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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
3
The Fair in Ames Iowa launches an early season stock reducing sale to clear summer goods. Prices are cut deeply to move inventory, with silk fabrics, dotted Swisses, and various silks advertised at substantial discounts. The sale aims to attract customers now before the season peaks.
Fragmentary OCR text references clothing drives and multiple letter codes such as AEE OST ORD CME and various E and F sequences. No identifiable people organizations locations or events are readable to form a proper news item or summary.
A fragmented page advertises New York apples at a low price and corn at a fixed rate. It lists tea sifting per pound, baking powder ten cents, toilet soap in various forms, and white soap sold by the box with many kinds offered.
Cheap finest ocean pearl buttons offered at 10 cents per ten. good pearl buttons 5 to 10 cents per dozen. Valen ciennes and Torchon laces priced at 3 cents. Embroideries and insertions offered at five cents. Wide embroideries and patterns available. assorted embroidery pieces listed.
A businessman proposes converting a 12 by 14 foot unused library storeroom in Ames Public Library into a rest room with exterior access for under 100 dollars. The idea aims to provide women with toilet and child care space, viewing this as a practical, low cost improvement funded by taxpayers.
The past week showed temperatures near the frost line with averages 2 to 4 degrees below normal. Rainfall exceeded normal amounts, breaking statewide drought but causing localized crop damage and brief delays in farm work. Overall conditions favored crop growth, with warm days boosting germination and improvement in grains, meadows, and pastures. Miss Marvick Gives Vocal Recital at Odd Fellows Hall in Clark Conservatory Program featured Miss Rae Reader, Miss Linnie Marvick, Prof. Klima, and others.
Dr McWilliam who has resided in Ames has moved this week into the offices once used by Dr Bare above the candy kitchen at the corner of Onondaga and Kellogg streets. The new suite is described as very desirable and the vacated rooms are now for rent.
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