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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1899

Page

2

Ames ISD Election Notice for March 13 1899 Ames Story IA

Notice to qualified electors of the Independent School District of Ames Story County Iowa that the annual meeting will be at the town hall in Ames on Monday March 13 1899 polls open 1 pm close 6 pm A director will be elected for a three year term to succeed F N Fowler and Cee re H Westerman elected for a three year term following a February 1899 board meeting the tax assessment for school purposes for the next year was established.

State OF Iowa Story County District Court W.S. Robbins W. A. Foster Ontario A. K. Banks Nevada Ames Story Monny Ceeere H. Westerman F. N. Fowler

John Dillons New Play At Ames Opera House

John Dillons New Play by Darrell Macklin Australian author debuts at the Ames opera house on Saturday March 18. Hiram Jolly a 60 year old bachelor with wealth seeks marriage, provoking schemes by relatives and a comic chase to a wooded tent ending in laughter and applause. Pythians Will Dance at Read and K P halls next Tuesday with tickets one dollar and proceeds for Rathbone temple jewels.

Mr. Dillon Ames Opera House Darrell Macklin Hiram Jolly John Dillon Harpy Uncle Jolly Bartlett Seltzerville Peter Bannister oRathbone Temple K. P. Lodge Read’s K. P K. P's Rathbone Temple

Graz Wanted Good Girl for General House Work

Help wanted notice seeks a reliable girl for general house tasks. Inquiries directed to Mrs. O F Martin.

Graz O. F. Martin

Garden plants offer limited sale this spring

Gregory the Gardener lays out cautions about buying plants not suited to the soil and pests, notes past market control, and announces a limited spring sale of Snyder blackberry, Black Prince blackberry, and Golden Queen red raspberry plants, urging early orders. Imperial oats at Letts.

College Notes From Iowa State College Circa Early Semester

Miss Gail Watts remains on the sick list while Miss Jones of Maxwell attends college for six weeks focusing on algebra and physics. The freshman domestic economy class numbers thirty six with about sixty in all domestic classes. J M Van Patton visits to measure cadets for new military suits. Professors and students show steady progress across departments with increasing industry and application. Two students Esther Beatty and Harriett Vandivert pursue postgraduate work in domestic economy to become teachers. Elizabeth Jones and Mae Banks visit on semi annual trips to Ames. Excursions last fall cost around 300 dollars and spurred new enrollments. Wood varieties used in botanical cases include eleven kinds such as coast redwood and hurr oak. Mrs Addie Billington of Des Moines spoke on Savonarola and discussed famous people with the girls. results to appear in the State Register. Trustees planned future buildings including a president's house and new engineering hall, but funding awaits legislative session. Gen J R Lincoln resumes work, drill days set for Monday and Wednesday with a new calisthenic drill led by the band. Iowa Agricultural College professor H C Eckles gains honors as butter from the Amherst dairy school wins top scores in Massachusetts. The East’s claims of butter-making supremacy yield to Iowa trained instructors.

Board of Trustees Board of Control J. R. Lincoln Ag.hall Lincoln South

Local updates from Gilbert and nearby towns

Miss Gertrude Dodds visits Ames this week while Reynolds and Jacobson dissolve their partnership Jacobson retires Dr Clark takes Father MacFarlan’s old rooms at the Dunne residence Cooler weather dominates with zero point readings and sharp north winds Rev Blackman delivers Sunday sermons and weekday talks for men and women Mass meeting at C P church March 15 Elder Ruth to preside Willie Spring returns from Highland Park college plans farming at Needham farm multiple social visits by Bernice Blackman Barbary Gay and Mattie Hansen Olin Gilbert moves to Des Moines for eye treatment Georgia Coward launches spring millinery in Ames and cemetery association postpones annual meeting to May 15.

Remedy for coughs and influenza. Sold by druggists.

This remedy targets coughs colds croup whooping cough and influenza. It is praised worldwide for easing persistent coughs and severe colds and often saving children from dangerous croup attacks. Widely used against whooping cough with reduced risk of complications. Also rental notice for a large blacksmith shop near the Lockwood elevator offered by Bower & Sorenson's meat market.

Lou Larson Lockwood Bower & Sorenson

Enterprising Druggist Offers Dr King’s New Discovery

L M Bosworth secures Dr King’s New Discovery agency for consumption coughs and colds. Claimed cures include asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat chest and lung ailments. Free trial bottle with regular size options priced 50 cents to 1.00. Guaranteed to cure or refund. J W Ellmore advertises blacksmithing horse shoeing and repairs from the old Allen shop south side of the railroad.

L. M. Bosworth Dr. King South Side J. W. Ellmore

Ames News Items and Classified Fragments

Classified notices and short items from Ames Iowa feature millinery employment ads, medicines, real estate offerings, cemetery expansion concerns, local business promotions, and entertainment notes. Readers learn about Dr Caldwell's syrups, local fruit and flour brands, a cemetery expansion appeal, and a Nashville Students performance at the Opera House.

Ames City Election Notice and Poultry Sale

The qualified electors of Ames Iowa are to assemble Monday March 27 1809 to elect councilmen for four wards. Polls open 8 a m close 6 p m at ward depots and halls. Names of ward judges and clerks listed. Also sale notice offering 2 dozen yearling hens 5 dozen pullets and 75 cockerels pure bred barred Plymouth rocks by J J Kegley.

Plymouth Rocks J.J. Kegley Ames Iowa S. Cramer J. J. Kegley

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bigelow & Smith Hazel Orr D. B. Fisk & Co Chicago Miss Orr Fisk & Co Anna Cupps Bradford Knapp Gregory the Gardener I, S. C. Department Gail Watts Miss Jones Maxwell J. M. van Patton M. C. Lilley&So Esther Beatty Harriett Vandivert Elizabeth Jones State College Mrs. Banks Mae Fellows East West Ames Montour The Addie B. Billington Des Moines Margaret Hall H. C. Eckles Iowa Agricultural College Massachusetts State Agricultural College Amherst Iowa Dairy School Massachusets Eckles State Agricultural College Old Massachusetts Gilbert Station Gertrude Dodds Reynolds & Jacobson Jacobson Dr. Clark Father MacFarlan Dunne Katie Wright Zenorsville A. G. Beecham Mrs. Orlin Gilbert Oscar Johnson Gilbert Methodist Bernice Blackman Georgia Coward Cemetery Association of Congregational Church Barbary Gay George Humboldt Mattie Hansen State Center Mercury Wm. Spring Highland Park College Needham Farm Willie Spring C. P. Church Charley Ruth Blackman Chamberlain L.M. Bosworth Joe Cohn Monarch Lown Cluett7 Coon and Arrow Brands Dora Hamilton Brapiey & White Dr. Caldwell L. M. Bosworth’s Main Street Boone Street G. A. Underwood Adans Bros Cc. F C. F. Letts Maine City J. J. Grove Eugene Smith Miller & Kooser’s F. Lerrs Heinz Miller d& Kooser Association the Times Opera House Nashville Students’ Colored Company Peoria Herald Heinz’s Tomato Soup Fuavady Glee Sanborns Java C.F. Letts F. T. McLain Jas. Hall R. McDowell A. KH Thaer Cal Giddings Second Ward F. E. Morris H.P McLain van Chamberlain Galen Tilden J. B. Elliott Third Ward J. W. Lanning W.A Perkins Ig Bowers Jas. Miller N. Fowler Forth Ward H. M. Grettenberg, Wesley Sexton A. Marston Jerry Sexton J.F Cavell Cal. Giddings
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