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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1892
Page
5
Alma mater notes recount the Engineering Society graduation last Friday and a sea of campus activities. The Gatling gun detachment heads to Chicago, fire drills test the new hose, and a Columbia address is planned. Marriage notices, wartime play Held by the Enemy, and faculty scholars highlight a busy period at the I A C.
The Des Moines Conference of the United Brethren in Christ held its thirty second annual session in Van Meter Iowa October 12 to 17 led by Bishop Weaver. Attendees included 225 persons with key leaders A M Black G O Porter W F Cronk and Dr Beardshear. The Wiekend featured Beardshear lecture Grit and Sunshine and a sermon by Bishop Weaver. Next year the conference will meet in Ames Iowa.
A travelogue segment recounts a trip from the fort to Richmond via Hampton Old Point and Newport News noting a vast cannon and shell enclosure, rich harbor trade at Newport News, relics for sale, and Richmond’s resort development. It recalls Fort Magruder and battles at Seven Pines Fair Oaks and Chickahominy while visiting graves in Fair Oaks Cemetery with Michigan soldiers represented.
For the week ending October 19 1892 residents including Mrs F H Bissell Frank Miller K M Black Eugene Tryon Amelia Jones Cora Waten J BE Duncan P M note autumn hue on tar timber and many colored eaves create a beautiful city scene.
Yesterday marked the 23d Lawa reunion in Ames with flags decorating shops and a street gathering. Members arrived by 11 a.m. train, formed in line, toured the Opera House, and the evening featured a camp fire, welcome by Major Sheldon, speeches by J A T Hull and Miss St John, plus songs by Bartlet and others. The regiment has a business meeting today and the W A C plans a dinner. 160 acres of timber land near Satem Mo offered for trade for horses and cattle. Tur Boone News notes Western Union telegraph rule change counting numbers as one third of a word for multi digit figures.
Mr Wood of Nevada visited the Sunday School on the 16th in support of Corn Sunday School work. George Nelson is building a new house. Rev James Thomas preached a very interesting sermon last Sunday. Miss Alice Hurst has closed a successful term and will teach in Hamilton County next winter. Sunday School meets every Sunday at 10, preaching every two weeks at 11. Mrs H Gaston visited friends in the eastern part of the state.
Fred Wilson returned Saturday from his northern Iowa trip. T S McFarland headed to Marshalltown Sunday evening to proceed to Chicago for medical study. LB A Armstrong was in town Monday. Mrs. Bacon visits the Stewarts. Rev C S Harrison of Chicago preached at the Congregational Church Sunday. Tom Olson was a Story City caller Saturday. Clifford Oliver went to Nevada to test a new bicycle. Rollin Hunter of Wall Lake spent Sunday at the parental home. L Smith visited Story City on Monday. Mr and Mrs Beach of Huron Michigan visit friends Mr and Mrs Frank Gilbert. Rev Harned and family went to Boone Tuesday, returning Wednesday afternoon. Friends of Robert Hunter gathered Saturday to assist in barn raising.
Transfers recorded by Smith and Son Real Estate Abstract and Loan office Nevada Iowa involve numerous buyers and sellers. Notable deeds include F C Hunter and T Thos C Osmol serving as grantors and grantees with several lots in Ames Cambridge Blair Adams Nevada and surrounding towns. Total values range from 75 to 8250 dollars with conveyances including lots and blocks in Bigelows Ames Blair Adams Nevada and Cambridge.
The new law will likely cause blundering and delays in election returns this year, raising concerns about timely results and procedural hurdles affecting voters and officials.
At Milton Gatrell residence eight miles southeast of Ames on October 19 at 2 30 p m the ceremony joined J A Crozier of Knoxville and Miss Mattie Wood of Ames with Milton Gatrell and Mrs Lucy Foster of Ames as witnesses Rev B Clark officiated The couple left for Des Moines and Knoxville to establish their future home while Mr Gatrell and wife remain on the farm in Story County wishing success to all
A Polk City event features K W Brown on Morals in Politics with other notices from Rowan Wright Co Belmond Swaledale Cerro Gordo Stuart and nearby towns. Bargains on clothing and household goods and a piano and organ instruction reference by Miss Susie Wartman. A local trade ad mentions a wavey edge bread knife and baking powder promotions.
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