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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
2
The Northern Pacific Railway Company backs a large land offer in Central Minnesota with prices from 2.50 to 3.50 per acre on ten years. Details and maps available from F. W. Wilsey, Eastern Land Agent, St. Paul.
M Scott's three children have been quite sick and the road is bad, delaying neighborly visits. Edna Wilson shows progress at Enterprise school. Thomas Anthason and wife visited friends at Slater to settle affairs in their tent, Bancroft as chief butler. Geo Kelly and family from Bloomington Heights enjoyed fishing and a lake river outing last Saturday. Penfield traveled to Nevada to spend Sunday with his best girl.
The piece notes cool mornings and moisture boosting oats, hay and fruit prospects, with dense timber foliage for June. It discusses fishing, river seine laws, Mrs. Frank Bell’s Plymouth Rock chicks, locals visiting, a potato patch, grain grinding, pest damage to gardens, and a health ad praising Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Chamberlain's remedy with testimonials.
The North Western Line will sell excursion tickets to Marshalltown from Iowa stations at half fare for a round trip June 6 to 9, inclusive, with a June 12 deadline for applications via Agents, Chicago and North Western Railway.
A misty cold Sunday saw a long procession through Main Street led by post members, thirty young attendants, three college battalions, and cannons. Veterans and their accompanied children laid flowers at graves in the cemetery, with the W R C also decorating veteran graves.
Tickets go on sale June 6 and 7 with a return limit June 13. Imperial Council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine hold their annual session June 7 to 10. For more information contact any Great Western Maple Leaf Route agent.
The item notes reduced rail fares from Iowa City to San Francisco via the North Western Line with June 29 to July 3 sale dates and requests to contact Chicago and North Western agents for details. It also reports Mr Isaac Horner of Barton West Virginia as a well known proprietor cured of rheumatism after three years using Champersain's Pain Balm as advised by a Wheeling Drug Co salesman in 1894.
A surprise visit for Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sorenson ended with neighbors and “warriors and their squaws” gathering for ice cream and conundrums. Bro Slattery presented a silver cake basket. guests departed after a warm reception. Salvationists plan meetings, insurance ads and railway excursion notices follow.
The march proceeded to the M. E. church crowded from pulpit to gallery with improvised outside seats. Prof. Culbertson introduced Hon. Rollin J. Wilson of Fairfield Iowa as speaker. Wilson delivered a grand patriotic oration praised by a large attentive audience.
A compact notice from Miller and Kooser promoting their Seal of Minnesota Flour described as superior to others.
Send for a free copy of the North-Western Home-Seeker from W. B. Kniskern at 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Ill. The publication provides practical guidance on farming dairying and cattle raising and solicits correspondence from intending settlers.
Hundreds of thousands have been induced to try the remedy by reports of others and personal testing. For sale by druggists.
Notice in District Court of Iowa state that Morgan Keltner's last will is on file for probate hearing August 31, 1807. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the instrument should not be accepted as the decedent's last will. Witness O Hamilton, District Court seal, Nevada County.
The Salvation Army will begin a series of meetings at the Baptist church in this city next Wednesday evening, running for one week.
Bargain bicycle sale advertised by U. & I. L. Friersen at Wrobie's harness shop. Second hand item offered at a low price. Potential buyers urged to visit the shop location for details and availability.
A terse warning fragment warns readers away from reading further and urges action by call or mail. The item hints at orders being sent and emphasizes discretion.
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