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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1880
Page
3
Busy home items, book rates, and holiday toy displays appear alongside farm notices and church repairs. Prices on butter and flour mingle with local sales, furniture, and hardware offers. A Davis county dig yields a petrified coffin weight 500 pounds. Greenback party meeting set for Dec 15 at Nevada.
A card from A. F. Bigelow and D. A. Bigelow thanks friends in Ames and vicinity for kindnesses during the sister's illness and praises solicitous ministrations. The note is signed A F Bigelow D A Bigelow Mus D A Bigelow. Also a local ad invites readers to ask for needed items at Ed Barstow & Co.
Mr 8S A Saum of Saum Davis Co Kellogg Iowa visited the city last Tuesday and sold to Wright & Child the shop right for an improved cylinder pump bucket. The marble iron cast bucket is a single piece and cuts repair costs, outwearing many pumps and reducing breakages.
Bosworth & Co urge buyers to call early and reserve holiday articles before stock breaks, promising a better assortment for presents. The notice links to Ed Barstow & Co and mentions Governor Gear visiting Newton Iowa with comments on state college appropriations and economy.
Jimmie Robinson son of C P Robinson of Nevada lost his left leg in a railroad accident at Van Meter on Tuesday night. While uncoupling freight cars he encountered a cattle guard and was crushed by wheels just below the knee. Amputation was performed. He had worked as a brakeman on the C N W between Boone and Belle Plain for two years.
A Saturday afternoon corn husking contest on Milo Meartney’s farm near town pitted Ed Sunday against Tolo Lawrence. In two hours Sunday husked 35 bushels 5 pounds while Lawrence husked a little over 27 bushels amid rain. Spectators wagered money and the event sparked local excitement.
The article cites Mother Shipton's feared prophecy of pestilence earthquakes meteoric events and sea convulsions tied to planetary alignment. It notes the coming year may frighten the superstitious yet intelligent doubt it while admitting a winter of widespread epidemics and acute diseases across the country.
The author argues that rarefied fiction, like pepper and salt, cannot sustain life when pursued as the main aim. Immersed in tales of dreamlike nobility and larger fortunes, one loses touch with ordinary neighbors and the modest income that barely reflects real wealth.
J W Will of Iowa Centre visited the city last Saturday. Mrs Jerry Sexton left Monday for a two month visit with parents and friends in Indianapolis Indiana. Ed R Barrell came from Griswold on Wednesday for his sister's wedding and will stay until Monday. Mrs A C Hamilton moved to Indianapolis Indiana last Monday. Ed Forney of Blair Nebraska was an over Sunday visitor in Ames. Prof J B Lee formerly of the Agricultural College was in the city during the week.
In Ames on December 4 at her brother D A Bigelow’s residence, Miss Nerrie Bigelow aged 43, died after a year of declining health. She faced death with faith and resignation, noting comfort in the Redeemer’s Word. Her loss affects family friends who relied on her sacrifices and kindness.
The article explains that fruit cellars separated from houses can stay near freezing without ventilation, while cellars under living areas must be ventilated to prevent dangerous gas buildup from ripening and decay. It notes unusually large fruit stores and suggests an accessible chimney opening for external air when needed.
Use soft water and a rosin-free soap for the entire process. Warm water through is best. rinse water should be warmer than the suds. Make strong clean suds and avoid washing flannels with dirty suds or rubbing soap in. Hand rubbing causes felting and shrinking of delicate fibers.
The Denison Review urges Ames residents to establish a Public Enterprise Club with semi monthly meetings to boost manufacturing and commerce, create a Loan and Building Association for worker housing, run a night school and lectures, improve schools, beautify the village, and extend social moral influences. These suggestions, if adopted, would benefit Ames materially.
K. W. Brown announces a closing sale of gloves and mittens to end January 1 1881 with a ten percent discount on regular wholesale pricing. Mens calf mitts listed at 50 cents and trade goods priced proportionally to the discount.
On November 19 1880 the Circuit Court of Story County Iowa appointed Mary Louisa Albert and N A Rainbolt executors of the estate of Rick Albert. All debtors must pay the undersigned and all claims must be presented legally authenticated for allowance.
In Story county Iowa Elvey Loux files petition for a thousand dollar promissory note with interest costs and seeks an attachment against defendant's goods rights and credits. The defendant Titus M Lour must answer by noon of the second day of the next term beginning February 1 1881 or default and judgment will be entered. attorney N A Kainbolt represents the plaintiff.
The administrator of the estate of Christian Rost will sell at public auction in Story City Story County Iowa on December 24 at 2 PM the south half of the northeast quarter of section 5 township 8 north range 24 west containing 63 18 acres in Nevada Iowa the sale terms require one half cash and the balance due in twelve months at 10 percent interest secured by the premises. Dated November 23 1889. Nas W. A. Wrer Administrator.
Court actions against you in Story County Iowa for a mortgage foreclosure and debt recovery. Elvey Loux seeks thirteen hundred dollars, attorney fees, and taxes paid on land described as west half of northeast quarter and southeast quarter of northwest quarter in section 31 township 85 north range 24 west. Case to begin February 1, 1881. failure to appear will default.
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