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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1885
Page
2
Nevada reports schools closing next Friday and a busy holiday season with weddings, visits, and livestock markets. Gilbert mentions mild weather, sleighing mixed, officers elected for G A R, church events, protracted meetings, and local business activity.
The Iowa supreme court holds sidewalks in front of a business as appurtenances to the property and that cities cannot grant licenses to sell wares on those sidewalks. The piece notes forthcoming county attorney elections, eliminating district attorneys after 1886, and discusses advertising value in newspapers. It includes a letter from S. A. Knapp in Lake Charles describing agricultural development and plans for cattle, pastures, fencing, rice milling, and associated infrastructure in Louisiana.
A letter praises a mineral water regimen near six flowing wells at 325 feet depth. Two months of use helped many sufferers, with cane and crutch cases improving and some on stretchers able to walk. The writer notes his son’s deep seated rheumatism improved and mentions other illnesses also benefiting. Summer visit anticipated for more water intake and reduced cold risk after bathing.
Advertisements tout Electric Bitters as the best blood purifier and system regulator for liver inactivity biliousness jaundice constipation weak kidneys and urinary disorders. Each bottle promises quick relief with money back if not satisfied and is sold by J. H. Pickett & Co Palace Drug Store.
The Burnell's Collecting and reforming agency organized a town branch to protect retailers and laborers who extend credit. Members report nonpayers to a monthly head office list, creating local and county blacklists to encourage cash settlements and reduce losses. The system, already in Eldora, is praised as beneficial and widely adopted.
Local notes report a lively coal market last week and renewed trade activity. Social news includes weddings Lucy Smith and Albert Foster on December 6 in Ames, plus holiday events, travel plans, and the new wagon maker Chris Johnson.
The Illinois Central R A will operate no First Class Pullman Car Excursions in mid January 1886 with trips to San Francisco and the City of Mexico. Stops include New Orleans four days San Antonio one day and Chihuahua one day. Round trip fares from various regions range from 110.00 to 125.00 with six month return validity. Pro American Exposition at New Orleans praised for season. Write Manchester Iowa for circulars and California Mexico materials. J F Merry Gen West Pass Agt.
The readable fragment lists senior students including Lillie Brown Carrie Chevalier Bila Cook Jennie Jones Mary Kelly Cena Thayer Alice Thomas Bertie Bisbes Walter Gibbons Marion Stratton Teal Z and a sequence of numeric scores or grades ranging from 60 to 100 with multiple entries.
The complete List of unclaimed funds in Chancery up to September 1 1883 London is reprinted in Next of Kin and Heirs-at-Law Gazette New York by Wm Raich Postoffice Box 3409 Office 1 William Street Subscription 2 00 per year Single copies 10 cents The Gazette Also prints Unclaimed Dividends in Bank of England with names and amounts Extraordinary success Hunt's Remedy claimed for kidney diseases A confidence operator questions Owen Bilings in a village dialogue
A merchant and doctor advocate Papillon extract of flax Skin Cure praising rapid results for children. The advertising note states large bottles cost $1.00 at drug stores. Also quoted: Sam Jones on foot-wiping, warning against affronts to athletes.
The ad warns against unscrupulous dealers claiming equal merits to Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup. It emphasizes insisting on the genuine remedy with prices listed. The passage shifts to a dialog about ghosts with Brown claiming to have seen a crystal ghost and a glass shade as a joke.
J. C. Burrows of Kalamazoo testifies that Papillon Catarrh Cure relieved a five year hay fever and fall cough after limited success with other remedies. Adverts promote large bottles at $1.00, along with Shiloh’s Cure products for coughs, consumption, and bronchitis sold by H. Westerman.
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