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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1883
Page
4
Local items include sales of creeks books and five hundred checks, moves of the Ladies Furnishing Store, a boarding house job offer, and a sewing machine sale. Delegates from Boone and Story counties listed for senatorial convention. notes on a Dakota paper and lace sales.
A collage of notices from Ames Iowa includes an ad for improved pillow shum holder and lister, a six month subscription offer to the Ames Intelligencer, and a historic note about Mrs. Mary Benneman known as Granny Black. Other items cover coal bids, coupons for Pierce's College, county supervisor meeting dates, watch repair, a Congregational Sunday School picnic at Hannum's Mill, and a country ride with fishing gear for a seaside excursion.
Fifty thousand envelopes types and sizes available by the box. Printing and binding of all kinds. Hotel registers offered at low rates.
A fragment lists groups and counts such as five to ten, eleven to twenty five, twenty six to ninety nine, and one hundred or more, described as offers for campaign purposes. The text is garbled but indicates club or group categories and per-unit terms.
The ad promotes a first class printing shop offering letter papers, note papers, various sizes and qualities, plan bordered and engraved cards, bill heads and statements, envelopes in all sizes, and wedding stationery with elegant designs. It invites customers to come and see the services.
This Ames firm in business about a year has built a strong local trade with maximum stock of top goods. The young proprietors are energetic and honest, catering to public taste. Also advertised is six percent farm mortgage investments by J. A. Fitchpatrick of Nevada, Iowa, and a note on Walker's Hair Balsam preventing hair loss and graying.
Nevada court session, political speeches, and local notices. Ames items include Cremer y growth and civic events. Notables: Dr Andrew Pa tton of Nevada dies. Mrs. Lewis Johnson of Sheldahl dies. early frost on walks. townspeople attend grand jury sessions. Vermont and Minnesota visitors greet Ames friends. a terrible cyclone hits Rochester Minnesota with dozens killed or wounded.
In Nevada district court there are nineteen criminals and sixty three civil suits. Miss Cen a Thayer returns from Denison. Mrs Harrmeron of Grafton Neb visits her brother in Nevada. Miss Lucy Dopiesnower visits Centralia Kansas. Duffield Co advertises Brown's Iron Bitters for ladies. Mrs Evizaveta Heper of Toledo Iowa dies at her son J C Mitchell’s in Nevada at age 70.
Brown's Iransitters praised by druggists in Washington. Fourth District Conference of the Iowa M E Church at Cole favors the Amendment and opposes the saloon. Miss Mary Perkins returns home with many Ames friends. Cons E Taylor canvassing for Ames Business Directory and plans to collect unpaid bills. Statira Jane anecdote about a kiss on the steps. Offer of The Intelligencer six months for 50 cents expires Saturday. no extension after September 1. Andrew Rasmuson and Lars Johnson arrested for burglary at K A Rouge residence near Cambridge. they pleaded guilty and await time in the Hotel de Banks for 19 dollars.
The notice urges buying heavy winter boots early to avoid wet weather wear. It promotes Farley Hoes Stogy Boots and a broad fall and winter stock sourced from factory warrants. The letter segment from K. W. Brown notes travels and observations in Michigan and the St. Lawrence area, ending with regard for Ames.
Nevada sent a delegation Tuesday evening to hear Judge Cole. The contingent included T. C. McCall, Capt. Smith, Supt. Roe, Auditor McCarthy, Deputy Barnes, Postmaster Ross, Jno R. Hayes, an Alderman, Capt. Thompson, and possibly one or two others. The notice also urges readers to pay overdue subscriptions to The Intelligence.
Periodic discussion in Ames about buying and merging the Standard and Republican to form a leading local paper. Ames flour mills report excellent flour from new wheat with improving berry quality and prospects to rival Minnesota and Kansas wheat. Professor J D Shearer of Ames plans study in law after teaching at Waterloo and Minneapolis.
An advt extols Cook's photographs as true to nature and life like with elegant finish. It invites readers to visit Cook's Gallery in Ames Iowa to view his perfected portraits and delicate pencil touch.
The Normal Institute closed Friday with teachers praising Supt. Roe and Mrs. Roe. They presented Dickens Complete Works and Century Magazine for gifts. Conductor Hunt got a gold ring while Prof. Plummer and Prof. Chevalier received gold pens. A County Teachers Association was founded with Prof. Plummer as President, Prof. Chevalier as Vice President, and Mrs. Alma Frazier as Secretary.
James Campbell known as Scottr formerly with the college was found dead in Denison last Thursday. A five inch piece of meat lodged in his windpipe caused suffocation after he was removed from a train for riding without a ticket. He was intoxicated and detained by the town marshal who later fed him supper in which the choking occurred.
Ontario grain buyers and dealers show high activity. Sheldahl Scraps notes booming grain business with over 1100 bushels of oats accepted in one week. H Scott, agent for H Wilson Jr & Co at Ontario, took in 3202 bushels in the same period with one buyer. Record shows loading one car per day on 20 21 and 22 of the month.
The State Agricultural Society will admit honorably discharged soldiers free on Wednesday September 5. A filled blank with bearer name, unit and state will serve as an admission ticket once signed and sealed by the County Auditor. Soldiers should address County Auditor C G McCarthy with the required information and include a 3 cent stamp for return postage. Judge Cots of Des Moines addressed Opera Hall with strong Democratic and Greenback support and clear, forceful argument.
The obituary notices recount the deaths of Anita Jones at nineteen from consumption, George A. Doolittle after months of suffering, George Kintsley from typhoid, and the death of a child from the Stamp family. The piece expresses communal grief, notes funeral arrangements, and contrasts local merchants with distant sources, urging readers to favor home merchants.
Town delegates appeared before Story County grand jury this week. A piece on naval warfare notes the long influence of sea power, mentioning Salamis and Actium. A new volume titled Naval Battles Ancient and Modern by Director Shippen is praised for clear history and readable style.
A column touts Parker's Ginger Tonic for nervous disorders, credits A E Lucas of Nevada Iowa, promoting farm loan funding, and notes Papillon Skin Cure available from Bosworth & Co and Ed Barstow. HEMSTREET & MILLER advertise farm and city property. W A Ottoman to bake fine goods. City Bakery ad by A H Thayer.
Money to loan on farm mortgages at six percent annual interest with principal payable in installments at borrower option. J. A. Frechpatrick, Nevada, Iowa. Bosworth & Co. and Ed. Barstow are agents for Papillon Skin Cure Papillon Catarrh Cure Papillon Cough Cure. Farmers, J. I. Case Surkey Stubble Plow claims advantage. Brinenam & Co. sells plows. A. E. Lucas of Nevada, Iowa lists several farms for sale.
A promotional note touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for biliousness blood disorders and debility. The product is advertised as available from Bosworth & Co at a nominal price per bottle.
Hix and M. C. Allen offer loans in any amount with real estate or other good security accepted. Terms range from one to five years on real estate loans and from thirty days to one year on other security. They will also buy first class notes. office rear Briggs Bank building ground floor Nevada Iowa.
All over the land people praise Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and throat lung afflictions. It promises to cure severe coughs colds asthma hay fever hoarseness and loss of voice. Trial bottles are free at Ames Drug Store with large bottles selling for one dollar.
The Story City Herald attacks Charles Aldrich for vague praise of McCall and demands specifics on special legislation. It accuses him of Republican wavering, hints at partisan alignments, and notes postmasters in Story County can take Intelligencer subscriptions through September at 50 cents for six months.
A 1882 missive from Mrs Geo Corry to Dr Peacettry requests five dollars of medicine, describing a woman formerly confined to bed who improved after using the remedy. She notes the patient now travels a mile and a half daily and has resumed household work.
An advertisement touts Wilsonia Magnetic Appliances as a guaranteed cure for dyspepsia claiming thousands die from the disease while urging readers to see the ad on another page for details and charges.
Advertisement notes complete Ab stract Books in the county and offers lowest-rate abstracts. Real estate loan services available. Also promotes Papillon Catarrh Cure with claims of permanent curing, sold by Bosworth & Co. and Ed. Barstow.
Advertised medical salve claims to heal Burns Bruises Cuts Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever Sores Cancers Piles Chilblains Corns and skin eruptions. Guaranteed to cure in every instance or money refunded 25 cents per box. Sold by Bosworth Co and all druggists.
Letter from J W Brown of Kansas City extols Marsh's Golden Balsam for Throat and Lungs and Marsh's Liver Tonic as cures after repeated doctor visits. Advertising copy touts Shiloh's Cure and Catarrh Remedy with guaranteed results and low prices from Bradley & Templeton in Ames.
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