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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
7
Mrs. Lou Churchill of Penacook New Hampshire endorses Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for headaches citing immediate relief without stomach upset. The ad claims multiple sufferers experience quick relief and money back if not benefited, urging readers to buy from their druggist.
Ames Iowa city officials adopt a resolution to submit to voters a measure to sell the city electric light plant and grant a 25 year franchise to Edward G. Pratt his successors or assigns The ordinance details property transfer payments two year payment terms mortgage security and regulatory provisions including rate schedules and city council oversight An election proclamation sets July 12 1909 as the voting date with polling places and yes or no marks for the public measure
Ames Iowa moves to build first grade vitrified eight inch sewers and six inch agricultural drains to protect public health. Specifications will be prepared by the city engineer and approved by the council, with work set along Kellogg Avenue from Jackson to Grant and along Grant Street from Kellogg Avenue.
Report of the condition of the Union National Bank of Ames Iowa at close of business June 23 1909. Details include loans 1 674 906 overdrafts credits U S bonds security circulations banking house and furniture reserves from national banks notes and deposits liabilities capital stock surplus profits and other items. Henry Wilson cashier sworn to before notary BR Sheldon on June 26 1909 with directors attesting.
The Ames City Council orders cement sidewalks on Duff Douglass Kellogg and Onondaga Avenues with widths from six to thirteen feet to be built to lot lines under city plans. Costs billed to abutting parcels, completion by July 12, 1909. property owners may self-build or city will hire lowest bidder. Maxwell, Tilden sign as City Clerk and Mayor.
Official publication calls for sealed proposals by the Ames City Clerk for cement curbs on Onondaga Douglass Kellogg Streets. Bids due July 26 1909 with work to start August 2 and finish by November 1. Payment via special assessment certificates bearing 6 percent interest.
The City of Ames invites sealed bids with a $100 certified check and a $1,000 bid bond for a city improvement. Proposals must be in the City Clerk’s office with bidder name and project, and bids will be awarded or rejected by the City Council on July 26 1909.
Advertisement from James W. Grant Trucree California seeks a wife aged 18 to 30, fair looking with good sense and a desire for a good home. state resident has $25,000 from Nevada mining and would consider a widow. All correspondence confidential.
Corner lot two bedroom house one block south of Boone on trolley line. Modern conveniences, small cash payment then 25 dollars monthly. Rents for 31.25. Good opportunity to buy a first class home. Investigate. Phone 980 or 983 Mutual. W W Smith.
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