Fall term begins at No 6 school with Miss Beckwith
Miss Carrie Beckwith started the new fall term at No 6 last Monday. Bert Wood traveled to State Center to visit his ailing father. George Getrell sustained a fork tine injury to his hand near a threshing machine and received treatment in Ames. E H Ferguson and son, Isaac Young's relatives, with neighbor Mr Waldron of Pontiac Ill, are scouting Story county farms for purchase and will also inspect farms in Green and Hancock counties before locating.
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Carrie Beckwith
No. 6
Bert Wood
State Center
George Getrell
Ames
E. H. Ferguson
Isaac Young
Mr. Waldron
Pontiac
Illinois
Story
Green
Hancock County
Des Moines Averages Warm Dry Week for Crop Harvest
Des Moines Iowa reports a warm dry week ending September 10 with temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal and little rain. Corn ripening well with about 80 percent safely matured, forage secured, and overall crop conditions described as the most uniformly good in two decades. Potatoes and flax yield good. buckwheat sorghum millet strong. orchards fair to good except winter apples. Soil dry for plowing north of state. acreage plowed above recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Only a Misunderstanding
A tale from a wholesale firm, where an old bachelor bookkeeper planned a wedding trip funded by colleagues. After marriage, the bachelor appeared alone at a seaside resort and explained the gift was for his trip, not his wife, prompting a humorous misunderstanding cited in Pearson's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
Scene Painting Prices Across Tiers
Scene painting varies widely with the market. The best six artists average about $500 per scene, while many scenes sell for around $100 and a few fetch between $400 and $1,000.
Married man worries wife after building home
A remark attributed to the Indianapolis Journal notes that once a man builds a comfortable home he begins to worry his wife by talking about selling it. The quip reflects domestic expectations and financial concerns of home ownership.
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Indianapolis Journal
Editor’s Ten Page Dream in Four Page Town
An editor laments the clash between a ten page newspaper ambition and a four page town, highlighting the relentless schedules and constraints of local publishing. The quote reflects newsroom pressure and the ironies of limited local space.
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Washington Post
The College Excursion Draws Ames Crowd and Pride
Ames prepares for a large crowd one week ahead with posters and invitations. The college offers low round trip fares via C and N W. Two bands plus the college band will perform while campus buildings and ongoing construction are open for inspection. A prominent speaker will address attendees. Citizens urged to invite friends and make a holiday of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alll
Ames
Western cowgirl defends herself on city streetcar
A western woman, formerly a ranch cow girl, nearly falls from a city streetcar as the conductor starts the car and insults her. She confronts him, strikes at him, misses, regains balance, and boards, while other passengers watch, noting her dignity after the tense moment.
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New York Sun
Lost Hat Tales From The London Globe
A series of lost hat stories from The London Globe recounts a father and son at Old Champlier Brighton where a boy falls into waves and a bystander saves him asking about the hat. Also a bluejacket on Malta harbor Fort Ricasoli top parades until his hat and balance fail and he falls to a 30 foot drop, the surgeon bringing the body for identification while the man asks for his hat.
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London Globe
Old Champlier
Brighton
Papa
Malta
Fort Ricasoli
Ames College Horticulture and Veterinary Programs Expand
The Ames campus unveils a new stock judging pavilion and a complete veterinary instruction upgrade including pharmacy labs. Trustees reorder agricultural courses to allow real farm work as college credit, plus a winter stock judging course to boost attendance and practical links with farms and creamery work.
New Discovery Cures Asthma and Coughs, San Antonio Claim
J. M. Garrettson of San Antonio credits Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption with curing years of asthma and related lung troubles. The ad claims the remedy treats asthma, consumption, coughs, and colds with 50 cents to $1.00 prices and free trial bottles at L. M. Losworth's drug store. Also notes newspaper delivery price changes after October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Garrettson
San Antonio
Tex
Dr. King
L. M. Losworth
Have to Much of a Good Thing in Wise Woman Comedy
Prominent among later comic evidences is the enthusiastic reception of A Wise Woman to be presented at the opera house on Tuesday September 18. The cast features well known performers and the company is balanced in quality, promising wholesome fun and strong entertainment.
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Opera House
Ames temperance day committee list and meeting notice
The committee of arrangements for special temperance day at Ames on the 21st includes W D Elwell Ames G W Henderson Nevada R W Stevenson Zearing C P Lang Story City J M Bamford Cole J M Williams Cambridge E W Howe Maxwell Pickford Iowa Center Isaac Ellis D D Ellenberger K W Brown Ames Ames members are urged to meet at K W Browns residence Friday evening Sept 14 at 7 oclock. Also local ads promote coffee bacon and various goods from The Emporium and C F Lerts with brief product notes.
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Ames
W. D. Elwell
G. W. Henderson
Nevada
R. W. Stevenson
Zearing
C. P. Lang
Story City
J. M. Bamford
Cole
J. M. Williams
Cambridge
E. W. Howe
Maxwell
Pickford
Iowa Center
Isaac Ellis
D.D. Ellenberger
K. W. Brown
Divorce petition filed in Story County Iowa plea
Plaintiff petitions for divorce and equitable relief against Iva Jensen on grounds of habitual drunkenness and desertion. Court at Nevada Iowa sets October term to hear case starting October 11 1900. If no defense entered by noon second day, default will be entered and judgment issued by clerk Chris Jensen.
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District Court of the Vs
State of Iowa
Story Iva Jensen
Iva Jensen
District Court
Story County
Nevada
Iowa
Chris Jensen
Missounia A. Morgan
Mary Ann Williams
Hugh G. Alley
Abattia Jane Dyer
Wm. McAlley
Charity M. Marsh
Carrie Brunt
J. W. Alley
Boone County
Lowa
Cordelia Hunt
Slater
Court House
J. W. Near
Notice to Drain Contractors for Tile Drain Bid Ames 1900
Sealed proposals for material and labor to construct tile drain on Onondaga and Clark streets in Ames Iowa will be received at the city electric light plant office until 8 p m September 24 1900. Plans by A Marston and L C Hodson on file. Proposals opened by city council September 24. Bid security $50. performance bond 50 of contract price. council may reject any bid.
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City Electric Light
Ames
Iowa
Onondaga and
Clark Streets
A. Marston
L. C. Hodson
Onondage and
City of
Lowa
Onondaga Street
Hoggatt Street
Clark Street
North Street
Cal Giddings
Thos, Thompson
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Weather and Crop Report
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John Morrison
Hedrick
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J. W. Oliver
The
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John A. Craig
C. J. Griffith
Colorado Agricultural College
Ray Bell
Swift & Co
Chicago
Sunny
Mexico
Gonzala
Torres
Ricardo B. Ulibarre
A. W. Cole
Chapel
Margaret Hall
Clyde Warburton
Marcia Mills
O. H. Cessna
Ira Scott
Parks
Oklahoma
Vi Baughman
Prof. Newens
Dooley
Hepburn
Coon Rapids
Bishop Waldron
Cincinnati
Herman Knapp
Prof. Curtiss
Waterloo
Miss Baughman
Miss Westterman
Highland Park Conservatory
Geo. Judisch
Cc. F. Lerts
C. F. Lerts
Emporium
C. F. Letts
Warren Jackson
Bradley & White
the Grocers
Heaps Bros
Zimbleman
D. Hamilton
Story County Bank
Barkhurst
Gro. A. Underwood
Plaintiff
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