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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1894
Page
4
Ames events cover social, academic, and sporting items from the college scene. Professors return from travels, lectures draw crowds, and students prepare for thesis week while campus life includes concerts, receptions, and student behavior observations.
W J Zenor and family settle on a north farm as neighbors welcome their return. H Truesdale builds a new barn and will soon enjoy its convenience. A E and Larriston Ross visit Hancock county to thresh for about two weeks. Grandma Beedle returns from Northwestern Iowa. Mr Moses family southwest of town is seriously ill. Truesdale’s barn dedication festival set for Friday October 15. Miss Maud Eastwood visits Boone. Cemetery association to meet Friday afternoon October 12. Winter term opens with a teacher from Illinois. South side school resumes after diphtheria halt with good attendance. Beedle family quarantined for diphtheria now cleared. W H Beedle thankful.
A October 3 1894 wedding at the bride’s parents Gilbert residence united Chester E Spurrier and Weltha J Gilbert in Gilbert Station Rev F J Douglass officiated. The couple planned a home near the schoolhouse and received warm wishes. The groom worked as a clerk at the Gilbert store. Nearby notices advertise a house for rent and a large late October sale of livestock and household items by W H Wilson with terms including cash on small sums and one year credit.
The township caucus met at city hall Saturday at 3 PM led by Township Chairman Soper. J E Duncan elected chairman, L G Hardin secretary. Ed Rex and L C Hodson named tellers for ballots.
The Ames Times offers notices on bargains at E M Soper and Tilden, and lists new goods at Canter Bros. & Hermans. It reports local events including a stock breeders meeting, hotel expansion at the Davis House, a birth, an elocution contest at the Christian Church, a treasury ruling on old maid cards, and arrests for underage poker with fines and jail sentences.
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