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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1894
Page
4
President Cleveland signs the Utah statehood bill. Observers note Mormonism no longer tolerates polygamy within Utah as population shifts show Gentile growth surpassing Saints. Utah’s 208,000 residents outnumber neighboring territories combined and hint at strong agricultural and mineral wealth ahead.
The August Harper's issue features the second instalment of Charles Dudley Warner's story The Golden House. The tale shifts from old world to new with an intensely American and modern tone. Smedley provides drawings that illuminate the text and reflect New York life.
Week ending July 21 1894 transfers show W W Wood to C B Williams for 1200 dollars lots 5 and 8 block 41 Nevada. Hans Olson buys from A Tanner with 56 dollars for lots 5 and 5 Kelley. A D Bales advertises a motor of history and De Witts Sarsaparilla ads dominate. Mortgage and property transfers persist through Ames McCallsburg and Cambridge in this dense listing of parcels and sellers with scattered notices.
Oliver and Dr. John shelter Miss Minny Patten and Aunt Hannah after a perilous journey finding Minny’s safety with a Denver circle. Miss Patten investigates her missing relation while Louis the servant is jailed and a city hall incident ends in a brief police action.
The August Midland Des Moines issue enlarges pages to two columns, adds numerous illustrations, and features new Midland contributors. It previews reading matter from ministers to Alaska life, weather topics, poems, sketches, and new book notices with editorials and stories.
Country and garden-party toilettes by Paris modiste will appear weekly in Harper's Bazar during July and August. Walter Besant’s new novel Beyond the Dreams of Ava rice will be the leading serial, promising surpassing interest and a subject highly alluring at the present period.
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad asserts the medicine treats catarrh as a constitutional disease, works through the blood and mucous membranes, and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. Address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. price 75 cents.
A fragment mentions new watch supports with silver covering and blue velvet, referencing a similar item called a Rick pin. The note suggests a related accessory or pin design.
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