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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1892
Page
2
Poetic celebration of vacation mood frames local life as students wrap up term. Notes report Grinnell game 10 to 6, I. A. C. vs Independence 12 to 11, and campus departures. Various faculty, visitors, and town residents are mentioned along with upcoming addresses and club events. The season’s news covers sports, exhibitions, and weather briefings.
The notice advertises low prices on sugar and fuel, praising the new laundry service with free delivery. It mentions specific deals on sugar and gasoline and notes W H Hamilton’s pension raise, while urging farmers to inspect McCormick and Esterly binders via Loughran Machine Co. Agents. It concludes with a weather comment about yesterday’s heat.
The piece quotes a local goose-enthusiast prophet predicting a wet summer while a dismissive trader from the agency laughs of a hot season. He wagers his government blanket on his forecast, framing a sharp exchanges about seasonal outcomes.
Photographer Taylor announces a larger studio space with new instruments and accessories enabling strictly first class work on short notice.
An old maids insurance company has been organized in a foreign country. If a woman does not marry by forty she draws a pension. Such an insurance would not thrive in this section.
The piece discusses editorial rivalries on a coast trip and declares advertising pays with famous examples. It then reports the quiet wedding of H H Kennedy and Minnie G Perkins at the Kimball home, describing the Grinnell bride and groom, their backgrounds, and plans to live in Chicago after July 20.
Report of transfers for the week ending June 21 1892 from Smith Son Nevada Iowa Real Estate Abstract and Loan office. Maxwell Imp Co to Andrew McCauley wd 225 dollars lots 5 and 6bik 4 Highland Park ad Maxwell. JR Grindem to J H Jandall wd 250 dollars lots Sand9 bik 1J R Griddem ad Roland. W If Weatherly to Robert Golly wd 35 dollars lot 13 blk 5 Zearing. Harmon Clapper to Michael Kiely wd 2600 dollars wig ne 5 8220. Dogers heirs to Wm J Lightfoot wd 3200 dollars se 30 8521. Nels Johnson and w to Star Sunness wd 725 dollars lot 11 block 3 and lots 12356 and 7 blk 1 Huxley part ne ne lying in R R26 82 24.
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