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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
2
Local store announces fall and winter stock including Percales two price lots 7c and 8c noted as suitable for children's needs. New lines feature dress fabrics Black and colored goods with prices up to 60c. Shoppers urged to buy now to save for trips and avoid high trunk costs.
De. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo announces free distribution of 500000 copies of The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser after selling 680000 copies at 1.50 each. Request 21 one cent stamps for mailing. the book is 1008 pages, illustrated, with manilla covers.
Over 500 students are now classified at the Iowa State College. Lectures, visits, and travels involve professors and guests including Dr. Beardshear and Prof. Curtiss. Hogs inoculated on campus, weddings, and a forthcoming Rip Van Winkle lecture headline a busy week of academic and social events.
Mrs Michael Curtain of Plainfield Indiana credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with curing her lung illness after a month of treatment by her physician She used six bottles and regained health Free trial bottles offered at L M Bosworths drug store Polar Star Fancy flour advertised as superior with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded Bradley White promotes the flour sale and a large discount on furnishings at Sorer The Furnisher sale listed with 20 to 40 percent off and stock removal notice from Sisson room relocation
A local trade note offers a hundred barrel tank for sale at low cost. Interested parties are instructed to inquire of Willis Rich for details.
A bargain sale offers all 1214 and 15¢ lawns and organ dies at one price. All 25¢ organ dies are offered at 10¢ a yard. TILDEN Bros. & Co. advertise the clearance in a local notice.
Grant Jason Billings cannot find his mule and Joe Ballard plans to work his father’s farm next year. The surveyor began drainage canal work on Grant’s east side. Two bridges cross the slough east of Enterprise church. Mrs. Jd. Chance and her children stayed with her mother, Mrs. Gordon Wood, for a week. Mr. Davis hosted two daughters, Mrs. Bidwell of Toledo and Mrs. J. W. Smith of St. Charles, Illinois. Road weeds along the highway remain uncut. The road supervisor is urged to address mowing. Ada L B Shaw of Hackney Kansas Emma Laycock near Cole and Grace Benjamin of Nevada visited Issac Young on Yankee street.
Alfred Tanner appears among neighbors Sunday. Miss Abbie Banks of Ames visits Mr. Wortman this week. Nellie Sheehey begins fall school at Sunnyside. Mr Wortman goes to Des Moines to meet son Ray returning from Chickamauga. Died Tuesday morning near Kelley from bowel inflammation. Local people C and M Crane J and EB Rowland W Johnson and T Eida went to Des Moines on wheels to attend a show.
Des Mores Indiana August 30 1898 The week was warmer with light rainfall aiding farm work. Threshing small grain and grass seed progressed well, fall plowing continued and sowing of fall wheat and rye began in places. Corn improved in late August with rapid maturation ahead of frost. some early fields may be safe by September 15. Reports vary on corn yield but overall prospects are strong despite summer drought lowering potential yield from earlier expectations.
Adams Bros. promotes a wide selection of fresh fruit, stressing daily availability and quality across their market.
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