The Ames Enterprise. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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AMES WOODS COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JULY 8 1904
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Dr' S H McEvoy
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Ames Oklahoma
National In urance Co o:
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fl WILLIAMSON Aden
W E MANSUR MARY L MANSUR
Dr Mansur & Mansur
Calls attended day or night
Ames ' - Oklahoma
A WILLIAMSON
WATCHMAKER
(All work warranted)
AT POSTOFFICE
BOLING & MATHIS
Physicians & Surgeons
Calls attended day or night
AMES OKLA
J P MOORE '
Notary Public
' Real Estate Broker
All legal papers properly
drawn and attested Office in
'FARMERS STATE BANK
TOWN AND COUNTRY
Don't Tail to attend
The Great-Hurry-Uo
wonder Sale at Sater’s
Annual School Meeting Tuea
day July X2
Hawk & Co have fly nets
Prices lowest of all
Born — To Mr and Mrs Pear'
Moore Sunday July 3 a girl
Best quality of machine an
cylinder oils at Hawk & Co's
Wm Lovely is talking of go-
ing into the restaurant business
in Ames
Blacksmith Shop and tools for
sale or rent See Branson at
Hawk's Hardware
Preaching at the school h ouse
next Sunday morning and even-
ing by Rev Smedley
Best Flour $ll5and sec
ond oracle $110 per saGk at
Sater's
Newton Fqx came back to
Ames to celebrate the 4th He
expects to return to Milton to-
day The editor's family are under
obligations to A T Bailey for a
fine mess of roasting ears yester-
day Thanks
Buy your Goods at Sater’s
while you cap get them at your
own price Produce taken in ex-
change same as cash '
Alva Kennitt's house was
burned vat Lacey Tuesday ' It
was set afire by his boy shooting
firecrackers Everything in the
house was got out and saved
"Everything at cost
prices" figures at Sa
ter’s Closing Out Sale
You ddn't need to ask
the price of any artv
cle as everything is
marked in plain fig'
ures
Joe Harp's father is here from
Hunter on a visit
A few saddles on hand at
Hawk & Co’s Come and see
them ' - '
That was a fine rain Wednes-
day It stopped the threshers
for a while but it made the corn
glad
50'cent work shirts
for 39c at Sater’s
Billy Adams and George Evans
started this (Saturday) morning
by private conveyance to Concor-
dia Kansas
Ames had an immense crowd
at her celebiation and everybody
was satisfied that she knew how
to shQw them a good time
Sam Wood says he saw a cat-
fish yesterday in the river as big
as a man And Sam is not in the
habit of telling fish stories either
Don't lorget that you get
25 IDs best Granulated Su
gar for $1 with every $5 pur-
chase you make at Sater’s
The heavy rains Wednesday
night and Thursday night have
set the Cimarron river wild Al-
most everything except human
beings have been seen floating
down stream
Miss Mary Hammer a sister
to Joe and Charley arrived last
Sunday from Burlington Kans
The boys had not seen her for
nine years and were overjoyed to
be once more together
Our esteemed asst p m in
speaking of the chances of the
chances of the aspirants for the
Presidential chair remarked that
Roosevelt would be our chief
magistrate for the next four years
The Frisco bridge across the
North Canadian went out yester-
day (Friday) morning leaving the
work crew and cars on the south
side while the engine was on the
north side of the river The en-
gine came back through Ames in
the evening
Mr' Tyree who is conducting
the closing-out sale forMr&ater
tried to phone to his wife in
Wichita yesterday evening and
learned that the town is flooded
and his own home is surrounded
by two to three feet of water
Later — Saturday morning and the
water is still rising in Wichita
Central says the water is nearly
up to the second story at their
office
Richard Sturgeon the little 14
months old child of George Stur-
geon was found dead after a two
hours search in a box that was
sunk in the ground for a cut ofl
at their wind-mill The box was
only two feet deep and one by
two feet in size and the child
lad fallen into it head-first- The
mother went out to dig some po-
tatoes and was gone but short
time on returning she brought
an apple from the orchard for ba-
jy and not finding him she be-
gan a search Soon others were
called into the search which lasted
for about two hours They had
passed near the box two or three
times but no one thought of look-
ng into it The child was stand-
nj on its head with its face a-
gainst the bottom of the box
which had only about three inch-
es of water In it The parents
are distracted with grief
It didn't rain last night in spite
of some of the prophets
Clinton Farnsworth is spending
a few days visiting his brother at
Goge "
Call on Hawk & Co and see
their line of buggies They are
peaches with cream
If you are needing paint use
the best (Harrison by name)
Sold by Hawk & Co (
Hawk & Co handle the Mitch-
ell Wagon celebrated for light
running and durability
Frank Farnsworth and wife are
expected home soon on a visit for
the first time in two years
Effie Reddick and Ola Jenkins
were united in marriage at ' the
residence of J L Root July 6
by Rev Wm Smith
The Scientific American has a
has a very flattering article on the
merits of Messrs Davis and Leh-
enbauer's wind thresher
Blanchard Reddick and Miss
Lula Smith of Watoga were mar-
ried July 4th at the residence of
J L Root by Rev Wm Smith
Have uou been attending
Sater's dosing ont sale? If
not uou haue been missing a
chance to save gour dollars
There has been no trains yes-
terday nor to-day on account of
wash-outs There are washouts
several places along the Frisco
line and it is out of business be-
tween Arkansas City and Neodo-
sha and Ellsworth also most
everywhere in Oklahoma -The
Canadian Rivers and the Washita
River have overflowed everything
along their bottoms washing a-
way the railroad dumps The
Rock Island is also out of busi-
ness in many places -
For Sale
One span of mules six years
old 1 4yr old mule r 3yr old mule
1 8yr old horse r 3yr old mare
2 sets of farm harness 2 wagons
one good as new and 23 head of
hogs' One and a half miles south
of Ames Formerly the property
of W A- Lehenbauer
E G Lehenbauer Owner
NOTICE
No hunting or fishing 'allowed
on north' half of Sec 22-20-10
Anyone so doing will be punished
the full extent of the law
Mary A Bradbury
L S Hodges
For Sale
A span of three-year-old mules
Allen Crow
Republican Caucus
' There will be a Republican
caucus held in the Adams hall
Monday July rx at a p m for
the purpose of electing five dele-
gates to attend a representative
convention to be held at Cherokee
on the 14 day of July 1904
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TO OUR LADY FRIENDS
Our Spring and Summer Dress Goods
are ready for your inspection We have
the most complete line of Bordeaux Lace
Stripe Dimity India Linon and Fancy
Dress Goods Come and take a look at them
CLOTHING FOR MEN
so cheap uou don’t need to
look anywhere else
Suits from $250 up
XX SHOES XX
Remember our Shoes when wanting a pair
and don't buy anything but the
SUNFLOWER
L MATHIS
WAGONS BUGGIES
FARM MA6HINERY
HARDWARE
Heavy Woodwork
Ice Cream Freezers
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Washing Machines
Stoves Range
Machine and Cylinder Oils
Gasoline stoves Tinware etc
ft complete Line oi Harness
Saddles Fly Nets
Barbed Wire Woven Wire Eiiwood and B
merfean Best on Earth
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Switzer, H. I. The Ames Enterprise. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1904, newspaper, July 8, 1904; Ames, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1761453/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.