Local Ames Miscellany Highlights Oddities and Notices
Ice cream on Dr. Hunt's lawn and a Ladies Cemetery ice cream social. Ads for Mclntire's photography, Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin by L. M. Bosworth, and Chamberlain's Stomach Tablets. Public notices on sidewalks and Rent over Cooley Jones. Deputy Sheriff George Boyd to Mount Pleasant with an insane man. Death of a babe on North Street. Local trades, painting firm Kilmer duo, and Dixon & Son buying Boone laundry. Melbourne circus report and comparisons with Ringlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hunt
Cooley & Jones
T. J. Miller & Son
Golden Harvest
T. J. Miller & Son's
Mclntire
Dr. Caldwell
L. M. Bosworth
The
Ladies Cemetery Association
George Boyd
Ames
Mount Pleasant
Olson
Huxley
J. W
Frank Kilmer
Bid
Zip
Harriman
M. D
Mixed Ames notices highlight social visits and local events
Ames residents report visits from relatives and travelers, local business openings, street and streetcar notes, and county fair preparations. The scene covers names like Munn Allen Sargeant Elliott Clark and many more, plus reflections on a hot Fourth of July, new restaurant opening, and civic improvements.
Also Mentioned on This Page
SA Elics Prize
H. L. Munn & Son
Tur Woman's Relief Corps
James N. Shea
North Street
Chamberlan
Loughran & Bauer
Epworth League
Chicago
Northwestern
Dixon & Son
Boone
Paulus Bros
the Times
Messrs. Dixon
Melbourne
Baraboo
Wis
Ringlings
Tilden & Loughran’s
Wuerat-O
J. B. Kooser & Co
T. J. Miller & Sons
Fred Munn
Newton
Aggie Allen
Iowa City
C. E. Sargeant
William Clark
Maime Elliott
Des Moines
Lanning
Arthur Clark Jr
Ogden
Dwight Davis
de Smet
South Dakota
George Stanford
Marengo
Ill
Henry McCarthy
Duluth
Minn
Geo. Armstrong
Bagley
Milt Little
Elmer Coffin
Lake Okoboji
O. F. Martin Ad Hazel
Pacific Coast
County Normal At
Nevada
Myrtle Lanning
Mildred Graham
Nettie Rouge
Bessie Patterson
Blanche Onstott
Jas. Wilson, Jr
Hubbard, Dawley & Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Duntz
Charley
Rott Bros
Brown Building
Howard Kegley
Walter & Stivers
Read's
M. J. Adams & Co
City Water Works
F. C. Dyk
Marshalltown
Dr. Wood
Europe
Douglass Street
Laurie Haverley
Underwood
Fordyce
District Court
Supreme Court
Ethel
Buffalo Exposition
Nell Cole
Kate Sayles
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
J. F. Martin
Story County
Sherri Gove
Menton
the Democrat
P. A. Day
Red Men's Lodge
D. A. Osbourne
Johnstown
Tom Mills
Harriett Hammer
Winona
Grandpa Sheldon
D. M. Haverly
Omaha
Douglass County
Neb
E. Campbell
City
T. A. Gossard
Gossard
C. H. Seccombe
St. Paul
Peterson
Iowa
Seccombe
C. G. Lee
Ruth Cook
Harriett Watts
Abbie Banks
Lee
Oregon
al. Lee
Horticultural Department
Tueday
Minnesota
Kellogg Street
Congregational Church
Diyers
John E. Duncan
Duncan
Times
R. F. Hodson
Warren Smith
Tursday
Kansas
Rapids
Pammel
Pestis
Unitah Mountains
Utah
Botanical Department
Times-Republican
John Glidden
Charles Glidden
James Glidden
Benton Davis
L. S. Peckham
Ethel Hamilton
Wood
England
Germany
France
Maxwell
Slater
McCalisburg
Valetta Batiste
Sarrina Batiste
Tilden Bros. & Co
Mahogany
Golden
M. Jay Adams
Mutual Phone Res
Ames, Iowa
Leggatt & Plat
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