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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
4
A reader from Story City explains watt and foot pound concepts, noting that one watt hour equals energy to lift a pound by about 2,654 feet and showing practical equivalents. The item links electrical terms to everyday understanding and highlights curiosity about power and work.
March 18 Manila edition honors the Signal Corps for courage under fire. Perry Grove of We Slat, once from Ames, is noted for transfer delays. The piece praises frontline messengers, wartime duties, and the risks faced by the Signal Corps in delivering vital orders.
A Denver Post ode extols a modern bicycle girl as she races along highways and hills. Her speed and poise evoke pride in the state with imagery of plains, mountains, and spring winds as spectators watch, praising her as a pearl of nature and progress.
The Prohibitionists met at the opera hall in Nevada Friday afternoon electing W. G. Wright as county committee chairman Rev S Biwell of Ames secretary and J. Blackman treasurer Delegates to the state convention include J W John Cambridge Ben Confare Maxwell Rev Cox Collins Dr Bunce city K W Brown Ames and Rev J W Blackman Rev C S Dean spoke in the afternoon and at the evening hall address with a small attendance but good interest.
Frankilin township monthly report shows 20 days taught 18 pupils enrolled 20 days absence 0 tardiness none average daily attendance 15. Named students not absent or tardy include Donald Sowers Ada Hayden Maud Mabyn and Merrill Campbell. Conna Wilkinson serves as teacher.
Des Motes Iowa notes unusually cool cloudy weather last week ending with a heavy storm bringing excess moisture in central and southern sections. Iowa City 4.35 inches Cedar Rapids 2.01 inches may delay field work. Plowing planting advanced with corn progress good wheat oats barley thriving and little frost damage. Fruit trees vines and berries survive winter and show good crop promise.
Partly desiring stone from the Crag quarry with best Skus tiver atone available on PrOSiD 4. Selected stone for Walls Above ground furnished if desired at 41 reasonable rates. Leave orders with Jey Ladd or Munn's lumber office. exceptionally low rates to Sioux Falls via North-Western Line. Excursion tickets greatly reduced May 26 27 to May 29 for United Commercial Travelers of America meeting. Apply to agents.
For sale items include a thoroughbred Jersey cow aged three with unknown details and several vague product mentions. Also listed are gasless gasoline references and assorted brands like Kennedy wafers and Beat All flour.
The document lists multiple transfers in Story county with buyers and sellers including names such as Suecs Hittin, Emerson Stalley, Cora McKee, and John Gibson among others. Amounts, parcel descriptions, and lot numbers appear scattered, reflecting a series of property transactions.
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces low excursion fares for summer meetings including General Assembly Minneapolis May 1 to June 1 one fare plus 2.00 round trip and several other events in Denver Roanoke San Francisco Buffalo St. Louis Detroit Los Angeles Richmond with similar one fare plus 2.00 structures. includes dates May through July and mentions candy line note.
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