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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1883
Page
4
Forty-eight hundred acres of fenced pasture and adjoining grass land in Hamilton County Iowa to be leased on reasonable terms. Three barb wire fences across 480 acres and 640 acres of fine grass land. For details contact Gro R Renicker or The Argus Webster City Iowa.
A large elegant assortment of millinery goods arrives with many season novelties. The items will be sold at prices as low as those available elsewhere. M. and A. J. Sweeney sponsor the display.
In Gilbert Station April 14 83 Messrs Wincut and JvEs note the Rockford Planter performs as a dropper with almost no variation in grain count and equals other good standard planters. They sign Hewr and Barnes in response to a mailed inquiry. Local business notices advertise rates and related items such as Union Corn Planter gear.
The report notes a Nevada girl ordering roller skates from Paris with the ship carrying no ballast. It mentions local businessmen Wright & Ives and asserts advertisers in home papers drive town commerce and reflect community worth.
RecediEs and hard dry Benedict Soaps are advertised as superior for plain use. H. T. & B. Co. push Benedict Soaps while Wheat & Ives promote John Deere and Dixon plows through Ames agents. A tale notes a man swapping a winter cane for a bamboo and catching a cold for a week.
Various Ames city notices and society items: Decoration Day observance by Ellsworth Post 30 G A R. tax report for April. editor illness. Brown's Iron Bitters praise. hair care ad. Mrs Weaver convalescent. seed agent C F Wheeler. sale of horses Bonnie Jane and Rosa Lee. Mrs H Grisert's return from Webster City. Nevada visit by leaders. college gossip and local opinions on candidates. humorous quotes. new stationery and wedding goods. Frazee Jewelry closing. Gil Johnson’s railroad work. Nevada saloon debate. theft of plow near Walnut Grove. J S Little’s goods wreck. Nourse Bros closing. street foot race. Rev Feely canvass results. Newbold jewel thief exposure. Rupert Miers incident on C N W line.
Miss Sallie Hoggatt plans a Pierce town lot 480 acres and a printing office. Miss Lorrie Gilbert started a school two miles east of Gilbert last Monday. The Porter Sisters will perform at College Chapel this Saturday evening. The Chicago Tribune notes a Young Men’s Christian Association event in Farwell Hall with readings and concert recitals by the Potter Sisters. Dr. Allen of Gilbert has located in Ames and will practice. Miss D E Dix expands into millinery with a spring sale next week.
Report of Bible work in Nevada township shows 156 families visited with 6 destitute of Bibles and 4 supplied, 60 Scripture volumes sold, donations $10.40 and subscriptions $13.50 totaling $23.90. Grant township figures: 134 visited, 2 destitute, 2 supplied, 36 volumes sold, donations $1015, subscriptions $9.50 totaling 16.65. J. Fegtley, Agent.
The Boone Republican urges readers to check cellars for dampness and odors as a source of disease and to keep them dry and clean. It argues that many illnesses originate in cellars and stresses consistent sanitary maintenance to reduce sickness and doctor bills.
Ames High School graduation on Friday April 6 faced sharp critique from THE INTELL IGENCER though overall creditable to class and teachers. The obituary notes Rev James R Williams died April 13 aged 75 after long service in the M E Church and Indianola/Indiana conferences. funeral held at the Baptist Church with Rev Thornbrue and others officiating.
The editorial from the Des Moines Register discusses Supreme Court likely action on the Prohibition Amendment, urging either a Republican Constitutional Convention or a firm party platform in favor of prohibition. It notes prior criticism, predicts a victorious policy once principle is restored, and shifts to an advertisement by H. T. & B. Co. selling butter at 25c, 16c, and 12c per pound with care tips and a note that some sellers mislabel butter quality.
The Nevada Iowa correspondent reports on a dry spell town contest between Marshalltown and Nevada high schools, a Stephenson thoroughbred sale drawing prominent locals, and a public sale advertised by Dr. Billions Fills. It notes officials delayed by a swine episode, Miss Carrie Featley and Miss Stapely assisting in public office, and local figures Col John Scott and Prof. Scott.
The town council discusses equalizing assessments between Polk and Story counties highlighting a 60 percent versus 50 percent valuation split. Local business activity includes Oley Nelson returning from Chicago with new goods and Mrs. C O Larson planning a millinery line. W W Chandler’s family moves to Cambridge and Milton Lowson prepares a car shipment to Dakota.
The item notes fine weather boosting optimism for a good crop while town residents discuss reelection terms for officials ending next January. Capt McCall is singled out as seeking only one term and unlikely to run again. Nevada sent a large Chicago delegation. AOUW lodge opened in Cambridge. an Ames visitor received broad civic honors.
The Brearley White Mountains excursions expand for seven years with a new Europe side trip. Past offers included free transportation to 100 Michigan editors and 156 Ohio editors last year. This year Indiana editors will receive free tickets, with Illinois editors to be remembered next year.
An owner from Highspire Pennsylvania reports relief from a twenty five year old hemorrhage and bad cough after using Parker's Ginger Tonic. He claims it made him feel like a new man and believes it may help younger people. He is sixty six years old.
A lengthy list of real estate transfers and deeds across multiple townships cites numerous buyers and sellers including Win Gallon, O W Wilson, J Graves, and Edward Pheneion among others. Transactions cover various parcels in townships 83 to 86, ranges 21 to 25, with values from $30 to $5,000, including several estates and lot trades in Nevada Ames Cambridge Zearing Story City and nearby locales.
Cambridge notes report dull business as farmers plant crops and cattle buyers seek more stock with prices from 5.75 to 6.00 for cattle and 650 for hogs. A serious shotgun accident in the Norwegian settlement left a boy’s arm nearly torn off, later amputated. legal action between J C Lee and Daniel Finch ended unfavorably for Lee.
A new book from Historical Publishing Co. of St. Louis reveals secrets of New York society and official Washington life. It exposes Mormon practices, Endowment rites, Voudouism in the South, Negro life before and after the war, and early California days with ’49 sketches. Written by J. W. Buel, the work is selling rapidly and agents are urged to look for the advertisement elsewhere in this paper.
The notices list addressees including Serim Hanson W B Wilcox Marshall Wilcott Wilhelm Stella Johann Nelson John Hansen H M G Graves Jimmy Carr Wesley Foster Sally Clevenger R B Chamberlain C M Bullesey H Lucas P M to claim their mail in the advertised letters section at the local post office.
Stove wood coal second hand wagon and three sets of harness offered for sale or trade. Also town lots and a dwelling available for sale or exchange. Geo H France announces items for sale or exchange.
Hix and Allen advertise money to loan in any amount with real estate or other good security accepted. Terms range from thirty days to one year on other security and one to five years on real estate loans. They will also buy first class notes. Office located behind Briggs' Bank in Nevada Iowa. M E Hix and M C Allen at Johnson's Grove Nevada. Eees.
Complete printing office offered for sale including Washington hand press 9 column Peerless jobber Leader paper cutter and abundant type and equipment to print a newspaper. Machinery and type are new and will be sold cheap with part cash and part bankable paper. Address Tue INTELLIGENCER.
An 19th century advertisement touts Buckien's Arnica Salve as a universal cure for burns, bruises, cuts, ulcers, skin eruptions, and many other conditions. The salve is guaranteed to cure or refunds issued, priced at 25 cents per box and sold by all druggists.
Highest cash prices paid for butter and eggs announced by G. H. Runyon at T. K. Soper's Boot and Shoe Store in Ames dated February 22, 1883.
Abstracts of Title offered by J A Fitchpatrick Nevada Iowa. Money loaned on Real Estate. For Sale first dwelling south of old School House with E 4 Lots 2 and 3 Block 6 Black's 3rd Ames addition. Enquire Mrs B F Allen Story City Iowa. A E Lucas Nevada can procure farm loans on short notice. Iowa money at annual rate with installments. Office at Farmer's Bank.
A. P. Connor seeks 100 head of cattle for pasture in the coming season with access to good feed and water.
Testimonials praise Marsh's Golden Balsam for throat and lung relief with buyers from Iowa Kansas and Missouri. Bradley & Templeton Ames Iowa carry large bottles 50 cents and 1.00. Shiloh's Cure advertised for cough liver and sleep troubles with Bradley & Templeton as sellers.
An advertisement claims Wilson1A can cure paralysis catarrh rheumatism nervous debility back pain bronchitis asthma dyspepsia and many other chronic diseases where medicine has failed. It touts a marvelous record and directs readers to another page for details.
A novel method for piano and organ teaches music elements while letting anyone play familiar tunes without prior study. Promises simple learning for children, youth, and the aged, mailed with four pieces for $1.00 from CarcaGo Piano Co., 78 and 80 Van Buren Street, Chicago.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winston's Soorsine Syrurp for teething children claiming immediate relief from crying and pain. It also asserts cures for dysentery and diarrhoea and promotes Mrs Wryslow's SporTHinae Syrup for chicken teething as pleasant tasting remedy priced at 25 cents a bottle.
The undersigned opened a Tailor Shop in Ames inviting old friends and new customers to visit. The shop is above McDowell's billiard hall in the west front room. Henry Lightner.
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