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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1896
Page
7
A brisk blot of items lists rental inquiries by M. K. Smith and U. S. Spring, local ads for oranges and harness grease, church notices, social events, sickness, and ongoing weather and moving reports. It notes a heavy four inch snow, hospitalities, and forthcoming lectures and services at U B and Congregational churches.
Walter McGuire spent Saturday and Sunday in Belle Plaine. Fred Horr was at Des Moines Tuesday for eye treatment. W H Wynn Jr visited from Des Moines Sunday. Miss May Robinson of Omaha visiting Miss Mollie Haverly. Willis Lincoln became traveling solicitor for a creamery supply. Jacobs of The Fair went to Chicago Saturday night to buy goods with promises of big bargains on return. Sallie Williams of Muscatine visiting General Lincoln. W is her cousin. Prof Wynn returned from Biloxi, Mississippi, pleased to be back in Iowa. L A Goodwin of Boone in the city Friday. Lem, former Ames opera house manager, may move his family here if arrangements work. G W Thomas and Mr Gnagy left for Nez Perces country Idaho. family’s loss mourned. J B Davis moved hardware stock into the former J B Elliott room. Davis now runs spacious store. I can perform paper-hanging and case mining, seeking patronage. leave orders with M J Spohn. The Ames Lodge Odd Fellows banquet was held with music in Masonic hall and a grand banquet in Old Fellows hall. Gen Lincoln toasted, with Rev Everley and others speaking. large lodge membership limited outsiders. event honored the order and left happy memories.
Demand for immediate cash to settle all past due accounts. Notice insists immediate payment is required for goods and stresses that deadlines in March or April do not apply.
A compiled list shows real estate transfers recorded in Story County Iowa for the week ending February 20 1896. Transactions include numerous lot and tract conveyances involving names such as Mattie Soule D B E Rice Ellam Patrick John Oxner Barnes Ames Julia Logan Ole Wierson Maxwell Mary Carpenter J A Brown and others across Ames Zearing Huxley and surrounding areas with sums noted for each transfer.
Very low excursion rates will be given March 10th, 1896, to visitors of the South Valley Irrigated lands in northeastern Colorado. Information available from M Hemmstreet, Agent, Ames, Iowa. Also advertised are Karl's Clover Root Tea for cures and a No 1 broom for ice at Miller and Kooser's with best flour offerings per sack at Miller and.
An old advert claims Prius do not cure constipation and worsen it while praising Karl's Clover Root Tea for bowel regularity and Shiloh's Cure as the best cough remedy. It warns that neglecting a cough is dangerous and urges stopping it with Shiloh's Cure.
Eli Perkins, Union College graduate with a Master of Arts, is president of the New York News Association and a veteran G A R member. A Royal Arch Mason and Beta Theta Phi fraternity alumnus, he has written seven books and toured the world twice. He speaks at Ames Opera House on March 14.
Travel deal announced for round trip at one fare and two dollars covering nearly every state via the Chicago Great Western Railway Maple Leaf Route. Last day to inquire is March 10. Contact Chicago office or nearest CGW agent for details.
120 acres of wild land in Norru Iowa offered at 23 dollars per acre with long terms. Small down payments and favorable terms available. For details contact J. K. Waite in Ames Iowa.
A Presbytery hearing quizzed Dr. Briggs on scripture and authorship questions. The Moderator pressed him about Moses and the Pentateuch, asking which parts he did not write. Laughter followed as Briggs referenced his own death in a modest reply. The note ends with a call to hear the Pennine lecture at the opera house.
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