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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1884
Page
3
The Intelligencer compiles brief business notices and ads for groceries, sugar, coffee, and farm goods. It notes subscriptions, post office hours, and society meetings while listing local vendors and upcoming events across Ames and surrounding areas.
In Chicago last Thursday cattle 5.50 to 6.00, hogs 5.85 to 6.95, wheat 83, oats 27, corn 48 to 49. In Ames on Friday afternoon cattle 4.00 to 5.00, hogs 5.50 to 5.75, wheat 70 to 75, oats 30, corn 30 to 85, butter 9 to 18, eggs 12.
The G A R event wrapped up with about forty six dollars net for the treasury. Soldiers praise the show and thank Joe Stamp and Jack Pitser for fine performances as George Grover and Uncle Ned. The Post lauds the True Blue drama and young ladies Hamilton West Gaston and orchestra for music. Bert Miller and Jacob Schneider may return in a few months for another show.
Broadside meditation by Brother Garrison in Iowa Falls describes April as a tearful yet hopeful month. He likens warming winds, birdsongs, and flowers to a grand orchestra rehearsal, urging readers to welcome spring, open themselves to light, and feel nature’s awakening as a near Heaven’s echo.
The Des Moines Register notes Ames arrival at 8:30 with daily pouches to Ames Webster City Eagle Grove Nevada and State Center. The paper boasts a new eight page press and stationery line including wedding items and engraved cards priced from 2.50 to 6.00, plus envelopes and ball programs.
R Stevens, hotel keeper at Jewel Junction, found dead at 3 30 AM with his head severed by a passing train. His body lay outside the rails. He carried fourteen thousand dollars life insurance. Authorities suspect a personal crisis motive tied to domestic and financial troubles. APRIL showers yield to snow as thaw begins, with snow cover and a light frost observed. spring and summer may bring harvest for the farmer who sows.
Physicians astonished by Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs throat and lung diseases report daily cures. The text states hundreds of top practitioners are using it, with regular bottles priced at $100 available at Ames Stores and Bosworth selling.
A reflective aphorism notes that every joy has a counter side and every trouble a contrasting joy. It asserts that the same situation can reveal opposite outcomes when viewed from different angles, and that balance never fully exists on both sides.
Retail ads promote paint, wagons, gas, harrows, cultivators, seeds and candy. Nourse and Wright & Ives push garden supplies and farm implements, while Bosworth's Corner Drug Store hawks scents and furniture polish. Public notices call for street cleanup by May 1 84 and a Republican caucus at Ray School House April 19 84 to select delegates.
Wrient & Ives tout the Rockford planter and Driller that counts corn as a must see for farmers seeking efficiency and accurate yields.
The republican electors of Washington Township meet in W H Fitchpatrick's office Ames on Saturday April 19 at 3 PM to select seven delegates for the County Convention at Nevada April 22, which then chooses delegates to the State Convention in Des Moines on April 30.
Great L. P. M. tea priced at 60 cents per pound praised as first class by all Ames dealers.
A brief OCR fragment evokes a mouse frightened by a scream that rends the sky and disturbs the house walls, hinting at a dramatic moment. The lines suggest a rural or poetic scene with a vivid, trembling sensory image.
Mr. T. W. Atkins of Girard Kansas endorses Electric Bitters as a rapid seller and pure medicine that will cure kidney and liver issues, purify blood, and regulate bowels. He claims no family can be without them and notes they save doctors' bills. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Bosworth and local druggists.
The paper goes to press at 1 pm Friday to meet evening mails Advertisements and business locals must be handed in by 9 am Friday to be included.
Farmers in this part of Iowa report most wheat and oats sown. Despite recent cool spells, the editor says spring appears two weeks ahead of last year and the corn crop is two weeks forward, forecasting millions in potential gains.
Hall’s Hair Renewer promises to renew and brighten gray hair restoring youth ful color. Nourse’s reduces flour prices from 1.65 to lower figures for 500 lb lots with brands like Conquest and Imperial offered. A quip on swearing from Burdette recalls wasted phrases and hopes for a lighter heart.
Rev. Charles E. Harris of New Haven credits Athlophoros with curing his acute rheumatism after dismissing it as another ad. He reports being free of the disease for a time following use and urges others not to overlook the remedy.
Dr Farrcullo has linked with Dr E. 8 Bullis of Port Henry New York. The younger physician comes with high recommendations for skill and ability in medicine and surgery. He is well educated and has a history of successful practice earning community confidence.
The Tue C. and N. W. R. R. agrees through June 1 to carry seed corn free of charge for seeding use. Dealers must buy only in car lots and sell only for seeding at 10 cents per bushel above cost. Freight charges will be refunded under these conditions.
An advertisement promises a cure for burns bruises and various skin ailments with a money back guarantee at 25 cents per box. The notice also mentions sales by Bosworth and druggists. Also reports sale of English coach stallion Peacock to Henry L Page and a Keokuk business college coupon offer along with a Des Moines Register remark on Mrs Langtry’s form.
A farmer's opinion praises Parker's Ginger Tonic for its claimed vitality boost for invalids, noting its wide sale existence due to perceived merit. A new drop curtain featuring business cards is announced for OverA HALt.
The notice promotes Pond's Extract as essential for households to address cuts burns sprains cramps diarrhoea and other injuries in children. It emphasizes fast relief and safe healing with full directions included.
A fragmented roster lists numerous individuals including Arthur J C and Berley Frank S among others such as Ballard Chas and Brown Miss T C. The snippet preserves a long comma separated sequence with partial titles and initials.
The passage urges spring use of Ayers Sarsaparilla to purify the blood invigorate the system and restore vigor after a winter of poor air and diet care. It emphasizes remedying diminished physical health through spring tonics and renewed activity.
A historical notice proclaims the strength and purity of DeLand's Saleratus and Soda. It urges testing in every way to prove they are exactly what is guaranteed and will become necessary articles in every home.
In a Chicago talk on modern shams and extravagance Emily Faithful denounced the worship of money calling it the almighty dollar and shoddy its prophet. She quoted a stanza mocking church goers who pledge piety while plotting for gain.
A claimed remedy named eee in Papillon Cough Cure is advertised as never failing and safe for infants. The product is offered for sale by Bosworth & Co. and Ed. Barstow with assurances of easy administration.
A. E. Lucas advertises farm loans at six percent annual interest with optional payments. Nevada, October 23, 1893.
Plenty of money on farm mortgages at six percent annual interest from J A Fitchpatrick Nevada Iowa. Money to loan on farm mortgages with principal payable in installments at borrower option. Also dressmaking by Miss May Graves offering delivery to residences and countryside, living north of the Congregational Church.
Snow White Guineas priced at $1 per 15. Brown Leghorns $1.50 per 13. Agent for all Poultry Journals Frank Whil son’s Bone Mills and C. W. Chaprin of Ames Iowa advertise poultry stock and related services.
A farmer named W. E. Milier offers eighty or one hundred head of young cattle to pasture, plus plow land for a cropper, to be tended soon at a site two and a half miles south of Rilbert Station. March 7, 1884.
J A Firemarrick advertises abstracting services for the county with low rates and real estate loan options. The note also mentions Papillon Catarrh Cure for sale by Bosworth & Co and Ed Barstow in a dated, promotional style.
On December 8 1883 the executors were appointed by the Circuit Court of Story County Iowa for the estate of Thomas F Jones deceased. All debts must be paid to the undersigned and all claims presented legally authenticated to the Court for allowance. George Jones Paul F Jones executors.
On March 27 1884 George K Cameron disclaims responsibility for debts incurred by his son Frank Cameron age 18. He warns creditors not to trust Cameron on his account and states he will not pay present or future debts. Dated April 8 1884.
Proprietors deny buying any drugs or chemicals and claim Papillon is made from vegetable matter used by many farmers. It is offered for sale by Bosworth & Co. and Ed Barstow.
Advertises Shiloh's Cure to soothe a hacking cough with claims of quick relief and cures for dyspepsia and liver complaints. Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy promises health and fresh breath with a 5 cent price and free Nasalmene, sold by Bradley and Templeton.
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