Local Life Bits and Ames Opera House Notes
A mosaic of Ames notices from 1903 recounts performances at the Ames Opera House including Miss Cora Neilson in The Black Flag with Young's Comedy Co. and Rev J K Hester preaching at Keltner Schoolhouse. Also listed are personal paragraphs with visitors, travel to the Worlds Fair, ditch contracts, fire at Nevada drug store, and local business notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Neilson
Young’s Comedy Company
Daniel Bros. & Herman
Lou Tillotson’s
Jackson Park
Chicago
O. D. Allen
J. K. Hester
Keltner
Hester
Batterson & Leonard Drug
Nevada
Allen & Morris
McCall
Ames
Janet B. Day
Madison
Wis
Ames Opera House
Day
Misses Chambers
Westermann
Scott
Messrs
Lewis and
van Epps
Doreas Society
Westerman & Arnold's
Polk County
C. W. McElyera
Story County
Opera House
Young’s Comedy Co
Pug
Westerman & Arnold's Drug Store
Margaret Maxwell
California
David Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Steidley
Jewell Junction
Harry
S. S. Wartman
Algona
Wartman
Local Notice Promises Subscriptions and World’s Fair News
A page of notices covers a subscription offer bundling four papers at 1.50, a World’s Fair rush at the depot, theater and opera listings, concert tours, and local deaths. It notes sample copies, solicitations from J A Kerr and H Wester man, and community events for October. The death of infant Leslie Freeman is reported with funeral details and family sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canter Bros
Herman
Newton Beers
London
Opera House
Mr. Beers
Times
Chicago
D. O. Freed
Leslie
Everly
Ames
Read's Market Presents New Water Sets In Town
Hamilton & Co. and ApAMS Bros. advertise water sets and china as the prettiest and cheapest yet brought to town. Read's Market in front offers new items with prices starting at $2.75, inviting customers to come in and see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read’s Market
READ
China
Hamilton & Co
Local Ames Advertisements Highlight Bargains and Services
A collage of old Ames ads lists low prices on tea coffee sugar and tobacco brands, clothing and workwear, and a kindergarten offer. It mentions F T McLarty as assignee for C M Soper and notes a new cigar ad from Lillik Guild and Ay lsworth.
Nearing Completion of Brown Block Adds Street Landmark
The Brown block nears completion and will be a handsome street addition. Melancholy days arrive as coal bills loom and cold mornings force home fires to be built, dipping morale.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rmes
Odontunder
Liddle
Co. E. Hunt
Columbian Cigar Factory
Dewey Heywood
College Chapel
Chris. Sorenson
Baraboo News
Billy Allen
Des Moines
Chas. Glidden
Tim Raynor
Underwood
Joe Weidman
Dr. Hunt
New York
Miss Klein
Rock Valley
Iowa
Mrs. Byer
Charles Leis
Hastings
Nebraska
Thad Gregory
Boone
Hank Wilkinson
Benny Lawrence
Lee Zenor
Benny
Silvia Thompson
Emma McCarthy
Mr. H. Westerman
W. S. Stewart
Woodstock
Mayor Sheldon
W. E. Herrick
The
Herrick Refrigerator Company
Waterloo
Dr. Hubbard
Mechanicsville, Iowa
City
Parley Sheldon
Ida Keeney
Escondido
Prof
Mrs. Carstens
Will Bisbee
Mansfield Dakota
Skelton
Highmore Dakota
Geo. Rogers
E.L. Maffitt
Mr. Rogers
G. M. Elliott
Greene County
J. B. Elliott
Bert Kooser
Mr. Day
O. F. Martin
Illinois
White City
O. C. Childs
Warsaw Salt Company
Warsaw
N. Y
A. Duff
Ture
Times Today
Ordi
Mas
Watson’s
J. P. Watson's
Youne
H. Westerman
C. M. Soper
Ladies of the Baptist Church
J. A. Kerr
Fraser
Tur Dewey Heywood Concert Company
Chapel Ridge Church
Sam Carleton
Brooks
Alaska
Lon Younne
Charley Craig
South Dakota
Apams Bros
Mason
Bierton & Swith
Spearhead
Climax
Biecelow & Smith
F. T. McLarty
Erren & Aylsworth
Hinas Bros
Cramer Bros
Lothineg
Tilden
Fowler
Tailors
Maxwell
Towa
C. F. Mari Sae
City Drug Store
Bigelow & Smith
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