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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
3
Ames residents attend picnics at A. J. Graves home and nearby venues while colorful local notes recount new contracts at the agricultural college, union gospel meetings, and daily life sights. Missing boy returns, heatwaves linger, and Thurston Graham markets offer bargains as local chores and incidents unfold.
Bert Shirkey and family visited Story City on Sunday while Dr. and Mrs. Richmond went to Grinnell. Numerous visitors and locals travel, attend events, or host family gatherings across Story County. The Ames area reports include rail, school, and social roundups with several names and places mentioned.
Complete returns show Venneman elected Representative over McCall and Tweet defeating Johnson and Evenson for Supervisor. Nevada home vote was light. third term protest appears in Supervisor results. Ames city and Washington township tallies reflect only minor contention with a second ward committeeman race showing Miller leading Soper on the first ballot.
Advertisement touts dried fruits as cheapest now and promotes Adams Bros seed line. It endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with ten reasons for its superiority and urges McCormick twine and Loughran's sales.
Saturday a makeshift barber team faced the Sexton Elliott nine at the east end ball park. The Sexton team dominated to win seventeen to thirty two as several barbers rested from prior injuries. Willard McCarthy leads the barbers who now plan new challenges like the old maids and grass widows. The day included a full nine innings with players tiring and substitutions used to finish the game. Also noted: the Gold Democrats held a state convention in Des Moines naming a full ticket headed by Governor Joh. Cliggett Mason City and other statewide officials. A promotional plug touts Loughran's stylish buggy line.
City ministers announce an Open Air service on Main Street Saturday evening, weather permitting. The event will begin at a yet unspecified hour and await necessary permits before proceeding.
Classified notice seeks a female helper for light domestic duties for a two person household in Thurston area. The ad names contact as Joan H. Kraney and requests a 3tpd schedule. The item appears amid a local newspaper discussion of attribution for a Prohibition convention report and a complaint about miscredit.
Promotion for a free North Western Home Seeker copy by W B Kniskern of Chicago Illinois. Encourages settlers to pursue agriculture dairying and cattle raising with reader correspondence invited. Mentions a lost robe incident near the track and details a veterans reunion in Cambridge on August 12 13 1897 with military orders and a baseball result in Story City.
A long line of suits priced at 8 9 and 10 dollars goes on sale this morning at 6.75 dollars. The ad promises special bargains in all departments from Tirpen Bros. & Co. to attract shoppers.
The notice states readiness to perform painting and paper hanging with kalfe mining as an additional service. It directs interested parties to leave or ders at The News Stand.
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