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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1892
Page
3
The Ames Times appears as a weekly paper serving Ames and Story County Iowa with Thursday editions. This issue presents local notices and community items in a traditional newspaper format.
Jubilee singers perform at the opera house to aid a church project. Ames and Story County residents travel to Washington for a national encampment. Local businesses announce openings and sales while addressing frost, school starts, and public health concerns urging cleanup and sewer maintenance to prevent typhoid risks.
The Ames area columns record numerous Des Moines visits, travels to Chicago and Indiana, a funeral for Mrs. Charlotte Pitsor, and several marriages, birthdays, and family movements. Notable names include Dr. Wm. M. Beardshear and Mrs. J. H. Richard, with community roles described and the Soldier's Orphan Home cited. The piece closes with local business mentions and printing services.
A fine line of overcoats advertised by Cramer Bros with prices described as so low they will astonish you.
Diverse newspaper items advertise stoves from Bingham & Co and Perkins & Son with fall stock notes. Baker jeweler promotes watches while W F Stratton Auctioneer announces sales across Story county. Goop farm mares and Perkins & Son wagons appear with installment terms and farm machinery offers.
The notice urges farmers to apply to Dr Beverly for corn stalks water hay and shelter. A clerk will drop by with laundry services and a wagon crew will call at the door any day of the week.
The notice states a Republican caucus for the nomination of Township officers will be held at the City Hall in Ames on October 1, 1892, at 3 o'clock, by order of the committee.
For the week ending September 13 1892 names listed include Frank Eggleston Miss Essie Morton Mr M Robinson N F Shadle Howard Sawyer Mrs Gusie Anderson and J E Duncan Postmaster. Baggage check noted.
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