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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1895
Page
4
The Intelligencer notes at I. S. C. include visits by Rostell company ladies, Danes and Toledo guests, faculty lectures on steam boiler setting, and social events. Several students and faculty attend civil service exams in Des Moines and Kansas City, with athletic and club activities, class colors, and a Drake field day challenge discussed.
Mrs Chapman of Genoa Illinois came to Nevada last Saturday seeking a runaway husband and reportedly found him south of town. Chas Hoen of Dubuque attended his mother’s funeral in Nevada. Ed Cook of Des Moines visits his family here. Rev Henderson to speak in West Liberty next Sunday. Willie Payne injured when cart overturned by frightened pony. two ankle bones broken. Louise Hamilton of I A C at home sick. County Clerk issues marriage license to Martin Hanson and Mary P Larson. Court opens with 144 cases. busy term anticipated. D M Grove couples visit Marshalltown. Republicans to attend Des Moines Grant Club banquet Friday. Knights of the Maccabees form Anchor Tent Lodge with 22 charter members. Emmons visiting Des Moines. Mrs George Wishard and daughter visiting J F Ruggles in St Paul. Anfin Ersland and wife at Cambridge conference. H C Duen at Roland. Mrs Dale plans Boone visit. Robert Murphy from New Albany adjudged insane. sheriff takes him to Mt Pleasant. 5 G Hamilton and wife visiting County Seat.
Gilberts Station reports a lively week with Rev J W Henderson from Nevada in town, cemetery work and cleanup, and Mrs D D Bales visiting C P McFarlin. Ladies Aid met with Mrs Lou Kibbie. Wm Booth visiting family. C W Allen visiting Story City sister. Nick Holmes enlarges his house. Lon Kibbie resumes checkers. Ole J Olson jailed on burglary charge released on bail.
Rev Weaver of Boone accepts call to be pastor for the ensuing year. Miss Minnie Rosenfeld has been ill. Spring term begins with Misses Williamette Gossard Lou Gossard Isaphene Gossard Nellie Sheehey at school. German measles sickens Mrs Foster and Mrs Tanner of Crocker. Alfred Tanner in Crocker. Martha Sheeley visiting Crocker with Mrs Tanner.
Second grade flour offered at 70 cents per sack by Sprine and Son. Ames Laundry promotes its New Pearl Finish. Minor home goods and service adverts reflect a neighborhood marketplace.
Miss Carrie N Nelson departs Tuesday for Red Bluffs California to seek health relief from bronchial catarrh. She will be missed by friends and relatives who hope she returns soon improved. Her father Oley Nelson and sisters Anna Nelson and Lizzie Tollison accompany her to Ames-Slater News.
Quarterly meeting to be held at Enterprise LL B church next Saturday and Sunday. Rev G Miller from Carlisle will officiate Saturday at 8 pm with a quarterly conference following for reports and business. Sunday service at 10 pm social meeting then 11 am Elder Miller preaches. Baptismal services at 3 pm river. Rev W F Dawson of Des Moines to preach Sunday and Rev Hicks in the city. All invited to attend all services.
The third quarterly meeting of Gil bert Charge M E church will be held at the Bloomington church on Saturday and Sunday April 27 and 28. Activities include a Saturday 3 p m choir concert and Sunday 3 p m preaching by Rev E M Holmes followed by sacramental service. Sunday school meets at 3 p m. A W HARNED extends the invitation.
A first class cow is offered for sale with inquiries to the Congregational Parsonage. A Chandler & Price Old Style Gordon jobber was added to the INTELLIGENCER equipment this week. It was not acquired for exhibition but has been in steady use since restoration and will continue in that manner given the current job work demand.
Eighty acres four miles east of Ames, Iowa all under cultivation except thirty five acres in pasture with a good spring water source. Features include a six room house barn granary corncribs hog house tool shed and smoke houses. Price 50 per acre with 2600 cash and balance time to suit. References Mrs R J Vanscoy and D G Ferreyson Ames Iowa. Other ads note hats boots shirts and a gluten product from Irwin Randall Co Tilden Bros & Co Sopres and Co.
A single Canet 1,000 pound shell from Holtzer struck the Chinese battleship Ping Yuen during the September Yalu clash, cratered the deck, and sank the vessel with many officers and crew lost. The shell costs 500 to 1,000 dollars, while a battleship runs 3 million or more, underscoring Farragut’s insight that projectiles may outrun armor. Arbor Day lessons urge tree planting and nature study in Iowa schools, fostering care for school yards and character building through nature. Ames Laundry previews its Pearl Friday and Saturday at the opera house, Edwin Rostell delivering Richelieu and Othello with a capable performance by the cast.
An American author portrays Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley exploits, including the Battle of Winchester and Sheridan's Great Ride, as witnessed by an eye. The 224 page book, illustrated and bound in an illuminated cover, is priced at 25 cents and published by Novelist Publishing Co. in New York.
The Ames Laundry introduces a Pearl Finish claim that resists perspiration and dust. The advertisement markets this finish as uniquely durable among laundry products.
The North Western line offers excursion tickets at one fare for the round trip to Clinton Iowa for the annual encampment of the G A R Tickets on sale May 10 1895 Tickets and full information from Chicago North Western railway agents
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