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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1896
Page
15
How to treat a wife with patience through trials and gloom. A tender look can brighten her brow and Chamberlains Remedy is suggested as a needed home remedy to show care and support. Sold by all outlets.
Low return rates to Des Moines advertised for the State Sunday School Association annual convention. Tickets sold through Chicago and Two agents with return validity through June 18, 1896. Teacher's Meeting noted for Saturday June 6 at 2 p.m. with program including Miss Genevieve Minkler and others.
Travelers can catch Great Western Maple Leaf to Chicago and St Paul with free recliner cars. Marshalltown departs 7:00 p.m. and daily service to Dubuque Chicago and St Paul Minneapolis runs except Sundays. Southwestern Line offers free reclining chairs to Kansas City with a 1 a.m. trip and a 7 a.m. departure for the same destinations.
Clem Doolittle, a respected Ames business man, died suddenly while helping load stock at the stock yards. Born September 28, 1850 in Crawford County Illinois, he moved to Story County in 1856. He leaves a wife Alevilda Grove and three children. Funeral services were held at the family home and were led by Rev. F. J. Douglass with Rev. N. F. Hicks assisting.
Corn plowing began in earnest this week and in five weeks the crop will be handed to nature for finish. May 1896 left Iowa soaked, with six inches of rain and 19 fair, 9 cloudy, 3 clear days as winds from the south shaped a rapid vegetation push. The piece also notes revival services at Gilbert C P church, local visits, school events at Ames High School including a graduation program, and reflections on education drawn from local figures and classic thinkers.
An old advertisement promises the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. For sale by L M Bosworth. Also seven room house for rent inquire of Chas Whitaker.
The North Western Line offers reduced excursion tickets to Marshalltown for June 8 to 12 with return by June 13 1896. Tickets and information available from Chicago and North Western agents. Also notes various local advertisements including cures, coal, plaster, and farm goods.
Mrs Wortman and Miss Florine attended graduation exercises Thursday evening in Ames. Nora Person has been ill for a week. Postmaster K Foster has a new bicycle for getting around. Several locals traveled to Slater to see Uncle Tom's Cabin, then to Boone for events. Families Wortman Gossard Purvis and Dunn joined decoration services in Ames and Franklin after visiting relatives.
For Rent in Ontario a brick building 45 by 30 feet suitable for store or factory or will petition off for dwelling inquire E A Crane Ames Iowa. W M Munpin Jr promotes hammocks and baseball goods at J E Daviss. Karl Clover Root Tea offered by Judisch Bros for headaches constipation and nervous disorders. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy recommended for quarter dollars value by Judisch Bros.
Advertises Sheldon & Sheldon dwelling house policies as the shortest and most liberal. Claims Shiloh's Cure cures Consumption LaGrippe Pneumonia and all throat and lung diseases. Mentions Judisch Bros as the seller.
M HemsTReEeErT of Ames Iowa promotes a land excursion to the South Platte Valley Colorado on June 9 1896. The trip highlights irrigation benefits and climate, promising low costs and credit toward land purchases with airfare applied to price. Land sales and rapid improvements described. a strong sales pitch for investment and relocation.
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