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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
3
A store announces a clearance of ladies gents and children's boots and shoes in latest styles until March 15 for store interior remodeling. It offers liberal discounts on rubber goods and guarantees same as full price with courteous service.
A collection of short items notes sales and ads from Ames included grocery prices at Adams Bros and Bradley White offers, real estate transfers, personal notices about Miss Rahama Read and Mrs Harris, theater news featuring John Dillon, medical ads for Dr Pierce and Miller, a mumps illness for Clayton Paxton, and updates on local social events and church plans with residents and professionals.
J A McKee and Henry Boyd seek sheriff posts with campaigns noted in Ames. Emmett Compton tunes pianos in Story City. Mrs Milo Wilkinson travels to Mapleton to visit her husband. Nineteenth century social notices cover weddings travels illnesses and local meetings including M L Hayward's Nebraska senatorial election victory and forthcoming high school commencement.
Fritz Randau of Story county died Monday at eleven in the morning after years of illness. Born August 15 1830 in Alfeld Germany he served as sergeant in the Missouri Light Artillery during the Civil War. Funeral was held March 7 at 1 p m with burial at Pleasant Grove cemetery. Survived by wife four sons a daughter and a sister.
The weekly list shows names including Bossard Jno Crateer Edward Johnson W H Weikel Jas Lon G Hardin P M. Letters awaiting pickup at the post office for the week ending March 4 1890.
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