02 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1884
Page
1
A fragmented Ames business directory lists numerous local firms and trades such as physicians dentists bakers and grocers, mills and grain dealers, clothing and hardware sellers, carpenters and builders, and services including loan banks and transport. The text preserves a snapshot of prominent names and services in a historical Ames economy.
James G Blaine of Maine is named as presidential candidate with John A Logan of Illinois as vice president in this ticket announcement. The document presents a Republican ticket highlighting Blaine and Logan as standard bearers for the party.
The Republican State Convention for the selection of state officers and presidential delegates will convene in Des Moines on Wednesday, August Mth. The counties of the Tenth congressional district will be entitled to representation as shown in the election end for the comprehensive convention.
The Republican Party of the Eimal District of Iowa will convene at Webster City on June 13 at 2 PM to choose a candidate for Congress. Delegates from several counties are allotted representation, with voting totals tied to past results and one delegate for each fractional share over 100 votes cast for KB Sherman in 1883.
A Republican delegate convention for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit is summoned to meet in Webster City on August 7, 1584, at 2 p.m. to select a candidate for Circuit Judge. The Central Committee assigns representation by party divisions with J H Bradley as chairman.
Story County Iowa Republicans schedule a county convention at Nevada Court House August 15 1884 to select delegates to the Des Moines state convention and to nominate candidates for county offices. Township caucuses set representation and a Washington township caucus will pick seven delegates and officers. Also notices for veterans reunion at Story City August 7–8 and Frazee’s Jewelry Store promo.
Farm lenders offer six percent annual interest with principal payable in installments at borrower option J A Firenpatrick Nevada Iowa advertises mortgage rates and mentions stallion and horse disease testing at a veterinary college clinic running daily except weekends C E Turner Esq offers general fire and tornado insurance services with top companies listed and sample bottles of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup promoted for 50 cent and 1 40 sizes plus ads for Deering Twine Binder and other farm equipment from Sutelds Cook Wright Ives and others
A reflective ode compares ancient devotion to modern reverence for Saint Eiseah. The speaker argues that faith, virtue, and innocence endure, transforming praise into a living shrine within hearts rather than external displays. The poem depicts devotion spanning centuries.
A physician narrator meets John Davis a miner with a gold brick and seventy six bricks hidden with Zamora and half breeds seeking funds to return to Mexico for more ore. An assay reveals the brick is brass, a con ready to swindle him. The fake gold dream ends with lesson on trust and deception.
In a humorous exchange at an intelligence office Bridget offers three evening shifts weekly for a Suddy company plus theater tickets a month and a silk dress at Christmas. She demands Sundays off and a love of absence on Chasedays or Winnesdays to watch her Wall Street securities. The Lady faints and Bridget departs with dignity.
English as She Is Spoken vignette shows Amy and Mildred discussing the term frigid vibration. Mildred explains it as the cold shake to her friend, revealing slang usage among classmates yesterday.
The Norristown Herald notes a Philadelphia young lady has had Wagner selections arranged for banjo and jokes that soon a cymbal duet with bass drum could appear prompting troops to quell the insurrection.
The fragment narrates a farewell with a horse image and a man preparing to shout as his departure approaches. It hints at affection and a paternal presence in the scene without clear context or dates.
In Homewood a gas vein was struck at 1550 feet by Gillespie Fuel Co on George Wheatinghouse lands. The initial pressure reached forty pounds, drawing crowds as experts predicted widespread tapping could supply nearby mills with fuel.
An 1880s Chronicle essay extols the Mojave as a vast irrigable plain with underground streams and sporadic oases. It cites Fenner, Lucca, Lancaster, and Blythe as sites of artesian wells and canal schemes, arguing Colorado River water could reclaim the desert through private or government action.
Clarissa jokes about Mr Eastfoot being absent minded at breakfast and not knowing his own actions. He misses his hat in a dreamlike moment after hearing her new song Rock Met Sleep Mother. The father assures Eastfoot is not crazy, prompting a tense pall over the room.
A New York Sun tale recounts Meissonier bragging about a brilliant gardener who claims to know the seed of a rare tropical plant porpus fluximas. After fifteen days the gardener reveals a bed under a glass bell with three rows of red herrings sprouting, testing the painter's patience.
The speaker notes hesitation about fully expressing thoughts on a question about Mrother Gardner. He plans to further address the issue at a later time and then proceed to a new topic.
Walter Davidge in Washington engaged in a court argument when the opposing counsel claimed an idea. Davidge interjected with a sharp line proposing a writ of habeas corpus to remove the idea from solitary confinement.
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