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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1886
Page
3
The outside pages promise reading value with letters from Mrs. Bun dy and California dispatches. A. Duff opens a lunch table with soup on weekends, Cranshaw to continue Monitor, Brooks Ives Beverly build homes, Wright Richmond swap farm gear for a mare, and Prof. Chevalier not chosen as Boone schools superintendent with Ames likely to gain his services again.
A local business notice states rates for notices are ten cents per line each week, with a five cent per line rate if continued, and a five cent per line rate for the head of the column, Business Brevities, with no variation except by yearly contract.
At a Sunday meeting on the 18th the Baptist Church extended a unanimous call to Rev. H. W. Wilson of Yates New York to become their pastor and is awaiting his reply.
A wall map of India belonging to the college department of Prof Wynn used in the Opera Hall during Gen Geddes lecture has been misplaced. Anyone with information is asked to report to the office.
A Humboldt Nevada postal from April 14 reports bleak cattle losses and a sermon on restraint in church amid heavy construction. Ames disruption with bridges gone and calls for repairs. plus railroad worker Outwater’s reinstatement and spring chicken reverie urging timely layings and kitchen preparations.
Local columns report on merchants listing prices for soaps and staples and note buyers urged to favor Nourse’s as prices rise. A stream of social notes mentions Col Pickett and daughter visiting Ames, Mrs Humphrey and daughter, travel plans to Europe, teachers and staff movements, and relatives visiting in Ames and Chicago for health and family. General updates include Miss Minnie Axe’s move to Dillon, Montana, Miss Mattie Winter teaching in Ogden, and Capt I L Smith visiting from Nevada.
The column collects spring forecasts and local happenings in Ames and nearby Nevada and Gilbert. Items include weather quirks and garden plans, fashion buzz, street maintenance talk, school and church events, revivals, entertainers, and personnel moves, with Nevada notes on schools, concerts, and civic life.
The two fine animals Major and Diplomacy, property of D. L. Lang & Co, are described as top Percheron stock from France and highly dependable for owners’ recommendations. Marcellus Situ adds a west flank walkway near his residence while Mr. West adds an east walkway by his hotel, encouraging others to imitate these improvements and civic thrift. Fellow countrymen are urged to keep patriotic spirit active.
The rules adopted by the State Board of Health apply to all communities and require sanitary measures to protect health and prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Read and be governed accordingly.
The legislature passed a law prohibiting moving swine that die of cholera. Such animals cannot be hauled on public roads or removed from their enclosure. They must be buried at least thirty inches deep within a reasonable time, with fines from five to one hundred dollars. the act is now in force.
An advertisement seeks reliable energetic men to sell nursery goods including new hardy varieties. It promises good salaries and steady employment for successful applicants with first class references required. Include terms to be sent to L. L. May & Co., Nurserymen, St. Paul Minnesota.
M H Reynolds was accused of adulterating the milk supplied to the College in a lively trial. Free Faville represented the State, while G G Green and Tom Bevington led the defense. The verdict favored the State with questions of guilt unsettled by spectators at the moot court event.
A letter from W E Stone of Mason City proposes a label factory to Ames with a $3000 town pledge and a $10000 plant plan employing 12 to 20 workers, plus larger funds tied to a park gift after five years. Stone notes few similar plants exist west of Chicago and seeks city support, promising banked deposits and contingent installments for machinery arrival.
On April 6 1836 Mayor Jones and six councilmen discussed remitting George Wheeler's town property assessment and announced standing committees for the year. April 8 council sought County Board of Equalization relief for Wheeler. adjusted personal property assessments for numerous individuals and firms. scheduled hearings and an adjournment for April 19 to hear affected parties.
The Chautauqua Circle will meet with Mrs. McLain on Monday evening April 26. The program includes roll call quotations about men, a paper on the history of notable banks by R. H. Shields, a practical explanation of the banking system by W. F. Chevalier, character sketches of Gladstone by Rev. E. C. Moulton and Queen Victoria by Mrs. Richmond, plus music and a debate on national aid to education.
Medical claim ad promoting Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure as prevention for throat and lung diseases. Westerman Avenue is named as sole Ames agent with free trial bottle offered and larger sizes at prices.
The text argues spring fatigue stems from sluggish blood due to winter diet rich in heating foods. It recommends Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier to remedy the condition.
Consumptives and all who suffer from throat and lung affections can find a cure in Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. Thousands report permanent cures and owe their lives to this remedy. Free trials at J H Pickett & Co's Drug Store. Large size one dollar.
An Ames circular promotes Sprague's Throat and Lung cure as a remedy for throat and lung troubles. It advertises Wes terman as the sole Ames agent offering a free trial bottle, with larger sizes priced at 5c and $1, sold by H. Westerman.
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