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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1897
Page
2
We offer a cash only sale with deep discounts across the clothing line. Suits, overcoats and Ulsters priced low to attract buyers, with pants starting at $1 and $2 per pair. Extra vests from 25 cents to $2.00, inviting inspection and promising a warm department.
Shoppers flock to Ames for bargain mittens with men’s mittens marked at 25c for the best pair and another display offering a good mitten at 8c per pair. The notices read like a lively sales page from a small town market.
An advertisement promotes a line of Ladies Misses and Childrens Shoes with a claim of best school shoes. Men's Shoes priced from 1.50 to 5.00 and a forthcoming shipment of Men s Boots. Three cases of blankets offered at 50 to 60 cents per pair, described as very cheap goods.
Cape and jacket stock offered for daily sale with cash terms. Prices advertised aim to attract buyers to view the line. Muslins range four to seven cents, unbleached and bleached. Ladies gloves in colors and shades. Dressing sacks priced from 1.25 to 2.00 each.
We offer our entire stock at record low prices. Ladies gray ribbed fleeced vests and pants are 25 cents each. Misses and children's union suits in sizes 3, 4, 5 and 6 are 2 cents per suit. The best men's underwear set is available for $1.00.
The Ames Common Council enacts a broad health measure detailing duties to report contagious diseases, quarantine rules, penalties, and procedures for disinfection, school and milk restrictions, funeral practices, and city enforcement. It sets durations for quarantine by disease, flags posting signs, and outlines penalties for violations.
Chicago traders note abundant money at low rates, favorable politics, and firm wheat prices supporting profits. Railroads like Atchison and Burlington report record or near record earnings, with grain routes driving optimism. Corn stays firm though less active, while any wheat crop damage could lift all markets.
The Chapel Ridge column reflects gratitude for prospering or resilient in adversity, mentions a husking bee at Mrs. Frank Gray’s, family arrivals and visits, a fall injury to Mr. Dann, Hughes brothers’ visit from Clay county, Uncle Tommy Jones’s barn addition for dairy use, and John Buchanan delivering about 600 pounds of milk to the Gilbert creamery amid local banter.
Local ad announces exclusive Ames sale of Geo. Watkinson Arctics and Robbers boots. Brands praised as best with right prices. Black lined styles shown. customers urged to preview before winter supplies. © J. H. Coox.
An advertisement extols Dr R V Pierce and his Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female health issues claiming benefits beyond most doctors. It urges women to mail 21 one cent stamps for a free copy of the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser. The note also asks customers to settle overdue laundry accounts with Mra A J Hawlney.
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