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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
3
A garbled rail timetable lists several times including 1:00 A.M 3 A.M 2 A.M and 12:45 A.M with unclear entries. The fragment notes no passenger trains aside from an obscure reference to W. Roa and various horizontal times.
Personal and social items from Ames describe visits, illness, travel, and events. Susie Raynor spent Sunday in Ames while Dr Niles hosts his sister. many townsfolk attend weddings, teach, study, or travel to Des Moines Clinton and Chicago. A hotel fire report and local charity talk round out the community roundup.
Schools close for two week holiday. Paxton advertises wholesale jewelry at cost. Water mains trenching underway. Rumor of a new dry goods store. Nevada Presbyterian church dedicated debt free. Street lamps and opera hall construction progress. History Club program announced. I S L Association agent visits Ames. Judge Stevens reviews Lown Savings plan. Iowa Poultry Association premium list published with secretary C M Soper.
The notice urges debt settlement before January first. National Building and Saving Association of Boone has formed a branch with officers Chas Hamilton President Henry Wilson Secretary Treasurer, J J Grove and H L Mann on the committee. Main branch organizers claim superior policies with 50 cent admission per share and 8 cents monthly expenses, redeemable upon withdrawal with earnings.
Notice to all interested parties that on December 1 1891 the District Court of Story County Iowa appointed Naoma McGuire executrix of the estate of E W McGuire deceased Ames December 16 1891. All debtors must pay and all creditors present claims to the court.
President J F Reed presided at 1 45 pm as Nevada chosen for next meeting site. Prof Weld praised Supt Sabin for the State Course of Study. Miss Ada Pope urged teacher parent cooperation to keep pupils in school until course completion. Supt Roe reviewed Story county school growth, noting population rise and changes in teacher ages and property investment.
Mrs Matilda H Turner aged 56 years eight months and seventeen days died at her residence in the city. She was the wife of Cyrus E Turner. An obituary notice will follow.
A brief classified notice urges shoppers to visit a store with new stock of handkerchiefs, men's neck scarves, glass and crockery. The headline highlights dolls prompting customers to stop and look.
The record lists ongoing carpentry work, Mrs. Henry Jacobs on the sick list, and a Christmas night tree at the Evangelical church. It notes Butler and Erickson improving their elevator, Vinton Moses clerking for D A Darrow, P Mathre from Webster City visiting Story City, and Anton Peterson returning home for the holidays.
Earnest Liddle tours the east visiting New York relatives and may winter in Louisiana before returning home. Rev. Henderson attends a missionary conference in St. Louis. Frank Gilbert came home from Chicago last Saturday. Mr. Swanson and family return from Irvington Iowa and resume local citizenship. James Dodds loses a finger in a fodder cutter mishap last Saturday. Chet Spurier suffers from a felon on his hand. W B Needham of Boone, a former local citizen, suffers severe facial erysipelas.
Sealed proposals will be received at the County Auditor's office in Nevada Iowa until noon January 5 1892 for building all pile bridges in Story County for one year starting April 1 1892. Bids to include hard wood and pine. By order of Board of Supervisors A P Krue.
S W Straub Co announces a Christmas Joy Exercise for Sunday Schools priced 5 cents. The publication features Scripture readings songs recitations and related content. Subscriptions offered for The Leader and The Intelligencer to support the Iowa Democratic press.
The M. E. church ladies announce a Feast of Days at the McDowell building east of Ben Read's meat market on Friday and Saturday December 18th and 19th with new attractions. Goods for Christmas gifts on sale, coffee lunch and meals offered, special noon accommodations for merchants, and a large assortment of dressed dolls. Oranges priced at 20 cents per dozen. Groves and BrineHam & Co. advertise holiday goods and lamps, while the W R C names officers for the year and announces porcelain toilet sets at Grove's. A lost set of four keys to the Stevens Block corner store room is requested to be returned.
Farmers and dairy enthusiasts meet in Greeley’s Hall to discuss from cow to butter tub. Program includes Prof Curtis on dairy history, Prof Kent on feeding, Prof Wilson on breeding, Prof Patrick on milk with discussions. Des Moines News urges subscription for coverage through the 1892 election period.
All accounts must be settled in cash or note before January 1 1992 per J J Grove. Readers are reminded that holiday ads appear on the paper’s outside pages.
At reasonable prices and on good terms a large number of farms to rent each year. I have for sale residences and about fifty town lots in Nevada Story County Iowa. Can loan money at low rates in real estate security. Any person desiring to buy or sell real estate will do well to call. Its T C McCall Nevada Story County. Married at the bride’s parents residence in Ames Iowa December 9 91 S E Eckard and Mattie L Alderman both of Ames Rev J Clark officiating.
Bree Low & Smith advertise saddles bridles halters and whips at H B Goble’s with low prices on tea and coffee fees not to be matched. The message promotes affordability and long-time sugar support.
An Iowa promotional notice touts The Iowa State Register as the premier paper for state and world news and horticultural coverage led by Budd. It advertises subscriptions with Intel ligencer options and offers holiday handkerchiefs, plus a free trial of the Homestead weekly agrarian paper through January 15, 1892, after which it ends unless renewed.
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