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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1883
Page
1
A brief notice lists the O. W. No. meetings held Thursday evening at Manonte Haseal near the Postoffice, TaYton. Rec. M. Soren and M. W. G. A. R. shown among the local fraternal group members.
Stevens and Hays, Attorneys at Law, announce offices in Ames over Barstow's Drug and in Nevada. D McCarthy, also a lawyer and collector, joins in Stevens' new building in Ames, Iowa.
Ames citizens and faculty protest the Board of Trustees decision to remove President A S Welch after fifteen years of leadership. The remonstrance cites his proven record, warns of adverse effects on state interest and legislative funding, and notes the new faculty lineup pledged to counteract the change.
Winter brings comfort of a warm fire as traffic in coal stalls due to bad roads. Miss Sarah Barnes attended a Nevada lecture last Friday. B J Grinnell's illness is improving slowly. Mrs Mary Needham suffers neuralgia. A local restaurant keeper hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for G A R members and friends celebrating his 62nd birthday.
The Chicago and Grand Trunk Road announces holiday excursions from Chicago to Canadian points with low round trip fares and a forty day return window. Trips depart November 28 and December 13 and 20 from Fourth Avenue and Polk Street, with through Pullman service and luggage customs at Chicago depot to ease frontier delays.
The Tenth Annual Meeting will be held in Ames from Tuesday evening December 11 to Thursday noon the 13th with the Iowa State Shorthorn Association similarly convening Thursday afternoon. Notables including Judge T. C. Jones, W. W. Fields, Hon. C. H. Wheeler, Hon. Justus Clark, Henry Wallace, L. S. Coffin and others will attend. Citizens of Ames and Story county are invited to participate in discussions on husbandry.
The New York Tribune is praised as a red hot leader in a broad based Republican reorganization in New York City. The article lauds its wide weekly circulation and influence in boosting campaign efforts before the 1884 race. It notes opposition from other Republican papers and endorses expanding Tribune readership.
The two one act dramas No Questions Asked and More Than They Bargained For make up this volume from D Lothrop and Co priced at $1.00. Sparkling dialogue and brisk dramatic situations suit parlor or school use with minimal scenery. Illustrations are fine and the outside hull complements the contents for general readers.
Dr Foote’s Plain Home Talk and Medical Common Sense is praised for clear style and practical instruction. Thousands have bought it and many have borrowed it now offered at $1.50, obtainable by mail prepaid from Murray Hill Publishing Co., 129 E 28th St, New York City.
Secretary P. D. Ankeny of the Mexican War Veterans requests every living Mexican War veteran in Story County Iowa to send name P O address and unit to Col 8 P O Brien of Ames by December 15 so the roster is complete for the Des Moines reunion on January 8. Story County papers may copy this notice.
The article promotes Penns Extract Company toilet products for women including toilet cream for complexion dentifrice for teeth and breath lip salve and toilet soap. Sold by Edward Barstow with claims of elegance beauty and healing properties.
The Breeders Gazette, a thirty six page weekly from J. H. Sanders & Co. Chicago, is praised by the Iowa State Register as a leading stock paper with no rival. The offer bundles a yearly subscription to both The Breeders Gazette and the publisher's paper for four dollars.
Wright Grattan and Stryker, Board of Trustees members who removed President Welch of the I A C, publish a manifesto defending their move. The document is accused of deliberate falsehoods and used to ratify their action, with harsh charges of misrepresentation and weak defense.
The Twenty-fifth Annual Fair of The Linn County Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be held on the Fair Grounds at Cedar Rapids Iowa September 9 10 11 and 12 1984.
Promoter N E U s endorses Parker's Ginger Tonic, claiming it has cured many in the area of nervous disorders and recommending it strongly to sufferers. The message urges confidence in the remedy despite prior deception by other nostrums.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Gilbert will hold a social at Mrs Henry Guilds on Wednesday evening December 12 conducted by the help of a committee shadow.
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