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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1896
Page
4
The Ames column highlights candidates for the post office, local merchants offering warm footwear and arctics, heating stoves, and Soper's sales. It notes illness and recoveries, a new electric plant, upcoming meetings, railroad traffic, holiday ads, and social events with multiple local names and places.
Readable items include Thanksgiving visits and travels of residents from Boone to Ames and surrounding towns, wedding reporting from Des Moines, and a announced opening of a Manterville branch of the Chicago Great Western Railway. Also listed are upcoming meetings, local business notes, and ads for goods and animals.
Mrs. Sisson will relocate her millinery stock to the Sisson store on the north side of Main street December 1. Until then, very low prices apply to all goods.
On November 25 at 3 a m the couple Carl Knutson and Dena Morrison united in marriage at the residence of Chris Sorenson in Ames. Rev H E Slattery conducted the ceremony. About fifty guests attended, giving gifts of furniture and silverware. The couple will reside at the Hardy place east of the city. Timms extends congratulations.
All persons interested in the Farmers Institute to be held in Story County are invited to meet at the town hall on Tuesday December 1 at 1 o clock for the election of officers for the coming year and to select a place to hold the Institute and prepare the program. Per order of Exec Com.
Farmers are urged to bring corn to the Fence Factory to receive the highest market price in cash. The notice emphasizes immediate sale and cash payment.
Miss Lulu McIntosh aged 18 years 5 months 24 days died Sunday evening November 15 1896 at her parents home in this city after a long illness following a revolver accident October 3. She endured four failed intestinal stitches and exhausting complications despite skilled care. The Nevada Representative reports the extended effort to preserve her life.
Local ads advertise dress goods from ten cents to one fifty per yard with cheap suits and coats from five to fifteen dollars. Also fresh oysters and a university social note. A notice of sale of lands in Story County Iowa details a sheriff sale by A. K. Banks on December 12 186 with property descriptions and a debt of 1111.50 plus fees, at the Nevada courthouse.
Cottage seven rooms west of school house after January 1 1897. J H Kea ury 2tpd. Shoes for men women misses children in all styles and prices. Knowltons studio platino photos Christmas presents order now. Chamberlains remedies and clover tea advertised. Miller Kooser Judish Bros cider vinegar plaster Flint plaster. Storm sash orders J H Queal Co. Gloves and mittens 10 cents to 1 50. Prosperity note from J H Queart Co.
Mi Agent provides a concise listing of Chicago and Northwestern Railway timetable details. Includes station stops, arrival and departure windows, and service notes. Reads like a period railroad guide with practical scheduling information for travelers.
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