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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
3
Community items from Ames note grocery ads and shortages at Adams Bros and Bradley White. Local events include a war song concert at the Congregational church, a reading circle gathering, primary election notices, a city caucus update, and a wedding in Onaga township referenced in a Kansas paper.
Miss Kizzie Garnes of Smithland visits Mrs. J. P. Baker. Fern Yedrow from Boone visits grandmother Mrs. Butler. Boone residents Al Rutherford family visit Miss Belle Rutherford. Several locals and visitors attend events, shops shuffle, and a string of social calls mark a busy week in Ames.
Tax deadline approaching April 1 requires payment without penalty or first installment to extend balance. The Story County Bank lists Ames and nearby townships where payments can be made.
The Ladies And Society of the Congregational church announce a war song concert Friday March 17 at 8 PM in the church. Doors open 7. A twenty voice chorus with Miss Lynn performs pieces including Star Spangled Banner Marching through Georgia The Vacant Chair Home Sweet Home Wayfaring tunes and a reading program featuring Whistling Regiment Tenting Tonight and America among others.
An editorial pitch extols housework as ideal work for healthy women while claiming feminine health issues stem from reproductive organs. It urges examinations by family doctors but warns most women need none. promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe permanent fix and offers a free Medical Adviser in exchange for 21 one cent stamps to Buffalo New York.
Jonay Dillon and his company perform Bartlett's Road to Seltzerville at the Ames Opera House next Saturday evening. Dillon, a longtime Ames favorite, is expected to draw a large crowd. Seats are on sale at Bosworth's.
Help wanted ad seeks millinery apprentice girls and directs inquiries to Dora Hamilton for consideration. No location or contact details provided.
An old newspaper snippet promotes Maple City Self-Washing Soap by J J Grove and invites readers to attend Father Daly at the opera house. It advertises low fares from Chicago Great Western Ry for one way colonist and round trip homeseekers tickets to Idaho Montana BC North Dakota Oregon Washington, valid return within 21 days. Agent contact F H Lord 113 Adams St Chicago. Also notes a public invitation for Friday and Saturday March 31 and April with a display of up-to-date goods.
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