Local Ames News Briefs From Octabor Read
Ames notes report farm sales, property transfers, and local events. Margaret Leland buys Albert Grove place on Douglass street for 2200 dollars. W Hoyt reports frost first killing freeze. Church oyster supper set for Oct 2 after cornerstone laying. Ophthalmic and grade work updates, railway work near Ames Nevada progress, and a cattle sale planned by W H Stevens. Married couple Sanstrom and Miss Goldsmith wed in Ames. Library offers reading rooms Tue Thu and Sat.
Community notes from Ames and surrounding towns
Personal items mention D A Kent of Jewell visiting Ames and many locals visiting kin or traveling to nearby cities. The Times previews a college lecture course, Storm Lake’s business group, and a large Georgia Minstrels street parade with a 30 piece orchestra and 50 performers slated for Ames opera house on Friday Sept 29.
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Richards & Pringle
Georgia Minstrels
Ames Opera House
Wait for the Library Minstrel Show Preview
Minstrel show announced for Thursday and Friday October 6 and 7 promising comic operas and popular Coon songs. Seats on sale at Tilden and Loughran's with admission 25 and 35 cents. Boarders wanted in rooms above Eighmy's cigar store, care of Mrs E A Lovina.
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Library
Tilden & Loughran’s
Eighmy
Mra. E. A. Lovina
Origin of the diamond explained by Kimberley discovery
New diamond origin theory linked to blue ground near Kimberley with eclogite rocks and garnet-rich bowlders. Explains diamonds found in river sands as remnants of ancient gravel dispersed by volcanic activity.Experts suggest blue ground is not the birthplace but a carrier margin. The article notes a historic shift in understanding of diamond genesis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
Boston Herald
Tax second installment due by October 1
The notice warns residents that the second tax installment must be paid before October 1 to avoid a penalty. It lists Story County Bank in Ames vicinity as a place where payments can be made. A poultry request from B. Read is noted.
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Ames Public Library
Mr. Carl. Little
Dixon, Ill
Mrs. Little
Ames
The
Timess
Story County Bank
Four Million For A Yacht Victoria And Albert
The new steam yacht Victoria and Albert built for the queen at Tenby will be the handsomest and fastest British sovereign yacht upon completion. It ranks behind Russia's Polar Star which costs about £1,000,000 and features lavish fittings including a dining saloon for 150, a fine library, music room, carved woodwork, and a marble fountain. The Polar Star and Standart are highlighted for their opulence, crew capacity, and extensive interiors with ivory inlays and silver fittings.
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Tenby
Relic Cannon from Armada Found Near Derrynane
A thirty pounder cannon was unearthed near Derrynane in South Kerry Ireland, famed as Daniel O Connell's residence. The weapon, buried under six feet of sand and sea deposit, is believed to be a relic of the Spanish Armada. Dr Myles president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland aided the discovery after launching a yacht.
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Derrynane
Kerry
Ireland
Daniel O’connel
Myles
Royal College of Surgeons
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Monarch
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Bunte Bros
Chicago
T. J. Miller & Son
Anna Cupps
Ames Grocery Co
Margaret Leland
Albert Grove
Douglass Street
P. E. O. Society
G. L. McKay
College Campus
Thomas Epperson
Boone County
Hemstreet & Campbell
H. F. Woodruff
Congregational Church
L. E. Freeland
Story County Osteopathic Infirmary
Nevada
Aves
Skunk River Bridge
W. H. Stevens
John Sanstrom
Mary Goldsmith
Marshalltown
A Scott
J. R. MelIntire
Sanstrom
Chicago Great Western Railway
Miss Goldsmith
Rathbone Temple
F. N. Fowler
Frank Bellamy
Loughran
Starr
D. G. Ferguson
Letts
J. W. Adams
A. J. Graves & Son
E. Nowleén’s
Tuer Ladies Cemetery Association
Gilchrist
Tue Western Union Telegraph Company
Chamberlain
D. A. Kent
Jewell
Mrs
Fred Munn
Newton
A. E. Brooks
Omaha
McCarthy
Mrs. Worrell
Cole
Ada Hawley
Supt
Kyle
Electric Light Plant
Glidden
Will Sisson
Clinton
Raynor
M. K. Smith
And
Dick” McLain
Webster City
H. J. Wright
Butte
Montana
Amnes
Carl McEwen
Nebraska
Barkhurst
Hoggatt
Ray Harmon
Independence
Ray
I. 8S. C
Henry Donhowe
Story City
D. B. Cooley
Mr. Cooley
New York
P. S. Henson
First Baptist Church of Chicago
Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra
Russell Conwell
Thomas Dixon
Talmage
A. A. Willets
Navy
U. B
Blockton
Iowa
A. T. Wright
Lord’s
Storm Lake
Scot Bradford
New Congregational Church
E. M. Wittum
Grinnell
H. D. Wiard
Ft. Dodge
T. O. Douglass
J. E. Snowdon
Cedar Falls
A. S. Sedgewick
Belle Plaine
Ladies Aid Society
Marseilles
Constantinople
Algiers
Tunis
Mediterranean Sea
Golden Horn
Hugo d’Alexis
B. Read
Thomas McCann
Lorain
Ohio
Joseph Hartman
Adam
Katie
Gertie
Adam Hartman
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Sucep Yu
Mark
Goodman
Fiosiery and
Kenosha Make
Black
Butterick
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