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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
3
Local items note Adams Bros premium coffee ten cents, silk soap at Miller and Kooser, and High Grade flour bread. Dorcas Society meets March 2 at Mrs F N Fowler, 3 PM. Masonic brothers from Ames attend M P Webb funeral in Nevada. Kept social notices include weddings, moves, sales, and school events.
Thursday night at 9 at the bride’s parents home Mr J N Fowler wed Myrtie Little in a small gathering of close relatives. Myrtie, a graduate of IA C, has served as bookkeeper for Lockwood Grain Co and will be a worthy wife. Rev Thomas officiated with Rev E J Adams assisting in Gilbert revival services to follow. Congregants urged to attend starting Monday at 7 30 p m. Feb 28. Pastor A Berc ham signs off.
Maud Miller-Clark died Monday at five in the morning at her father Geo G Miller's home on the south side Ames after long illness from consumption. Born February 25 1865 in South Dansville New York she moved to Ames February 20 1887 and married W W Clark December 28 1892. Survived by husband and three year old daughter the funeral was held yesterday at the family home with Rebekahs and Daughters of Pocahontas in charge and Rev Thomas preaching.
The Ames lodge and Miss Nelli Wilson announce sympathy and mourning for Maud Miller Clark and W. W. Clark. Resolutions praise her as a devoted wife and mother and commend the bereaved families to divine care. The charter is draped for 30 days and copies sent to the husband and published in the American Red Man and local Iowa records.
The Ames high school marks its largest graduating class with seventeen students Agnes Allen Kathyrn MacMichal Nettie M Rouge Laura Maud Morris Alicia Bigelow Myrtle Queal Leora Cox Norma Read Algie Davis Margaret Stanton Mildred Graham Nina Starr Thyra Holland Etta Strattan John Lowe Arthur Sutton Ethel Underwood The February 18 1898 ceremony honors their diplomas as they prepare for higher education or进入 the workforce Supt Culbertson commends their efforts Class History by Arthur Sutton How Women Helped in the Civil War by Leora B Cox Educational progress by Thyra Hytland noted as a merit paper
A man named Lon Heistand attempted suicide at his brother in law W E Bisbee s home then another elderly man Norman Malcolm of Chevalier property south side died after a separate self harm act. The report notes the events amid school graduation recaps and local notices.
Advert says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is safe for children and babies, liquefies mucus, aids expectoration, reduces coughing paroxysms, and speeds recovery. It claims no dangerous substances and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Comic opera to night and don t miss it. Marie Belle Opera Company performs at the opera house this evening.
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