Local miscellany notes from Ames area Monday
Local items list church meetings and social events. Miss Emily Gray offers home sewing. Rev James of Marshalltown conducts Episcopal services. Durand reports on banking land deals in Canada. Also notes horse shoeing, new store goods, and a bowling victory by Ames players at Fort Dodge.
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Norice
Emily Gray
College St
Mr. James
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Jack Kintzley
Ames
Seeberger
Des Moines
Meyers and Gray
Lyman and
Starks
Nevada
Fire destroys barns and grain at Meyers farm southwest town
A Monday fire at the John Meyers farm burned two large barns, six tons of hay, one hundred bushels of grain and tools. Insurance covers only a small portion of the loss. Meyers planned to move to Ames and had been burning brush nearby when the fire spread. The library board met to approve inscriptions for the Ames Public Library tablet and corner stone.
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John Meyers
Town
Mr. Meyers
John Allan
Library Board
Ames Public Library
First Encounter with a Gorilla in Equatorial Africa
Paul du Chailla recounts a dramatic meeting with a bone male gorilla as it charges through the woods. Malaonen restrains a shot until the moment to fire, resulting in the creature’s quick death by three musket balls. The scene emphasizes the gorilla’s ferocity and the tense brink of violence.
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Paul du Chailla
Equatorial Africa
Malaonen
PITH AND POINT Laughs and Laughable Truths
A collection of wry quips from an Atchison Globe column noting how jokes tax amusement, cemetery gossip, gendered monopolies on patience, retired harness drivers, overconfident advisers, carriage riders versus pedestrians, and late night chafing dish meals tasting like crape on the door.
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Atchison Globe
The Four o Clock Plant Signals Punctual Bloom
The four o clock, an ornamental Peruvian plant, blooms from about 4 p m to the next morning and is seen as a symbol of punctuality. Its daily opening is remarkably regular in sunny weather and varies by no more than ten minutes when light and position are favorable.
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Peru
First Coal In England and Early Demand for Fuel
The First Coal In England notes that coal began to be dug around 1200 AD to supply smiths and lime burners. The fuel suited crafts better than wood, with increasing demand from feudal castles and ecclesiastical buildings. Smiths and lime burners remained the main consumers for a long time.
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England
Smiths
Real Estate Transfers in Ames and Surrounding Areas
A series of property deeds recorded in Ames shows transfers from C. E. Holmes to E. G. Gould for 450 dollars, B. A. Lockwood Grain Co. to W. E. Deal for 300, Myrah L. Graham to F. M. Cupps for 500, and multiple other parcels. Also listed are transfers involving Andrew Cole, Agnes Cole, Daniel McCarthy, Andrew Nelson, C. G. Lee, E. C. Wilkinson, Willis H. McLain, Albert C. McLain, and Agnes M. Cole, among others, with various lots in Blair's ad, Little's ad, and Beardshear's ad. An item notes lost gold stick pins with a reward offer at Times office.
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Tildens Dry “Soods Department
SOF Ree Pvomen
Delineator
Butterick
Tilden Bros. & Co
Mus. F. D. Danforth
J. B. Kooser & Co
Tux
P. B. O. Society
M. K. Smith
Minnesota
T. J. Mraver & Son
Tux Dorcas Society
W. O. Boyd
Victor
T. J. Minvter & Son
Bankers’ Realty Co
Canada
Worp
Charles Whitaker
Chanute, Kansas
Boone News
Kooser
Burt
Graham
T. J. Miller & Son
Uneeda Biscuits
Ethel Underwood
Story County
Joun Allan
H. A. Rincensure
Jamaica
Christian Church
Uneeda Biscuit
J. B. Kooser & Co’s
Connie Cooper
Loughran & Bauer
Ogden
L. M. Bosworth
A. M. Shea
Methodist Hospital
Wilson Rich
Harvey Doggatt
Racine Goble
EK. Stillman
J. D. Murphy
Thomas Lame
T. J. Mitter & Son
G. Lee
M. C. Lirrie
Jewel Cafe
James Houser
State Center
Mr. Houser
Stipp
Mike
T. J. Muller & Son
Joan Allan
John G. Cooper
Ontario
Tax Cemetery Association
J. R. Lincoln
Roger Sheehey
W. E. Tanner
C. A. Arrasmith
Boone
Pleasant Grove
F. D. Danforth
J. J. Grove
Tueree
U. B. Church
Cc. E. Haverty
Louisa Hamilton
Denver Cole
Breeders Association
Agricultural Society
Daughters of Rebekah
Gilbert Station
Gilbert
David Adler & Sons
Milwaukee
David Adler & Sons Clothing Co
Adler
Adlers
Childrens
Ames, Iowa
Kohn Brothers
Chicago
Kiers
Nomn
L. O. Keedick
C. E. Holmes
E. G. Gould
Blair
B. A. Lockwood Grain Co
W. E. Deal
Lockwoods
Myrah L. Graham
F. M. Cupps
Ad Ames
Andrew E. Cole
Agnés Cole
Daniel McCarthy
Andrew Nelson
C. G. Lee
E. C. Wilkinson
Lee
Little
Willis H. McLain
Albert C. McLain
Agnes M. Cole
Ames Monthly Meeting
Friends Church
Newton Long
Ringgenberg
Beardshear
George H. Graham
Myrah L. . Ham
Anna W. Brown
Bill Hawkes
John W. Lathro
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