery Herbert Pease Geo E Meade Bruce Alderman Bessie Hall and Royal Meeker. MABEL J. GATES and Maurice Pearl serve as secretaries.
Tax Ladies' Missionary Society of the Congregational church will meet in the lecture room Tuesday February 23 at 3 15 p m Social Settlements Roll Call Names of Settlements The Settlement Idea Mrs Richmond Some Particular Settlements Mrs Curtiss The Kindergarten System Mrs Hod son Ames Suffrage Society will meet with Mrs Hardin Webster February 24 at 3 pm Important business The state work is to be considered Anna Richmond.
Large sale of farm machinery and household goods from the Geo W Thomas farm seven miles west of Amer to be sold February 23 at 10 a m in good faith regardless of cost or value. Bills printed free lunch and fair treatment promised. Look out for bargains and everybody welcome. OvusTERuOoUT and Mowry conductors.
City hall hosts a 7 oclock citizens caucus in the second ward to nominate a councilman for the vacancy. L C Tilden and T W Shelp on the committee. Sheltons plan to move eastward soon. Also notes on a restaurant sale to Frank Gibson and local real estate work. Opposition forms in ward three with Perry Bowers petitioning against Geo Baker. Conductor Stoyk relocates to Ames after move from Belle Plaine and changes in his schedule.
The school election occurs on Monday March 8th to elect three directors. One will succeed H. L. Munn, one to succeed Ben Read, and one to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Tilden who has resigned.
A promotional note touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant medical discovery. It claims gentle cleansing of kidneys liver and bowels and promises resolution of colds headaches fevers constipation and biliousness. Sold by druggists in 10 25 or 50 cent boxes.
Dispersia cures sour stomach and indigestion with Shilohs Vitalizer described as a kidney and liver remedy. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Local notices report a variety of ads and events including employment, caucus, minstrel shows, dairy honors, and public auctions. Items reference Miller Kooser, Kooser Brothers, Dan iel Bros, Miles White, and auction events with detailed farm equipment and livestock listings across Boone Iowa.
An advertisement asserts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures disease by purifying blood and improving digestion. It claims rich blood restores health, constipation signals blood disease, and the remedy stimulates appetite and digestion while expelling germs. The product is said to have over 30 years of proven use.
City Clerk Cal Giddings issues a brief note likely regarding official duties or a clerical update. The fragment does not provide dates or actions but confirms the clerk's identity and role.
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