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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1877
Page
2
The document is kept on file in the office of L. F. Booth General Eastern Agent at Chicago and Northwestern Railway 415 Broadway New York City. Readers in New York are invited to call and read it at any time.
The item notes C W Von Coelln serving as Superintendent of Public Instruction for Blackhawk County.
A dense declaration outlines Republican goals: defend constitutional rights at home and abroad, uphold national and state duties, enforce civil equality, maintain public credit, support currency reform, promote specie payments, regulate subsidies, curb spending, tax only essential public needs, favor a prudent tariff, and elect trustworthy public servants to preserve Iowa’s honor and credit.
Reports warn of worsening food scarcity due to rain shortage. Observers predict six to seven months of intensified famine across Madras and Mysore, despite royal promises to aid the calamity response.
A Fort Ellis Montana letter reports Gen Miles failed to reach an agreement as the Chief refuses to see anyone lacking full treaty powers. The sovereign old leader demands a plenipotentiary and warns Sitting Bull will not leave without guarantees from Britain.
A Cincinnati Times piece rails at the Cincinnati Commercial over coverage of Hamilton County, urging Republicans to unite for Ohio and party success. The writer condemns alleged missteps and calls for disciplined support of Hamilton County to save the party.
A Sandusky correspondent reports on a Cincinnati Commercial account of campaign funding remarks among Ohio political supporters. Donor questions and skepticism surface amid talk of money and influence, while John G. Thompson remains confident despite concerns about finances and strategy.
The Democratic press in Iowa condemns independent and sickly party affiliations and urges Democrats to run their own campaign this fall while opposing the Greenback ticket led by D P Stubbs the Republican rail road attorney and bank director.
A Dubuque Herald editor M. M. Ham seeks Democratic nomination for Iowa governor while an Egg from Crawford county seeks lieutenant governor. The gleeful line proposes pairing Ham and Eggs as a winning ticket with playful food pun.
The Ottumwa Democrat condemns D. P. Stubbs as a demagogue and danger to democracy. It argues he seeks office for notoriety, attacks his supposed poor man sympathy, and claims his ethics align with machine politics and extreme communistic tendencies. It labels his candidacy as harmful to Hayes policies and civil service reform.
Keokuk prepares a grand navigation opening for the Government canal at the Des Moines Rapids. A noon ceremony Wednesday features three steamers, a Montana flotilla, speeches and music with mayors, officials, and merchants urged to attend.
A barn fire at Iowa Falls cost Mr. Waltham two span of horses ten hogs and farming gear. A fine horse was later stolen from a neighbor’s barn and a saddle and bridle were taken from another barn nearby. No trace of horse or thief has been found.
Abington and many other towns report threshing underway with oats yields from forty to sixty bushels per acre and wheat quality improving. Corn prospects vary. some regions see strong markets while others hold for higher prices. Florida notes fine cotton and corn as sugar cane stays good.
Advertises Green's August Flower as a universal cure for dyspepsia liver complaint and indigestion. Claims 2,400,000 bottles sold in the U S with samples ten cents and regular size seventy five cents. Lists a druggist in Ames Iowa.
An advertisement for a sarsaparilla blend by Dr. J. C. AyER & Co. of Lowell Mass. Claims to treat syphilitic and mercurial diseases, uterine disease, rheumatism and other ailments. Promotes purity through a mix of plant alteratives and iodides, touting mildness and strong curative reputation with physician endorsements. Sold by druggists everywhere.
Short Horn cattle known as the Bonnaire Horn to be sold at public sale in Charles City Iowa on October 10 1877 at 12 oclock. Terms twelve months at ten percent on sums over 100 with approved paper. Catalogues after Sept 8 1877. Geo B Farnr exp L P Myn Auctioneer.
A petition by Mackenzie Newman & Co. seeks two thousand dollars with interest from April 25 1876 and forecloses a mortgage on the W half of Sec 29 Twp 85 R 24 West of the Fifth P.M. in Story County Iowa. Raymond R Benham and Hannah E Benham must appear by October 1 1877 to defend or a default judgment will be entered.
Story County Iowa clerk of the circuit court files a petition by James Selby & Co against Thomas Doran for sixty five dollars plus ten percent interest from June 1 1871 and ten dollars attorney fees. The suit is filed October 1 1877 with McCnarny Stevens & Arperneon as attorneys for the plaintiff.
Unknown owners and all interests are notified that on November 2 1874 the east half of the southeast quarter of section 27 township 82 range 22 west of the Fifth Principal Meridian Iowa was sold for 1873 taxes. J A Fitchpatrick bid in the whole and assigned the certificate to N A Ratypont holder. Redemption expires in ninety days from service or a deed will be issued.
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