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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
4
Local items report fruit jars and merchandises for sale at S G Hamiltons and Soper's hosiery offers. Rentals and a live of children hosiery at Seto ie. Ladies Cemetery Association meeting with Mrs E L Moffitt on Saturday Sept 3. Various visits, renovations, and school staff notes at Ames.
Miss Mabel Moffitt visits Fort Dodge this week and Miss Genevieve Westerman calls on friends Sunday. Des Moines residents Mrs. Col Pratt and Des Moines visitor Mrs. S.4 Kooser return home, while Belle Rutherford visits Sioux Rapids. Numerous Ames area travels include Mr and Mrs Geo Berlin Maxwell, Missina Thompson in Des Moines, and others visiting Chicago Omaha and Clinton.
William Odell, captured by Marshal Ricketts, is described as a top criminal and gang tool. A purported brother in law was jailed for aiding escape after two steel saws were found in Odell’s cell. Odell has prior Wisconsin penitentiary time and warrants in Missouri Carroll Iowa and Council Bluffs. If convicted, he faces lengthy confinement.
In Story county district court at Nevada, John Boyd sued the city of Ames for twelve thousand dollars over injuries from a defective sidewalks on Douglass street. The case drew strong debate with Underwood Whitaker and Dyer for the plaintiff and Lee Funson for the city. Also notes on local society meetings, a child injury from a hay mow, and remarks urging weed control along roads to comply with law.
Lotie Lincoln, nearly ten, passed away last evening after a brief illness. Gen and Mrs Lincoln travel from the south, Art Lincoln returns from Camp McKinley for the funeral, while Claude Spring and others share camp tales and local notes abound.
Friday September 2 at 3 oclock the Mothers meeting opens with devotions. Select reading by Mrs. Pride. Solo by Mrs. Ruth Tilden. A talk titled Under the Surface by Miss Blackman. Experiences shared and a collection for the Mothers library.
A letter from P. E. Buker in Santiago Cuba on July 23 praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for keeping pack-train crews healthy while delivering ammunition and rations. He credits the medicine with saving lives and notes they stocked up before leaving Tampa. The missive was sent to the Chamberlain Medicine Co. of Des Moines Iowa for distribution by druggists.
All parties aware of debt to me must call and settle on or before September 5. I am going to Europe soon and any accounts not settled by the date will be turned over to the bank for collection. 11 pd Dr. W. E. WInsert.
Advertised for the week ending August 27 includes names John Adams, D W Anderson, Mrs Emma Briggs, Wesley Bonebrake, WF Knowles, Harry Parks, J M Pierce, Ernest Horner, G Lon, and others in Hardin. P M.
For sale two full blood Short Horn bulls dark red of good size and gentle disposition offered by F. T. McLean.
The Furnisher announces fall samples for suits and overcoats with a good fit and lowest prices and a satisfaction or no sale guarantee. Adams Bros. claims to pay the highest market price for produce.
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