Social notes from neighboring towns and local visits
Mrs Geo Person visited relatives in Cambridge while Mrs J W Lytle spent time in Des Moines. Aiva Nichols and Marie Roland traveled to Ames and Nevada respectively. Mr and Mrs Dunn of Des Moines visited friends. Ice socials raised funds at R Sheehey’s and C Stevens home. Local church groups held quilting and sewing gatherings with cheerful attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E
Congregational Church
C. C. Stevens
Land Offer Reflects Rising North Dakota Prices
J C Myers of Liscomb Iowa notes he bought Wells county North Dakota land two years ago at five dollars per acre and now faces a ten dollar offer with improvements paid. He declines, believing values will rise. He offers better land farther from the railroad for less than five dollars and invites a visit. A RiIcuMOND.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Myers
Liscomb
Wells County
North Dakota
For Sale Notices and Poultry Request
Classified brief listing pigs three months old for sale and poultry wanted. Inquiries directed to E.8 Rice home opposite steam laundry. Also a note promoting 25c coffee by J. J. Grove.
Measuring Lightning and Fulgurites Across Land and Rock
The article describes fulgurites formed when lightning bores into sand or rock creating glass tubes of the bolt’s size. Examples include specimens at Little Ararat in Armenia and Nevada de Toluca in Mexico, with Humboldt noted for dangerous ascents to observe the glow. It also recounts a separate Ames case where S S Corbett was convicted of assaulting his wife Rozena Corbett, receiving thirty days in jail and potential bail on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Ararat
Armenia
Humboldt
S.S. Corbett
Ames
Rozena Corbett
Squire O’brien
Corbett
Morris
Gifts from Vanderbilt Parish Pew Gift Tradition Continues
An old custom of buying pews survives at Trinity church in Newport where Cornelius Vanderbilt gave a pew deed to his daughter Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. William K. Vandertilt has also given a pew to his son who recently married Miss Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Trinity Church
Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
William K. Vandertilt
Miss Fair
Road Civilities Prompt a Wrecking Exchange
A man on a yellow bicycle swerves to avoid a buggy, hits the curbstone and damages his front wheel. The buggy driver heckles him with a quip about the turn out.
Her Bathing Suit Banter
A playful exchange features a fair maid showing a new bathing suit to her father. He jokes that from the dimensions she may look more out of it than in it. The humor lands as light domestic irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Maid
Is it right for an editor to recommend patent medicines
An editor of a local paper endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The piece argues for cautious use of medicines, recounts twenty years of family use with reliable results, and urges keeping a bottle on hand to ease early diarrhea episodes while awaiting a physician. Sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Leigh Hunt and the Ames Labor Notes on Prosperity and Plight
Leigh Hunt once Ames president and Seattle financier is rumored to have risen again after a gold mining stake in Corea valued at four million dollars. The column then collects four Ames labor vignettes, from farmer recruitment to a tramp at a back door, ending with reflections on class and luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Hunt
Pres. Chamberlain
Iowa Agricultural College
Corea
Ames
Hunt
Seattle
Wash
Des Moines
Water Tank
Niobe
L.g
Herron
The Longevity of Ministers
Returns from the registrar general show ministers of the gospel have the highest life expectancy among workers. Factors include low accident risk, temperance and regular routines, plus regular study and exercise. Of every hundred, forty two ministers reach seventy, compared with farmers forty two, teachers thirty four, and doctors twenty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Registrar General of
Great Britain
Epidemic of Diarrhoea Reported in Cocoanut Grove
Mr A Sanders of Cocoanut Grove Florida reports an epidemic of diarrhoea and says four doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured his severe attack. He recommends it to others who say it is the best medicine they have used. For sale by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Sanders
Cocoanut Grove
Fla
Chamberlain
World telegraph and telephone mileage totals released
The London Engineer reports telegraph and telephone lines worldwide totaling about 2 029 893 miles with wire length around 8 254 004 miles. Telephone lines cover 82 417 miles using 242 950 miles of wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mrs. C Walters Dies. Longtime Iowa Resident
Mrs. C Walters died at her daughter Mrs E C Wilkinson's home on Tuesday July 25 at 1 30 pm. Born Julia Watkins Sept 16 1826 in Bath New York she married Caleb Walters Jan 14 1843 in Bath. The couple moved to Ogle County Illinois in 1846 then to Iowa in 1856. Seven children born, only Mrs Wilkinson survives. She joined the Baptist church in Ames in 1874 and remained faithful. She leaves two sisters and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Walters
E. C. Wilkinson
Julia Watkins
Bath
N. Y
Caleb Walters
Ogle County
Iil
Iowa
College Notes and Local Notices From Ames
Prof J J Repp is named full professor of pathology and therapeutics and station veterinarian. Beardshear and family move to Parker house. Stalker takes Gables. Cupps move from Ames to assist Stalker. New English instructors added under Prof A B Noble: Miss Elizabeth McLean and Miss Ida Simonson. Maccabee Banner Tent No 48 installs officers. many attendees enjoy ice cream and cake. Local ads urge shopping at Letts and Hamilton. Fayre goods and groceries promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Repp
Dr. Beardshear
Parker House
Dr. Stalker
Gables
Dan Cupps
Ames
Board of Trustees
A. B. Noble
Elizabeth McLean
Iowa State Normal
Ida Simonson
Clear Lake
Northwestern University of Chicago
Noble
Wynn
Newens
Bessie Larrabee
C. E. Lyman
F. R. Smith
Nevada
A. T. Atwood
Salem
F. W. Eighmy
P. W. Morn
Probate Notice for Tenetta Hamilton Will in Story County
In District Court Story County Iowa an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Tenetta Hamilton deceased is on file. A hearing for probate is set for August 24 1809 in the Allee term of the district court at Nevada. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the instrument should not be accepted as the decedent's will. Witnessed by C M Soper Clerk District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Story County
District Court
Said County
Tenetta Hamilton
Nevada
C. M. Soper
Advertised Letters List For July 22 1899
Weekend notices show Julia Stineway Fagen and Lloyd M Watson among letters advertised on July 22 1899. Local post office records indicate names and delivery status for patrons.
Rail line shift eyed near On tario and Skunk river
Boone Daily News reports Northwestern engineers trialing a line east of Ontario toward the Skunk river hill that could move Ames depot about a half mile west and a third of a mile north if adopted. The plan, still preliminary, may cost around two hundred thousand dollars and alter the town map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Western
Ontario
Skunk River
Ames
Moingona
Boone Daily News
Skunk River Hill
Jurors Drawn for August Term in Story County Iowa
A list of jurors for the August term of Story county district court reports to duty on the 22nd. Names include Henry Thompson Roland Knut Highland M N Grove McCalisburg T O Johnson C F P Reischauer Story City Anerey Tressler P Doolittle Pearson Maxwell R S Byers Veneman Iowa Center Heggen Slater Lee Nelson S T Larson Huxley John Richardson Kelley Heine Johnson C V Norris Nevada Wm Gates F M Confare Warrick Ed Statler J B Couser Hiram Taylor Ames F Wingert Colo and other assigned jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Story County
Iowa
Henry Thompson
Roland
Knut. Highland
M. N. Grove
M. B. Johnson
Nelse R. Nelson
McCalisburg
T. O. Johnson
C. F P. Reischauer
Story City
Anerey Tressler
P. Doolittle
Pearson
Maxwell
R.S. Byers
Om Veneman
Repeo
Iowa Center
Heggen
Slater
Lee Nelson
S. T. Larson
Huxley
John Richardson
Kelley
Heine Johnson
21st Story County G. A. R. encampment in Maxwell
Attention veterans. Maxwell hosts the 21st annual Story County Veterans Association encampment on August 11 and 12. Des Moines speaker A B Cummins will appear, joined by Department Commander C F Bailey and L M Balek. Also notes lunches and products offered by local vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County Veterans Association
Maxwell
Iowa
A. B Cummins
Des Moines
C. F. Bailey
L. M. Balek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sewell Gasoline
Fe Jewel Security
I. Vdoav
J. W. Lytle
Aiva Nichols
Dr. Winsett
Marie Roland
Howard
Nora Person
Clarence Folley
Renwick
Henry Gord
Christ
Nellie Sheehey
Ssaphene Gossard
Edith George
Texas
Ladies Society of the Congregational Church
A. Riicumond
J. J. Grove
B. Read
C. Vanderbilt
Sylvan Valley News
Brevrad, N. C
Letts
David Harum
David
Billy P
Davids
Sherwin-Williams
L. M. Bosworth
College Notes
North Ames
S. P. O'Brien
Millar & Kooser’s
C. F. Letts
HeiNz’s
Vienna
C. F. Lettrs
Belvidere
Crawford
Raynor
C. F. Leris
D. & L. Hamilton
C. F
C. F. Lerrs
HkiNaz
J.J. Grove
E. F. Posegate
Themce
The
Lockwood Grain Co
Watson, Lloyd M
Fagen
Julia Stineway
Lon G. Hardin, P. M
Old Soldiers
Monarch
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