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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1892
Page
3
The Ames Times reports on a lively May issue with events at the panorama and baseball at Drake University, plus notes on weather signals, railway troubles, hardware ads, and local personalities. Subscriptions rise as the paper promises timely, improved editions.
Local notices recount visits by J M Butch Flossy Wright and others to Des Moines and nearby towns. Weather, roads, and street conditions are described amid livestock, construction, and social events including weddings and theater. Ames civic notes praise the town, schools, college, and rail links while reporting rainfall and flood concerns.
Between closing time Tuesday and 6:30 yesterday morning Bigelow & Smith's in Ames was broken into and about 300 dollars worth of clothing stolen. Entry was gained by removing a back window light. items were scattered and later some clothing turned up in a box car and an alley. Authorities pursue the culprits amidst a flood of local notices and ads.
A jeweler named Baker advertises a genuine Dueber case and a fully jeweled adjusted movement for sale at 16 dollars 50 cents. The note promises a ready to use timepiece at a bargain price from a local shop.
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