Rural mail routes and mover’s migration noted
Iowa rural free delivery expands beyond experiments with 300 to 350 routes and growing applications, while articles discuss political irritants over investments and a restless move toward farm lands as rents rise and capital seeks land. An anecdote credits Electric Bitters for chronic indigestion and female health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan F. Boylan
Iowa
Mar- Hete
The
Register
Story County
Real estate loans and travel deals by Northwestern routes
Real estate loans offered with flexible repayment and no commission. Travel ads promote trips from Ames to the West via Northwestern Line with weekly Tuesday tickets to April 20 and special inaugural and excursion fares to Washington, D.C. through Chicago & North-Western Ry, plus local commodity ads for dried cherries and canned fruit from J. B. Kooser & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & North-Western Ry
North-Western
Chicago
Washington
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Ames transfers rank among week ending March 2 1901
A long list of property transfers is reported for the week ending March 2 1901. Transactions include transfers of lots and blocks in Ames and surrounding areas, with many names such as J E Stewart C W Allen trustee and Wm Crooks, and references to Loom rights of way, college park additions, and Blairs ad Ames. Citations include several neighborhoods and land companies. totals appear for multiple parcels and sums. A concluding buyer remark cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E Stewart
C W Allen
Ames
R’y Land Co
Crooks
Ames Scott French
Chas W Sowers
Blairs
Ames Mary E Martin
Catharine Stewart
Beaton
Ana Esson
Lo Johnsen
McCalisburg Waet
Oon
R H Mey
College Park
Michael
Helland
Peter L. Pall
Heland & Larsons
Slater Albert
Baker
James A Baker
Ames Biddy Griffith
Peter S Griffith
John Marsden
Marsden
Gilbert Sta
Daniel H Phillips
C W Sowers
Lars O Larson
Sheldahl
JV Storm
Geo K Young
United States
Hoyt Sherman
Mitchell D C Cooper
Wm Taylor
James R Zearing
David Eves OM Witte
Abbe Gerdes
A J Peddicord
Nels L Thompson
Lars Thompson
Geo. H Graham
Mary M Graves
Lewis Morrell
John Morrell
Colo J A Baker
Nancy A
Jacob J. Englehardt
Allin
Frank Trotter
Amos Spring
Roan McClure
Sybil McClure
D Hodge
Ella
EP Gilbert
Bigelows
Ames Agnes Wilson
H Westerman
Richmonds
Alexander McFarland
G F
Heecree
Wil el
Templeton
Jane Carey
Jas Perkins
Emily P Stuckslager
Ames Margaret M Hamilton
HM Stultz
Bingman
G H Graham
J D Murphy
Unprecedented farming club offer with four papers
All farmers are urged to subscribe to a limited time bundle including The Iowa Homestead The Poultry Farmer and Farmers Institute Editions plus this paper. The four one year set costs 1.45 with samples available at the office for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
West
Weat
Special Partners’ Institute
Gas Office Denies Race Entry Info
A caller asks about race entry times at a gas company's office, but staff confirm they have no race details. The inquirer mentions wanting to register a gas meter, revealing a mix up between services. A humorous exchange from Tit-Bits notes the confusion.
Old man pleased with himself after six months burn matches
The Indianapolis Press quotes a coachman and cook joking about the old man hoarding burned matches to start a kitchen fire. A segment also touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children, praised by Petersburg baker F P Moran, emphasizing no opium and endorsement by a druggist. Public notices and ads for wife gifts at J Miller & Sons are noted.
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Chamberlain
F. P. Moran
Petersburg
Tilden & Loughran
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Sampson
Tuk Daily Capital
Chicago ‘Times-Herald
Billy Mason
Cuba
Times-Herald
Hull
Philippines
Times- Herald
Philippine Islands
Florida
Alaska
Illinois
F. J. Green
Lancaster
N. H
L. M. Bosworth
Stony County Bank
California
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Washington, D.C
J. B. Kooser & Co
Lea Grippe
George W. Waitt
South Gardiner
Ei J. Miller & Sons
Gio Te
Eighmy
Cigar Store
J. L. Sies
Mutual
Bell
J. B. Elliott
C. A
James L. M’cabe
Bosworths
Palace Livery and Sale Stable
Depot
Geo. Nichols
Little Bros
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Bosworth’s Drug Store
R. D. Connell
Embree Lumber Office
Ames, Iowa
W. M. Greeley
Henry Wilson
A. S. Needham
Union National
Bankers’ National Bank
National City Bank
New York
Valley National Bank
Des Moines
Hemstreet
Ames, Owa
J. A. Campbell
Campbell
Merevirh's Claim Agency
F. L. Meredith
Hell
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago Express
Atlantic
Sioux City
Omaha
Overland Lim
T Ty
A . A.m. Ham
Pacific
Sam
Sioux Chy
Mana
Carroll
Colorado
Cedar Rapids
Pass
Dakota
Wiham
Ham
Acc
Jewell
G. W. Rovens
Onn Cent
Cooley
Jones
Seo E. Baker
Monarch Foods
Kennedy
J. J. Grove
Grocer
OUR
Alaskas
Nier Bros. & Herman
Canier Bros. & Herman
Vvictor J. Evans & CO
Washington, D. C
Evans
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