Local miscellany in Ames items and regional notes
Local notes on residents and events include Joseph Judge ill in Boone county, Dorcas Society meeting June 1, and business moves from Ames to Hubbard by Clark and Heistand. Reports cover family illnesses, school appointments, railroad traffic, a bicycle road race plan, cyclone damage near Clinton county, and Iowa troops departing Camp McKinley for Tampa.
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Joseph Judge
Boone County
Dorcas Society
J. B. Elliott
Clark & Heistand
Ames
Jewell Junction
Hubbard
Harry Mathew
Ames Social Notes Show Wide Visitor List
Ames residents welcome a stream of visitors from Chicago Des Moines and Nevada Journalists and relatives travel through Ames with stays ranging from a day to a week. Notables include Mrs Florence Sonquist Mr Gay Starr and Miss Rose Rummel. Local politics mix with social calls as candidates for recorder court clerk tour the area.
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Alpin
Ringold County
Florence Sonquist
Chicago
Ames
Edith Randall
Lamoille
Frances Cox
LC. Miller
Des Moines
Gay Starr
Muncie
Ind
John Ball
Omaha Bee
Jas. Montgomery
Jewell
Lillian Hunter
Oklahoma
Roscoe Rice
Chas. Sargent
Boone
Clark
Ada Pope
Chas. Quade
Dubuque
Mabel Giddings
Cedar Rapids
Kegley
Rose Rummel
Olin
Mes
Hog sale profits and local notices in Iowa
Water Morris sold six hogs for eighty five dollars last week confirming hogs paying in Iowa. A lost watch charm made from a gold eighty five piece is offered for reward. Mrs. Jennie McElyea Beyer is in Mercy hospital Des Moines for two to three weeks. A badger captured near town arrives in a barrel. Prof. Wynn lost gold nose spectacles between rail station and home. A silver Maine souvenir spoon is given away with purchases. A Yellowstone lecture is announced for June seventh at the M Y church. Iowa probe notes Secretary Wilson and family dinner at the Washington Post report handed down from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Grove
H. P. Williams
Camp McKinley
Marshalltown
P.A
Lillie Elzie
Kelly
Blanche Greeley
Harriett Fitchpatrick
Des Moines
Northwestern
Ames
Guy Horton
Danie Embree
Queal & Co
P. E. Thomas
Englewood
Calif
Fred Draper
Elliott’s
Thayer
Clinton County
Delmar
Tampa
Florida
Iowa
Lincoln
McKinley
Water Morris
Onother
Jennie McElyea Beyer
Mercy Hospital
Jor Stewart
Thomas
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Wilson
Washington Post
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
Bliss
Smith
McKenna
Grant
Elkins
Gear
Allison
Destructive fire at Billy Miller’s farm damages house and shed
Fire from a lamp in the brooder of an incubator destroyed the Miller farm residence north of the city. The buggy shed with two buggies and household goods burned. Mrs Elwell suffered minor burns while alarm spread. Insurance on house and barn stands at 1450 with Hawkeye company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Miller
W. D. Elwell
Mr. Miller
Elwell
Hawkeye Company
Ames Wins From Glidden In Park Baseball Game
In Athletic Park Ames I B C team defeated Glidden Maroons 5 to 1 last Monday. Kyle started the scoring in the fourth with a single and steal, Howe scored on a second baseman hit, and Okey’s two base hit added two more as Ames led 2 0 after five. Boutzong pitched seven strong innings with seven strikeouts. Waldron relieved after an injury but also pitched well. The same article reports Blanche Soper King’s death in Chicago, born 1870 near Ames, survived by husband William King and her parents, with funeral processions from Ames to the cemetery.
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Mary Loughran
Hawarden
EE. Loughran
T. K. Soper
Blanche
Ames
Chicago
Meyers
Radcliffe Signal
Times
Omaha Exposition
J. E. Davis
Dwight
Kingston
Ill
Wisconsin
Orchard
Glidden
Iowa
Br. J
Jay
H. C. Hoot
Waverly
F. P. Harris
John Snyder
Kansas
Louisiana
Texas
John
Will Watts
South
Will
Geo. Hemstock
Grant Township
W.C Hidy
Nevada
Hidy
Recorder
Story County
Glidden Maroons
Kyle
Howe
Geo. Okey
Keech
Ames Boys
Boutzong
Waldron
Blanche Soper King
Blanche Soper
Soper Mill
Soper
William King
Klondike
Excursion Tickets to the Omaha Expo on North-Western Line
Excursion tickets to the Omaha Exposition will go on sale daily starting June 1. Ticket limits vary for longer or shorter trips according to rate. The expo is billed as well worth seeing. For details contact Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
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North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western R'y
Weather and Farm Conditions in Iowa After a Wet Week
Des Moines reports a warmer week with heavy rainfall across southern and eastern districts, saturating soils and delaying field work. Keokuk notes nine inches of precipitation since January 1, with most damage in southeast. Corn planting slowed but seed and germination look good. grass and grains favored by wet weather. fruit prospects positive.
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Des Moines
Keokuk
County Prohibition Convention for Des Moines Delegates
County convention of the opponents of the saloon to be held in Nevada on June 4 at 2 p m for conference and nominating delegates to the State Prohibition Convention at Des Moines on June 28 1808. Mass meeting invites pastors Sunday school workers and all opposed to the saloon. W G Wheuwr chairman. Millet seed for sale 25 cents per bushel by J M Arbasmith.
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Nevada
Des Moines
W. G. Wheuwr
Auction Sale of City Lots in Duff's Highland Park Ames
Public auction set for Saturday May 28 at 1 PM offers 29 J Jets in Duff's Highland Park addition to Ames. Lots measure 60 by 180 feet and sold without reserve. Terms: half cash, balance in two equal payments with 6 percent interest and 2 percent cash discount on deferred payments. Sponsors: Hremstrreer & CAMPBELT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duff
Highland Park
Ames
Hremstrreer & Campbelt
Brief note on family tragedy from California to Ames
W J Kup writes from May 1808 recounting a rapid family bereavement. He explains leaving Ames May 2 for Illinois, learning via telegram that Percy's three children died from spinal meningitis in Los Angeles area, and that the three young siblings were buried in Rosedale cemetery. He conveys deep sorrow and reports no new disease cases locally.
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Levter
California
Inn
Knoop, Cat
Geo. W. Rogers
Ames
Ilinois
Lilinois
Napervile
Dixon
Percy
Chicago
Inglewood
Rosedale
Los Angeles
Kup
W. J. Tomas
Crushed Fruits with Ice Cream Soda and Shoes
Advertisement notes crushed fruits with ice cream soda and promotes ladies and men's tan shoes priced at two dollars. Also mentions cloth top ladies shoes at two dollars fifty and a full line of tennis shoes in all sizes from TupeN Bros. & Co. Advertising best quality groceries at Adams Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupen Bros. & Co
Adams Bros
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Cuba
Opera House
G. B. Swartz
M. Read's
Motor Depot
Willis Rich
Ss. G. Hamilton
C. M. Sorer
F. N. Fower
A. A. Benner
4Th Ward
Missionary Conference
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Boone District
M. E
Greene
Carroll
Story
Austin
L. B. Carlisle
Jefferson
Gallup
L. C. Nye
Perry
N. C. Woodhouse
Maxwell
M. E. Church of
Prane Baker
N. O. Weobinlek
Mary Davis
The
Mutual
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association
City Hall
A. J. Graves
D. M. Hayden
Dante. Embree
J. H. Queal & Co
Omaha
Sition
Mit
Atp J. M. Arbasmith
Regan
J. T. Regan CO
Boone, Iowa
Tilden Bros. & CO
Daniel Embree
Armes
Santiago
Sampson
Haverly & Grove
Bert Alberts
Bro
T. O. Hetland
Harry Alberts
Redmen
J. H. Mruner
E. P. Wilkinson
Sorenson
W. L. Surtom
X- Elted
Mary Elwell
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