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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1882
Page
4
An Ames section with freight and passenger trains northbound details, local notices from I B Frazee to Nourse Bros, and commercial ads. It includes Christmas goods, farms for sale, hotel West wedding, and a large list of gifts and presents to the newlyweds Marcellus K. Smith and Laura West.
Mr W G Whent's new house suffered a straw stocked kitchen blaze from a stray chimney spark yester day morning about nine. The fire spread to the cellar but was discovered in time to subdue it with no loss or damage to the premises, apart from a narrow escape.
The Swede Lutheran Church of the Northwest will establish a college in Madrid under its patronage. The preliminary department opens after New Year with a local couple as instructors. A brick college building will rise next spring on land donated by A P Anderson, with $10,000 expected in construction and a possible extra $500 from Anderson.
The State Board of Canvassers awarded James Wilson the Fifth District certificate after a contest with Ben Frederick, allowing Wilson to take his seat.
The Boone County papers clash over the Board of Supervisors Proceedings. The Nevada Watchman notes no need for ongoing fights and cites higher costs for work than papers would incur if properly counted.
Professor Macomperi is the happy father of a bouncing boy presented by Mrs M as a Christmas gift. The mother and child are doing well.
The Intelligencer lauds Christmas as the happiest and holiest season. It laments the fleeting nature of holiday joy and imagines bottling Christmas cheer to spread it year round, joking about American ingenuity and a future where sunshine is bottled.
Con Scortt of Nevada and Torkel Henryson, Esq., plan a lake near Henryson’s artesian well in Story County Iowa to propagate fish. They believe the site could become a pleasant resort and possibly a future branch of the State Fish Hatchery, with profits and recreation for Story City and county.
Prof Knapp of Atlantic replies to a La Porte Review piece asserting falsehoods about his resignations and appointments. He denies seeking removals of Gen Geddes and says he did not influence college or agricultural college posts and declines personal controversy.
Ames residents will welcome Donavin's Original Company of Tennesseeans to Opera Hall on Christmas night. The group, unlike other so called Tennessee Jubilee Singers, is described as genuine cultivated vocalists with a varied concert program. The note urges recognition of their legitimacy amid past humor and emphasizes elegant printing and testimonials.
Mary Thatcher wife of the late Marshal has left Cambridge with unpaid debts. Hogs and corn markets remain active with buyers predicting strong prices. The beer saloon activity is described as lively, with potential prosecutions for nuisance pending. Several scarlet fever cases reported near the Norwegian settlement. Ole Johnson's two children died, a third remains critical.
The essay of Mrs Langtry alleges she is in America for acting, but her stay worsens after a quarrel with a married companion over a New York admirer Gebhart. Despite early appeal in New York and Boston, her social reception dims, while critics question her acting gifts and beauty. Meanwhile Sioux City reports on Board of Trustees actions at the State Agricultural College with unanimous votes except for a split on removing Prof Wynne. The board cites economy and expects renewed prosperity and harmony.
The Donavan’s Original Tennesseeans bring a vocal music program to town Christmas night. Their high reputation since organization and acclaimed reviews foretell a concert likely to be the best vocal performance here. The program offers a broad variety intended to please all audiences.
A. E. Lucas, land agent in Nevada Iowa, reports deeds transferring lots and blocks in Ames and Nevada. Transactions include Gilbert to Gilbert $125 for 84 feet of block 4. Gilbert to Gilbert $100 for block 5. Beaty to Farr $2,000 for parts of blocks 9 and 12. Ovierson to Gilbert $250 for block 4. Brubaker to Baldwin & Maxwell $10 for lot 9 block 17. Born to Norman $150 for lots 1 and 4 in Borns 2nd add Ames. Wagner to Bennetham $150 for a branch set 7a and lot figures. McVey to Gifford $500 for a west 44 includes 31 85 21. Richeson administrator to Arnold $1,150 for sw 4 2 83 21. Nelson administrator to Mikelson nn 44 14 82 24. Stewart to Stewart $1,800 for lot 26 85 24. Elliott to Holsliard $600 for nw 1/4 15 82 21. Haynes to Donahoo $100 for nw 1/2 6 82 21. Lorinda Smith to Donahoo $100 for nw 4 6 82 21. Pierson to Stephenson $30.35 for nw 9 16 86 23. Martin & Sellers to Trusler no se 8 85 24 $900. Duffrey Berry to Northwestern Mfg Car Co nw 7 nw 2 11 85 21 $200.
Advertised medicinal remedy Marsn's Golden Balsam is extolled by physicians druggists and merchants in Iowa Kansas Missouri and Illinois. Readers are told to procure the cough throat and lung medicine from Bradley & Templeton Ames Iowa with large bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar.
A new method titled Merrill's Ingenious Method promises to teach the elements of music while letting anyone play familiar airs on piano or organ without prior study. It claims to amuse a million and reveal music’s mysteries, appealing to children, youth, and the aged, with invitations to address Piano Co. at 80 Van Street, Chicago.
The ad lists Brows Expectorant for coughs at 50 cents and 1 dollar bottles at Barstow with Taraxine Memorandum Books free. A cold snap is reported with temperatures around 10 below zero and 30 at St Paul, noting severe conditions and southern impact.
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