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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1892
Page
6
Ames Story County Iowa weekly publication lists THURSDAY editions with date line OCTOBER and local notices. The fragment indicates a recurring publication schedule and place but lacks full event details or description.
Community ads report sales and specials at Tildens Adams Bros and Maxwell Son. cultural events feature Alba Heywood in New Edgewood Folks and a Columbus Day program at Ames Opera House. local updates include church services, real estate transfers, farmer deaths, and public lectures across Bloomington Ames and surrounding townships.
Brexton and Smith advertise a large stock of clothing with suits from five to twenty five dollars and boys suits from three fifty to fifteen. Olof Peterson offers a 190 acre Ames area farm for sale. Bingham and Co promote tinsmithing services and a full hardware stock, with stoves in abundant supply for Story county.
Fresh buttered popcorn and fresh roasted peanuts are available at Russell Road, first door east of Bosworth's. The stand invites passersby to stop for a warm snack.
Local ad notes price drops from five to twenty five cents per yard with extra quality and weight. Mentions Bickelow Smith logo Harp coal wood from LouGHRAN. Clinton lime fresh car at Munn’s lumber yard SoratiumM 40 cents per gallon at Max well Son. References Ames Opera House event and Pillsbury Academy leader Jas. Ford. Garland stores and ranges at Bing ham Co.
A local ad promotes cloaks at heavily cut prices from BieEeLow & SMITH and Marwell & Son's Free Book Distribution offering 200 different books free with a $2 purchase. The groceries stock is advertised as complete and satisfactory. Also notes a Chicago Ladies Quartette performance at Ames Opera House on Friday evening October 28 with a positive review from J. D. Reid.
All persons having accounts or past due notes with the late Geo. G. Tilden, deceased, are asked to call and settle at once. Cash is preferred. if necessary, pay what you can and give a note for the balance. L. C. Tilden and W. F. Stratton, auctioneers, will hold sales in Story and adjoining counties from the Cambridge post office.
Subscriptions offered by The Times with sugar eggs and prices listed. Williams Hoyt & Co and Canier Bros. display spring heel shoes while QuRAL & Co advertises fencing shiplap wide boards and closing out stock to make room for new inventory.
D Ives offers three acres on Crawford street and several other desirable lots to close them out before LT leaves town. Great cloak sale at Tilden's, Friday and Saturday. Don't fail to attend.
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