State official slate listed for county and state offices
Governor Buren RK Sherman Lieutenant Governor O H Manning State Superintendent J W Akers Supreme Judge J R Reed County Supervisor J Q Burgess Representative T C McCall Auditor C G McCarthy Treasurer J A Mills Sheriff A K Banks Superintendent Ole O Roe Coroner Da J Hostetter Surveyor R H Mitchell pundits rest unreadable
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buren
RK. Sherman
O. H. Manning
J. W. Akers
J. R. Reed
J. Q. Burgess
T. C. McCall
C. G. McCarthy
J. A. Mills
A. K. Banks
Ole O. Roe
J. 8. Hostetter
R. H. Mitchell
Temperance politics sway in coming election report
The letter discusses voter independence, temperance voting blocs, and the impact on party lines. It cites Amendment Democrats, temperance Republicans, and liquor supporters and compares gubernatorial leadership to influence outcomes in the upcoming election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tak Intelligencer
Supreme Court
Gov. Sherman
St. John’s
Names of teachers attending the county normal in 1883
A letter to the editor lists 162 teachers enrolled for the county Normal, claiming it the largest ever held. The roster includes Lilly Stamm May Hambleton Lina Hambleton W A McCord Susie Gillespie Emma Pincmer Emma M Pierce Ernest Wireman Orphey Emmons Kate Halley Maggie Huckell Etta Chevalier Mame Raynor Mary Boynton Christine Hednefield Ada Blunt Luke Wheatley Bennie Smith McClure Abel Talbott Mary McKee Nina Sheffield Francea Holton Veda Sanders Lyda Stewart Callie Stewart Eva Stratton Nannie Garrell Jannie Shugart Michaelson Meyer Branding Beeutail Savilla Fasha Mary Morford Jinee Johnston Miegie Sareer Frank Boynton Eliza Pollock Millie Haverly Laura Baldwin O B Peterson Tillotson Phillips Walter Morris Francy Warrington Willamette Gossard Lizzie Aate Chira Tillotson Nettie Wireman.
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Lilly Stamm
May Hambleton
Lina Hambleton
W A McCord
LCUB
Susie E Gillespie
Annie Ee Libblequinn
Mrs F . Pincmer
Emma M Pierce
Emma Robe
Ernest Wireman
Orphey
Emmons
Kate Halley
Maggie Huckell
Etta Chevalier
Mame Raynor
Mary M Boynton
Franie Kent
Christine Hednefield
Ada Blunt
Luke A Wheatley
Bennie Smith
McClure
Abel Talbott
Mary McKee
Si Aeteague
Nina Sheffield
Francea Holton
Veda Sanders
Lyda Stewart
Callie Stewart
Eva Stratton
Nannie Garrell
Jannie Shugart
SJ Michaelson
Meyer Branding
Sioate E Beeutail
Savilla Fasha
Mary E Morford
Jinee Johnston
Miegie Sareer
Frank Boynton
Oriole Celebration in Baltimore to Rival Great Expositions
Baltimore plans a grand Oriole celebration with electric light displays and a electric programme that promises to outdo New Orleans carnivals. The Baltimore and Ohio Railway offers half fare from all stations to attract visitors and ensure crowds for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
West
New Orleans
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Europe
Baltimore and Ohio
Ino Lewis Monthly August launched by Dio Lewis
The August issue marks the first number of a new monthly edited by Dio Lewis. It aims to offer practical hints for better health and to popularize sanitary science in America, urging attention to clean surroundings and good nerves for health. New York City. Clark
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Ino Lewis
Dio Lewis
New York City
Clark
Santa Barbara in 1850s as seen through Dana lore
A vivid travelogue recounts Santa Barbara harbor life in 1859 with reminders of Dana’s Two Years Before the Mast. It describes adobe houses, the mission, lacks a wharf, and a revived civic order after 1852 while noting the lingering old population, seaside customs, and a Noriega-era mansion still standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Santa Barbara
Pilgrim
Harvard
Boston
Thompson
Dana
Arlington Hotel
White Mission
Richard H. Dana
Uae
Court of Justice
Ecta Barbara
W York
Wors
Paradise
Fernald
Liberty
Anne
Don Antonio Noriega
Caliornia
Noriego
Don Antonio
China
Curious wagers in a Philadelphia reading room
In the Bingham house reading room two bets were laid within an hour. One man offered $10 that ninety percent of passersby wore derby hats. another wager of $10 predicted that of the next 100 passersby, three fourths would don derby hats. The bets were promptly settled as the crowd responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bingham House
Stebbins' Disappointment
The New York editor Stebbins, once a Philippine consul, is mourned in Chicago Times. His sudden rise and the hurricane that destroyed his office are cited as a misfortune testing faith, portraying him as embittered and railing against Providence.
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Stebbins
Chicago Times
New York
Leo
Oesence
States
Philippine Islands
Providence
Ste
The Fate of an Ancient Weather Prophet
The article recounts the Partridge almanac hoax of Queen Anne era London. It compares Partridge to modern weather fakers Wiggin and Vennor, cites Swift’s satire, and details the public panic and Partridge's downfall after an infamous prophecy.
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Boston Globe
Wiggins
Dean Swift
Partridge
Vennor
Vita
Swift
London
Isaac Bickerstaff
Ickerstaff
Moston Hk
Grave Under the Rose-Bush in Civil War Tale
An old man recalls burying his son among rose trees after a Union raid near a farm gate. A stranger learns of the boy’s grave and the motherly wish that the dead be buried in the garden, a gesture of love and forgiveness amid war’s toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Gettyeburg
McClellan
Johnny Thar
Reba-Layin
Thar
Union
Richmond
Johnny
St. Augustine
Augustine
Aspinwallis, Lorilards
Dr. Anderson
New York
Ball
F. Ball
Ball & Bisch
Atlanta Gains From 1881 Cotton Exposition
Atlanta has drawn in people and capital after the 1881 cotton exposition. A grain elevator and cotton compress were built, a spinning company expanded, a large fair building was completed, and several manufactories including oleomargarine production started nearby. Total investment since the fair is about $1.5 million, with around 2,000 workers and annual wages near $300,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Atlanta
Corea’s Common Cure-All Ginseng Fetches High Prices
In Corea the common cure-all is ginseng root and the best specimens command an almost fabulous price of ten thousand dollars per pound in times of scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corea
Habits of the Past and Local Directory Snippet
The fragment recalls last year’s habits and a caution about stripping them as danger. The snippet also mentions the Ames business directory and local shops such as Millinery and Boots and Shoes with names M. & A. J. Sweeney and T. K. Soper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Sweeney
Boots and Shoes
Merrill's Ingenious Method for Easing Music Teaching
A Chicago mail offer promotes Merrill's Ingenious Method for piano or organ learning. It claims anyone can play familiar airs without prior musical knowledge and teaches music elements simply. Sent by mail with four pieces of music for $1.09 to Cutcaco Piano Co. 78 80 Vanburen Street Chicago Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutcaco Piano Co
Vanburen Street
Chicago
Brown's Iron Bitters Sold as Life-Boosting Tonic
An advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a true tonic for wasting diseases. It claims the medicine enriches the blood restores strength and builds muscle tone and nerve vitality.
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E. Duncan
Ames
Official Directory
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculure and
Mechanic Arte
Chicago & Northwestern
Atlantic Express
KB Freight
St. Paul and
Des Hones
M. Co. Jones
Methodist Episcopal
Even Endall
L A “Ea
M. Aeth
Wravee
W. P. Bexwerr
Dashera
The
Baptist Church
Mra. Waicat
Masonic
Arcadia Lodge No
A. F. and
A. Masons
A. H. Duckworth
W.M
B. Favtor
United Workmen
Ames Lodge
Masonic Hall
Parton
M. Soenn
M. W
Elswworrth
Mase Hall
Henry Wilson, Jr
Bosworth
C. E. Haverly
M. Rees
Aurs
Clay
Stevens & Hays, Attorneys AT Law
E Ames
Barstow
DR. McCarthy
Hess
Stevens
New Build
Geo. A. Underwood
U. S
District of Laws
Union Bank
Tadrid
Wees
Sheidah, Iowa
Webb Brothers
Attorneys AT Law
Real Esand Collection
Sheidahi
C. W. Allen
Ysee
Gil
H. &. Templeton
City
G. A. Meredith
Frazee
Schooler & Scott, Physicians and Surgeons
Nevada
C. A. Beverly
A. M
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En Ames
Anys County
A Howse
Chas. E. Hunt
Andrus
Eat House
M. C. Pearson
Titxo
Pi. Ouaue
Onega
A. E. Lucas
Aes
Ted
Taneune Caret
T. C. McCali
Nuvapa
Insurance
C. E. Taylor
Insurance & Loan Agent
Stevens and
McCartay
Opera Hall
Day Sum the
Tarust
Trace
H. C. Wa Xuson
Joe Tan Fron Berest
Ames Intelligencer
Story County
Eco
Jamestown
America
Bigelow & Huntington
Geo. A. Doolittle
GEO. J _ ‘DOOLITTLE
Rockford
Lancaster Watches
Keystone
Bosworth & CO
Bosquett
Republican
Hon. Thomas
McCall
STORY
Hamilton County
House of Representatives
32D
Iowa Infantry
Great Agricultural College
Eg. A
Normal Institute
Intelligencer
Normal
Eliza Pollock
Millie
Emma Haverly
Laura Baldwin
O B Peterson
Tillotson
On Phillips
Grace
Walter Morris
Francy Warrington
Willamette Gossard
Lizsie Aate
Chira Tillotson
Nettie Wireman
Parker
Chronicle
Ed. Barstow
California
Moltke
Kameke
Reichs
Bismarck
Vienna
London News
Botticher
Burchard
Florida
Dryden
Tin
N. G. Cook
Ames Business Directory
Bank of Issue and Deposit
Union National Bank of Ames
D. McCarthy
Jno
L. Stevens
Moses Rees
Physiciane
Jas. Bradley
D. S. Fairchild
H. M. Templeton
A. Beverly
Chas. Hunt
E. BR. Cramblitt
M.C. Pearson
J. M. Bailet
J. E. Duncan
Nteelir- Gencer
P. C. Compton
Thlee Pond Matey & Yass
Sisson & Gheen
D. BE. Dix
T. K. Soper
I. T. Miller
Bennett
Barndollar
Rutherford
Ir Lockwood
Mise Dottie Simmons
Salem Nourse
E. W. McGuire
Hawley, Tallman & Brown
A. H. Thayer
J. L. Bartlett
W. i H. Clark
Ames Flouring Mills
Henry McCarthy
George H. Runyon
Wright & Ives
M. Voo
G. A. Doolittle
E. Barstow, Bradley & Templeton
Clothi Ng
K. W. Brown
M. BE. Wilcox
Loud & Thomas
Perkins & Brown
J. H. Queal & Co
C.D. Norman, Grain and Commission
Henry Wilson, Jr. & Co
Shields & Cook Hotels
Raynor
George H. France
Nichols & Maxwell
Wagon Makers and Blacksmitha
Glidden & Long, Cooley & Bail
Barnes
James Sterling
Wiliam Lindsay
Simmon Pitsor
Elsie P
Peter Castie
Carpenters
Wim. Staves
A. W
Pape
H. Ton
J.M. Henriutt
Nels Anderson
Thompson & Co
Elsie, Quick & Clothier
Wm. Hulett
Morrison
A. PF. Grove
McDowell
Paxton
Burge’s
Nursery
P. Porter
John Cole
George Cameron
Detroit
Merrill
James Bowd
James Far
N.J
Papillon Mfg, CO
OMID
Edward Barstow
Vigin
Ceicago
van Bares
Omicago
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