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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
5
Two yards Best Table Oilcloth and two surde Turkey tablecloths offered. Calico at ten yards five cents per yard. Fancy Plaid Dress Goods marked down from 15c. Clark's Thiresdper spot and Mens Extra Heavy Fleeced Underwear priced. Ulster Overcoats at half price and Buckle WE items. 20 percent discount on Boys suits and Overcoats for 9 days. Heavy Work Shirts priced at 39 cents.
John Allan offers horseshoeing and rubber pads while the Novelty store runs a 10 cent candy sale. notices include a seven room dwelling for sale on Boone street, charity and church events, school progress, a pumpkin pie social, lectures on New Zealand, and local injuries and deaths with community updates.
B H Millard and R E Dowdell with wives transfer to F J Graves for 8000 dollars and 4 cents in 1883. E O Goodnow to RH Millard and R E Dowdell for 2000 dollars and one third year 1883. Chris D Fausch to Jacob Fausch for 2976 dollars and 1 3 lots 1 and 2 sub diy owl and se nw and ne sw with exceptions. Della F Eckles Souls and husband to Anda J Kelly for 350 dollars, lot 4 in Beardshear's addition Ames. Lavilla A Dowdell and husband to Mary E Parker and Maggie B McWilliams for 4300 dollars, lot 22 in Parker's addition Ames.
An article notes the average man shaves about 64 inches in a day and, at age 70, a fair man would total roughly 20 miles 650 yards 4 inches while a dark man would reach 20 miles 1,340 yards 1 foot 8 inches. It then reports Ames High School and North Des Moines football ending in a scoreless tie with Ames showing stronger play after halftime.
A brief dialogue features a wife praising her husband for staying at home in the evenings and a friend remarking that he has little taste for pleasure. The exchange highlights domestic virtue and marital harmony in a concise, wry exchange.
A dialogue confirms Jigson has a financial stake in the firm and that the concern owes him six months of salary.
Statistics show twins occur in one in eighty births, triplets in one in 6,400, quadruplets in one in 512,000, and quintets in one in 40,980,000. A case records a woman presenting seven successive triplets to her husband.
In a striking claim a Peruvian people are said to identify a white man a Negro and a native by scent even in darkness and dense forests, suggesting a unique sensory discernment attributed to their race.
Miss Jennie McMichael wed Mr. John Mackay Sunday at 3 o clock in a private ceremony at their Onondaga street home. Rev Shea of the Methodist church officiated with only Miss Kate McMichael and Miss Jennie Morrow as witnesses. The bride, known in Ames for her noble character, and the groom, formerly of Canada, have resided in Ames about a year while he works in transfer service between Ames and the college.
Saturday offers sacrifice prices on hats plumes feathers ribbons and more Mrs M E Henny advertises best value in Ames millinery with extensive bargains for buyers seeking hats and accessories.
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