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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1886
Page
2
A collection of colorful editorial items notes temperance shifts in several states and local election chatter in Illinois. It also includes observations on school strikes in Troy and Columbus and remarks on redistricting and politics.
A report notes possible widespread action by saloon keepers to boycott the State of Iowa. It suggests laborers wielding teddy sticks could refuse to serve liquor, a scenario described as terrible yet likely to occur in the anti prohibition region.
An aged gypsy from New Jersey foretells that Thomas A Edison will astonish the world with inventions surpassing all prior triumphs. She grounds this prophecy on his marriage to Mina Miller of Akron, Ohio, claiming she is the seventh child of her father.
J W Woop known as Old Timber died in Sully Jasper county at 85. He was Iowa’s first Attorney General and the first white native of Iowa. While in Burlington he had three children born in one house in three different territories Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa.
A severe storm struck St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids Minnesota on Wednesday afternoon. About 100 people were killed and an equal number injured across the two cities. St. Cloud suffered extensive destruction with torn and racked buildings, while a church wedding party at Sauk Rapids suffered heavy casualties. Western Iowa towns also faced a heavy afternoon storm, but with less damage than Minnesota.
A Minnesota storm highlighted the need for stronger houses and underground caves for safe retreat during cyclones. Officials stress planning to protect life and property, noting recent wind storms show the value of cyclone ready construction and shelter provisions.
The Board of Health of Washington Township adopts and publishes the ordinance and will strictly enforce it by the board.
Mr Gee of Manchester Michigan recounts his wife regaining independence after five years of near helplessness. He credits Electric Bitters with a major improvement and notes hundreds of testimonials supporting its curative powers. Available at fifty cents a bottle at J A Pickett Co Palace Drug Store.
Transfers listed by H L Carrell Abstract and Loan Agency Nevada Iowa include Wm Hart to J T Fitton on several Nevada lots with $200, Mary J Kintzley to Polly Kintzley on Ames lots for $350, Lycurgus McCoy to Nicholas Jacob on a Nevada lot for $1000, Blair T Land Co to J L Stevens on Ames Blair's add lots for $200, L Tinker to 8 L Winter on NW quarter 17 84 21 for $2400, Wm G Mullen to S J Sherman on parts of sections 28 and 21 83 22 for $2160, Lucretia J Byers to Jas M Byers on multiple parcels for $1, Treas Story Co to Edmund Lindsey on lot 1 in SE 31 85 23.
The advert claims a salve cures cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, rashes, fever sores, and more with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. It lists a price of 2 1/2 cents per box and notes Pickett & Co. Palace Drug Store as the seller.
Baden Kansas postmaster W H Kincaid lauds Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after two months of coughing. The ad promotes Shiloh's Cure for hacking cough dyspepsia liver issues sleepless nights and catarrh with a 50 cent price and nasal injector free, sold by H Westerman.
S H Jones of Ashley buys Chamberlain's Pain Balm by the half dozen bottles and touts it as a cure for neuralgia also used for rheumatism. Dr Schemerhorn of Jefferson claims a hog cholera inoculation method based on Pasteur theory that may stop disease spread, with 50 treated and 50 not showing different outcomes.
Albert Emminger of Covington reports lasting relief from catarrh after using Papillon Catarrh Cure extract of flax. He states it cured him after trying all patent medicines with no success and promises references from others cured. Available at drug stores for $1.00.
The article notes that backyards and alleys are used as dumps for kitchen waste and animal matter creating disease risks. It warns authorities may compel owners to clean up or relocate waste, with the marshal ready to charge cleanup costs if owners do not act promptly amid rising stenches from warm days.
A Lady physician at the Childs Hospital Albany recommends Scotts Emulsion noting relief for bone diseases in many patients. Griggs Glycerine Salve is advertised as a safe speedy cure for cuts bruises burns wounds and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by J H Pickett & Co for 25 cents.
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