College News Highlights From Ames and Nearby Events
Ames college life features football gains with a 46 to 0 win over Iowa Falls then 50 to when facing Cornell. Beardshear and Prof Curtiss attend fairs. Junior girls host a colorful Margaret Hall gathering with a silver cup, refreshments, and displays of domestic economy work. Bishop Newman’s Sunday address inspires, and football season noise grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beardshear
M. E
Union Young People’s
Stanty
McLaughlin
Iowa Falls
Eldora Fair
Cornell
Newman
Margaret Hall
The
Athletic Association
Ames Electric Light Plant Nears Completion
The Ames electric light plant nears completion with building nearly finished and plastering done. The brick structure houses engine, coal, boiler, pump rooms and a vault for city valuables. Wiring has begun for four hundred lights and twenty incandescent fixtures plus fifteen arc lights will illuminate the town. The plant is expected to run and lights turned on by October 10, delays mainly in machinery. The exhibit of fixtures will be shown at Bigelow & Smith's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Electric Light
Bigelow & Smith
Supt
Clifton
Ames
Old Settlers Recall Hard Times and Elm Samplings
In a nostalgic note, OLD PENCIL recalls early hardships under Democratic governance with Buchanan and Floyd, detailing privations, hunting, and scarce supplies. The writer notes abundant game and wild onions on Skunk Bottom, despite elm trees suffering damage, as a memory of those days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Borror
Henry Keltner
Jimmy Buchanan
John B. Floyd
Onvy
Ley & Hobart
The Thirty-First Story County Fair Comes to Nevada
The thirty-first annual Story County Agricultural Society exhibition will be in Nevada September 16 to 18. Premiums total 1690 for exhibits and 910 for speed events. The program features horse races, bicycle contests, a county championship, fire drill by the Nevada fire department, and a full speed program overseen by W. K. Boardman. Communications to W. O. Payne, Secretary, Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County Agricultural Society
Nevada
Dick Boller
Nevada Cycle Club
Nevada Fire Department
W. K. Boardman
Story County
American Trotting Association
W. O. Payne
Gold Coin Flour Praised by Customers in Advertisements
Thousands of customers declare Gold Coin Flour the standard of excellence. A dollar buys a sack, accepted in gold, silver, or paper at S. G. Hamilton. The ad claims the Gold Coin brand is seldom equaled and features a plow endorsement for the Honest Abe sulky plow sold by Irwin Ranpus & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Hamilton
P. S
Abe Ir
Inwin Ranpaus & Co
From Neighboring Towns News and Local Notes
Reports from nearby towns describe attendance at a town fair, visiting relatives and friends, and various personal updates. Notables include Miss Lou Gossard taking a school post in Renwick, and Peter Raff building a barn northeast of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Gossard
Renwick
Peter Raff
Conundrums for Silver Men
A reprint of an Iconoclast letter urging Nevada voters to question free silver policy. It critiques wealth concentration in silver mining, argues political alignment with millionaires, warns of gold money and debt costs, and contrasts Republican prosperity with Democratic missteps across historical periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
United States
England
Democratic Party
Silver Witney
Republican Party
A Mountain Camping Trip by a Jolly Party
A group led by King Solomon and friends traveled from San Pasqual valley through Roman a and Julian to an artificial lake, camping each night and hunting and fishing along the way. They climbed to the San Diego county high point, noted scenic views to Mexico and Los Angeles, then returned home after nine days, praising southern California heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Solomon
Sall
Dinah
Bob
Sis
California
San Pasqual Valley
Romona
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
Salil
Julian
Cuyamaca Mt
San Diego
Kiang Sol
Bub
Job
King Sol
Los Angeles
Mexico
Pacific
Great American Desert
San Jacinto Mt
Sal
Sts
Ida Keeney
Escondido
Calif
Ex Gov Boies to Speak for Democrats in Ames Friday
Ex Governor Boies will address the Democratic gathering in Ames on Friday evening at 7 30 p m. The notice also lists current grain prices and a September excursion sale by the Chicago and North Western Railway to Eagle Grove with a return valid through September 19 1896. Real estate transfers filed in Story county records for the week ending September 5 1896 include several deeds and qedes involving Ames Nevada and Slater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Boies
Ames
North- Western Line
Eagle Grove
Chicago & North-Western R'v
Recorder
Story County
Iowa
Smith & Son
Nevada
MC Allen
Gee A Klove
Jenks
John Chader
Slater Thos
Porch
Annie FE Giddings
Annie E Giddings
Ames Inger Larson
H J Hill
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Zinzer
Mills
Mr. Sample
van Douzen
Northwestern University
Steelsmith
Warner
Cook
N. E. Hansen
South Dakota Agricultural College
Brookings
Jerry Sexton
Prof. Curtiss
Charney
Electric Light Plant
San Vaneste
Gilbert
Minneapolis
Lizzie Smith
Cameron
Effie Dunkle
Gibson
Kate Wright
Franklin
Mr. Johnson
Miss Nelson
Gilport
Des Moines
Manges
Moses
Livermore
Charley
Erick Erickson
Randall
Story
Esq. Peterson
Mrs. McGill
Scotland
Mrs. M
Vermont
Frank Bunce
Summit
S. G. Lamilton
John Nelson
Isaphene Gossard
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Nelson
Mrs. Johnson
John Nearness
Minnesota
Mrs. W. Morris
L. G. Rosenfeld
Bert Wire
Myrtle Gossard
Frank Wortman
J. W. Lytle
Buzz
Tux Times
Joy Printing
Cuyamaca Mountains
Loughran’s
McKinley
Read’s Hall
Northwestern Band Association
Duperre
Ames Opera House
E.F. Posegate
Kelley
the Bargain Store
Peo
Tom Prices
Headquar
Dudgeon
Stharty
Old Reliable Undertaker
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