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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1891
Page
3
Personal and Social News Skims Ames Area
Miss Pearl Bartlett is quite sick and Little Paul Elliott is seriously ill with diphtheria. Mrs A M Ringheim of Nevada visited Ames yesterday. Mrs Robt Cairns of Ames visiting Oregon Boone News. Mrs Joan Elliott of Ames and Mrs Slaughter of Perry visiting Mrs Geo Elliott. Chas Hamilton, wife, and Capt Greeley attend G A BR and W R C encampment at Dubuque. J S Downs, new lumber man, arrives to set stock and office. Mrs Clark of this place visiting daughter Mrs Geo Shockley of Des Moines. Ben Hungerford returns to Partridge Kansas after visit. Daughters of Mr McGuire return home. A M Benson and Dave Pourchild survey railroad to the College. Loretta Hamilton returns to Seee. Senior editor departs for annual outing with the boys. Arthur Glidden of Marshalltown attends funeral of uncle Wm Sillsby. Visitors at O D Allen home. Departure of Dr Kaynor and family for Hubbard. We note sudden death of John E Davis La Grippe. Ephraim Starr dies at Gilbert Station. Funeral from M E Church. We sell J L Case Triumph sulky plow. Board of Supervisors proceedings omit some material. Next week an Soldier's Monument letter and Prof Mount on Missouri home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Greeley
G. A. BR
Dubuque
J. S. Downs
Ben Hungerford
Partridge
Kansas
McGuire
A.M. Benson
C. & N. W. B. Engineer Corp
Dave Pourchild
Antes Loretta Hamilton
Farm help ad seeks couple for Acton North Dakota
Within ninety days a man and wife are sought to work on a farm in Walsh county North Dakota. The man should have general farm experience including stock and handling stallions. The woman should be a good housekeeper and capable of butter boxing. Liberal wages and a permanent position are promised to the right people. Address Driscoll and Hamilton Acton Walsh County. Also advertised riding plows the Flying Dutchman the Wild Irishman and All Right at G W O Brien's. A large invoice of dress ginghams from Boston market offered at 10 cents per yard by George G Treden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driscoll
Hamilton
Acton
Walsh County
North Dakota
Boston
Georex
Local draft on sugar prices and business notices in Ames
The Intelligencer page lists sugar deals with Bigelow and others, local businesses advertise seeds hardware and clothing, while Rev Moore’s illness postpones Baptist services. It notes builder activity, a new lumber stock arrival by H L Munn, and a death of W S Garrett with Odd Fellows funeral.
Choice golden Wyandotts eggs for hatching offer
Limited number of eggs from Choice golden Wyandotts of the McKeem strain priced at $2.00 per 13 and $3.50 per 26. Also listed are embroidery flosses and cottons with trims, and a car load of buggies wagons and carts arriving from G W O'Brien. Loughran Machine Co. promoting Little Yankee Riding Plows for spring use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Wyandotts
McKeem
G. W. O’brien
Loughran Machine Co
Corset Department Adds Full Ferris Waist Line
Story county residents can subscribe to Tue INTELLIGENCER for complete Story county news as the corset department showcases all kinds of corsets and a full Ferris waist line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicelow & Smiru
Story County
Tue Intelligencer
Local Advertising Gleanings and Retail Promotions
In this section readers see multiple ads for sugar cured meats at Hamilton and Co and clothing at Tilden's with low prices. Also promotions for Caniel Bros and Herman and Perkins and Son gas stoves plus a notice about American Farmer. The page urges inspecting sample weekly Regis ter copies and stock of blanks with replenished goods.
Boots and Shoes Stock With Cash Sale in Ames
Largest stock of boots and shoes ever shown in Ames offered for cash. Customer urged to visit Oliver for deals. Junior sulky plow advertised at Perkins Son’s. Canier Bros and Herman claim lower prices. Grove’s Grocery promotes fresh green vegetables every Wednesday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Oliver
Perkins & Son's
Grove’s
Local Ads Sweep Ames Area With Plows Goods and Probate Notices
Local notices advertise Casaday plows and all steel Winner cultivators at area stores, plus Weir and Moline plows. A probate notice in Story County sets May 19 1891 for John H Cook last will hearing. Ames Cemetery Association calls for debts to be settled by April 25 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lown
Story County
District Court
Said
John H. Cook
Said County
Ames Cemetery Association
C.M. Soper
Sec’y
Dry goods department overflows with a full assortment
Our dry goods department is full in every department. Dress goods in all styles, ladies' and children's collars, laces, embroideries, parasols, every thing in fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biee Low
Ames Meeting on Rural Education and Local Commerce
An Ames Iowa notice lists a Saturday April 18 1891 meeting at 1 PM with topics on discipline math and rural school classification plus general discussion on Arbor Day and certificates. It also includes local merchant notices from McLain Batchelder and J H Queal promoting steel goods and low lumber prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
M. F. Morgan
R. A. Jackson
S. M. Coddington
Nellie Johnson
H. A. Gossard
Carrie L. Cottrell
Gertrude Morris
W. L. McKee
Announcement of Story County Candidates for County Office
Several residents declare candidacy for Story County offices subject to the Republican county convention actions. Names include James McKee Cambridge Treasurer, J M Miller Treasurer, J F Gillespie Nevada Superintendent and others seeking sheriff clerk superintendent and representative roles with dates in March and April 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County
James McKee
Cambridge
Iowa
Meyer Brandvig
Macec
Republican County Aanvantion
Story So
Republican
Cavention
Sentative
Life Sketch of John H. Cook and His Works
John H. Cook is depicted as a robust laborer and thinker with strong physical and mental strength. He pursued carpentry, reading, and writing, producing philosophical prose and poems including Man and The Seasons, with a battle poem about Pea Ridge. Cook’s home life with Mrs. Cook supported his literary output and public reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cook
Pea Ridge
Barn Fire Destroys Ham Wakefield’s Barn and Stock
Mr Ham Wakefield near Hannums mill lost seven horses when his barn burned after a lightning strike last Wednesday evening. The total loss is about 1200 dollars with 400 dollars covered by insurance. Sympathy flows from the surrounding community for a respected farmer and citizen. William F Silsbee of Chatford Minnesota, a relative of John Glidden’s mother, fell ill with hemorrhage of the bowels and died Sunday noon at 67, a veteran of the Civil War. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon and his body was sent home on the 5 pm train with Albert Glidden. a squad of Post 30 pallbearers accompanied the bier from the house to the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Garrett
Story County
Nevada
Legion
Ham Wakefield
Hannums Mill
William F. Silsbee
Chatferd
Minnesota
John Glidden
Albert Glidden
Ames–College railway bids awarded for grading and track
Last Monday Ames officials awarded contracts for the Ames to College railway project. McElyea & Shugart of Ames won grading work and R. J. Hopkins of Boone won bridging and track installation. The N Y Ry Supply Co Limited secured rails splices spikes switches and frogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
College
McElyea & Shugart
R. J. Hopkins
Boone
N. Y. Ry. Supply Co. Limited
Seed Potatoes and Farm Goods for sale
I offer 200 bushels of good seed potatoes and affordable pricing for buyers. Large cooking potatoes and bran sold by the sack. Sugar sold at $1.00 per bag. A full line of dried goods, glassware, and country produce. Call to see the selection and best prices locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wal
Alc Agou
Alumni Notes From Algona and Vicinity
R P Olmsted of Algona and Pat Finnegan of Des Moines visited college friends. Several seniors and staff, including H A Dean and Geo L Christy, toured the state capitol. Dean plans to pursue civil engineering but leaves due to eyesight. Measles recovery, a meager 10 cent Breach of Promise verdict, and student society chair purchases frame this bustling update of college life with visitors, faculty, and campus events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Olmsted
Algona
Iowa
Pat Finnegan
Des Moines
C. B. Knowles
W.F. Harriman
Hampton
W. H. Uarriman
Marie Chambers
Cedar Rapids
D. B. Bisbee
Chemical Laboratory
Prof. Patrick
H. A. Dean
Geo. L. Christy
State Capitol
Charles Deering
J. H. McCulloch
College
Mason City
Anid
Lou Tilden
Peck Sheldon
Supt
M. F. Morgan
City
Lillie Paxton
J.J
Mixed notices of farm appraisals and medical advertisements
A county auditor’s notice from King County Iowa dates March fifteenth 1891 describing a red cow with white markings and a four year old pale red heifer calf with appraisals totaling $18.00 and a separate medical testimonial touts Hall’s Sarsaparilla and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with endorsements from doctors and a $100 reward offer for cure. A Bloomington incident reports an elderly man taken ill near E W McGuire’s store and treated by Dr. Richmond.
The Restorative Nervine Promoted by Dr Miles
A market pitch claims the Restorative Nervine cures nervous diseases including headaches blues sleeplessness neuralgia and hysteria. It touts trial bottles and a testimonials book free at L M Bosworth's warning of nerve weakness and need for grit and nerve force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
St. Vitus
L. M. Bosworth’s
New Heart Cure Promoted by Dr Franklin Miles
A noted nervous heart specialist Dr Franklin Miles disputes the idea that heart trouble stems from the stomach. His new book on Heart Disease is available through L M Bosworth who endorses Miles unequaled New Heart Cure. The remedy is claimed to treat nervous and organic heart disease with symptoms such as short breath fluttering pain or tenderness in the side arm or shoulder irregular pulse fainting and smothering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
Todians
L. M. Bosworth
Who
Iles
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