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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
3
Local Ames notices highlight Valentine merchandise at the Novelty Store with lace and embroidery lessons for purchasers. A dance series opens tonight at Read's hall and a P E C society concert is promised as the finest yet by Ames ladies quartette.
Sunday visits and travel notes thread Ames residents and guests from Des Moines Clinton Boone and Johnstown Moline to Iowa land ventures. Businessmen, ministers, and families extend or grant homes, training, and health care with reports of travels, marriages, and local economic shifts.
Advertising copy promotes a 25¢ mocha and java coffee from J. B. Kooser & Company as a winning offer.
The first sleighing event of the year goes ahead with My Uncle from Japan at the Ames Opera House on Monday evening February 24 to aid the Ames band. Ernie Greenlie from Bennett Colorado writes Parley Sheldon thanking for support and notes improvement and appreciation for the hospitality.
Get ready for a surprise next week as J. W. Mauser and Fred Ball sight see in Kansas. Lara Green spent Sunday with Mollie Fenton. J J Kegley visited old customers last week. A singing school is planned at Jones schoolhouse. T J Kegley shipped hogs and sheep last week. W P George, township assessor, called on friends. George and Cliff Little hosted a youth gathering Thursday. Locals attended the Bankers Union banquet Friday night. The Ladies Aid meets at Mrs N Little’s home on Thursday January 30. A surprise party for Mr and Mrs Levi Thomas last Friday celebrated Mrs Thomas’s birthday with a dish set gift and a bountiful dinner.
Miss Florence Mills of Des Moines, a missionary elect to India, was honored with a Feb 25 reception by the Junior Endeavorers at the Christian church in Ames. The program featured songs, recitations, and a farewell address as she prepares to depart in September under the State Christian Woman's Board of Missions.
There will be an adjourned meeting of the Commercial Club Friday night at Red Men's hall. Members take notice.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia reports complete relief from two years of sick headaches after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The advertisement promises cure for headache constipation and biliousness and notes the product costs 25 cents at L M Bosworth’s drug store.
TiLpEN Bros. & Co advertises remaining cloaks and capes at half price for two more months of winter. Prices listed include $10 for $5, $15 for $7.50, $20 for $10, and $25 for $12.50.
Notice states G A R Post No. 430 will convene Saturday evening February 1 in the Odd Fellows Temple dining room. Full attendance requested by M Hemstreet.
The Ames lodge No. 960 Bankers Union of the World held its first annual banquet in the new Odd Fellows building. C G Lee served as toast master, with Geo W O'Brien, Dr Christ, I J Ferguson, Dr Mrs Christ, Miss Burdock, Supreme Vice president Potter and Crambill's orchestra among participants. The event featured a reception, civic hospitality from the Old Maids Club, and was deemed a great success.
Editor O H Downey of Chuc rabusco Ind proclaims Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption as the most infallible cough remedy. He says it comforts weak lungs and prevents pneumonia or consumption with instant relief and a certain cure. L M Bosworth guarantees bottles and provides free trials through J B Kooser & Co.
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