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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
3
The District Court of Story County Iowa has appointed Levi Thomas as administrator of the estate of James Thomas deceased. All debtors must pay the estate and any claims must be presented to the court for allowance. Dated June 12 1900.
Amesia city council will hold a special July 20 1900 meeting at the city electric light plant to decide on extending the eighteenth inch Burnett street sewer drain north to Sycamore street. The plan calls for tile drainage from Iowa street across State and Sycamore, with costs assessed to adjacent property owners. Public objections may be heard.
Notice to heating contractors in Ames Iowa bids due 2 pm August 6 1900 for school building heating plans prepared by W R Co architects Denny Iowa sealed bids must be accompanied by a 200 certified check and addressed to C G Lee secretary. The board may reject any or all bids.
Sheriff of Story County transfers to Henrietta Van Dusen a parcel, Laura Wakefield acquires land and lots in Duff Highland Park Ames, Frances Carnes and others sell to John B Burton, Vinje and spouse deed to John Evenson, Roland W R Haslet and wife transfer to B A Armstrong, AJ Graves and spouse convey to F M Coffman with land off W44 se 17 88 and other listed parcels.
Low round trip rates offered to Charleston for the annual meeting of the N E A to be held July 7 to 13. Tickets sold on certain dates with sale limits and details via agents CEN W By 9 21.
Tickets offered for Cincinnati travel July 10 to 12 with final return by August 10. Sold on account of annual meeting of B. Y. P. UC. Apply to agents C. N. W. Ry. 2t.
C F Letts offers a broad range of cookies in a retail display. The assortment includes traditional favorites and seasonal varieties, with price points listed and available for immediate purchase.
San Francisco reports a Japanese population near 20 000. New York collects 6 500 000 yearly from corporations for street privileges. Portland pursues a cross faith good government effort. Buffalo enforces on duty drinking with a patrolman fined 75 dollars. Utica runs dual health boards amid political shifts. Boston halts City Record distribution. Winchester enacts a curious kerosene pool rule to curb mosquitoes and attract summer boarders.
A compact selection of moral maxims and quotes from Daniel Faber Miss Mulock and Addison. The items present wisdom on humility kindness friendship love and judgment sourced from a Milwaukee Journal excerpt.
A Ram's Horn fragment notes virtue and duty while an Ames notice promotes Chase and Sanborn coffees. It mentions Co. F and Compton as Ames piano man, hinting at local business and civic chatter in a brief newspaper item.
Joe Mathews builds a nice barn. Bert Wood and wife spent Sunday in State Center. Mr. Graves and son visited the eastern county lake for a fishing trip. Mrs. Elliott and daughter from Nevada enjoyed sun fish by the lake last week. Addison Kingsbury did fine work on Spring Hill and Mount Pisgah. Mr. Bennett plans more buildings on his southwest farm.
Community updates list visits and travel as Mr and Mrs Brubaker hosted relatives over the 4th while Mrs Geo Alford remains ill. Beechams began a foreign trip. The Keltner infant battles scarlet fever. Ruths visit O'Brien county. disruptions from a runaway involve Will Morgan and Oscar Johnson. Ruths depart for Colorado and Martin migrates to Wisconsin. Rumors about Mrs Jane Martin heal. Funeral for A Brown in Pleasant Grove notes. Oats harvest starts with excellent quality though straw rusty.
Friends report M. A. Hogarty suffering yellow jaundice. After failing with doctors he uses Electric Bitters, claims two bottles cured him. The remedy praised for stomach liver and kidney troubles is sold by L. M. Bosworth.
Reduced excursion tickets offered for July 15 to 17 with final return by August 21 under Biannual Republican League convention conditions. Applies to agents of Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Also reduced rates to Milwaukee July 10 to 15 for L A W annual meeting with dates of sale via Northwestern agents.
A compact meditation on curiosity hope friendship and virtue, contrasting nature and art with human frailty. It discusses clouds and sunshine as signals of perception, limits of knowledge, and the balance of study and strength, citing Guesses at Truth and themes of restraint and inspiration.
Classified notice seeking a reliable girl for general housework with good wages and steady employment. Advertisement by Mrs L Manip invites applicants and mentions Royal Saloon Dressing by J B Kooster & Co.
The notes describe Sicily sulphur output, Paris exposition attendance hopes, German beer share, Wisconsin artesian wells, Japanese dining customs, Oklahoma and Indian Territory populations, Korea cattle raising limits, a Marion Kansas death from catfish barb, Massachusetts library commission, a record cold date in New York, Leeds artist policeman at the Royal Academy, buckwheat sowing history, a charity library anecdote, a Central Africa chimpanzee spread, Boston barbers urged sterilization, Minnesota logging output and mills, Syracuse cocoon prize pupils, Canada wheat quality, West Point’s founding act and July 4 opening, Armour plant replacing many boilers engines and machines.
The school board awarded the north side addition contract to J D Detwiler Co Des Moines for 7700 with completion by Oct 1 Skip heating and blackboards. Plans remove the tower move entry to the east extend the south wing and create large south rooms and expanded east hall. The high school will gain a 125 seat room and the current sixth grade space becomes two recitation rooms plus new second floor recitation rooms and a reference library. Old stairway stays and minimal demolition to preserve the existing building. Ames piano man Compton is mentioned.
A collage of notes covers Dutch pork consumption, Japanese cotton mills, Hawaiian rubber planting plans, Polish women in Pennsylvania and their water customs, Canada’s varied minerals, a royal governess, a multi role New York area official, and a sweeping view of Hindu life as a religious system guiding daily acts.
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