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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
5
Readable notes on local commerce schools shoes and candy buyers at Miller & Kooser's Danial Bros and Herman. events at opera house and schoolhouse. political meetings and speeches by Senator Berry and local clubs. church services, weddings, travels, and community notices with numerous names and places in Iowa towns.
Bishop J P Newman delivering lecture The March of Civilization at the M E Church Monday evening Sept 7 at 8 o'clock. Tickets 35 cents. Second installment due this month to avoid penalty payable at Story County Bank. Adelbert C Smith and Grace Barker wedding Sept 1 at Gilbert Station. Wedding described as quiet with relatives and friends attending.
The schedule lists trains from Ames to Des Moines on September 8 9 and 10 with outbound at 8 00 a m and return at 5 45 p m via the Chicago and North Western Railway. German's penmanship school reports nightly enrollments at Read's hall from 7 to 10 with a prize for top improvist drawn by Prof G E Crane of Sandusky Ohio and a large class at the college.
An old farmer’s remedy advertisement promotes Shiloh’s Cure as the best cough cure. It warns that a neglected cough is dangerous and urges immediate use, noting Judisch Bros as the seller.
For the Iowa State Fair, the North Western Line sells round trip excursion tickets to Des Moines from September 3 to 11 at a single fare with return valid through September 12 1896. Tickets and full information available from Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
The item notes the Little Yankee Junior plaw as an improved version of the Little Yankee plaw. Carland views it at Loughran's near the motor line depot, with farmers familiar to the name.
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