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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1895
Page
5
Ames items note Farmer's Market probes and a teachers’ council, people move to Grand Junction, weddings, births, and social events. Addresses, store changes, and theater news mix with politics and a Mardi Gras trip by Beardshear and Wilson. Community updates reflect small-town life and upcoming elections.
Kathryn Sherwood of Shannon wed Thomas J. Loughran of Ames Iowa on February 12 with a ceremony under an arbor vitae arch. Rev Allemony officiated as Miss Margaret Lashelle played piano and guests showered rice and old shoes on departure for Ames after March 1.
Elmer E Sellers a bridge worker for Northwestern was killed Friday afternoon in Dayton when struck by a passenger engine as he tried to cross the track. A 28 year old single man, he had worked on the Dayton bridge gang for two years. his parents live at Cole where his body was taken for interment.
S. G. Hamilton offers a fresh flour car not long in Ames and invites customers to try a sack. The note emphasizes strong market reputation and immediate availability for purchase.
The operation was carried out last week by Dr Schooler of Des Moines with assist from Dr KE A Rawson. The procedure for removing hemorrhoids proved completely successful and Mr. Nelson is recovering rapidly, according to Slater News.
Payment locations updated for Ames and Washington Township with complete tax lists. partial lists available for Franklin Milford Grant LaFayette Union and Palestine townships. Taxpayers urged to verify their township and payment options at local branches.
A Cedar Rapids grocer records an unusual order attempting to buy four pounds of care and ten pounds of cheese along with a rat trap and a hatchet. The note also mentions a newborn son and charges including Limburg cheese and miscellaneous items. The missive ends with a cheer and a request to charge the total.
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