Miner Roberts Dies by Own Action in Community Tragedy
Obituary details Miner Roberts born March 20 1812 in Spring Mass. He married Sally Rhoda at Chariston corners and had five children. After moving to Morrison Ill and Story City he joined the Christian church in 1852 and was a Mason. He died after a morphine related illness with a farewell act noted.
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Miner Roberts
Hentering
Roberts
Its
Masonic
Spring- Mass
Chariston Four Corners
Sally Rhoda
John Roberts
Chariston Corners
Schenacr
Morrison, Ir
Sarah Wilson
Storyity
Wisconsin
Death of Lodge No. 249 member prompts 30 day draping
The Supreme Architect of the Masons calls from his brother to mourn the loss of pioneer member M Roberts. Lodge No. 249 A F and A M declares its death a severe irreparable loss to the community and its worthy club. The lodge will be draped in mourning for thirty days, and resolutions spread on the record. A copy of the resolution is to be sent to the bereaved family and local papers.
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Ers
M. Roberts
A. F
A. M
Reche
Lon G. Hardin
J. H. Williams
F. N. Fowler
Eliza J. Whitaker
Flisworth
Relief Corps No
T. M. Hamilton
Jennie McLain
Sarah R. O'Brien
Narrow Escape From House Fire At Langs
Fire started from a stove near Langs house east of town during the early night. The family awoke as smoke filled the home and saved themselves after the fire burned a couch and a partition, leaving a charred carpet. A Christmas wedding followed, H A Taylor and Emma Wherry united at LB parsonage, with plans to travel and return to the old homestead after a hopeful future.
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Lang
Dave
LB. Parsonage
H. A. Aylor
Emma Wherry
Taylor
Wherry
Evergreen Church
Ugh
Des Moines
N. F. Hicks
Hat fashions on display at E M Sopers this week
The latest hat styles are showcased this week at E M Sopers store. Shoppers are invited to see new designs and trends featured in the current display.
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E. M. Sopers
Low Rates to the South From Cedar Rapids
On November 20 and December 4 the B., C. R. & N. Ry. will sell excursion tickets to the South and West at unusually low fares. Valid for 20 days from issue, to Oklahoma, Texas Indian Territory, western Missouri and eastern Kansas, including St. Joseph and Kansas City. For details contact station agents or J. Morton, G. T. & P. A. Cedar Rapids.
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South
Oklahoma
Texas Indian Territory
Missouri
St. Joseph
Atchison
North
Kansas City
J. Morton
G. T. & P. A. Cedar Rapid
Local Notices and Social Roundup in Ames Area
Complied notices and items from Ames and nearby regions include sales promotions at E M Soper’s and discount stove offers from F Martin. News covers church meetings, theater previews, farm reports, school photography, personal illness updates, and community visits with names such as Des Moines saloons, Prohibs, Mrs Denton Keeney, and Simon Ross.
Ida Grove considers newspaper plant to spark town growth
W B Hyatt of Ida Grove visited last week seeking incentives from local merchants to attract a newspaper operation. He plans to return in spring, hoping for better prospects. Residents Mrs E J Hoagland and others express thanks and share small town movements and visits by several locals.
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W. B. Hyatt
Ida Grove
Story County Teachers Association Program Held at Nevada
Program for the Story County Teachers Association meeting in Nevada on January 12 1895 at 1 30 p m lists papers on objects of the high school child study marking systems language study in intermediate grades and teaching as a profession with papers by C C Carstens S B Miller Kittie Hall Cora A McKim Fannie Curtiss and others Discussion led by W H Whitford J Y Luke L Weld J C Welty Anna Batman and Mary A Millis. Secretary Ira J Scorr and President N G Richardson. Hamilton appoints his daughter Dora as deputy bookkeeper designated to learn the office.
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Story County ‘Teachers’ Association
Nevada
C. C. Carstens
W. H. Whitford
J. Y. Luke
S. B. Miller
L. Weld
Kittie Hall
J. C. Welty
Anna Batman
Cora A McKim
Mary A. Millis
Mabel Gates
Fannie Curtiss
L. T. Weld
Ira J. Scorr
N. G. Richardson
Curtiss Elected Director at Ames & College Railway
At the annual stockholders meeting held at Story County Bank C F Curtiss was elected director to succeed Geo France. The meeting adjourned to reconvene this morning at nine o clock.
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Ames & College Railway
Story County Bank
C. F. Curtiss
Geo. France
Among the Churches At Gilbert and Enterprise
U B church services planned morning and evening with Enterprise in the evening. A committer for Nebraska relief reports success. Reverend Hicks opened special meetings at Enterprise and a revival looks promising. Congregational church held its annual meeting January 7 with debt free finances and about 82000 raised in 1894. Ladies served a large supper in the new lecture room. The Gilbert church looks forward with renewed vigor after reports show strong church activities and fundraising. Our Story county deputy sheriff recently married, prompting a playful warning to Charley.
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Kirv. Hicks
Enterprise Church
Congregational Church
Gilbert
Ames Elevator Ad Promotes Feeding Purposes
An Ames ad for B A Lockwood's Elevator highlights SupertTs Brans Feeping Flour and Wheat as natural or cracked feed options offering feeding convenience and supplies at the Ames location.
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B. A. Lockwood
Ames
Comedic Show Gloriana At Opera House Friday Evening
Notice notes not accepting further deposits for accounts paid in full. J H Qugar & Co. announces a comedy Gloriana to be shown at the Opera House on Friday evening Jan 11. Also lists sales of shirts and furs and invites buyers and sellers through local merchants.
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J. H. Qugar & Co
Anes
Opera
Hamilton & Co
C. Hamilton
Resolutions Remember a Sister Eliza Whitaker Across Local Societies
Multiple Ames groups honor Mrs. Eliza Whitaker with formal resolutions. The PFE O Sisterhood Dorcas Society and Flisworth Relief Corps express heartfelt sympathy, note her practical Christianity, and request publication and archival records. Committees include Olive W. Curtiss, PHEBE MUNN, SARA BIGELOW, CLARA LITTLE, GRACE MAXWELL, and ELLA HARDIN.
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Eliza Whitaker
A. A
P. FE. O
Friends
P. E. O. Record
Olive W. Curtiss
Phebe Munn
Sara Bigelow
Dorcas Society of
Ames
Clara Little
Grace Maxwell
Ella Hardin
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Highland Block Coal
B. A. Lockwoop Elevator
Times
Sun Rise
Methodist Church
E. M. Soper’s
Times Office
Iowa
F. Martin
M.J. Spann
Templeton
N. Y
Schiller Theater
Chicago
Whitaker
Hamilton County
D. A. Kent
Ot Ames
Webster City
Ames Times
State Agricultural College
Boone
Boone Daily News
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
California
Ontario
Clarence Jones
Odebolt
Denton Keeney
Willie Prime
Arrapahoe
Neb
Marshalltown
Will Strang
W. H. Beedle
Cemetery Association
Simon Ross
Britt
Simon
John Baughman
John
Geo. Briley
J. N. Gaston
Kelley
Mr. Stark
W. E. Tanner
Eli Porgate
Tama City
Roy Stark
Roy
The
Kelley Literary Society
W. P. George
Mr. Arthur Stark
Baby
R. W. Crane
Rosenfeld
Lytle and
Wortman
Gilbert Station
Nannie Benson
Tremaine
A. B. Kibbee
West Bend
Mame McFarland
E. J. Hoagland
Holmes
J. H. Reynolds
J. T. and
J. S. Jacobson
Jewell
E. D. Defler
Teachers’ Association
Hamilton
Dora
Watson's
U. B
Enterprise
Nebraska
Story County
Charley
Jersey
J. Pera
J.C
Estray Notive
Milo McCartney
Washington Township
A. P. King
Chas. Whitaker
Uniderwaa & Whitaker
Attorneys AT Law
B. J. Shelden
Casa
Promipt
First National Bank
Knauth, Nachon & Kahne
New York
Iowa National Bank
Inter Ocean
BY Mats
All West
Alleghany Mountains
EAST
West
Chas Hamilton
Ss.g.hamilton
Maxwell & Son, Grocers
Japan
Tee
Maxwell
Tudisch Bros
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