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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1891
Page
3
Chicago and North Western Railway issue lists passenger and freight times with limited service. Rail lines show 3:16 A M and 8:15 A M connections, 4:50 P M, 6 Freight, and S G Pass No 6 arriving at 9 56 7. The notice states no other trains carry passengers except Sunday by agent Axo W Rogers.
Mrs. Geo A Shockley visits Ames. Margaret Watts returns from Des Moines. Miss Lynn Chevalier in Ames briefly. Mrs Lida Huntley visits Chas Arnold. Mrs Stone of Boone visits friends. Kelly ladies vacationing here. Mrs John Coady visits town. Odendak sister visit Boone relatives. Miss Tyler from Indianola visits Etta Budd. Wm Briggs from Nevada visits Ames. Jennie Westerman from Omaha home on leave. Emmett Compton trips to Kansas City. Paxton couple attend Episcopal service in Boone. Mrs Rutherford travels to Boone to see ill sister Campbell. Bertha McBarnes dislocates knee last week. Frank Fowler reportedly gains daily. Laura Whalen returns from Ohio visit. School exercises Friday well attended. Mr Mrs White of Sioux Falls visit Rutherford family en route to Chicago. Mr Mrs A E Lucas visit Des Moines guests of Captain Brown. John Gifford and Des Moines friend hunt locally. F P Sawyer of Gilbert Station in Ames en route to Chicago. City hotel illuminated for foreign tourists. Mr Sillsby of Chatfield visits Glidden family. Burrows and Glidden family visit. M K Smith and Flo Fitchpatrick return from Chicago. Kenneth Buell in Ames then Boone en route to Mechanicsville. A Needham Gilbert Station moves to Boone buying Shepard home. Edward W Jones Ontario deputy auditor under Mr King. F B Davidson IA C class 298 arrives in Ames for short visit. Storm kept Easter services sparse. Baptist and Congregationals join Methodist. Sorrowful departure of S T Buell family for Mechanicsville. Needham and Jamie leave for new town amid local regrets.
Lawler principal J A Bishop spends vacation in Ames and at the College. Miss Etta Budd returns to Indianola after a vacation with family. Mounts move to Mt Pleasant. Gilbert stays in Ames after purchasing a home. Glidden family returns from Marshalltown. some business plans unsettled. Read The Intelligence for Story County news. Congregational church concert postponed a week due to absentees. Eclipse Wind Mills sold by & Co. Shull welcomed a son twelve pounds. Leather up. boots and shoes cheap at Geo G Tilden's. Churches urged to install and light lamp posts for evening services. Slang note: Smack you on the Kisser criticized. BicElow & SMITH advertising flour at $1.40 per sack. Hamilton & Co.
A Chicago landlady at 638 Washington Boulevard states Mrs. Carrell has cleaned her room and hung furniture out of the windows four times since arriving in Chicago.
F. C. Beck of Ames Iowa offers a first class antique oak New Home sewing machine valued at $65 as the top prize to the member sending the most applications to the Iowa State Traveling Men's Association. Additional prizes will be announced soon.
The item lists new arrivals of Spring Wheat Flour and White Lily flour with discount pricing. It notes the departure of Dr Raynor and family to Hubbard. It mentions Buckeye Sunbeam cultivation equipment and references President David Starr Jordan, his Stanford appointment, and Hawley relatives. It cites Keeley Institute treatment in Iowa and Des Moines with some Iowa patients benefiting while noting local none yet.
William Elzy reports his mare aged forty two has been dedicated to science after twenty five years of ownership. The veteran horse, once a race contender, is described as having unusually sturdy stock for its age.
A noisy village notice promotes subscriptions to The Intelligencer and advertises hay and storage at B A Lockwoods. The report notes Ephraim Starr improving and visiting Gilbert with his daughter Mrs Reynolds. Sunnyside school District No 8 Washington township reports Nov 24 to Mar 16 term 80 days 25 pupils 20.5 daily attendance. non attendants May Stark Maude Claude Merton Crane Gertrude Morris, T
The note mentions Mr and Mrs Roscoe Miller likely joining Ames for a period after renting a house. It also notes the Loughran Machine Co is shipping a large quantity of Little Yankee Riding Plows for the spring season.
Multiple citizens from Cambridge Nevada and Ames announce their candidacy for local offices including county treasurer superintendent of schools and state representative subject to Republican convention decisions. Community notes mention church meetings at the Christian Church led by Rev. Burton and local ads for barbed wire and fresh produce at Grove’s Grocery.
I A C receives many callers and visits from alumni and friends including Prof Stearns, Prof Bennett, J T Green, J T Stinson, J A Bishop, Miss Rolfs, Miss Laura Parrot, and Harry A Gossard. Cadets get uniforms. the experiment station issues a milk and crops bulletin. Dr Beardshear spoke on Easter themes. campus visitors total about thirty. Local merchants promote all steel Winner cultivators at Loughran.
In Sheldahl Iowa on March 21 a large gathering marked the Golden Wedding anniversary of Col and Mrs S W Snider. Eight of eleven children attended with relatives and friends, and a post‑dinner program featured old time music and a composed poem. The event honored a couple born in West Virginia who moved to Story County in the 16 years prior.
The piece endorses Mr. Stuntz as a strong candidate for Story county, noting his East Side residency in New Albany township, farming background, Farmers Alliance and Republican ties, and a liberal, progressive, live and let live outlook. It also mentions G. W. O'Brien receiving a car load of buggies and carts and comments on boarded schoolhouse windows with a suggestion for glass.
A bustling advertisement describes 200 bushels of seed potatoes and large fine potatoes sold by the sack or in bulk, with sugar and other goods. It lists canned, dried, and evaporated fruits, coffees, teas, spices, and glassware, plus high prices for country produce and a line of flour. The notice mentions Dakota Hot Springs tourism, railway access, and local store improvements, urging readers to visit Perkins & Son and G W O’Brien for farming implements.
Perry Simmons of Ames visited Story City last Saturday. Myrtle Jones became a telegraph operator for the Iowa Central at Newton. J T Moses entered the butcher trade. Mrs Griffith of McCalisburg visited Joe Anderson and family. Tom Michaelson has been sick recently. Perry Brackenard and family left for O'Brien county last Thursday. Oren Fuller recovered his health. Cedar Rapids minister B H Neibel visited Story City last Friday. Larson and Moses are papering their butcher shop. George Shockley traveled to Ames on business. Oscar Johnson of Roland called on Story City. Many Nevadans attended the Story City Stock Exchange event.
Specimen copies of the weekly register are offered at this office. The ad copy recalls Castoria as a remedy from infancy to motherhood and for children, reflecting classic marketing phrasing.
Local firm BigELow and SMITH announces introduction of a new line of ladies muslin underwear. Publicized as affordable and practical for daily wear, the release highlights breathable fabric and comfortable fit.
A correspondent from Fairmount Kentucky writes Iowa friends about mild winter, lack of snow, and a wet season. He notes wheat and rye look promising, fruit buds swelling, apples peaches and plums set, strawberries and raspberries likely good, grass turning green, and early planting underway with spring crops and gardening active. Several farmers plan early potatoes onions and seed in Louisville area.
LaGrippe sweeps Dubuque with reported outbreak last week. About 1,000 people affected, underscoring severe spread and public health concern. Local officials monitor cases as residents seek care and precautionary measures.
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