Local Life Bits and Notices in The Times
A collection of short items from The Times includes notices to advertisers, sales pitches for Thurston and Graham and Ames Laundry, local society wedding plans for Edwin Grant Irwin and Ida Edwards Randall, and reports on a street fakir selling pewter spoons. It notes public works like cement walks, a June gun club shoot, and school board activity with many job applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Grant Irwin
Ida Edwards Randall
George Randa
Center St
Des Moines
Iowa
Desday
Ed. Irwin
Irwin Randall &O
Mie
the ‘Times
Presnt
Hetly
Condition Of Iowa Crops In A Cold Week
Des Moines Iowa May 21 1895 unseasonably cold week with light rainfall and heavy frost on May 20 damage limited to grapes berries and some fruits. Most small grain damage light corn prospects remain favorable with replanting needed only for shallow planted corn deep planted unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Ames Social Roundup Shows Wide Circuit of Visitors
Gilbert visitor W. H. Maraden and many locals welcomed friends from Des Moines Webster City Nevada and Indianapolis. Officials bankers doctors and retirees appear in the weekly Ames social notes detailing visits homecomings and cross city travels.
Mrs Carrie A Strong Visits Ames From Jewell
Carrie A Strong of Jewell called at the Times home Sunday en route from a Winter on the Pacific coast to her home. Mrs 8S, an old time friend of the Times folks, also noted. Mrs Kime of Fort Wayne arrived in Ames Tuesday morning for a visit with her brother Frank Hunter, whom she hadn't seen in eighteen years. Mrs Kime plans an extended stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Tilden and
McLain
Iowa Falls
Greeley
Ann Arbor
Michigan University
Omaha
Iowa University
Iowa City
Kent
Des Moines
Mud Lake Farm
Selec
J.P. Watson
Prairie City
Attorney Bartlett
Bob Graham
Nevada
T. J. Loughran
Ilinois
Fred Bradley
Carrie A. Strong
Jewell
Times
Pacific Coast
Kime
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Ames
Frank Hunter
Mrs. K. Will
Jas. Scott
Elwell
D. D. Bales
Fred Carpenter
Carpenter
Bales
D. D
Maxwell
C. S. Roland
Wallace
California
John Roland
South Side
Roland
Southern Pacific
Gen. Geddes
Ames Station
Local notes on campaigns, sports, and visits in Ames
Ames items report Geo Meade seeking school superintendent nomination during the Sunday School Convention. Notices cover hardware ads, cinema games, local candidates including E A Shearer, and Decoration Day plans. Also notes on train travel, census efforts, and upcoming excursion fares along the Northwestern lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Meade
Sherman Township
Ames Notices and Local Meetings in Story County
A mix of notices including an Estray calves claim near Ames, owners must prove property and pay charges. A resident asks friends to leave word at the Times office or with G T Stebbins at the college. Odd Fellows meet for Decoration Day exercises. The Farmer's Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association announces its eighth annual meeting in Nevada Iowa for director elections and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
G. A. R. Boys
Main Street
Times
G.T. Stebbins
College
Ames
Ennis
Washington Township
Willlis Ball
Ames Lodge
Farmer’s Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association
Story County
Iowa
City Hall
Nevada
A. J. Graves
D. M. Hayden
Bicycle shoe shop advert and town notice
Buy your Bicycle shoes at CANIER Bros. and HERMAN'S. Joan Langsdorf moved into town last Thursday and is occupying a new residence in the northeast part of town. John takes to town life like a duck to water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canier Bros. & Herman ’S
Joan Langsdorf
John
Warning to All Persons on Vacant Lot Near Railroad
Notice from B A Lockwood and manager F N Fowler forbids pasturing grazing or staking cattle on a vacant lot south of the railroad in block 50 with threats to impound after May 18 1895. Also ads on arc light in Ames fuel ads for Pratts Food gas stoves farm land trades in Palo Alto County Iowa and Northern Iowa. D G Ferevson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Lockwood
F. N. Fowler
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Ames
Decoration Day Observances Planned by Post and W R C
May 26 1895 services at the Christian Church with Rev J K Hester. May 30 1895 parade to the cemetery at 1 15 pm decorate graves with young girls, address by Rev H J Everly, flag raising on campus, battalion parade at the College Chapel invited by President Beardshear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
W. R. C. and Sons of Veterans
Christian Church
J. K. Hester
The
H. J. Everly
Beardshear
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Times
Ames Laundry
Caniel Bros
Herman’s
Fred Horner
E. G. Berson
Story Co. Bank
Adams Bros
Tuorston & Graham's
J. P. Watson’s
Thurston & Graham’s
Prof
Pammel
Bierton & Smirau
Tion
W. H. Maraden
Gilbert
Geo. Hultz
Anna Sweeney
Webster City
Hamilton
H. Hood
Jewell Jct
Olin Sweet
Simpson College, Indianla
Ethel Cook
B. F. Lies
Knoxville
Dr. Apling
Homopathic Physicians of
M. J. Jones
St. Paul
Allie Needham
Union National Bank
Miss Nellie
Boone
Do. B. Turner
Wisconsin
J. 8. Elliott
Burlington
Geo. H. Maxwell
Pennsylvania
Geo
Geo. Dunning
Belle Plaine
N.S. McGuire
Tule Geddes
Ottumwa
Mia
Gen Geddes
Iar
Martins
Inwin, Ranphaut & Co
University of Illinois
I. S.C
Tilden Bros. & Co
Irwin, Randall & Co
Perry Simmons
Collins Township
E. A. Shearer
Ontario
Atq A.m
Pres. Beardshear
G. A. R. Band
Oue Ladies Missionary Society
Congregational Church
Hull House
Lodge of
Red Men
Seth Hannumn
Milo Manning
Arcadia
Sheldon
Manning
Loughran
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
North Western Line
Chicago & North Western Railway
Northwest
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Tuourston & Graham's
Tuunston & Graham's
Sunday Register
C. G. McCarthy
Clarice McCarthy
Marion
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Albert
Bierlow&smith
Canter Bros. & Herman’s
J. B. Elliott
West Main Street
K. Rummel
Bert Kooser
J. W. Adams, N. G
Farmer's Mutual
Pratts
Thurston & Graham
D. G. Ferevson
Cramer Bros
Henderson
Coeur
SS. Coo
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