Ringling Brothers Circus to Exhibit in Des Moines July 18
Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows announces special excursion rates for Des Moines on Saturday July 18. The season’s single local stop features 375 artists, 650 horses, a live giraffe pair, elephants and a rhino, plus Jerusalem and the Crusades pantomime. Also noted is the new Lockwood elevator project and grain facility upgrades near Duff street, with completion expected by August 10 at an estimated $30,000. A gold watch fob prize is offered for a found item between the depot and 914 State and Douglass.
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Ringling Brothers
Des Moines
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Jerusalem
Siiea
Numerous Ames residents spend weekends visiting kin and friends
A long list of Ames residents and visitors are noted visiting relatives and friends across Iowa and nearby states. People from Boone Estherville Mapleton Des Moines and Marshalltown are mentioned in over Sunday trips and family gatherings. Several travels reference Lake Okoboji Denver and Iowa towns with updates on seasonal visits.
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Chas. Whitaker
Boone
Ames Friends
Anna Mills
Estherville
G. N. Foote
Chas. Hutchinson
Lake City
Charlie
Still College
Des Moines
Walter Vandermast
Los Angeles
California
Arthur Jones
Dr. Lemley
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Carroll
W. W
Okoboji
W. W. Talbott
Rev. Ferrall
Minnie Blake
Zoe Hauser
Denver
International Christian Endeavor Association
Miss Blake
Miss Hauser
Settlement Offer From TILDEN Bros and Co
TILDEN Bros and Co requests all parties holding claims against their firm to present the bills and states they will favor a settlement if possible.
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Tilden Bros. & Co
Notice of public auction by Washington township school district
The Washington township school district will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the school house on lot seven in the west half of the southwest quarter of section four township eighty three north range twenty four west of the 5th P M Iowa at 2 00 o clock p m on July 18 1903 Cash terms Witness hand at Ames Iowa July 8 1903 W H Bredle Secy of Board
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Washington Township
Iowa
Ames
W. H. Bredle
City Council approves Harriman's addition in Ames Iowa
The Ames city council resolves that Harriman's addition to Ames Iowa is approved and that the dedicated streets and alleys be endorsed by the council. The council also approves Lee and Little's addition and instructs the mayor and clerk to indorse the approval.
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City of
Ames
Harriman
Lee & Little
Ames City Council Regular Session Actions
The Ames city council met in regular session. A committee reported surveyor instruments bought for the city engineer. Library board rep Judisch proposed heating the library from the electric plant. referral for investigation. Prof Marston submitted sewerage plans to be completed in two weeks. Boone street embankment improvement referred to street committee. Street commissioner salary set at 50 dollars monthly April to December and 40 dollars monthly December to April. Ames Improvement Association petition for light and walks in the city park referred to the park committee.
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Judisch
Library Board
Marston
Ames Improvement Association
Alumni trip to Milwaukee aboard Christopher Columbus
Dr. Burton R. Rogers announces a Chicago ISU alumni outing on Saturday August 1 1903. The group will sail from Michigan Avenue at 9 30 am on the steamship Christopher Columbus with round trip tickets costing 1.00. Bring lunch and family for a day of sociability and meeting old and new friends.
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Burton R. Rogers
Chicago
Iowa State College
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Michigan Avenue
Young Walter Kersey Sues Geo McGinnis for Assault
In Justice O Briens court Friday Walter Kersey age seventeen sues Geo McGinnis for assault and battery with intent to inflict great bodily harm. The trial stems from a family feud over stock. the defendant was found not guilty and discharged. Costs fall to the county.
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Justice O’brien
Walter Kersey
Geo. McGinnis
Young and Webb Marry in Chicago Then Arrive in Ames
Mr. Lewis E. Young and Miss Mabel Eleanor Webb of Hancock Michigan wed in Chicago on Wednesday July 1st. They arrived in Ames on Sunday and are staying at McCaskeys. Mr. Young serves as assistant professor of mining engineering at I. B. C.
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Lewis E. Young
Mabel Eleanor Webb
Hancock
Michigan
Chicago
Ames
McCaskeys
Young
Travel Advertising Notice for Wisconsin Resorts
Promotional notice directing readers to send a 2-cent stamp to W. B. Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago for copy of Hints of Tourists and to contact Chicago & North-Western R'y agents for rates and tickets bundled with the North-Western Line service to Wisconsin and Northwest summer resorts.
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Baltimore
North-Western
Chicago & North-western R’y
Wisconsin
Northwest
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
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Douglass
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Kansas City
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Manson, Ia
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St Louis
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Mapleton
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Extra
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Webster City
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Riverside
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Manford Hunter
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Lake Okoboji
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Hampton
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Lyons
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W. M. Greeley
Mackinac, Michigan
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Somers, Ia
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Coon Rapids
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Lohrville
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T. L. Rice
McCarthy
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Elkader
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Asa Vandermast
J. A. Cram
Cedar Rapids
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Lottie Rogers
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Polk City
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Lake
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Findlay, Ohio
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IL 8. C
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Marshalltown
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Gilbert Station
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Indiana
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Hedrick
John Morrison
Minnie Rich
Odebolt
Henrietta Webber
Pittsfield, Sr
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Ida Evans
Marshall County
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Blake
U. S. Spring
Marian Pope
Dr. Massey
Odel, Il
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Harry Hall
Ames Savings Bank
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Colfax
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Belvidere
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Hazel Mills
Clinton
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W. H. Nelson
Niel McFarland
Westfield
Clark
Jamie
Ogden
Eau Claire, Wis
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A. A. Bennett
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Boston
National Educational Association
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Chas. Seivert
Morrison
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Mame
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Sac City
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Church Directory
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