Ames Business Listings and Medical Advertisements
A faded Ames page lists WEBB BROTHERS At Law and Anas At Law offices, five doors south of the New York House. It markets medicines including "King Pain" and others, with warnings that "King of Pain" is not genuine unless labeled and stamped. Also notes CHAS. E. HUNT as a dentist with rooms at residence near the An’eat House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eterinary
Urgeon
Ames
New York House
Chas. E. Hunt
Ene
Ames, Lows
Mevalt Real Estate and Loan Agent Nevada
Farms for sale and money to loan on farms at 6 percent per year with 3 percent commission when the loan is made. Established agent in Nevada offering farm loans and property listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate and Loan Agent
Nevada
Christmas Eve reflections on charity and joy across the nation
An editorial extols Christmas as a season of gratitude and mercy. It links the nativity to fraternal love, urging aid to the poor and needy, and celebrates national prosperity while noting local harvests. It references the December holiday mood and calls for universal happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Bethlehem
The Liddle Post Office Theft and Arrest
Frank Liddle, Ames deputy postmaster, admitted to stealing four registered letters in August and September 1883 totaling 374.62. He was arrested in Lincoln, Nebraska, confessed in Des Moines, and posted $1000 bail while his relatives regain the funds. The scandal drew community shame and prompted officials to exonerate Mrs. Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Lucas
Ieiehanie
Nothmore
Ieeer
Frank Liddle
Story County
Frank
Wetmore
Kansas
Ontario
Randall
Boston
Marshalltown
Jewell
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Nebraska
Post Office Department
B. D. Adsit
Chicago
Liddle
Des Moines
United States District Court
Southern District of Iowa
United States
Iowa
Prison Life Lecture by A O Abbott At Ames
A O Abbott former Lieu of the 1st New York Dragoons lectured at the Ames Baptist Church on December 27 1883 for Ellsworth Post G A B relief fund. Reports praise his vivid renditions of prison life in the South and the sufferings of captured soldiers, with strong audience reaction and positive press notes. Also mentions shopping note for Scorty Co Chicago watches and silverware with favorable endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur North American Review
Utah
John Taylor
Eli H. Murray
Territory
I. Mitchell
United States
J. H. Rylance
Henry W. Blair
Gail Hamilton
Thomas Carlyle
Edward Self
Europe
Charles Aldrich
N. M. Hubbard
Lafayette Place
New York
Libby
Macon
Savannah
Charleston
Columbia
Confederacy
A. O. Abbott
1St. N. Y. Dragoons
South
the Baptist Church
Ames
Relief Fund of
Ellsworth
Iowa
Eberhart
M. E. Church
Nashua
Lieut. Abbott
Palo Alto
Presbyterian Church
Crawford Co. Observer
Messrs. Scorty & Co
Chicago
Shurty & Co
United States Express Co
Ame Express Co
Southern — Co
Des Moines Register ad promotes Iowa State Register deal
An Iowa ad urges readers to choose the Iowa State Register for the year, touting its wide coverage, practical farm department, state news from the capital, and markets, with a proposed subscription offer of $2.65 a year cash in advance including The Intelligence and weekly Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
de Des Moines
Minneapolite
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Iowa State Register
Weekly Register
Intelligencer
Free trial of Marsh's Golden Blood & Liver Tonic offered in Ames
An ad invites residents of Ames and Story County to obtain a free trial bottle of Marsh's Golden Blood & Liver Tonic at Bradley & Templeton's Drug Store. It promises to purify blood and invigorate organs, with large bottles available at 5 cents and $1. Also promotes Marsh's Golden Balaam for throat and lung issues with a sample bottle. A testimonial from John McKinley of Clearmont mentions Worm Destroyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh
Ames
Story Co
Bradley & Templeton
Mrs Winston's Sooraine Teethnine for Children
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winston's Sooraine Teethnine relieves teething pain and cures dysentery diarrhea wind colic and softens gums. It markets as pleasant tasting syrup from a famed physician and nurses, sold by all druggists worldwide at a low price.
Shi loh’s Porous Plaster and Coven Cure Ad
An advertisement touts Shi loh’s Porous Plaster for lame back side or chest at 25 cents and Suarion’s Coven and Consumption Cure sold with a guarantee claimed to cure consumption.
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Suarion
Sutions Vitalizer Promoted for Digestive Ailments
An ad touts Sutions VITALIZER as a remedy for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and dyspepsia symptoms priced at 50 and 75 cents per bottle.
Shilohs Cure Offered by Bradley and Templeton
Crow r is praised for relief of whooping cough and bronchitis appears in an advertisement stating Shilohs Cure relieves symptoms. Bradley and Templeton promote the medicine for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowr
Shiloh
Bradley & Templeton
Roscoe Conkling Finds Wealth For First Time
Roscoe Conkling amasses wealth for the first time in his life, signaling a turning point in his financial fortunes.
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Roscoe Conkling
Barstow Drug Store Offers Brown's Expectorant Sample
Free sample bottle of Brown's Expectorant offered by Barstow Drug Store. Advertises cure claims for coughs hoarseness whooping cough and consumption in early past with scientific preparation. Pleasant to take deals and memory books offered. Small and large bottle sizes priced.
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Barstow
The World Needs More Smiles Say The Golden Rule
A 1900s Sun column extols smiles as universal medicine for social ills. It argues smiling improves trading, voting, and friendships, boosts personal growth, calms crowds, and can even deter trouble more effectively than weapons. It lauds natural, unforced smiles from women, mothers, teachers, and youths as transformative and healing.
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Peck
Sun
Yellowstone controversy and park access debated this summer
Murat Halstead notes public sentiment toward Yellowstone National Park as visitors flock and rail service expands. He discusses Uncle Rufus Hatch leaseholds for traveler hotels, a potential Northern Pacific branch line, and the need to protect park wonders from vandalism while urging responsible journalism and guest accommodations.
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Murat Halstead
Yellowstone Park
Rufus Hatch
Rufus
General Brisben
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone
National Park
Northern Pacific Railroad
Park
Northern Pacific
Western Associated Press
Family prank with hot syrup at supper leads to comic chaos
A narrator recalls a playful prank on their father by tipping hot maple syrup onto his lap causing a chaotic spill. The scene shifts to the father’s preoccupation with mining stock and a self-deprecating remark about his mind, ending with a grocery sign reading Cash can for fat Dogs.
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Weil
Joanna
Sarah Bernhardt Faces Creditors Over Jewelry Proceeds
Creditors dispute the 37,000 plus dollars from Mme. Sarah Bernhardt’s jewelry sale. Bloch the dia expert claims prior rights, having advanced more than the realized total. Worth and the dressmaker seek over 5,000 for costumes used at the Vaudeville theatre, with many others demanding value received. The case is in court and a decision is expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme
M_ Bloch
Jonal Mr. Worth
Mme. Bernhardt
Vaudeville Theatre
Experience guides marriage picks in patient waiting
A reflective reader notes that a man’s patience while waiting for dinner reveals his suitability as a husband, contrasting calm restraint with potential irritability when meals run late.
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le Duncan
Sungmi
Official Directory
C.G. McCanTuy
L. Surra
H. H. Bores
A. EB
O. Bor
W. HE. Mypowrias
Joun
Howrmrren
Board OF Supervisors
BR. W. BaLtagp Arsony
Chicago & Northwestern
G West
Ito
Atantic Reeves
A. M. Sereengeen
WG Brett
Routh
He. H. Breies- Cristigersscecsess
A.M
St. Paul
M. C. Jonns
Methodist Episcopal
Ervices
B. Kendall
Baptist
B.D. Wraven
Vastor
Eocties
Wostene
W. BP. Benner
Episcopal
The
Baptist Church
Mn. Wright
Masonic
Ee Lodge
A. F
A. Masons
A. BH. Duckworth
W.M. C. BE. Taylon
United Workmen
Axe Lodge
Masonic Hall
Raycar
Rec
M. Soper
M. Ww
Bosworth Post
Henry Wilson, Jr
Bosworth
C. BE. Maverly
Soldiers and Sailors
M. Rees
Ar Ceney
Stevens & Hays
Attorneys AT Law, Ames
Barstow’s Drug
D. McCarthy
Stevens
Geo. A. Underwood
U.S
Districtes
Union Bank
Tadrid
M. P. Webb
Sheldah, Iowa
Webb Brothers
Anas
AT Law
REAL
Cc. W. Allen
Gilbert
H. M. Templeton
City Drug Store
G. A. Meredith
Phisclay Aand
Schooler & Scott, Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Beverly
Sunenos
M. EF. Church
Stor) County
T. €. Mevalt
A. F. Grove
Pias
Chris
Wen
Harris Remety Co
Abe
St. Louis
Rae
Dix
Jean
ST. Lous
Bosworth & CO
Bradley & Paxton
OGBE
Bingham & CO
H. A. Arneria
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Centaur
Decker Bros
Haines Bros
Mathushek, Simpson & Co
Story & Camp
Estey, Story & Camp
State Street
Fifth Street
Yelp
DES Moines Register
Beat
John McKinley
Clearmont
Dr. Wood
Justin D. Fulton
D.D
Brooklyn
N. Y
P. A. Yest
M. D
Nashville
Tenn
P. O
Pond’s Extract CO
W. 14Th At
Ed. Barstow
Magneton Appliance CO
Garey
Eley
Ourey
Pereplos
Ryeu
Apoyy
Pan Po
Armers
Great National Park
Dutton’s
Demme Ueeel
Marwell & Son
A. KE
Thayer
Prin. &O
Ames Business Directory
Tts
Attorneys At Law
Chas. Hunt
G. Cook
Geneva Merchandise
Fas
Spstank of
Tsaue
Deposit
Ti Bank of
Union National Nema
Misa D. B. Dix. M
A. J. Sweeny
Boota
T. K. Baper
Ames “Louring Mills
Henry McCarthy
Bunyon
Mgut & Ives
Quick
H. Lightner
K. B. Wilcox
Thomas & Loud
J .B. Queal &Co
D. Norman
Henry Wilson, Jr. & Co
Cook & Shields
Paul Malenke
Carpenters
Stucksinger
L. Nellis
T. C. Holland
Cramies Kilmer
Billierds
McDowell
Borge
Paxton
A. Jd. Graves
Ts. Giddings
G. W. Quarech
Sans Agee
Bend
Berars
Eevesel
Contre
Gape Centours
Mario
Ouression
Castor
Casteria
H. A. Ancum
Bréekiya
H. Y
Hemeaes
Serofala
Ayer
W. M. PaiLiirs
Glover, Vt
Hrmax
Dr. J.C. Ayer &Co
Lowell
Mass
Boyington
Dolding
Cores Oy
Tait
Beet
Benn Ute
Sor
Munn & CO
Scientific American
Aidvens i Inn & CO Scientipm American
Broadway, New Yor
Ward & CO
Louisiana
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