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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1886
Page
3
A local notice sets rates for business brevities at ten cents per line weekly with a planned reduction to five cents if continued. The head of Business Brevities is to oversee the column under the same price and contract terms.
Notice outlines letter heads and note heads pricing per 1000, and subscription terms for The Intelligencer and State Register. It promotes one year prepaid rates, address change pro rata adjustments for Story County residents, and offers printing services and stationery with low prices.
The Intelligencer offers the book Bristling with Thorns by Colonel T. Beard as a premium. A 400 page volume bound, priced at $2.00, available to five new subscribers at $1 annually in advance or two new subscriptions plus $3 for a copy.
The Intelligencer will serialize McElroy's battle description from The Red Acorn, a popular volume tied to the 14th army corps badge. It promises vivid war romance with chapters starting mid December, priced at $1.50 for the book or $1 for the full Intelligencer year.
The catalog lists forty five complete novels and works by famous authors. Pamphlet form with good type on good paper. Includes Widow Be dett Papers Fancy Home Work for Adornment Useful Knowledge for the Million The Home Cook Book and Family Physician Manners and Customs in Far Away Lands and works by Mary Cecil Hay Wilkie Collins Mrs Henry Wood Miss Mulock Miss Braddon Hugh Conway and others. The Intelligencer and the entire Library may be sent for 2.00 or the Library itself for 1.25.
Public notice extols the Des Moines Daily State Register as Iowa’s premier daily paper, praising its timeliness and broad coverage. It promotes subscription deals via The Intelligencer and Weekly Register, highlighting morning delivery in Ames and statewide reach.
A daily Chronicle fragment notes a friend’s death from consumption and promotes Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure as a life past saving. The ad urges readers with coughs or throat trouble to seek Westerman and obtain the remedy at 100 or 150 cents, sold by H. I. T.
Very likely it will be an incurable case of catarrh or consumption unless you take Chamberlains medicine and cure your cold. Esterman.
D A Brezlow & Co calls for cash or note settlements by January 1 1887. The piece reflects on publishers occupying weekly newspaper columns and hints most will soon be replaced by different content.
Miss D E Dix offers Zephyrs single and split in all colors at five cents per lap and a line of Children's Hoods at 25 and 40 cents. W S Bradley receives a carload of flour sold cheap. The Library opens Saturdays 3 to 5 pm. Ontario political contest between Coffelt and McCracken remains active. Reddote Club dance with Beloit Band reported. Debtors asked to settle by January 1 1887. Flare Foster goods invoiced then sold to William Foster for 1000 dollars mortgage value.
Miss D E Dix offers agency for the New Jennie June High Arm Sewing Machine. Ladies may call to examine. Also includes a recall of 55th Litt. Vol. Inf. reunion at Moline Ill noting only seventy one of eleven hundred answered roll call with thirty bald headed. Details from Ames letter.
Taken up by A P Condit a red yearling steer. Subscription offer for Weekly Des Moines Leader with stories and instruction. Leader and Intelligencer one year for two dollars.
Hamilton the Nevada Photographer will give a present of six panel photographs with every dozen cabinets ordered. The offer runs until January 1st and promises satisfaction and fine workmanship.
The notice promotes Scientific American as a leading publication for patents and related topics. It highlights a subscription price of $35 per year and invites the public to view a sample file at the office while subscriptions are accepted.
Capt Coleman and sdr Weymouth on the Atlantic City to New York run report instant relief from coughs using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. The remedy calmed chest soreness and benefited nearby children as well. Free trial bottles available at L M Bosworth Drug Store. The Intelligencer and Weekly Inter Ocean offered at 2.00 yearly.
Throat ailment described as deepening until ruin. Dr Bigelow's Cough Cure claimed as safe sure remedy for coughs colds and throat diseases. Sold by Pickett & Co with child friendly size.
Local notes show Miss Date Moulton teaching Gil bert school, Mrs. Jones recovering, and Dr Kaynor returning from San born care for William. Weather talk, holiday ads, and predictions fill the page with town life, schools, shifts, and local chatter.
Samuel A. C. expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors who aided after being struck by lightning causing a fire that burned hay, a corn planter, plows, buggy, harness, tools, and nearly a thousand bushels of oats. He notes lack of insurance, injury from a horse kick, and hopes for recovery and better days. November 25, 1886.
An 1885 advertisement touts a revised pocket atlas from Rand McNally & Co. It promises extensive geographic detail with colored maps of every U S state and territory and foreign coun tries, census data, and rail routes over 5000 miles. Postpaid worldwide price is twenty five cents.
First Congregational Church of Ames moves Sunday service to 10 30 from 10 45 to allow Mr Moulton to reach Gilbert by train and return for evening services. Harsh winter roads and cold weather hinder Gilbert appointments. Ames congregants urged to rise earlier for the invocation and to give to relieve the needy.
The Papillon flax extract skin cure claims universal verdict from users for eczema pimples boils burns and rashes. Available at $1.00 a bottle from Druggists or by mail from the Papillon Company Chicago Illinois.
Wyatt Henry Chamberlain, son of Mr and Mrs Van Chamberlain, died at his parents home Friday night at 10 30. He lived six years and one month and had suffered from infancy. He was buried on the following Sabbath afternoon. The family receives deep sympathy from friends in their bereavement.
Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure touted as sovereign for coughs colds and consumption. H Westerman offers trial bottles and large sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar. For sale by H Westerman.
The December Harper's Magazine is hailed as a royal banquet of varied reading and pictures. It omits serials and features The Boyhood of Christ by the Ben Hur author, The Mouse Trap, Wood Notes, plus six short stories and five illustrated poems.
A claim that a large portion of the American public suffers catarrh is addressed by Papillon Comapny. The ad promotes Clarke's flax extract based Catarrh Cure as instantly relieving and curing catarrh. It urges immediate purchase for $1.00 from reliable druggists with prepaid delivery.
Gro Loup led a cow through his yard when a neighbor’s car suddenly jumped out and frightened the animal. The rope around Lond’s legs entangled him and he was dragged the full length of the lot, suffering severe bruises on the rough frozen ground. The piece ends with a cruel closing comment about a dog.
Store notices invite shoppers to seize current winter bargains at D A Bigelow and Company offering competitive prices and a broad selection for immediate purchase.
Mrs Phoebe of Paterson Clay County Iowa declares after years of kidney trouble and lameness she is free from pain and can do all her housework again. She credits Electric Bitters for renewed youth and relief from discomfort witnessed by town residents. Sold by L M Bosworth Drug Store.
Sixty years of a busy journalist’s life at Washington are epitomized in Major Ben Perley Poore’s forthcoming book. Admirers praise his witty, social nature and deep political insight, noting the work as a unique, entertaining, and valuable contribution to national literature. Published by E. Holdaway & Co. of St. Louis and sold exclusively by subscription.
The Chicago Mail editors Hatton and Snowden cut the daily price to 2.50 per year and offer a special deal with The Intelligencer for a combined annual price of 3.35. Subscribers are urged to enroll to receive both papers at a lower cost than direct from publishers.
The Dorcas Society has funds on hand to assist those in need. Apply to the committee: Mesdames D. A. Bigelow, M. Jones, C. M. Soper, Wm. Clark, P. H. Castle, H. Gilbert.
A fragmented column critiques card playing as a poor cultural influence citing a ministerial quote. It then pitches Haine Golden Specific as a cure for drunkenness with deceptive bulk mail style claims. Finally a brief Iowa murder-related note references Ed Curran and a Zenorville incident tied to Anamosa.
Dr Cohen of Waco Texas endorses Scott emulsion for digestive issues in infants. It reportedly restores wasted tissues, increases appetite, and strengthens the body. Shilohs Cures advertised for coughs and liver complaints with guaranteed results.
Catarrh cure advertised by H. Westerman offering Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy for 50 cents with a free Nasal Injector included. Product claimed to improve health and breath.
Local notes report Osterhaudt defeating Gossard in a Streit at Squire De Long’s residence. Attorneys Smith Thatcher and Daily noted. Several community updates follow including illness typhoid fever and had meetings held by Rev. Potterfield.
A roundup of community happenings from Clinton Boone and Garden Prairie includes visits by Mr Black and Miss Minnie Roberts, Thanksgiving church services, a sale of goods for 1000 dollars, school starts next Monday with Miss Stevenson, and plans for a December festival and supper to benefit the Congregational Church Society. No current illnesses, water scarcity noted.
General Order from Elisworth Post No. 30 G A R Ames Iowa dated Nov 30 1886 announces the annual officer election on Saturday Dec 4 1886 at 7 30 PM for the coming year and cautions members six months in arrears may be barred from voting or holding office dues payable to Jan 1 1887 are to be paid to Q M and Q M Sergt. Per order Gro G Trippen Com M Hemstreet Adjt. Also lists November matrices with names.
Weekly report lists transfers including James F Keeney to Julia F McLain for lot 9 and north 30 feet of lot 10, Blair's addition Ames. George Jones to Mary M Jones for southeast southwest and 70 acres southeast. Micheal Ravane to Halvor Monson for southwest and northeast southwest 28 85 22. Clark and Cleveland executors to A B Converse for northwest 35 83 21. Colo M E Church to E F French for block 2 Colo. Otis Briggs to John Kirkendall for south half of lot 6 block 11 Nevada. Also a note on ruby glass panes enhancing light in a doorway.
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