Very Low Rates to Salt Lake City Excursion
Very low excursion fares offered on the North Western Line to Salt Lake City from Chicago. Tickets valid August 7 to 10 with return until August 30 due to Elks meeting. Scenic route with Pullman drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. Apply to Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
B. P.O. Elks
Chicago & North-Western R'y
North-Western Line
E. P
Chicago & North-Western R’y
North-Western
Y. P
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Crop Bulletin Des Moines Iowa July 7 1902
Crop report notes cool cloudy start to week with warmth and drying winds later aiding field work on well drained lands. Rainfall varied from under an inch to over eight inches with two thirds of Iowa above normal totals and Cedar River floods damaging crops. Overall condition improved in many areas though corn size and cultivation remaining highly variable.
Crop Conditions Report July One Notes Varied Grain Health
Crop correspondents report fair plantings and generally clean fields with spring wheat thriving in larger areas and oats lodging in central valleys. Dry weather and sun are needed for ripening, harvesting small grain, and hay. potato prospects remain promising though moisture may cause damage.
Birth and death of Charlotte A. Lyman in Ames Iowa
Charlotte A. Lyman of Gustavus Ohio born March 9 1830 died July 5 1902 in Ames Iowa She joined the Methodist Episcopal church at 15 and remained a member She married Squire M Cory March 14 1869 then William A Gossard 1883 and Robert Taylor 1890 She left no children but was a caretaker to many Her funeral was held at the Methodist church with Rev C L Nye presiding and the G A R Post in attendance with friends and relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte A. Lyman
Gustavus
Trumbull Co
Ohio
Ames
Methodist Episcopal Church
Squire M. Cory
William A. Gossard
Robert Taylor
Geo. W. Lyman
Methodist Church
C. L. Nye
G. A. R. Post
Death of Mrs Leslie widow of G Leslie Ames area
Mrs Leslie mother of Mrs A W Walkey died last night at 0 45 at her daughter's home. Born Marie Elizabeth Strunk in 1824 near Albany New York she married George Leslie and had six children. Funeral at 4 pm led by Rev L Nye then remains to Freeport Illinois to rest beside her husband. Also ad notes high produce prices and prescriptions prepared at local firms.
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Leslie
A. W. Walkey
Walkey
Ames
Marie Elizabeth Strunk
Albany
N. Y
George Lesiie
Freeport
Ill
L. Nye
Methodist Church
Fourth of July Celebration At Ames With Ringside Parade
The Ames Fourth of July celebration featured a parade from the depot to the park under a tent with Mayor Sheldon presiding. Walter McHenry delivered a fervent address on liberty and peril to the republic, with awards for parade wagons and various sports prizes.
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Jupiter Pluvius
Main Street
Carroll Street
Nevada
Ames
Park
Sheldon
Glee Club
Juanita Dean
Walter McHenry
Republic
McHenry
Cummins
America
Committee On Parade
Len Queal
Frank Arrasmith
Mont Gossard
Bernice Akin
Summer complaint cures in the writer’s family
A writer from Lansing Iowa reports a summer illness in the family cured by Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The piece urges households to keep a bottle at hand for young readers and praises the remedy as a top patent medicine. It notes availability from druggists and mentions a local ad line about a sale at Tilden's.
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Chamberlain
Lansing
Iown, Journal
Beardshear Prostrated During NEA Meeting in Minneapolis
President Beardshear collapsed on arrival at Minneapolis for the NEA meeting and was pronounced unfit to lead. He was hospitalized with stomach trouble after a difficult twenty mile overland trip from Ames via Mankato. W C Martindale of Detroit acts as presiding officer as attendance expresses sympathy and wishes for his quick return.
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Minneapolis
Beardshear
Mankato
Mino
Ames
W.C. Martindale
Detroit
Association
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Endorsement and Travel Deals
Endorsement from J M Hawkins for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable laxative and stomach remedy. Mentions satisfaction from customers and personal cure. Also notes excursion rates and travel promos by Chicago and North-Western Railway for trips to Portland Seattle and Marshalltown, plus mixed paints at Loughran and Bauers.
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Mound City
Kan
Dr. Caldwell
J. M. Hawkins
L. M. Bosworth
Ames As A Seaside Resort
The region endured the climax of heavy rains with a multi day downpour that flooded streams and bottom lands east and west of Ames. Crops are ruined on low land and rent land south of town is a total loss. Dye Bridge is impassable and the Northwestern grade tracks require constant maintenance. The bottom land near the college is a lake, bridges hold, but current threatens piles and pilings. this is the worst flood since 1892 with potential for greater damage if rains continue.
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Skunk
Ames
N. W
College
HIS WIFE'S TRIUMPH IN WRITING REMARKS
The Life and Letters of J. R. Green highlights how writer J. R. Green relied on his wife Mrs. Green to press on through illness. She learned to write with her left hand after contracting writer's cramp, supporting him during his labors and inspiring renewed effort when he grew discouraged.
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Stevenson
Richard Jeffries
J. R. Green
Fort
Sausages Made While You Wait Farce in a London Restaurant
A London waiter promises sausages to a customer who agrees to wait. He sends for them but steps on a dog’s tail in the kitchen, provoking yelps. The customer faints and leaves, amid the awkward delay and comic mishap in Pearson’s.
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London
Pearson's
Trousers in Cambridge and Oxford: early 19th century dress changes
A concise note traces how Cambridge colleges banned trousers in chapel into 1812 while Oxford permitted pantaloons from 1810 under Rigaud. It cites William Phelps’s 1815 account of bachelors in pantaloons, and 1847 references to senior fellows wearing black shorts, revealing shifting student dress norms.
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Trinity
St. John’s
Cambridge
Oxford
Rigaud
William Phelps
Corpus
Carlisle
Dean Burgon
Edward Miles Rudd
Oriel
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Sahlin
NJ Novelty Store
Geo. E. Baker
West Main
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Fish and Game
San Francisco
Los Angeles
The
Cuy
Unicon
J. B. Kooser & Co
Loughran & Bauers
G. H. Maxwell
J. E. Judge
Male
Boydston Lst
Thompson
Cole
Weste Zod
Nelson
L. McElyea
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Morris
Lou Underwood
L. MecElyea
Vernon
Ricketts
Maxwell
Brown
Shockley
Waikey
Musselman
Hardesty
Wing
Robertson
Clark
Bartholomew
Morris
McCoy
Hunt
Seward
McElyea
Hopkins
L. Cole
Akin
Kelso
Washington Township
C. Cole
Bowerard
H. MecElyea
Willie Roller
S. E. Hunter
Winifred Hunter
Andrew Morrison Evans
Searsboro
Iowa
Ferrall
Christian Church
State College
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Evans
Marshalltown
N. EB. A
Twin Cities
Clinton Butler
Coon Rapids
Minnie Butler
Lyonville
Tillie Snider
Monona
Cora Crum
Arensville
Bert Briley
Boone
Mae Miller
Crum
Snider
Grobe
Mendelssohn
Miss Snider
Tilden’s
Dr. Beardshear
Portland
Tecome
Seattle
Vancouver
Victoria
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