14 Oct 1897
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
1
A sales pitch touts prices that astonish locals with pants priced from 39c to 75c and up to 2.75, promising a full assortment of nations and furnishing goods and better options at 45, 50, and 60 cents.
Iowa State College and University of Nebraska met at Ames in a hard fought clash. Ames showed superiority with long runs by Parker and heavy work from Hammer and Van Campen. Nebraska’s Shedd stood out. scoring listed as Ames 8 S. C. 0 Neb 0. Crowd included visitors from Boone and Nevada. gate receipts $200 indicated.
Dick Ashton, newly appointed superintendent of the northern Iowa division, overseeing a main line time card change that brings Old No. 7 back at 11 a.m. and facilitates through service to Des Moines. Northbound No. 13 and No. 30 freight connections improve evening arrivals and overall travel options.
Sundays showers ease farm dust as corn husking begins with yields reported from 20 to 65 bushels per acre. Potatoes average about 25 bushels per acre. Local movements include Carl Anderson farming Uncle Sam Rich's homestead, J H Winters on Chas Brubaker project, and Orra Holdridge gathering corn. Hog cholera declines herds as rail travel and local social news are noted.
Mrs E L Laycock of Nevada visits aunt. Gordon Wood leads crib corn efforts. Roads improved, a bridge added over Devils slough. M Getrell harvests 4500 bushels oats, tops locally. 8S Bates builds east river house. L L Wherry visits sister Mrs M L Young. Court case noted as unique. Missouri editor’s wife sues church choir for libel after funeral hymn Let the lower lights be burning. Miss Lou Gossard returns to school. Fred Pritz visits from Emerson. County association meets at Congregational church. weather fine, session profitable. Mr and Mrs R W Crane welcome daughter. Gossard recovering well. Person family attends uncle A Hall funeral in Ames. Mrs Wortman improves. Sutter moves to old Raymond place. John Nearness welcomed another daughter. R W Crane’s store robbed. items stolen. Photographers set county photo prices. Ames advertises 40 Poland China pigs for sale and 24 short horn bull calves. C Barbour, Imood Ames IA, Dr Harriman’s office renovates. State of Iowa banks oath by Henry Wilson, cashier. Time Table.
J W Lanning is adding a new roof to his south side residence and making substantial improvements while a sale promotes 25 photos for 25 cents at Ayers.
Alba Hall born May 11 182 died Oct 10 189% at his Ames home. He married Miss Mary Spaulding April 24 1853 in Wheeling. They moved to Iowa in 1855 and 1868 and to Ames in 1892. Five of eight children survive. Hall served in Co K 32nd Iowa, discharged 1865. Funeral in Arcadia Lodge and Ellsworth G A R escort. buried near his wife in Nevada.
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