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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
4
Local items include bicycle ad and household goods for sale then rent notices and livestock asks. Upcoming events feature High School entertainment canceled, a Whitaker estate auction, Grace Eden hypnosis act, J. N. Fowler’s tailoring return, and a W R C supper with a city finance note on waterworks funding.
The Northern Pacific car arrived from the east and stationary at Ames depot before 6:22 pm. It showcases grains, grasses, and wild animals from Minnesota North Dakota Montana Washington. D. M. Stewart leads the exhibit with L. D. Billingster and Vanderbilt nearby. Over 300,000 visitors and 120,000 schoolchildren have seen it.
Mrs Bushman of Nevada guests Mrs Rome Simmons Monday. J N Fowler arrived from the east last week. Jim reports business dull in that section. Mrs J S Smith of Jewell Junction visits at Howard McLain home. S Cramer enjoys visit from brother’s Missouri Valley family. Laura Moulton, Grinnell teacher, visits Ames friends. Dr Winsett travels to Chicago for treatment, due home today. Flave West attends Col Hoggatt funeral and holds mayoral title. Hiram Blake of Massena visits for weekend. on way from state convention. Mrs Fred Coggeshall and son Jay of Aplington visit Read home.
A passenger train struck an unidentified man just east of Midway. He was brought to Ames and placed in Loud's undertaking rooms where he was unclaimed. He appears about sixty, with long hair and a heavy build. Only a paper fragment, two handkerchiefs, a jack knife, and tobacco were found.
Local items include a March 23 1896 ward caucus to nominate a councilman, ads for Glidden Barb wire at 2 50 per cwt, Grant township trustee meeting in April, birth of a baby girl, thanks for supper contributions, excursion offers to Colorado, sales of a Remington typewriter and a bicycle, reflections on church splits and the Salvation Army, a death in Chicago with Ames funeral, a Story City property bargain, new fashion arrivals from Bierton Smith, a fence sale offer, and Shiloh's Cure for coughs.
Cincinnati Gazette outlines the dangers of colds and the value of prompt treatment with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It touts the product with testimonials from Simon S. Hartman of Tunnelton and notes 25 and 50 cent bottle pricing via local druggists.
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