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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1883
Page
9
The office shift took longer than planned delaying last week's issue. A supplement with the President's Message and Congress news is issued to cover the deficit. Readers are invited to visit the new quarters near John H. Queal & Co.'s lumber yard.
The column lists due accounts at BiGgELow and HuntINGTON, Nourse's grocery headquarters promoting cider vinegar and butter prices, Dr. Meredith and Dr. Beverly moving offices, holiday cards from Bosworth Gray Bros and Tomas & Loup, Christmas goods from Miss Dix, Hawley & Co poultry, and that the Intelligencer mails to ministers in Story County.
Shoppers consider easy camp chairs at Thomas and Loud's and a wide range of plated ware at Postoffice Jewelry Store offering new and fine pieces for Christmas gifts.
A notice offers a 30 day sale of heating stoves and millinery at cost beginning December 8. D. Dix promises wholesale pricing on albums and a large stock. W. H. Pricewear Tricx seeks high prices for turkeys and poultry at the old stand by the Elevator. A lost gold mounted eyeglasses with chain is sought by F. M. Mills. Maple syrup marketed at 1.00 per gallon at Nourse's.
The thieves who broke into Sisson and Gheen's store have been caught and the goods recovered. A paper with blue zephyr and a partially knit hood was found on the street and turned into the office. Local social news notes a dance at Opera Hall with Boone band providing music.
The community marked Thanksgiving with church services and a shared feast. A daring robbery at Sisson & Gheen's south door yielded about two hundred dollars in gloves silks and valuables. A boy died after being run over by a dray. Mrs. Nettie Dale died of consumption in Grant Township. Photographer N G Cook is praised for portraits. Ames tile ditches on Douglas Avenue are hazardous and sidewalks need repair. Mrs P Spence was injured when a buggy tipped while entering a train. Mr Spence was badly bruised.
The piece relays office relocation of The Intelligencer with staff of five and new address near Queal & Co. lumber yard. It notes births at home, local political bickering over President Welch of IA C, and announces a Costume Motto social at the Baptist Church with invitation. It praises the State Register as a Farmers paper and offers a combined subscription for 1884.
Mrs Rev Weaver hosted a reception for Mr and Mrs Heighton who plan to depart for Kansas soon. A large gathering of friends attended to wish them bon voyage.
The Bloomington Literary and Debating Society organizes again and discusses a resolution that the Republican party has outlived its usefulness. Leaders J E Davis affirms while S P Obrien neg.
A visitor praises Eldora's Edgington House kept by Col. Sam Edgington and Sons for spotless rooms and good victuals. Guests are treated with courtesy and the narrator settles the bill, recommending the establishment.
Ellsworth Post No. 30 G. A. R. elected M Hemstreet as Commander and officers for the year. A social followed the vote. The Iowa State Improved Stock Breeders Association meets at the Opera House Ames Dec 11 to 13 with delegates boarded at Ames hotels and rail fare deals. The Iowa State Short Horn Breeders Association holds its third annual meeting beginning Dec 13.
A long list of residents’ travels and visits across towns in Iowa and nearby states. Prospective subscribers offered premiums including a silver tea set, organs, and magazines for various club sizes.
Several houses for sale or rent and farms offered at low prices. Shreeps and Coax advertise blank weigh BI1s in bound books of 500 at 75 cents each plus bulk rates. The Intelligencer office notes eye catching Japanese dodger paper available.
I hold the county’s only complete Abstract Books and offer abstracts at low rates. Money loaned on real estate with prompt service and clear terms.
An advertisement pledges free bottle samples of Bosworths Cough and Lung Syrup to all in need, asserting the medicine cures coughs colds consumption and lung ailments and that faith in the product remains strong despite any doubts.
J A Fitchpatrick of Nevada Iowa advertises farm mortgages at six percent annual interest with principal and interest payable in installments at borrower option. President Arthur will in his message advocate the establishment of a postal telegraph.
Daily joy to homes by Dr. s New Discovery for consumption colds asthma bronchitis hay fever loss of voice tickling in the throat chest pain and all throat and lung diseases. Guaranteed. Trial free at Ames drug stores. Large size.
The text recalls Dr. J C Ayer amassing about 4 million dollars through advertising. After his death his wife allegedly took the fortune. It warns that no woman should marry a man who is not a good advertiser.
The first sign of piles is intense nocturnal itching that worsens with warmth. Immediate relief comes from Dr. Bosanko's Piles remedy, claimed to permanently cure piles and ringworm. Sold by Bosworth & Co. and manufactured by Dr. Bosanko Medicine Co. of Piqua Ohio. Price cents.
The prompt for a rush at Bosworth & Co Drug Store is due to Stow one att acery and Ge o's ung Syrup now on the market. Regular size 50 cents and 1.00. The popular remedies for coughs colds and bronchitis attract customers.
A condensed directory lists multiple Ames area firms by trade from veterinary surgery to hardware and farm implements. Notable entries include E R Cramblitt and G F Simmons veterinary surgeons, N G Cook photography, Ames Flouring Mills, Bradley & Templeton goods, and Bosworth & Co clothing.
Sleepless Nicu endures a harsh cough as Shiloh's Cure is advertised as the remedy for relief.
In Ames Iowa Bradley and Templeton offer a free trial bottle of Markins GOLDEN Balsam for consumption and lung ailments. Large bottles available at 30 cents and 1 dollar for those who have tried it. Also advertised are ASH s GOLDEN BLoop Iven Tonic and Catarrh Cure with claims of blood purification and stomach relief.
Distressed mothers urged to buy Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething Children. Advertises immediate relief for crying infants, claims to cure dysentery, bowel issues, colic, and teething pain. Marketed as a long trusted remedy available from druggists worldwide at 25 cents per bottle.
Advertises Surion's Cover and Consumption Cure with a guarantee claiming it cures consumption. Also markets Surion's Viralizer at 75 cents a bottle with unclear marketing text.
Advertisement notes a cure named Shiloh’s Cure offered by Bradley and Templeton. It mentions immediate relief for coughs and bronchitis and presents the product for sale.
Cited ad promises a free sample bottle of Brown's Expectorant at Barstow's Drug Store. Claims it cures coughs hoarseness whooping cough and consumption in early stages and praises its scientific formulation for throat and lung diseases. Mentions regular sizes priced 50 cents and 1 dollar. Taraxine memorandum books offered free.
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