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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1890
Page
3
Chicago and North Western Railway timetable lists trains eastbound including Overland Limited at 2:15 AM and Atlantic Ex at 5:00 PM. It notes freight and passenger carriages and identifies Gro. W. Rogers as agent.
A column of personal visits and local events lists residents and visitors in Ames and surrounding areas. Names include Hutchinson's brother, Mrs Hattie Lucas, Mrs Capt Smith, Chas Curtis, L J Read, Mrs Chan Cook, Mr and Mrs Dunning, Eli Little, W P Payne, Harlan, Dr Bance, Edwin Reid, Mrs G H Maxwell, Hon C G McCarthy, and many others. Activities cover calls, church services, office moves, illness recoveries, and a grand variety of social engagements.
Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman, noted writer and lecturer, will visit Ames on the evening of the 25th to deliver His Majesty Myself at the Congregational Church under the auspices of the Woman's Suffrage Association. Bigelow & Smith advertise walking jackets at low prices today.
A note of thanks for sympathy follows a message from S. J. Gossard and family. Professor W. H. Meek’s appearance at the M. E. Church drew mixed reactions with home talent music enhancing the event. The Walters sisters draw praise from Jefferson Bee for a delightful Christian Church program. A Story County teachers convention discussed valuable lessons in education, with Mrs. Boynton’s reading on teaching for life noted as especially thoughtful.
Sunday at his Nevada home E. 8. McCord and visiting Gordon P. Miller figure in campus notes. Miss Pike missed class due to illness. J. B. Hungerford of the Carroll Herald called on college business. Des Moines resident L. V. Harpell spent weekend with friends. Freshmen reception featured welcome address, songs, parodies, recitations, and multiple performances, praised as one of the term’s best entertainments.
Mrs. Belle Shearer Giddings died at her Minneapolis home on April 9 1890 at age 31 leaving a husband Geo Giddings and four children. Aged about four months is the youngest. An overdose of belladonna after a gas stove incident amid illness is blamed. The Giddings had lived in a happy, prosperous home. Mr. Giddings runs a city business. Mrs. Giddings was described as cultivated and talented with many relatives recalling her pleasant manners.
Rufus Ballard departed last Sunday for a combined business and pleasure trip to Chicago. Miss Amanda Livingstone returned last week from California and will resume her counter position at Warner & Co's store in Nevada. Cambridge Garland.
Ira Pearson starts work on a residence Monday. D. M. Ruth begins a southwest town house project. Miss Blanche Hill will spend the summer with her brother T W Hill. H Irwin of Belle Plain visited the city, formerly living near Zearing. Mrs Henry Fifer visited Albion for a family anniversary and reunion. E L Shugart and wife of Council Bluffs visited Story County families over Sunday. The Christian church plans to erect a new edifice soon.
Wm Hansell returned from Chicago after a week of medical instruction. Rev Campbell Coyle went to La Porte City for Presbytery meetings and will be gone several days. Miss Maud Ballou returned from Capital City Commercial College. Miss Jennie Ringheim joined her father on a Chicago trip. J R Brink and family of Creston visited Nevada relatives and old acquaintances.
Representative McFarland enters the push for Secretary of State at the Republican State convention, promising fitness and energy for a strong campaign. The town notes two premier horses owned by Geo W Thomas, a Royal Belgian and a French coach, shown Thursdays at Nichols' livery in Ames. Silk umbrellas and parasols are offered by BidgeLow and Smith.
An advertisement blends claims for Electric Bitters and Eupepsy as lifesaving aids for digestion and health, plus other tonics like Kilbert's Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry. It cites Dr. Merrill and Elm Creek Nebraska to promote cures and recommends Chamberlain's Pain Balm via Westerman Arnold and L. M. Bosworth.
Elder B F Kittinger and his wife report great benefit from using Chamberlains Cough Remedy praising its pleasant taste. For sale by Wester man Arnold and L M Bosworth. Also new dress ginghams prints and white goods at Bigelow & Smith.
A patient in late-stage consumption uses a scrap of wrapping paper to learn about Dr King’s New Discovery. After trying sample and full bottles, she recovers from under seventy pounds to a strong rosy weight of 140 pounds. Fort Smith druggist W H Cole offers trial bottles free.
Special display highlights a fresh range of notions including Dyke laces gimps buttons hair ornaments and buckles for women’s dress needs from Bicglelow and Smith.
The Chicago & North Western Railway Co offers weekly excursions to California in Colonist cars from Chicago to San Francisco with no change. Furnished double births cost $4.00 each, with first or second class tickets. Cars depart Chicago Wednesdays at 10 30 PM and reach San Francisco Sundays at 10 45 PM. tickets via railway agents.
Parley Sheldon of Ames Iowa advertises the stallion L P Thompson standard No 9437 with race records 2 54 2 43 2 42 and sons Peter Pinkham Paul Pinkham and J B Thom as. The notice offers stud terms 25 to insure a mare foal and 15 for care in foal with care after. Also Mark Fa a golden chestnut foaled 1887 by L P Thompson. Public notice from Ames April 16 1890.
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