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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1890
Page
2
The Australian ballot was tried and proven successful recently in Rhode Island and in Missouri. That these two states with different people and customs should both adopt the system offers a strong test of its effectiveness.
The Iowa Normal Monthly features a readable article on The Supreme Court by J Macy of Iowa College. A Des Moines West Side High School building sketch and cut provide engaging reading.
Sunday Register notes Major Conger will not run again. The phrase highlights his integrity and ability as a representative and says Republicans of the Tth district regret his decision and wish him well returning to private life.
The second state normal school bill for Algona failed as the three school amendment, deemed an absurd move, defeated it. The battle will resume later, but Algona’s normal school strengthens without state aid, which may be better than the expected meagre funding.
Des Moines agents for Staleys new book alert that seven so called Stanley books exist. The real book titled In Darkest Africa will be published by Charles Scribners Sons and will appear early summer. Other volumes are compilations or fiction based on newspaper reports.
Des Moines readers note an anti prohibition Republican gathering that backed high license and legalized saloons. The editorial argues Republicans should stand by prohibition laws, questions the anti-saloon faction’s mandate, and recalls past enforcement limits while noting a recent senate rejection of a license bill.
In a Washington letter dated April 1, incumbent E H Conner announces he will not seek reelection. He urges voters to choose a strong Republican candidate, endorsing progressive policy, home industry protection, and anti trust measures, while thanking constituents for six years of service. The piece closes with a humorous comic vignette from the Sunday State Register unrelated to politics.
A Boone County teachers meeting debated the text book issue and opposition to state uniformity. The writer asks which group has a true stake and argues teachers should discuss public matters, while cautioning against overstepping into news gathering.
The Chicago and North-Western Railway Company announces a series of excursions to Minnesota Dakota Iowa Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Idaho and Montana. Tickets will be sold at half rates for round trips. Apply to railway agents for full details and schedules.
Miss Cora Marsland will present several choice selections at the Albert Gahm concert scheduled Saturday evening at the college.
Elder B. F. Kittinger of Gettysburg says he and his wife suffered from cold and cough but found great benefit using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He adds it was very pleasant to take. For sale by Westerman Arnold and L. M. Bosworth.
The April Home Magazine by Mrs. John A. Logan presents sketches on the World's Fair Committee Empress Augusta and Morton's home interiors, stories by Mrs. Oliphant and Mary Lowe Dickinson, illustrated pieces, poems, and society notes. It promotes subscriptions for three months.
An 19th century advertisement touts a salve claiming cure for cuts bruises ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and other eruptions with money refunds if not satisfied. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents per box. May 16.
A dialog about time as private property where the Agitator refuses to mortgage time but offers to pay back in time with two dollars, promising his own good time in return. The Citizen asks for details and the Agitator presents a barter involving future time.
Happy Hoosiers William Timmens Postmaster of Ida Vile Ind. testifies Electric Bitters improved his kidney and liver condition. Farmer John Leslie of Ida Vile calls it the best kidney and liver remedy. Hardware merchant W Gardner says it revived his strength appetite and zest for life. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents a bottle.
Anna Fuller will contribute a short story titled Old Lady Pratt to the April 11 Harper's Bazaar. The piece follows Aunt Betsy's Photograph, praised as a sign American literature would gain from New England genre writers like Harriet Prescott Spofford Mary E Wilkins and Sophie Swett.
In Kimball South Dakota the Chamberlain Cough Remedy is praised as an effective cure for coughs and colds amid influenza season. The author notes personal family success and widespread local use, with Wester as a seller.
W D Howells writes his first juvenile serial titled A Boy's Town set in a small Ohio town on the Great Miami River forty years ago. The gee neral tone recalls an Ohio boy's memory filled with daily wonder and thrilling excitement. The first installment appears in Harper's Young People on April 5 illustrated by 2 Fanny.
A Shelby North Carolina company promotes Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption claiming a long ill woman Mrs Luther Lutz recovered after three months of coughing and sleepless nights with one bottle. Free trial bottles offered at local drug stores.
Advertises Iowa Central Route tickets to Minnesota Montana North and beyond with through baggage checks to destination. Claims shortest quickest cheapest through train to St Paul by daylight and notes new coaches and palace cars. Encourages contact with A. F. Banks for time-cards rates and information.
Uncle Sam's Condition Powder and Uncle Sam's Nerve and Bone Liniment are sold by all druggists. Teeside field in England has salt enough to supply the world for 800 years. Shi loh's Porous Plaster priced 25 cents from Westerman and Arnold. A New York court saw a Chinaman oath by parlor match, and a Rockford jeweler donated a school clock with rival clocks following the trend.
Bishop Potter will contribute a paper on David and Jonathan to Harper's Young People for April 8. The piece is the first in a Bible story series by prominent divines of various denominations. Illustrations will be specially drawn for the magazine by noted French artists.
Warning issued against fake Stanley Books by unscrupulous agents. Readers urged to refuse deliveries unless the two volume set In Darkest Africa by Stanley, published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York, on the title page. Des Moines, Iowa agents sought. 3-27-8
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