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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1880
Page
4
Nourse's promotes Le Gaayp flour and Selz boots while Thomas Soper & Son boast best goods for least money. Jacon Winter Esq ill since Sunday with a bilious fever like malady. Local notes include fashion prints, Knight Templar delegation to Chicago, and a dressmaking update at Mrs Maxwell's.
The Nevadas beat the Des Moines club 21 to 14 last Wednesday. Des Moines plans a return game in Ames next week. A local construction project advances with Joan Surney laying foundation walls for a brick building adjoining Read's brick. Street issues threaten council focus on weed cutting. Warxtys seeks 2000 for flowing well and surrounding land for a potential infirmary project. A D A Bigelow reports good health for himself and Mrs B in central New York and predicts Garfield Arthur electoral strength.
Sample specimens from E F Coorer and Chas Barrel show promising size flavor and solidity for Story county fruit growing. A primary meeting of the National Greenback Labor party in Washington township will be held at Porter's Creamery Ames on Saturday August 21 to elect 5 delegates to the County Convention in Nevada on the 28th.
Mr Jacob Lapp of La Fayette township lost a pocket book with 31 dollars Tuesday. H F Kingsbury Esq recovered it on the road near Russell Miller’s. On Wednesday Lapp retrieved the pocket book and money in the city. The finder’s spot was near where C D Allen found Frank Noble’s pocket book.
Mrs Peren Castre hosted a sister’s birthday gathering for Miss Louise Ross with over thirty guests and a memorable afternoon. The Nevada baseball team was set to meet Des Moines at the old Fair Grounds after a strong record against Ames. The town mourned Noah Webster's Watch, Ames’ pioneer dog, buried after 17 years. Cal’s friends await progress on a new treatment for his disease, while work on the T and N W A R line advances toward Webster City.
By June the County Board of Supervisors ordered a new iron bridge at Hannum's mill and let the contract. The old bridge remains to be replaced but no work has advanced. Its condition is badly deteriorated and the county may face a damage suit if action is not taken soon.
Col Hoggatt, long-time Story county resident, departed Sunday night for Indiana to start campaign work for Weaver among Hoosiers. This marks his first return to his youth’s home in twenty years as old friends greet him.
The well known Self's Boots is offered for sale by Thomas Soper and Son with prices lower than ever before known. The listing highlights unprecedented discounts and urges prospective buyers to act quickly.
The fair runs Thursday to Saturday September 2 to 4 with no entrance fee for running or trotting speeds. A wide field of horses is expected in the speed classes as a new departure draws interest. Crops are good and the 15th Annual Fair aims to be a credit to the county.
Ranp McNatty Co of Chicago issues a comprehensive Colorado sectional map. It covers mining towns, railroad extensions, and stage routes at twelve miles to one inch, color coded by county, bound in cloth, 24 by 36 inches. Mounted office version also available, price 75 cents prepaid.
The two year old daughter of L B Raymond editor of the Hampton Record died after drinking concentrated lye. The item warns that lye made for breaking water or manufacturing soap is dangerous and often fatal to children when within reach. It urges keeping the deadly chemical out of reach and compares danger to strychnine.
The institute began in the Nevada high school on August 16, 1880 with seventy teachers on opening day and ninety the next. Attendance is higher than any prior county session. Local officers are invited to observe. Expected enrollment rises to about 150 teachers for the session. Authored by 8 F Joungox, Secretary.
Reports from local farmers describe a deadly hog disease affecting swine herds. Observations include skin and flesh sloughing from diseased animals and rapid deterioration, with comparisons to cholera but unclear cause. First case noted by C D Alien who lost an entire pen.
A Palestine township resident warned others after signing a questionable contract for a lightning rod system allegedly paid by Hawkeye Insurance. Meanwhile Nelson Sydney chased a thief who stole harnesses and nets. the suspect fled with four horses and a wagon, pursued by Marshal Shockly and others. A receipt and a Bain wagon warranty were found in a wagon trunk for identification.
Desperate Straits recounts the C N W A R Co inviting Egleston Stubbs Kuntz Miles and Dr Armstrong to visit Des Moines last Saturday to push a definite understanding on their plug road move or die stance. The citizenry echo live or die, claiming the court that taxed them will decide they get rail service from Ames to Des Moines via Polk City. The Dunlap note praises a harvest sermon at the Congregational church and broad thanksgiving for bounty.
County delegates of the National Greenback Labor Party will meet at the court in Nevada on Saturday 28th at 11 oclock to nominate candidates for Clerk of Courts Recorder and County Supervisor and to conduct other business. Representation from townships such as Indian Creek Palestine Sherman Warren is listed.
Delegates from every township gathered in Nevada for the Story County Republican delegate convention. W. D. Lucas of Ames presided, with T. J. Ross and S. I. Shearer as clerks and a full credential report. John Boyce won the Clerk of the Courts nomination on the second formal ballot, while R. W. Ballard secured the Supervisors nomination. J. R. McDonald was elected county central chair, and the body adjourned finalizing the slate for offices and the central committee.
The filing lists Mary West, Joan G Widner, Sarah Widner, and Clark Van Ostrand as defendants joined against West, outlining parties in the dispute.
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