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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
3
The column lists sales and bargains at Soper's and Thurston & Graham's, weather notes, upcoming meetings of the P E O sisters, real estate transfers, auctions, school and college activities, football team elections, and local incidents including a fire at J Collins house and a celery demonstration by Jon Diffenbacker.
Local residents visit Ames from Boone Beloit Des Moines and other towns. A mix of social calls church gathering business talk and community notices fill the page alongside a cautionary tale about an alleged thief posing as an Odd Fellow.
Ames College football forfeits a 6 to 0 loss to Iowa City after a scuffle over a late touchdown and claims of a foul go unresolved. Officials Brownlie and Stipp deemed fair. Iowa City chose to concede, leaving Ames with the victory by forfeit.
A terse notice from J. H. Queal & Co states they will not impose costs on customers but demand all accounts and notes prior to 1897 be settled within thirty days.
Mr T B Keeney Mrs K and Benny Jr relocate to California while three daughters stay behind in Ames to join eldest daughter Mrs Roscoe Miller in Escondido They received a surprised farewell gathering at Mrs Mussieman’s home with gifts including a silver bread tray and autograph album Rev Blackman led the tribute with neighbors expressing best wishes for happiness and prosperity on the Pacific coast
Boston dentists offer painless tooth extraction at the West Hotel on Tuesday November 16 1897 with free extractions from 9 to 10 30 am and 1 to 3 pm. They claim to remove from one to thirty teeth per sitting with no pain swelling or poisoning and note plates priced at $5 to $7. Turston & Graham advertise discount store goods alongside the dental talk.
A Alberta era note states the Northwestern has purchased the Union Pacific. It will build a double track to Missouri Valley with through trains crossing at Blair and meeting the U P at Fremont. The move promises faster through traffic and land value gains along the line.
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