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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1895
Page
8
Editor James Wilson reports on farm and stock yard news in Ames Iowa. Readers are invited to send notices and inquiries to the editor at Ames Iowa.
Frontier farming notes discuss wheat production across new lands, improved reapers, and soil practices like subsoiling and light surface cultivation. It covers cattle feeding, protein needs for dairy cows, and balancing rations with corn and cottonseed meal amid rising corn prices.
A rural bulletin discusses careful season farming from sowing grass seed to beef quality. It stresses breeding as key, then feeding, with notes on cottonseed meal use, sugar beets for stock, and dairy creamery practices. It includes reader questions and expert responses on milk fat, butter yield, and plant depths.
The piece notes conditions in the mercantile world at a low point and asks readers to decide whether panic tariffs low wages or a lingering malaise drives the downturn. It frames the downturn as an ebb tide affecting business mood and activity.
The piece argues government policy should pursue full employment and import substitution to spur national prosperity. It notes wage gains by manufacturers and widespread price drops in wool and silk goods, listing dramatic discounts on all wool fabrics and related textiles amid a broader economic push.
The article notes widespread price reductions from 20 to 40 percent on silks and related fabrics, with examples including Brocade India Silks, plain India Silks, Lansdownes, Engadines, Gros Grain Silks, Faille Silks, and wash silks. It also cites lower carpet prices due to tariff changes, while stocking up on stock and expanding departments.
Smith and Son reports transfers including Iowa Railroad Land Co to Ida L Bagley for $30 Lot 5 Block 2 Blair's Addition Colo Frank Curtiss and wife to ER Hardin for $1550 Lot 2 Block 2 Ames Jno R Lane to C R Lane for $400 South half Lot 6 Block 15 Cambridge One B Hoffman to Elmer Jones for $39 and 1/2 Lot 5 Block 31 Cambridge W H Hoskins to Elmer Jones for $85 and 1/2 Lot 5 Block 31 Cambridge deed Lot A et wt 12 85 24
A note highlights the Ames Laundry offering a new Pearl Finish for wallpapers along with Elliott's accompanying cleaner option. The items are presented as two cleaning products for household use.
A historical schedule lists Chicago and North Western trains going east and west with times for the Denver Limited Atlantic Express Overland Limited Pacific Schepenneese Mt Way Freight Carroll Express and various freight and passenger services. It notes arrivals from Des Moines connections and several express trains with morning and evening departures.
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