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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
5
Dated notices and brief items describe a range of Ames activities including dances at Adams Hall, cantatas at the M. E. church, school shoes from Canler Bros, a barber’s sale, and social gatherings at homes. Other items note moves, birthdays, church services, and upcoming lectures, with several advertisements among the community updates.
Ames residents share news of departures and visits across the region. Clergy, students, and families travel to and from Des Moines, Cedar Falls, Nevada, and Denver as weddings, reunions, and studies shape a busy social calendar.
Taxes must be paid before October 1 to avoid penalty. A complete list of Ames and vicinity at Story County Bank details where payments can be made.
Sealed bids are invited by the City Council for the construction of a tile drain on Woodman Street Ames Iowa about 1300 feet long with specials bulkheads and appurtenances. Bids due 8 pm Monday Sept 10 1905 per specifications on file with City Clerk A B Maxwell.
The Story county fair will be held in Nevada next week from Tuesday to Friday with events including cattle, swine, and sheep judging, horse judging, band concerts from Collins, Story City, and Maxwell, parades, free for all trots and paces, a grand stock parade, and pony parades with premiums.
State Superintendent J. H. Bryan will conduct a Bible school institute at the Christian church from the evening of September 9 to September 11. His lectures include "The Iowa Boy" and "Passion Play Pictures." All Bible school workers in the city are invited to attend.
Parley Sheldon to Ora Hoffman transfers two $300 lots 4 and 5 in block 8 C P with Sarah Paine, value $2400 for lot 5 in block 4. Bigelow's ad in Ames. 1 N Dixon with J L McKim buys lot 3 in Parkers ad Ames for $3300.
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