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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1904
Page
4
Ames column highlights include family moves to Dubuque and Nevada deputy sheriff post, tax payments at Ames Savings Bank, and a Republican state convention set for May 18 in Des Moines. Socials at the W R C and G A R, marriage invitation for Maude Thomas Rex, church services, and a new Novelty store owner.
County Clerk McCord comes from Nevada on Tuesday. Numerous residents and visitors travel between Rock Rapids Slater Des Moines Chicago and Ames for family gatherings schooling business and ceremonies. The weddings and spring plans of local families are noted with out‑of‑town guests from Boone Prairie City and Kansas City.
Miss Mary Ellis and her parents from west of the college travel to New York to sail February 18 for Havana Cuba to begin mission work. A Penn College student and former Christian Worker's Training student she speaks Spanish fluently and plans to start duties on arrival. Farewell services were held at Friend's Church Marshalltown with an address by Ellis.
At eleven o clock Saturday in the home of the bride s parents Mrs L H Bingham Kennedy and Miss Bingham were united in marriage. Prof W J Kennedy a State College graduate with three years as an ant bandry professor and Mrs Kennedy an Ames trained elocutionist were praised as worthy and popular. They plan a bus trip after a brief wedding period and anticipate a life voyage through troubled seas.
The undersigned merchants pledge to close their shops by an evening hour except during the ongoing M E church revival meetings. Ames pastors express public appreciation for merchant cooperation in closing fre places of business during services.
Miss Anna Ahifft and Mr. A. G. Nordstrom married February 9 at noon in Grand Mound Iowa. Only immediate friends attended. Nordstrom, a Northwestern freight agent, has many friends in the city and the couple plan a short visit in Cedar Rapids before moving to Ames.
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