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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1891
Page
3
Train schedule lists Chicago x Overland and Atlantic Express in Going East with 6 30 P M departure and Denver Limited departures. Westbound shows Des M and Dak Exp and Night Cops 4500 A. Way with a 12 45 P M arrival. Agent Geo W Rocers notes no other passenger trains.
Miss C E Turner remains about the same. Mrs Gilchrist visited Boone. Miss Barrows visits her brother in Indianola. John Lanning is quite sick. Geog Turner from Waterloo visits his father C E. Ruth Duncan returns from Mason City. Winona Douglass goes to Toledo. Nevada visitors, Hoot visits Waterhoo and Iowa Falls. Milo Manning visits Battle Creek, Iowa. Prof Patrick to Sioux County for a Farmer's Institute. Local society, travel and business updates include Lanning illness, estate moves by Geo W O'Brien, J Bale and Mrs Wilkinson visiting J W Lanning, and a Santa Barbara health note from Mrs Van Chamberlain. The Nevada Pinafore troupe entertains Story City. travelling men banquet in Des Moines. F B Tallman offers jewelry repair. J H Davis buys Arnold House to renovate. security and legal notes on a Dunlap arrest, Box Social at Evergreen Chapel, and subscription reminders for The Intensifier. Story County Bank moves into new quarters with improved offices.
All accounts on my books must be settled by cash or note prior to Jan 1 92. J J Grove. Boarding details. We can furnish candy in various varieties at Adams Bros. Try N Y Buckwheat at H and Co. Christmas novelties include linens towels scarfs and more. Adams Bros promotes N Y apples and holiday goods. The best are the cheapest.
Real estate services advertise farms for rent and property sales in Nevada Story County Iowa with loan offers at low rates. Local merchants quote low prices on New York apples and a line of fruits nuts and candies. A school flag fund seeks community support for a 12 by 18 foot American flag costing under $18. Ellsworth Post G A R elects officers for 1892 and plans a vote on a Monument or Memorial Hall at its December meeting in Des Moines.
Bigelow Smith emphasize settling debts by January 1 noting merchants need funds to pay bills and buy goods. Grove's promotes winter apples. Ames Baptists plan revival around January 10 or 17. Bargains at Bicktow Smith. town flags being mounted on the schoolhouse pole with expectations of a large American flag.
Readers are informed the President's message was delivered yesterday afternoon but is omitted from this issue to allow its full printing on the first and fourth pages. The note explains the decision and promises the message will appear in full in upcoming pages.
A promotional note extols the Khowa State Register as the leading Iowa paper offering complete condensed reports on state and world news and horticultural coverage. It touts Budd as a top authority and promotes subscription deals with the Intelligencer, pricing $1.75 for both until January 1 1892 and $2.00 thereafter for one year.
A nostalgic verse recalls Castoria as the remedy from infancy to motherhood. It traces a family's reliance on the remedy through babyhood childhood and motherhood with repeated brand references.
Story county Commissioners of Insanity visited town Monday to evaluate Mrs Montbis bee. They ordered her sent to Mt Pleasant hospital for treatment, and she departed Wednesday noon with her husband and Mrs Selby. Handkerchiefs sold at five to ten cents for holiday trade from Bigelow and Smith.
Holiday trade gains momentum as Brad Paxton's P. O. store highlights an expansive jewelry line with moonstone pieces and watches. Local shops advertise low prices on overcoats, silk goods, glassware, and lamps while promoting sale events and gift ideas for the season.
Grove's invites shoppers to the Feast of Days at the McDowell building with glass ware for holidays and lamps in stock. Also highlights H. Goble's saddles bridles halters and whips. Passages urge attendance and warn not to miss the event.
J. H. Queal & Co authorize stating they are still in it and to stay. They invite you to bring barn bills for estimation with pleasure and guarantee slightly lower grades than competitors. Grove offers a nice line of candies and nuts for holiday trade.
A retired physician offers a free recipe for a supposed universal cure sent in multiple languages. Several local items report an Oyster Supper, a renovation of Evans Elevator, and the Iowa poultry event bringing many birds to town with promoters and officials named.
The new Presbyterian Church, under erection for months in Nevada, will be dedicated next Sunday January 1. The Rev Will G Cray D D professor of Theology at McCormick Seminary Chicago will preach in the morning and evening. Officers elect of Ames Lodge 1 O O F 309 for 1892 include R H McCarthy N G H S Goble V G Fred Hemstreet Rec Sec N o 3 Camer Per Sec L Tilden Treas They will be installed January 8 1892.
A local notice invites attendance at the McDowell building beside Ben Read's shop on December 1st and December 19th. The events promise unique insights and practical instruction for attendees seeking hands on experience.
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