Local Life Bits From Ames 1895
Notes on daily life in Ames include vendor ads, arrivals and deaths, campus events, church notices, and the delivery of new goods. Mentions Charley Sargeant moving to Boone to run a switch engine, Miss Suz Wartman leading the Marshalltown church organ, and a baby born to Major Rich’s Missouri relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Sargeant
Boone
Carroll
Girl Baby
Missouri
Suz Wartman
M. E
Marshalltown
Social notes from Ames residents and visitors
Mrs John Elliott returned from Brainard Nebraska while Miss Mary Sweeney visits Jewell. Grace Jackson of Cory Indiana visits uncle W J Zenor. Mrs Cole of Belleville Kansas visits Mrs Blair. Lee Zenor returns from Chicago and Indiana. D G Ferguson and Ed Rex serve on federal jury in Des Moines. Attorney Underwood hosts visit from Illinois uncle James Smith. R Chaney of Clinton visits uncle J B Elliott. Rose Campbell starts millinery job at Watsons. Warburtons of Jewell visit Ames friends en route from big fair. Miller Clark Stillwell return from show. Cora Wilkinson visits from Greenleaf Kansas. W D Taylor returns from Chicago and Illinois. Ed Moran attends to train during absence. Charles Alder to visit New York. Quade and Watts return from five day fair. Fred Bradley and mother depart for World's Fair and Turner and Aurora. I S Brownlie from New York Illinois eastern Iowa. Bert Kooser sells lunch counter stake in Nevada, roams Ames. H E Stuckslager and wife visit Ames. Harley fills Van Dorn’s rail post. Will S Johns of Des Moines visits Bankers Accident Insurance. Capt Greeley Parley Sheldon and G H Maxwell pursue horse price recovery case in South Dakota. Winnie and husband visit from Humboldt. Mrs Peckham and Dora Hamilton visit from Marshalltown. Guy Allen of Deadwood visits Ames to meet Blanche Granger. six years of correspondence ends with first meeting. Allen returns home from World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will. S. Johns
Des Moines
Banker's Accident Insurance Association
Brownite
Capt. Greeley
Parley Sheldon
Geo. H. Maxwell
South Dakota
Winnie
Humboldt
C. Hamilton
Bargain Suit and Overcoat Sale at Biertow SMirH
We offer suits priced from five ninety to twenty dollars with a wide range of sizes and styles. An immense stock of overcoats and new pants arrives with prices from ninety cents to six dollars. Cash only and prices cut to move stock quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biertow & Smirh
Children’s Anniversary at U B Church
Sunday School children in Ames are invited to the children’s anniversary meeting at the U B Church next Sabbath at 3 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
U. B
Flour shipment boosts Ames store to flour hub
Hamilton & Co. announces a car load of Best and Car Seal flour arriving in Ames. The store brands itself as the flour headquarters, urging customers to purchase from their stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton & Co
Best
Ames
Cloak Sale Announced by Gro G Tilden Estate
The Gro G Tilden Estate promotes a two day cloak sale on Monday and Tuesday October 30th and 31st. Mr. Kruse joins with a fine assortment of capes and cloaks to augment the stock. Cash terms and unusually low prices emphasized.
Special Notice on Sawing and Lumber Logs for Spring Work
We offer sawing up to sixteen feet in length and request logs be brought in early as custom work ends when fence manufacturing begins for the spring trade. Northwestern Fence Co. Also from Oct 15 to 31 the North-Western line offers excursion tickets to Chicago with return by Nov 15 1893 at reduced rates. Tickets and details from Chicago & North-Western Railway agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Fence Co
North-Western Line
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Underwear Bargains in Ladies Line at Spot Cash Prices
The advertisement invites ladies to view a selection of undergarments priced at 50 cents 8 75 and 1 dollar with special spot cash bargains offered by BieeElow and Smith.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grove Bros
E. Hunt
Columbian Cigar Factory
Aways
Watson’s
Thurston, Swan & Co
E. B. Perkins
McGiness
B. Read
Daniel Bros. & Herman
Christian Church
Walt Butler
D. O. Freep
Harvey Baughman
North
Ontario
Babe
Ladies of the Christian Church
Moore
W.W. Taxsorr
Times Force
Tabbett & Son
M. E. Church
Youne
Ames Opera House
Cora Neilson
John Elliott
Brainard Neb
Miss Mary -Sweeney
Jewell
Grace Jackson
Cory, Ind
W. J. Zenor
Mrs. Cole
Belleville, Kas
Mrs. Blair
City
Lee Zenor
Indiana
S. A. Hoon
E. C. Wilkinson
David Bullock
D.G. Ferguson
Ed Rex
Federal Court
Underwood
Jas. Smith
Illinois
R. Chaney
Clinton
J. B. Elliott
Rose Campbell
Watson's
Endavor
D. R. Warburton
Ames Friends
Messrs Miller, Clark and Stillwell
Cora Wilkinson
Alice Freeman
Greenleaf, Kans
W. D. Taylor
Ed Moran
Charles Alder
New York
Chas Quade
Wm. Watts
Fred Bradley
W. S. Bradley
Turner and
Aurora I
S. C. Brownlie
East
Mr. Brownlie
Ilinois
Iowa
Bert Kooser
Nevada
Mr. Day
H. E. Stuckslager
Wife
Harley
van Dorn
Armour
S. D
Jay
The
Times Today
Ordi
Story County
Mas
Odontunder
Laptes
Kaas Bros
H. Westerman
C. M. Soper
Riverside
Janet B. Day
Wisconsin
Dunkard
Olive Branch
Clark St
J. H. Queal & Co
H. D. Miller
Stanwood
Hemstreet & McLain
Miller
Regulator
W. H. Grove
Times
Excelsior Springs
Dan McCarthy
McCarthy
Grove
Wyatt
J. W. Ballard
Ballard
Cramer Bros
Bieeelow & Smith
Maxwell Block
Lothimga
Tilden Fistate
NLA
Fr’t In
S&s
O.f.marit
City Drug Store
Annee
Bigelow & Smith
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