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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1897
Page
3
Post election notice inviting readers to do business with the seller. Mentions marked down goods and invites inspection. Contains generic promotional phrasing without clear names, dates, or locations.
We feature a warm clothing department selling suits overcoats and Ulsters cheaper than any rival. Pants, all wool, priced at 2.00 per pair with other pants at 1.00 1.25 and 1.50. Extra vests from 25c to 2.00 each.
We offer our entire underwear stock at record low prices in Story County. Ladies gray ribbed fleeced vests and pants are 25 cents each, Misses and children's union suits in sizes 3 4 5 6 are 25 cents per suit, and men's underwear sets go for 1.00.
Local feature notes mittens on display for men in Ames offered at 25 cents a pair with a basic 8 cent per pair alternative. The item emphasizes value and durable warmth for practical outdoor use.
The ad promotes a line of Ladies Misses and Childrens shoes and confirms first class goods for men. It mentions school shoes, men’s shoes from 1.50 to 5.00 and a forthcoming lot of men’s boots. A shipment of blankets priced 1.50 to 6 cents per pair is advertised as very cheap.
Stock of capes and jackets offered for cash purchases with daily selling. Prices highlighted to attract buyers. Muslins range 4c to 6c unbleached and 5c to 7c bleached. Ladies gloves come in many colors and dressing sacks priced from 1.25 to 2.00.
The city enacts a comprehensive health ordinance detailing quarantine signals, reporting duties, school and church access restrictions, disinfection methods, and penalties. It covers notification, room disinfection, burial rules, milk handling bans, and sanitary police powers to enforce measures during outbreaks.
Chicago market report notes abundant money at low rates and favorable politics boosting business. Railroads like Atchison and Rock Island report record or higher earnings, with grain-carrier lines posting strong demand. Wheat holds firm above 90 cents, with continued foreign demand supporting prices, while corn stays firm but less active.
In Chapel Ridge this Thanksgiving week residents reflect on prosperity and adversity, share charity, and note small community events. Husking bee at Mrs. Frank Gray’s home shows neighborly aid while Della Hunter returns from the north. Other items mention Dan Clump’s Des Moines trip, Dunn’s shoulder injury, Hughes brothers visiting from Clay County, Uncle Tommy Jones expanding the barn, and John Buchanan delivering a milk record to Gilbert creamery.
Read's Meat Market markets lard at 6 cents per pound in 10 20 and 50 pound cans. Exclusive sale of Geo. Watkinson Arctics and Rubbers touted in Ames. Also notes medical ad offering Dr Pierce's book and prescriptions. calls for payment for laundry work with M C Soper and Mrs A J Hawney.
Ellis Penfield of Des Moines visited his mother and others. Farmers report corn yields below expectations. S Bates moves to a new house east of the river. A party occurred at Mr. Reasner’s. Miss Gertrude Beckwith finished her fall term at Union Grove. A chicken thief is causing complaints. Harry Wilson and wife of Hickory Grove visited Mrs. Mana Beil. One of Mr. Billings’s daughters injured her foot on a rusty nail. Bert Wood and an Akin boy are top corn huskers. Jolo Wherry travels from Kingman county Kansas to Oxford Junction to farm. The sick at Charley Jarvel’s are improving. Thomas Jarvel of Cambridge worked on his fence posts after an obituary was read. The Y P C A of Enterprise will host a literary musical at the church on Saturday evening Dec 4. Admission 18 cents. Mrs. Nettie Taylor returned from the eastern part of the state. Miss Williamette Gossard of Kelley visited Mary Mills. I White and wife welcome a baby daughter. Mr. H H Beckwith and wife of Board Camp Ark and Mrs. Charlotte Holdredge were guests of Mrs. Beckwith last Friday. They will move to Ledyard for their future home.
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