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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
9
Local items report family births and anniversaries, church activities, upcoming events, business changes, and civic notes across Ames Story County and nearby towns. Highlights include new library plans, neighborhood improvements, a city council appointment, public notices, and multiple social events.
The Northwestern and Burlington railroads wage a fierce contest in Washington for the Chicago to Omaha overland mail contract. Attorneys generals and influential backers from Gould Vanderbilt Depew and Platt back their roads as the fate of fast mail service hangs on Capitol Hill. An error in a recent Times sale hour is corrected to one o clock p m. Hoose to rent and flour ad notes appended.
Mrs Wynn visits Graves family in Ogden while Mrs Laura Whalen Henderson calls on old friends in Ames over Sunday. Others travel or visit Des Moines Fort Dodge Nevada Humboldt Scranton and Edmunds. Candidate activity includes Sheriff hopeful Capt Child and state senator candidate Fitchpatrick.
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