Local ads and notices from Ames show sales and birth news
Full line of muslin underwear and ladies footwear advertised by Tupen Bros. Co. Adams Bros. offer down to date coffee at 10c. Reynolds couple greet baby boy born on the 18th. A sale on shoes and clothing closes at half price. Hats valued to $2 sell at 4c. Two train loads of Third battalion Second Nebraska Infantry pass through Ames toward Chicamaugua.
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C. Tupen Bros. & Co
Ames
Chicamaugua
Second
Nebraska Infantry
Artful college concert delights Ames audience
A college chapel concert directed by Prof. Resler drew praise for Miss Carrie Bell Scott and Mrs. Belnap whose singing inspired music lovers despite a storm that kept some away. The program featured Dudley Buck psalms and à la mode quartet and solo performances, with Prof. and Mrs. Resler lauded for the fine presentation.
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College Chapel
Resler
Carrie Bell Scott
Belnap
Des Moines
Dudly Buck
West Hotel
East Ames
Dr. Watts
Millersburg
Miss Gay Watts
Holmdale
Boone
Ingalls Lecture Postponed to Friday June 4
John J. Ingalls lecture at the college, originally set for May 27, is postponed to Friday June 4. The fact that Mr. Ingalls is speaking ensures a crowded hall. Reserved seats at Judisoh Bros. for 50e.
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Jno
Merritt Arrives in Ames En Route to Manila in 1898
Gov General elect Wesley Merritt passes through Ames on the Northwestern No. 1 at 3:15 AM in President Burt’s private car while traveling Washington to San Francisco for Manila. He pausing in Chicago to bid farewell to fiancée Miss Laura Williams, with plans to marry if life allows.
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Burt Alberts
Chicago
Ames
Rachel Teig
Wynn
Wesley Merritt
Philippine Islands
Dewey
Burt
U. P
Washington
San Francisco
Manila
Laura Williams
Minta Tilden
Eldora
Miss Tilden
Nichols Bros
Pincombe
Gould
Alun
Shugart
Nichols Barn
Tar
A Lee
Anoourt
D. W. Ives
Ives
Harry Henderson
Indianola
Laura Whalen
Thomas
M. E. Church
Whalen
Henderson
Bigelow
Tc Bigelow
Gaff
Waterloo
Lowa Prairies
Local notes include politics and community notices
The page records republican primary details for Washington and Milford townships with caucuses and delegate selection. It cites P. Shugart hunting, corn and alfalfa growth, hog and hay trades, and furthers announcements for Ellsworth G A R memorial exercises and Sunday service. Livestock judging prize from Clay Robinson Company is noted for Ames Iowa students with a Trans Miss Exposition competition in October.
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Live
Messrs Clay Robinson and Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Iowa Agricultural
Ames
Iowa
Cnte
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Bigelow & Smith
Department Store
Fox
Sampson
J EH. Davie
Armes, Iowa
Chicago Times-Herald
Chicago Record
the Leader
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Inter Ocean
Chicago Chronicle
DES Moines Leader
DES Moines Register
DES Moines Capital
DES Moines Daily News
Marshalstown Times-Republican
Omaha World-Herald
F. Kooser
TippeNn Bros. & Co
Adams Bros
D. R. Hindman
Gilbert
Rev
Austin
Nevada
Tupen Bros. & Co
ApAmMs Bros
J. H. Reynolds
Reynolds
E. S. Proper
H, Westerman
T McLain
Westerman & McLain, Real Estate and Loan Office
I. S.C. Department
Aghall
Ames College
Gibson
Roberts
Palmer
Edson
Fischer
Bunker
Grindrod
Sexton
C. J. Griffith
Cowles
W. J. Griffith
Kolp
Haytings
Bristol
Fischer McBerney
Gray
W. J Griffith
Palmer Sexton
Hayung
Lincoln
Omaha Bee
C. E. Bessey
University of Nebraska
Educational Council
Omaha
State Register
F. D. Coburn
Gertrude Coburn
Kansas
Board of Agriculture
John J. Ingalls
L.M. Bosworth
General Merritt
Grant
Cambridge
Penfeld
Stuimps
Tlinois
Copperheads
Templeton
Wood
P. E. Shugart
H. Christman
Milford
Milford Township
S. B. Frey
Tornado Insurance Association
A. J. Graves
G. A.R
Ellsworth Post No
Post Hall
H. Wilson
M. EB
G. B. Swartz
Cedar Rapids,il
Slattery
M. Humsmeer
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