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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
4
The item stream surveys daily life in Ames with notes on contests at T J Miller Son and Loughran Bauer, mail uniforms, Sunday school picnics, weather, picnics and furniture, local marriages and society news. It covers professors camping in Colorado, graduates taking positions, and a bridge closure affecting travel between Ames and Nevada.
Mary Moss Long born in 1847 near Belfast Ireland died June 1 1903 aged 56. She married John Long in 1871 and immigrated to Des Moines before their marriage. funeral conducted by Rev O L Wilson and interment in Ames cemetery. The second item notes Ames school district considering bonds to buy land and build a new school to relieve crowding, with details on locations and enrollment trends.
This week in Justice O Briens court R S McCall sued Frank B Spence for 100 dollars but the court lacked jurisdiction and dismissed the case without prejudice. On Wednesday M K Smith won a 50 dollar real estate commission suit against Will Taylor by jury. Monday N M Baker Co sued C B Narge on contract and the case was continued indefinitely. A silk umbrella was lost between the north fron bridge and Ames with instructions to return it to the TIMES office.
Mrs. Armina Downes Barnes born May 22, 1820 in Livingston County New York. She married Henry Barnes July 14, 1848 in Wisconsin and had seven children. Later moved to Story County Iowa, where she died June 7, 1903 aged 88 years 16 days leaving a husband and five children.
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