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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1892
Page
3
Ames Times reports on community events from Ames Story County Iowa including business ads, street conditions, new construction, farm notes, weather patterns, and local deaths. It notes Dr C E Hunt building work, Perkins building progress, staff changes at Jule Davis House, flood impacts, and funeral details for Mrs Isabella Mills with Rev Rickman officiating.
A dense list of Ames area movements and visits. Residents and guests travel to Nevada Des Moines Council Bluffs Boone Gilman Clinton Webster City and Chicago. Officials lawyers preachers and merchants report business and social calls with several inquests and funerals noted.
Des Moines Republican state central committee met last night at 8 pm and issued a call for the Republican state convention to meet in Des Moines on Wednesday, June 29.
Caleb Walters of a farm five miles northwest of Ames was struck and killed by a freight train while walking on the railroad tracks near Gilbert Station around 1 pm Saturday. An inquest by a coroner’s jury found he died from the accident, his funeral set for Tuesday at the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. T. M. Rickman. Walters, born June 16, 1817 in Steuben County New York, had lived in Iowa since 1856 and leaves a wife Julia and three children.
Ames moves toward electric lights amid talk with business leaders. The piece cites Webster City as a model where a 1500 to 1632 candle power plant overwhelmed capacity and required expansion. It notes local ad pitches, events, and commerce while urging thorough investigation before winter.
Miss Sawyer of the American Missionary Association delivered a Sunday forenoon address at the Congregational Church. Her thirty minute talk described the association’s work among sea communities, including negroes and poor whites, painting a vivid picture of their condition.
Advertisement touts 100 men suits at cut prices and other clothing deals. It promises a wide line of boys and children’s apparel at rock bottom prices and urges shoppers to visit the store at large, unnamed location.
An ad lists Sam offering a genuine Dueber case and a fully jeweled movement for 16.50 dollars. Baker signs the note early in the piece.
Readable fragments show markets for wheat hogs and lambs discussed today. The text references local price activity and trading items but lacks clear figures or locations.
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