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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1877
Page
3
Advertisements from Thayer's, I. B. Frazee's, Tremont Lunch, Stickney Pettit, and others promote fruits, groceries, sewing supplies, tea and coffee, farm produce, hats, and household items. Bricks for Onondaga street rise, a new Cambridge Methodist church dedication date set for September 9, and Congregational worship services to resume next Sunday.
Tilden and McLain offer No 1 winter strained lard oil at ninety cents per gallon. Wiiant and Litrix plan next week’s ad. A large grey silk kerchief missing between West House and Douglass Street is to be recovered at the Intelligencer office. Goble and France harness shop touts the finest saddles in central Iowa and praised workmanship.
C B Russ sends first market shipment a car of wheat oats and flax all praised for quality by eastern buyers Oliver of C N W Bay makes a Clinton Moingona relay trip Friday distance Ames Ontario four miles covered in three minutes Republican county convention call published with date set August 25 township caucuses to be held Friday evening before.
Perfumes from Lazell Marsh and Gardner are cited as the best and longest lasting in an invoice received by Tilden and Melain. The items include Jockey Club Yiang Vieng White Rose among others.
After the convention is called local residents are urged to examine and advance the candidacy of men they wish to nominate. The call encourages Ames and western county communities to look up suitable contenders and present them for consideration.
Boone county calls a Republican county convention for September 20 signed by W. W. Clift as chairman. It notes Sowning iron strike or postmaster duties prevent holding both offices.
The note explains impending relocation of Tar Inventomneer to new quarters by September 1. It seeks immediate brick stone and sand hauling and offers subscriptions in lieu of cash as payment. It asks for prompt aid to secure a workspace and settle accounts through goods or money.
Des Moines and Ames line pushes itself northward toward St Paul and the northern lumber region. Completion would cut lumber prices to about half of current costs.
Thomas Soper & Son relocate to the east side of A. B. Thomas' drug store. They will stay until September 15 to close out current stock by offering it to the trade at lowest living figures.
The text notes Thayer hires L E Wright to oversee operations for the coming year and praises the bread and pastries. It lists candidate roles including Representative Auditor Treasurer Sheriff Superintendent Surveyor Supervisor with a caucus plan on Aug 24 1877. J R McDonald chairs, urging voter turnout to select capable delegates.
M Caaxey announces his oven is running with a first class baker to operate it and promises top quality bread cakes pies and buns. He also moved his building addition to place and will fit a stylish eating room if city officials do not obstruct the returning board. A Des Moines River bridge incident near Moingona involved a brake failure on a gravel train causing a collapse and rapid repairs by Saturday night.
W Clark offers cash only groceries with price cuts on canned goods and fresh fruit. Strawberries blackberries cherries peaches tomatoes and oysters appear amid other cut rates. No 1 Japan tea priced at 50 cents per pound and four pounds of coffee for one dollar. Desirable bargains in all other goods.
The M. E. church society will convene at Mrs. Wm. Clark residence Friday evening August 17 with another gathering at Mrs. Chas. Orser’s one door west of the church on Friday August 10. All friends urged to attend for important business and society members urged to be present by order of the President.
The Boonsboro District Camp Meeting will begin at this place on Tuesday the 14th of August. Grounds near town are filled and in better condition than ever with extensive preparations for all attendees. Mr Zollinger leads the boarding tent with substantial but reasonable fares. The committee ensures a successful gathering and invites all to attend.
George Jones has established an agency in Ames to sell and manufacture Pierce patent feed steamers for him and three adjoining counties. Boyd Bros will manufacture them and one complete unit is available for viewing at their establishment.
A sales note defends product quality and price fairness against claims of inferior goods. It asserts a 83 cent extra oil cost and a $1.25 sale price, with 42 cents per gallon measured, plus a money‑back guarantee. A separate item recounts a boy’s arm injury and a rapid doctor trip from Ontario to Ames, totaling twelve miles in thirty six minutes.
Silver jewelry pairs with ban gies for summer wear. Coiffure favors include very high puffs or Braids. Pall events feature fancy feathers casting shadows ahead. Large half inch hemmed handkerchiefs arrive for gentlemen. Over skirts out of fashion. Mantillas part of stylish towns and country suits. Misses wear sailor straw hats with blue or red bands. Long jackets and demi train skirts headline summer dresses.
Mr. T. J. Miller, a cheese manufacturer in the old courthouse district, departed town last Thursday for unknown reasons. By Monday creditors initiated attachments as half of his debts remained unsettled, his stock exhausted, and his whereabouts unclear. Today letters with drafts and money arrived, suggesting possible return, while rumors about Dr. Greco and a Nevada woman and child add local intrigue to the departure.
Mrs. W. D. Lucas has been seriously ill, now convalescing. Miss Ella Underwood left for Illinois to visit old friends. Chas Taylor and wife from Santonia, Texas plan permanent stay. E. H. Monroe returned from the Black Hills lighter in weight. Supt. Balliet was in the city Tuesday. Dr. Schooler of Sheldahl visited en route to the Jefferson District Medical Association meeting.
J R McDonald chairman of the Story County Agricultural Society executive committee invites the public to a free horse matinee on the society grounds Saturday August 18. New stables hog pens gate improved track cattle pens and the best amphitheater in Iowa will be completed. Gentlemen with fine horses will exhibit under society supervision. Trampoline will appear before the amphitheater and Mr McCord will let her turn the track faster than ever. All are urged to attend and see the grounds’ fine shape for the fair.
A friendly baseball game between a mixed Ames and Nevada nine ended with a high-scoring rally after tight early innings. Ames totaled 21 runs with players listed for each position, while Nevada scored through Burnett Cessna Jones Horton Dans Beil Johnson among others, across seven innings.
The council met in regular session with Mayor Underwood and six council members present. Petitions from B. Russ and I. E. Hirsh for roof work and building additions were approved with stipulations. Bills for sidewalk, culvert stone, and Vandusen's June and July charges were approved or referred for correction. Adjournment motion carried.
A reader describes a small town six and a half miles south of Ames on the Narrow Gauge railroad. The town, two years old, faced slow growth due to hard times but hopes for better days. Local merchants M Stevens and K P Shields are highlighted for their trade in dry goods groceries and grain sales.
A note describes a hardware stock, flax seed purchase, and a large crop loaned seed. Dr. L Weber offers drugs and cures, Tannes and Vanfleety run a blacksmith wagon shop, W Stevens from New York buys stock and promises high prices, while local mechanics repair gear and a doctor provides health balms. Crops look good and town hopes for improvement next year.
The following citizens have been drawn to serve as jurors for the next Circuit Court term beginning on the first Monday of October. Samuel Christian Howard township John Cole Franklin township Freeman Elliott Richland township John Dunlap Indian Creek township Arch Ray Indian Creek township O B Alderman Nevada township W W Aibart Nevada township Perry Little Washington township Haskel Hall Washington township Cal Giddings Washington township John Wilson Washington township A G Person Palestine township John Steenburg Palestine township Erick Sheldahl Palestine township Sol Young Milford township Barnet Broughard New Albany township C Neisken New Albany township Geo Richardson New Albany township Lewis J Mead New Albany township J P Worrell New Albany township
The village buzzes as new grain enters markets and trade revives. Mr. Miller received over 600 bushels at his elevator with more expected. Hi Scott thrives in dry goods. J. Ross and G. Ross boost hardware and trade. blacksmiths switch to threshing machines. harvest optimism spreads. Mayor Aylaworth proclaims martial law after a minor street clash, but order is restored with no injuries. Dr. Bradley treats a wrist dislocation from a horse incident. The outlook for western Story county remains bright.
First class farms prairie lands and desirable city property offered for sale at low figures. McCauruy Stevens and Uxspernoon land agents and attorneys at law in Ames Iowa handle listings and sales.
An improved 186 acre farm surrounded by timber suitable for stock raising with 20 acres of timber and a farmhouse. Located six miles north of Amen in Milford township within forty rods of Soper's grist mill. Offered at a reasonable price on easy terms by QO. K. Hit of Nevada Iowa.
A sales pitch claims the path to wealth is energy and saving, while health is restored by Green's August Flower. It promises rapid relief for ailments like dyspepsia liver trouble indigestion and nervous debility with two doses. Sample bottles are 10 cents and regular size 75 cents, sold by druggists nationwide and J J Bosquet in Ames Ja.
Advertisement invites buyers to purchase part or all of the south half of section 18 and southwest quarter of section 17 in 85 24. It promises easy terms and suggests contacting 2-3m Ross in Inwin Nevada Iowa for inquiries about wild land.
A shop ad notes an open buggy and sulky are for sale with contact for W. D. Lucas. The brief item offers a local commerce notice likely from a historical newspaper page.
A man details his recovery from nervous debility and youth ailments and offers the remedy recipe and directions to all in need. Address Joan B. Ocpex, 42 Cedar St., New York, for full details and guidance.
A recipe promised to remove tan freckles pimples and blotches and leave skin clear and soft. It also claims to stimulate luxuriant hair growth on bald heads or smooth faces and provides mailing instructions to Ithew Vandels and Co Box 6121 No 5 Wooster St New York.
An advertisement claims a simple remedy cures consumption asthma bronchitis and more. The advertiser offers a free copy of the prescription with preparation and usage directions to all fellow sufferers upon request to Rev E A Wilcox 194 Penn St Williamsburgh N Y.
We are over stocked with horses and will dispose of some on very easy terms. Lou Nichois and Maxwelty advertise offers. Also a notice from A M Regular communications held on or before the full moon each month. It invites all brothers to attend. Also an ad for notehelds and printed blanks at reasonable rates.
Young men are invited to apply for discounted half-membership at Bay lie's Great Mercantile College in Keokuk Iowa on the Mississippi. Programs include bookkeepers penmen reporters operators and teachers all thoroughly fitted. Address Prof Miller Keokuk Iowa.
Citizens of Ames petition the city council to repeal ordinances banning alley filth, street baseball, and dog taxation. The letter argues alleys harbor refuse, odors, and vermin, while baseball in main streets aids local trades and dog ownership remains a tax issue.
To Read Supervisors. We offer neat receipts for read and polliax at low prices. Call to obtain them, cheaper than white paper for writing.
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