Ames Echoes From January 19 1893 Local Notes
Local Ames items report Dan's Girls next Wednesday, sledding, and theater at the Opera House. Walter and Mabry Perkins win 16 poultry prizes in Des Moines. Frank Brown’s babe dies, and town mourns. A winter storm slows trains, a man leaps for a passing train and survives. several business notes, bids, filings, and civic notices fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EF
Oue
Upper
A. J. Holmes
Boone
Chicago
Gay
Hunt
Hellen & Ferriss Hay Tool Company
Fred Coggeshall
North End
Dr. Gateway
Empire Specialty Company
Ames Opera
Ames
Des Moines
Walter
Mabry Perkins
Social notes of Ames area residents and visitors
A dense list of names and travels shows residents visiting kin and friends across Iowa. Individuals from Boone to Jefferson, Madrid to Des Moines, travel for visits, business, or weddings, with occasional promotions and harvest remarks noted by local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Childs
Rhodes
Ed. Little
Alton
Tallman
Boone
Harry Bryant
del Maxwell
Fred Bradley
Des Moines
Myrtie Munden
Madrid
Louise Hamilton
Marshalltown
Dale Gilbert
Clinton
Mr. Hall
Jefferson
Rev. Everly
Mr. Rathburn
Plankinton, S. D
Business Men to Organize Association Meeting
Severe weather postponed the Business Men's Meeting last Thursday. A gathering is planned at the Times office Saturday at 7 30 PM to organize a Business Men's Association. Citizens are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Office
Terrible wreck as snow plow crashes into passenger train
Last Thursday night a Jewell Junction engine and snow plow struck the rear car of a passenger train near Story City, injuring nineteen passengers including Curt Wood of Nevada. The crash tore cars apart. the train was moved to Ames the next day. Conductor Taylor sent to bring passengers to Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Junction
Story City
Ames
Curt Wood
Nevada
Times
Taylor
Local Notices and Ads From An Iowa Page
A mixed page shows late 19th or early 20th century notices and ads. Items include settlement notices, job asks, fur buyers, household goods, and a poultry supper fundraiser. Prominent names include GROVE Bros Des Morais, Bingham & Co, St. John’s Mission, and Biggs. Facilities advertise stoves and sugar prices.
Grand Offer on Books and Estate Notices
A 1893 promotion offers buyers $25 in goods a choice of several books. Notices urge settlement of unsettled accounts with G. G. Tilden Estate. Advertisements promote Odontunder dental remedy and Sioux Blood Remedy for cold and blood purification. Various local goods and services are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cyclopedia
Johnson
Jesus
Chicago
Columbia Exposition
C. M. Soper
Beverly & Aplin Homeopathic Surgeons Office Opens
Beverly and Aplin, specialists in diseases of women and children, announce an Ames Iowa office opening. The homeopathic prescribers offer care for women and children's health and will operate from a morning schedule starting at 9 a.m. Local physicians and residents are invited to consult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Plum
Bement, DL
D. G. Ferguson
Franklin Township
Franklin School
Patrick
Prof. Patrick
Board of Trustees
Beverly & Aplin
Prescians & Surgeons
Ames
Iowa
Sa.m. Eic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Odontunder
Hoot & Kreep
Dan
Zenor & Co’s
Vermont
Adams Bros
Snyder
New York
Lockwood's
Claude Zenor
Joan Erp
Evans
Pete Castle
Grove Bros
Chas. Glidden
Lin
Tur Motor Company
Messrs
Cheney
Fitz
Skunk River
Jennery
Snyder's
S.leighs and
Bobs
Zenor & Co's
Opera House
Joan Exxiort
Folk’s
Shugart House
Frep Curtiss
Prof. Curtiss
O. Fr. Martin
Ark
Central Iowa Exchange Co
Beverly
Woman's Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
W. G. Wright
American Missionary Association
Tate
Webster City
Reading Coal Combine
Amos Hurst
Frank Hubbart
Frank Fower
New Years
the Times
Maine
Gilpert
Merrill
Rose Hemstreet
Elgin
Ruth Duncan
Hampton
Elias Gilbert
Gilbert Station
George Raw
Paullina
George E. Baker
Sam Rich
H. M. Cramer
Missouri Valley
C. G. Gleason
Ruthven
W.H. Thurson
M. I. Haley
State Register
J. B. Elliot
Stanwood
B. F. Taylor
C. E. Taylor
G. H. Maxwell
Central In
Clark, S. D
M. W. Gossard
Story County
Poor Farm
C. H. Glidden
W. J. Zenor
Chas. Sargent
Ames Yards
Frances Gore
Beloit
Wis
Belle Plaine
Ruby Taylor
Mattie McIntosh
S. P. O’brien
Steve
C. E. Butler
Preston
Minn
Mr. Butler
Bieelow & Siri
I-Md-Pd
Luke CorkiNs
St. John’s Mission
Dr. Fairchild
Bingham & Co’s
Biggs
Biexton & Smiru
J. H. Quear & Co
Co. FE
Garland
Bingham & Co's
J. A. Baker
Baldwins Greenings
Northern Spys
G. G. Tipe
Estate
G. G. Tilden
L. C. Trapen
Haas Bro
Ets
Haas Bros
Town Loté
Paxton’s Jewell
Hemstreet & McLail
Real Esta
Pha
Peek En Geon
Ames Lowa
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