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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1902
Page
4
Local notices cover sales, plays, sermons, weddings, and social events in Ames in late February 1902. Items include purchases at stores, benefit performances for the Ames band, a Story City wedding, church revivals, and community club activities with dates, venues, and admission details.
Chas Deering of Boone visited Ames on business on Wednesday. Numerous local residents travel for work and social events including visits to Chicago and Des Moines and a Valentine party at the Emily Grove home. The Story County Fair officers and a Des Moines quartet held events benefiting local groups.
Public auction to close stock and gear at W H Stevens farm four miles east of Ames on Wednesday February 26 at 1 pm. Livestock includes 30 cattle 16 cows 14 calves, 36 hogs, and a gray 1400 pound 8 9 year old gelding pair plus extensive farm machinery and hay. Terms cash under five dollars, six percent interest on bankable notes, two percent discount for cash on time sales.
Clifford J Ives born March 6 1889 in Ames Story Co Iowa died February 14 1902 at home near Ames aged 12 years 1 month 8 days Funeral February 16 1902 at 2 pm at home by F D Ferrall assisted by Mrs Kirby Interment Ames Cemetery Parents Mr and Mrs David Ives and siblings express thanks to neighbors The notice also includes an advertisement for Buckien's Arnica Salve at L M Bosworth's drug store.
For sale pure bred Short Horn cattle of either sex with pricing by Mutual phone 822. A. J. Graves & Son. Also advertise 25¢ Mocha and Java coffee and sweet piccarilly from J. B. Koosser & Co.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio describes a three week illness in her son pneumonia that left him near a skeleton before using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. She credits the medicine with saving his life and notes its claimed efficacy for coughs colds and lung diseases. The ad claims universal belief in the product and mentions a guarantee and trial bottles.
George Dye Jr born October 3 1816 Morgan County Ohio lived in Indiana near Zionsville then Iowa Story County as an early settler He married Nancy Babcock in 1836 they had twelve children four survive Present day death toll includes eight siblings led by George Sr born 1786 and George Jr born 1816 The funeral was conducted by Rev Chandler at Ames with burial in Hickory Grove cemetery southeast of Nevada
A. Ricamono lists thirty farms for sale in the Jim river valley north of James town NC priced 8 to 20 dollars per acre. Some farms are well improved and ready for this year’s crop. Renters can buy in three to four years by applying payments toward purchase. Neighbors profited from flax last year to pay for farms. Talk with A. Ricamono to buy a good farm you can pay for.
Bay road geldings offered for sale with various uses including vault cleaning and scavenger work. Contact Charlie Shockly for available horses. Leave orders at A. L. White's hardware store. 42-2tp.
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