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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
2
Bert Wood and wife visited near Nevada while Charles Nelson traveled to Des Moines. Joseph Weigner toured Springfield and Carthage Missouri. Mrs Rice and K Knudson hosted a visit, Belle Wherry tops fish catches with nine fish. Ames Gehenna barrels and loose papers prompt alerts. May rainfall reached nine inches with damaging winds. barn blown down during the storm.
Reports from Chapel Ridge include Ira Dodds buying Montana mules to break, M Gretten selling cattle in a rising market, John Ahrens visiting from Boone, and Roy Bingman’s expected return from Ohio. Potatoes look strong but pastures and milk supply are hurt by a harsh winter. bids for a new schoolhouse come in slowly. A windstorm toppled T B Jones windmill and a barn collapsed at Frank Wilson’s.
Local residents report visits from Frank Sutter of Marshalltown and W Dunn of Des Moines, depot improvements, and busy creamery with over ten thousand pounds of milk daily. Socials, church activities, school programs, and a new store opening in Gilbert underscore a bustling community scene.
Mr Buchanan will soon have his wrecked barn rebuilt. J H Reynolds and Wm McGill paid Ames a flying visit Monday. Attention ladies Look out for the new Chicago bar at church next Sunday. Mr and Mrs George McFarlan are entertained at R W Liddle's home this week. No preaching at Zenorville by Rev Beecham last Sunday night due to illness. Abram Liddle of Des Moines visited Saturday and returned to duties Monday. We received one dollar on the thirty five dollar proposition Sunday morning to raise funds to send Blanch Mangus to Chicago for medical treatment. Who will be the next to come on with their
An old classified snippet promotes Kennedy wafers at Letts and Grove’s for tea or coffee. It notes low price plow shoes at Canier Bros and Hermans, underwear at 50 cents per suit, and advertising for Grape Nut Butter from Adams Bros and J. J. Grove. It urges trying White Loaf flour by C. F. Leris.
Two weeks remain in school as campus life runs on including visits from Creston to Ames and Des Moines to Ames. Staff and students attend commencements, cadet drills, book editions, wild flower shows and lectures by Rabbi Hirsch, with news of travels to Ithaca and Cuba and a joke about Cuban trade.
Lert promotes Miller and Kooser for new potatoes while Joe Cohn's offers Ramechanda silk ties and MONARCH shirts debut. Local merchants push fresh goods and fashion items.
Next Sunday at the M E church the morning program led by the Sunday school begins with an anthem and prayer, followed by baptism and the usual exercises. In the evening the pastor will deliver a special address on Education. Also notices Homeseekers tickets for Chicago Great Western during June to September with limited 21 day return, details via agent or I H Lord 113 Adams st Chicago.
Independence Day specials offer round trip excursion tickets within 200 miles at one fare. Sales July 1 2 3 4 with return valid through July 5. Another reduced rate run June 19 20 to June 24 for Annual Reunion B P Order of Elks. Apply via Chicago Northwestern Ry agents.
Rail travel offers one fare round trip from Iowa stations via the North Western line for Firemen's Tournament in June 2023. Dates and sale limits set by Chicago & North Western Railway agents. Also half rates to Modern Woodmen's Picnic at Columbus Junction on June 14 15 with sale from designated stations through June 16. inquire with agents. Other small ads list groceries, clothing, and sales at Ames and local stores.
Notice is given that a corporation named The Modern Woodmen of America Building Association is organized with a Gilbert Station Iowa address. It will buy own rent and sell personal property and build furnish halls for rent or sale, with capital stock starting at 2500 dollars in shares of 10 dollars, to be increased by two thirds with two thirds stockholder vote, perpetual succession, and a 7 member board of directors. The initial directors are Peter Jensen O A Johnson B J Finchem J C Abrams Ed Hutchinson O B Clark and Guy Dodds with secretarial signatories O A Johnson and Peter Jensen dated May 31 1890.
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