Great Opportunity to Visit California Vacation Sale
During the National Educational Association meeting in Los Angeles the Chicago Great Western Ry offers a low round trip rate of 56.25 from Des Moines for travel to Los Angeles with sale dates June 25 to July 8 and return by Sept 4, 1899. A through tourist sleeping car to Los Angeles departs 8:45 p m on June 26 27 28 and 29 with low berth rates and optional return via the North Pacific coast for a small extra charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Chicago Great Western Ry
Des Moines
Chicago Great Western
Kansas City
North Pacific Coast
California
Notice to Road Contractors near college farm on graded hills
Notice to road contractors. Contract for grading hills on the road south of college farm will be let Monday June 26 at 1 p m. Right to reject any bids reserved. EpwWINn Rex. Try a chips. Co. Supervisor. School report follows. Report of district No 1 Franklin township term April 24 to June 16. 40 days taught, 15 pupils enrolled. Total attendance 520.25 days. Average attendance 13. No days absent 59.75. Josie and Caroline Jorgensen and Clifton Ruth among those not absent. Emma Wakefield, teacher.
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College Farm
Epwwinn Rex
Franklin Township
Josie and
Caroline Jorgensen
Clifton Ruth
Emma Wakefield
Fourth of July Bicycle Road Race Entries Open
A Fourth of July program includes road race one mile one half mile quarter mile and a half mile juvenile race with medals and merchandise prizes. An entrance fee of 25 cents is charged for the road race. Entries close July 3rd at 12 o'clock noon. Gro E Baker, Chairman Bicycle Com.
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Gro. E. Baker
Bicycle Com
Ames Residents Report Social Visits and Farm Work
Mr and Mrs Kibbee spent Sunday in Ames while Mrs Ocoea Thomas of Carroll visits Gilbert friends. Mrs Walter Rainbolt traveled to Nevada to visit relatives last Thursday and will return in about a week. Misses Ella and Ida Brown were guests of R W Liddle last Saturday and attended church with the preacher. Monday afternoon the community labored in corn and melons along Chapel Ridge noting corn in good condition with many heads forming. After a quiet evening with Bro Ben Fincham the writer sought rest at R W Liddles home around 10 p m.
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Lou Gossard
Ames
Lillie Simmons
Hutchison
Erb
Des Moines
Tillet
Kelley Creamery
Raymond Erb
Lizzie Smith
Palm Leaf
C. P
Joe McDonald
Clark
Gilbert
Frank Rainbolt
Ben Fincham
Nebraska
P. Church
Nellie Liddle
C. P. MecFarlan
District C. E
Nevada
Ocoea Thomas
Carroll
Walter Rainbolt
Ella
Ida Brown
R. W. Liddle
Chapel Ridge
Ben Finchammily
R. W
Royal Meeker
Royal
Cornell University
Lillian Bouteile
Pasadena
Cal
E. C. Boutelle
Zola Sweet
E. C
Clement B. Shaw
Chicago
Prof Resler
Tabor College
Pres. Beardshear
Prof
Pammel
National Convention of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
San Francisco
Gordon Dodge
Jefferson
R. Ball
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Civil Service
Ball
Stanton
Prof. Jones
Cornell College
N. Y
Cornell
Jones
Prof. Stanton
Carleton R. Ball
M. Se
A. G. Hopkins
H. H. Hume
W. J. Kennedy
B. Se. Ag
E. W. Humphrey
M. R. Hall
F. R. Lowery
M. E
Smilax
Josephine Barclay
Daisy Brown
Mandolin Club
Mesdames Beardshear
Smith
Coburn
Kansas City
Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Mutual Tornado Association grows with large figures
The Iowa Mutual Tornado Association reports 50,000 members and $64,000,000 in risks, with $45,000 on hand as of June 1. May saw 3,874 applications and the first half of June added 3,680. Inquiries for policies go through A J Graves, S-31 Agent. A world map puzzle offering routes to new possessions is available for 10 cents from Geo H Heatford of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway.
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Iowa Mutual Tornado Association
People’s Association
A. J. Graves
S-31
United States
West Indies
Pacific Ocean
Geo. H. Heatford
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
Old Colony Building
Ill
Stan ton home remodeling and campus events noted
Work began on remodeling the Stanton home as volunteers prepare for summer activities. Students and faculty are mentioned across Ames for concerts, degrees, visits from notable figures, and campus gatherings. Royal Meeker plans to enter Cornell. Prof. Jones returns from Cornell College for a reunion. a big seniors versus faculty ball game concludes with a 7 to 6 score.
Death of Mrs Tennetta Hamilton after brief illness
Mrs Tennetta Hamilton wife of Chas Hamilton died at her Ames Nevada home Saturday at 2 30 am pneumonia was cause born Tennetta Hanson 1840 South Valley New York aged 49 married Sept 28 1861 eight children survive two preceded her funeral at home conducted by Rev Schrader and Rev Douglas with W A C and Eastern Star in attendance heartfelt notices from family and friends across Ames Nevada Marshalltown Rochester Humboldt and Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennetta Hamilton
Chas. Hamilton
Hamilton
Tennetta Hanson
South Valley
N. Y
Charles Hamilton
Eliza
Ames
Louise
W. ©. Boardman
Nevada
Lydia Peckham
Marshalltown
Dora
Sidney
Loretta
Ethel
Charles
Kate Mabie
Nevada Corps
Eastern Star
Chicago
Mr. Hamilton
Rev Schrader
Douglas
Ames F
Peckham
Daily
Lawrence
Ed. Winne
Humboldt
Kittie Granger
Rochester
Minn
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Bigelow
L. G. Rosenfeld
Henry Gord
R. W. Crane
Winterset
Liddle
Father Shephard
Boston
Saratoga Brawley & Walrr
Gilbert Station
Mrs. Kibbee
Letts
Grove’s
Emporium
D. & L. Hamilton
C. F. Leris
C. F
J.J. Grove
C. F. Lerrs
Columbia Sailor
Ries
I. S. C. Department
Don Stanton
Ann Arbor
Merrill
Oxford
Bess
Miss Favre
Boone
Maude Eastwood
Deming
Margaret Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
Congregational Church
Budd
D. C
Frank Stevens
Grant
Eugene Smith
Tf Ames
Iowa
W. P. Coon
C.F. Leris
Columbia
L. Hamilton
Sherwin-Williams
L. M. Bosworth
Sweet & Orr
Iveralls
Soper
C. Hamilton
The
Modern Woodmen of America Building Association
Modern
Woodmen of America Building Association
Gilbert State Town
Peter Jensen
O. A. Johnson
B. J. Finchem
J. C. Abrams
Ed. Hutchinson
C. B. Clark
Guy Dodds
A. D
Bat
Harry Kelso
District Court of VE
State of Iowa
John Kelso
Story County
Jerome Kimball
Maud Kimball
Mabel Kimball
Ward Kimball
Mary Kimball
Mathew Kimball
Mattie Kimball
Ada Kimball
Marion Ruby
District Court
State of
Ieee
Blair
Kimball
Sai
G. A. Underwood
Hasan
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