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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1886
Page
3
Local notices from Nevada Story County Iowa report weather notes base ball news and ongoing community updates. It mentions The Intelligencer price and political comments plus society items about residents visiting relatives and moving to Cedar Bluffs Nebraska and Des Moines. It also lists school and teacher institute details and upcoming local news.
J H Pickett & Co win city hall painting contract. Nourse’s offers White Laundry Soap 22 bars for 1.00 and Lincoln Soap at the same price. Numerous ads announce clothing at Tildens and fireproof paints by Fisher Bros. The Ames Monitor and other papers expand with new editions. The Post plans a Saturday meeting.
Local store announces arrival of woolen yarns flannels and blankets from western factories. Prices and quantities not disclosed.
Our fall stock is arriving featuring the latest patterns and novelties. D. A. BeieLow & Co. offers rare inducements to buyers in this line.
From the College President, Miss Anna T Gaff of Cincinnati becomes the new music teacher. A former pupil of Julia Kive King and John Van Cleve she studied in Cincinnati and Germany, studying with Von Bulow in Liepsic. She offers instrumental and vocal lessons at reasonable rates in the Main College Building.
Retailer invites buyers to save on silk cloaks once worth 15 to 20 dollars now five to seven fifty dollars. Limited stock, closing in 15 days. Also 1000 yards dress goods offered regardless of cost, a rare bargain opportunity.
The tabernacle tent will not be at Ames until the first of next week and a meeting continuation is urged at Bayard for another Sabbath. Citizens are urged to prepare. Advertisements note specials on soap and groceries including Nourse’s honey, Sis White Laundry Soap, Lincoln Soap, Arbuckle Coffee, and sugar deals.
C L Spencer and W L Igo arrive late. George of Eldora visits friends at the college. Rev Everly preached in the chapel. Mrs Riley and Miss Blood spent part of last week in Des Moines. Sunday morning concert singing revived. Stanton and Kirkwood halls gain porticos. Four Literary Societies held a joint chapel session to a large attentive audience. Hungerford 77, editor of a Carroll, Iowa paper, attended the reception and spoke warmly of old associations.
A large extra edition announces the first instalment of The Bank of California as the story progresses. The Intelligencer markets itself at $1 a year in advance and urges readers to subscribe, urging distribution to neighbors. Notices include pharmacy exam results and Pleasant Ridge School attendance data with teacher Mrs. E. N. Wiltse.
The First Iowa Battery survivors announce a third annual reunion in Creston Iowa August 17 18 and 19 tied to the SW Iowa and NW Missouri soldiers association event. Free lodging for attendees is arranged meals available at cost on the grounds. Notices should reach Lieut Dan J De Long Clarinda Iowa or Henry Coffeen Council Bluffs Iowa soon. reunion badges will be mailed to those with addresses by a specified date.
A willow flower basket with wheat and grass on each side hangs from the Opera House ceiling for Children’s Day. The note requests its return to Mrs. J. H. Pickett.
Mr. C. D. Bun ch lays a two foot long bean pod on the editorial table impressing readers with its unusual size and attention to the local agricultural scene.
A rural update mentions dry wells in town and farmers urged to bring grain to Sheldahl for sale at Northwestern. Mrs. W H H Myers and daughter expected home Wednesday. Deacon to greet them. Visitors include Miss Mattie Winter and Mrs H Gilbert. D L Layne travels to Vermont for his mother’s health. L Oliver expands lumber yard. C N W Railroad graveling stockyards and building sheds.
Prof Hinrichs reports the air reached 101 degrees on Tuesday July 6 1886 in Iowa City. He notes it surpasses his 16 years of observations and tops Prof Parvin’s earlier records. He cites dry air and few sunstrokes as factors behind the heat.
Dr. W. H. Hoy of Point Pleasant West Virginia reports a thorough test of Scott's Emulsion in pulmonary troubles and debility. He calls it astonishingly effective as a remedy for children rickets marasmus and related conditions.
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