Local speeches and church notes fill Ames pages
Rev T O Douglass from Grinnell preached at the Congregational pulpit as the pastor was ill. Drake University’s Roy Coldwell to speak at the Christian church Thursday night en route home to Kansas. New oats arriving high quality averaging 35 bushels per acre with yesterday’s price at 16 cents. Story County Bank to distribute revenue stamps for Ames area on request. Minor blaze behind Gilbert blacksmith shop extinguished. Bell from Des Moines considered for Hardy building department store. Chamberlains cough remedy praised by W B Cooper of El Rio Cal. L E Rogers, IA C student and football end tackle, died of peritonitis at Camp Merritt. funeral at Minburn. Lockwood elevator improvements total thousands yearly including new brick engine room and boiler addition. Rev H P Douglass plans vacation for health. IA C Department notes on faculty arrivals and building projects. W B Niles joins Department of Agriculture in Animal Husbandry. Dr Gibson commends Niles. English literature department restructured under Noble assisted by Newens and Larrabee. Engineering and zoology staffing changes. Osborn’s and Bennett homes described. Military drills reorganized under Treasurer Herman Knapp. Photo exhibition of 40 views for Omaha exposition. Red Cross note from Camp Merritt on Francis Lincoln’s illness. Sies Bros offer feed oats and delivery.
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Roy Coldwell
Drake University
Christian Church
Kansas
Story County Bank
Ames
Emerton and Kelly News Highlights Town Visits and Local Events
The community reports visits from Agustus Fritch of Emerson and Elmer Koons family from Ames. A Baptist church ice cream sociable is planned for July 21 at R W Crane’s home. Congregational church lecture by Key and Wickersham drew a large audience.
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the Baptist Church
R.W. Crane
Elmer Koons
Ames
Kelly
Key
Excursion Tickets for Marshalltown Races Offered
Excursion tickets to horse races at Marshalltown via the North Western Line are on sale at reduced rates from July 26 to 28 inclusive with return available until July 29. Apply to agents of the Chicago and North Western Railway.
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North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Watkin's Well picnic returns prompt community fun
The town anticipates a day at Watkin's Well with old folks planning a relaxing outing away from bustle. E P Gilbert and family report a fine Omaha exposition visit. Rev Tingle and wife move into the Congregational parsonage in ten days with praise for the parish. The Barnes celebrate a fiftieth wedding anniversary with relatives arriving from Silverton. The threshing season begins as rust threatens oats. Mrs Needham visits her father A A Stewart.
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E. P. Gilbert
Omaha Exposition
Tingle
Jewell
Usul
Tingle Coasa
Henry Barnes
Larry Barnes
George
Horace
Silverton
Col
W. B. Needham
A. A. Stewart
Ringling Bros Excursions to Nevada July 29
Arrangements finish for Ringling Bros World Greatest Shows in Nevada on Friday July 29. Special excursion rates available for all travel times. The show, largest in the U S, features over 300 specialists in three rings on a quarter mile hippodrome. A grand free street parade starts at 10 am. Rev G te Brokaw to preach. Rev J Madison Willans to return soon.
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Ringling Bros
Nevada
Ringling Bros. Famous
United States
Why Women Are Attracted by Womanly Health
A piece on the ideal of female attractiveness stressing health and vitality as essential. It argues that true beauty stems from being a healthy, capable, maternity-ready woman and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for feminine weaknesses, urging readers to send 21 cents for a 1008 page medical guide.
Prof Osborn Remembered and Honored by Trustees
The board of trustees unanimously adopted resolutions praising Prof Herbert Osborn who resigns as entomologist and professor to join the University of Ohio. They commend his diligent study, honesty, and impact as an investigator and instructor and wish him continued growth in his new field.
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The
T. S
Osborn
University of Ohio
Herbert Osborn
Harvest Weather and Crop Report From Des Moines July 19 1898
Des Moines Iowa reports bright warm days and cool nights with light showers in western streets. Harvest weather ideal with fall wheat rye barley oats and spring wheat at various stages. Rain needed for pastures potatoes and corn though corn not yet severely affected. Flax and hay crops are excellent and overall crop season is very prolific.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thia
Chamberlain's Remedy Helps Providence Clerk's Relief
W M Bush of Hotel Dorrance Providence Rhode Island reports long running diarrhoea cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He used small doses at symptom onset and achieved near complete relief. Also notes the marriage of Joas Van Leoy and Ewmna Ort on the south side last night.
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W. M. Bush
Dorrance
Providence
R. I
Joas van Leoy
Ewmna Ort
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Noble
Summers
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Budd
C. R. Ball
Louisiana
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Bradford
Miss Gardiner
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W. B. Niles
Gibson
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S. W. Beyer
E. &. Gardner
Womp
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Red Cross
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Chicago
Ella Rosenfeld
Misses Mac
Nora Stark
Maxwell
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Marshalltown
Gilbery Station
Watkin’s Well
Chas. Wilson Bow
L. Oliver
G. Te Brokaw
Christian Index
J. Madison Willans
Weather and Crop Bulletin
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