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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
2
Local store advertises a wide selection of fabrics and linens with price points from 10 cents to 75 cents. Highlights include 8 inch suitings at 48 cents and 1.50 yard suitings at 98 cents, silk batistes, Egyptian tissues, mercerized madras, Simpson's prints, and table linens.
The readable snippet mentions a menswear item or sale labeled For Men and Boys with a price note 48c. No clear event, place, or organization is identifiable.
A fragmentary ad lists notions at very low prices with scattered numbers and garbled text. It suggests a sale or promotional display but lacks clear dates or seller names. The readable parts imply a bargain listing typical of a small shop circular.
A Cherokee resident faces suit for breach of promise with the defense that the proposal occurred while asleep. The item notes the humorous angle and contrasts it with Fort Dodge and Chicago politics, while a souvenir from Zearing and Scotty’s cross country train stunt draw brief attention.
Reports from Story County indicate Cambridge will host its big baseball tournament on August 10 with four games featuring seven out of town teams. The event is described as likely to be a splendid time in the town’s sporting season.
A Kansas editor, inspired by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, quotes her verse and counters with a playful cannibal-theme reply. The item also lists a sale of city lot 57 by 188 feet on Duff Street between Bradley and Hauser residences, offing $550, and provides Mrs. C. D. Reed’s box 554 Sioux City address.
Excursion tickets from June 1 to October 31 via the North Western line to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer 8S D etc for a vacation trip. Trains run daily and can be arranged through Chicago North Western Railway agents. Low round trip rates to Portland via the Lewis and Clark Exposition with optional side trips to Yellowstone and Alaska. Send 2 cent stamp for folder.
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