Ames News and Notes from The Times January 25 1894
Local paper items include Lex Zenor illness improvement, Farm and Dairy HQ move, winter weather, job ad for Mrs Leighton, rail delays and resumed service, Ben Read ice harvest, Turner building plans, hog theft near Ames, Allen Morris livery restart, Northwestern rail personnel cuts, steam heating trial on Conductor Taylor’s train, Ben Lawrence misread as madness, Ames delegation to Bob Burdette lecture, M E church mass meeting and revivals, Nevada Rep notes drug sale, Suvvy side school report, local job printing pitch, Baptist church topics for Sundays February 11 and 18 with planned discussions and pastor’s series.
Visitors and callers in Ames and surrounding areas
S. Cramer visited Missouri Valley Friday. Mrs. Will King visited Colo earlier in the week. Mr. S. W. O'Brien of Colfax visited relatives here over Sunday. J. A. McFarland the Boone banker visited Ames Saturday. D. D. Bales the new druggist was at Maxwell over Sunday. Mr. Miller of Round Lake Minn, son of G. Miller, visited here last week. Mrs. Rowena Stevens came from Boone Saturday for a short visit with Ames friends. T. F E. Carlton of Rolfe, brother of Sam Carlton, northeast of Ames, visited relatives last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Myers of the Jewell Record are in the city en route to the Editorial Convention at Carroll. Mr. Willse from Kansas, visiting relatives southwest of town, was a pleasant caller last Thursday. Frank Richards the Dairy Capital representative visited Ames patrons Tuesday. Mr. C E Moffatt, brother of Ed Moffat, stopped for a short visit on his way home from Michigan. Representative Steen of Guthrie county called at the Times office Thursday. Steen, a member of the Anamosa visiting committee, was en route to that city. Though from a prohibitory county, he favors modifying the current law.
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J. A. McFarland
Boone Banker
Ames
D. D. Bales
Maxwell
C. E. Myers
The
Jewell Record
Carroll
C .E. Moffatt
Ed. Moffat
Rock Spring
Michigan
Steen
Guthrie County
TIMES
Anamosa
Prohibition
Vick's New Branching Aster Promises Garden Bargains
An 19th century ad-style note argues against accusing a new aster variety of fraud due to its value. It describes Vick's Branching Aster resembling chrysanthemums, blooming earlier and scarce, tempting florists to mislabel. Seeds cost 25 cents. send 10 cents for a Flora Guide from James Vick's sons of Rochester, N Y.
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Vick
James Vick
Northwestern Line offers winter excursion tickets to southern states
The Northwestern Line sells greatly reduced winter excursion tickets to Florida Texas Mexico New Mexico Louisiana Mississippi Georgia South Carolina and Alabama with return passage possible by May 3 1894. Tickets and information available through Chicago Northwestern Rail. Ames residents attended Bob Burdette's Good Medicine lecture in Boone as the Boone Lecture Union thrives. Speculator T Eckley offers money making schemes from 77 Jackson St Chicago with a personal risk option and weekly fixed sums.
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Northwestern Line
Florida
Texas
Mexico
New Mexico
Lousiana
Mississipi
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
South
Chicago & Northwestern Ray
Ames
Boone
Bob Burdette
Boone Lecture Union
Romance Link Tuer Note Ties Govornor to His Wife Marriage
Exchange links a romance to the marriage of the governor and his wife. Frank D Jackson, after study at the State University and Agricultural College, met Miss Anna F Brock, a Canadian by birth and former Monticello resident. They married in summer 1877 in Council Bluffs, where gossip followed Jackson’s visits.
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Tuer
Frank D. Jackson
State University
The
Agricultural College
Anna F Brock
Iowa
Monticello 1
Council Bluffs
Jackson
Aged Farmer Seeks Mortgage Cancellation in Florida Suit
A Florida case docketed in Story County Court involves an elderly farmer asking to cancel a $3,500 mortgage on his property. The document, alleged forgery with notarial seal, was dropped in the Nevada post office last summer. A Pittsburg butter find reveals a hidden note seeking a romantic match, unraveling an old romance.
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Story Ounty
Nevada Post Office
Boone Standard
Trayfor Portraits and a Mob Rampage Mention
A sensational Tale links Leon Lozier to a Saturday arrest in Council Bluffs for attempted rape of a five year old girl. The piece recalls Lozier as a reputed villain and a foot racer with past run-ins at Nevada and Sioux Falls Fireman events, where he narrowly escaped mob violence.
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Leon Lozier
Council Bluffs
Nevada
Sioux Falls
Sullivan Corbett fight dominates townspeople chatter
The city buzzes over the Sullivan versus Corbett bout set for today. The Times hopes to chronicle Corbett’s victory next week, while notes compare Corbett to Mitchell and poke fun at local stores that wrap in blue. Snow storms, cold weather, and local politics fill the rest of the column.
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Sullivan-Corbett
the Times
Corbett
Charley Mitchell
Mitchell
Prof. Budd
Mercury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Times Office
Columbian Cigar Factory
Lex Zenor
F. A. Leighton
College
Ben. Read
Turner
Building and Loan Association
J.J Grove
Allen & Morris
Frank
Jay
Tax Northwestern
Taylor
Ben” Lawrence
J. Adams
Gretta Zenor
Nellie Coe
Alice Mann
Clara Tillotson
Sadie Smith
G. A. Underwood
Carstens
M. E
Tas
Bales
Ames Drug Co
West Side
Suvvyside
Washington Township
Minnie Rosenfield
Nora Stark
Addie Hamm
Gertrude N. Morris
Baptist Church
Aso
S. Cramer
Missouri Valley
Will King
Colo
S. W. O'Brien
Colfax
Mr. Miller
Round Lake Minn
G. Miller
Rowena Stevens
Boone Saurday
T. F E. Carlton
Rolfe
Sam Carlton
Mr. Willse
Kansas
Frank Richards
Dairy Capital
Western Line
T. EckLey
Jackson St
Chicago
G. W. O'Brien
Pittsburg
Trayfor
Pat
Mike
Agape
Terwin
Allamakee County
Limes
Associated Press
United States
Ames, Towa
Elwood Furnas
National Farmers’ Alliance
Cramer
Allen
Ames Steam Laundry
Wing & Allen
Adams Bros
Oods
Chinaware
Csive
D. G. Ferguson
Paxton’s Jewelry Store
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