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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1886
Page
3
The Webster City Freeman reports on local items including the Palestine storm loss with barn and farm implements, the Intelligencer advertising cheap job printing and a fall goods sale, and Dr. Fairchild testing for water with a deep well. It notes Judge Miracle returning from Oshkosh and drought conditions with corn and grain burning.
A fancy candy man toured Shel dahl Huxley and Cambridge selling sweets, with buyers including M. P. and three neighbors, totaling 18 dollars. He then moved on to Ames area towns before proceeding to an undisclosed destination as district residents were told not to discuss it.
The local Republican leader Bro Payne publicly denies accusations in The Intelligencer about collecting copies and posters to profit politically. The Mammoth Week Companion retracts its prior claim, praising Nevada citizens and questioning the fairness of the charges.
Ames Photographic expert N. G. Cook offers eighteen Cabinet Photographs for 5.00 with no reduction on the half dozen rate. Prairie chicken laws warn hunting before September 1 with stiff penalties. A Palo Alto County arrest reports 43 birds seized at 20 each. Also notes on hats neckwear shirts latest fashion and a town tale of paint pot mischief at a gate.
Eighteen cabinet photos for a V THE tabernacle meetings progress for about a week and attract growing attendance. The gatherings promise much good. New Luster Band Ware at W S Bradley's is praised for conservative beauty. Green corn is in market as a top vegetable luxury with first class ears. A roasting ear is urged to be enjoyed plainly and shell it with both hands.
On trial sale with no advance payment offered for Rust's Eagle Well Drill. J Nye of Ames Iowa handles agentship. Dr and Mrs Fairchild hosted a Friday evening reception for the President faculty and ladies of the I. A. C. The caller notes a royal time for guests hosted by Dr and Mrs F.
The ad touts 18 elegant Cabinet Photographs for five dollars as Cook suffers rheumatics. It notes last Sabbath was a lovely day, though the heat was oppressive, with everyone moving in a steady stream to view the photos.
College students praise Cook's Photos as equal to the best and very cheap. Charley Giddino’s oats weighed 54 pounds by machine measure and John Noble’s 44 pounds by stroke measure. The oats are said to contain meat.
240 acres in Howard County Nebraska along with 2 houses and 4 lots in Cedar Rapids Iowa are listed. The inquiry is attributed to Robert Cairns Jr Ames. The text references a playful historical dialogue about the Katy family continuing through winter until Jack Frost ends hostilities.
A reader complains about the cost of a newspaper and while expressing discontent reveals details of a local purchase spree at N G Cooks Ames Iowa. The item notes Cook's affordable photography service and mentions a meteoric shower and a Romeo and Juliet balcony display planned for the month.
Iowa weather prophet Foster predicts a great meteor fall starting August 16 lasting to August 28 with heavy rains hail and tornadoes breaking the drought. A tropical hurricane will strike the Southeast Atlantic coast between the 16th and 20th. Storms to cover Iowa Illinois New England and eastern Canada with sun spots and auroras noted mid month.
One hundred eighty six veterans registered for the Story County Association reunion in Nevada with 200 plus attendees across arms of service. Col. John Scott presided as Nevada hosts planned encampment, music by Ames Glee Club and Nevada Band, and officers elected for 1887 with Nevada chosen as next site. Major Conger and General Geddes gave speeches praising the Union, while Micah French, veteran of 1812, received cheers and support for a pension push.
Special notice claims readiness to show fall stock and asserts intent to lead the local clothing market in Story County. It pledges to unmatched price, quality, and style to win customer trade and invites shoppers to compare offerings when buying clothing.
The advertisement warns against quinine and promotes Ayer's Ague Cure as a more potent remedy that leaves no toxins in the body. Proprietors warrant its safety and effectiveness.
A critique rails against nonpaying readers and borrowed papers, arguing subscriber failings harm community reputation and that editors offer cheap advice compared to lawyers, highlighting value of newspapers in country towns.
A deathbed lament warns that consumption could have been prevented with Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure. The notice urges readers with coughs to try a free trial bottle from H Westerman, with larger sizes priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
An advertisement promotes Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure as a sovereign remedy for coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis and consumption. It offers a trial bottle free from H. Westerman with large sizes at 50c and $1, and notes sales by H. Westerman.
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