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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
3
A mixed Ames column reports shoe sales at Tilden Bros and Canuel Bros, horse racing results, church events, Union Gospel tent plans, and personal notes. It notes travel, market shifts, and upcoming fairs, with items on local officials, parades, and civic improvements.
Miss Ruth Duncan and Mr. L. Tilden were married at the home of the bride’s parents in Ames in a small family ceremony officiated by Rev. H. P. Douglass. The couple, now a prominent mayor and a prominent business leader, plan a Montreal and Rochester Vermont honeymoon.
The week was cooler with limited rainfall and normal sunshine. Hay harvest advanced with rye in shock and barley cutting. Spring wheat benefitted from favorable conditions but general mid summer dryness raises need for rain. Corn progress varies by cultivation, with large planted acreage and potential fair yields. oat and barley harvests near average. Notable local notes mention camping women from Des Moines area and the death of S. H. McCammon. Cambridge quarterly meeting set for July 31 to August 1 with no Evergreen preaching August 1.
Gro. E. BAKER offers a lightly used ladies bicycle Cleveland No. 10 for cash at a price well below half of the original.
Excursion tickets on the North Western Line will be sold July 26 and 27, valid for round trips until July 29, at a single fare. Tickets available through Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
The notice advertises hay forks and many hay tools at very low prices, claiming bargains as cheap as the cheapest items available at Thurston and Graham's store.
In a concise business note Soper the Furnisher urges customers to patronize 8S G Hamilton and insists all accounts are due in 60 days from purchase. He asks buyers with overdue accounts to call and settle promptly, signing off as Soper the Furnisher.
An eighty acre farm is offered in exchange for a house and lots in Ames. Inquiries should be directed to Geo. E. Baker. The weather report notes a warm Tuesday with continued heat in the current term.
Sunday School Convention set for Pleasant Grove Milford Township on Sunday July 25 with a full program. The schedule runs from 10:00 a.m. long service to 3:45 p.m. including lessons talks and discussions led by Jas Montgomery County President Smay J W Bateman Elroy Kimbal G L Wilson Rev. Pine J Ferguson Jas Brown and others.
Free copy of the North Western Home Seeker offered to prospective settlers in agriculture dairying and cattle raising. Write to W B Kniskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Ill for practical information and correspondence is invited from interested readers.
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