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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1892
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists county offices and officials including auditor clerk district court sheriff superintendent of schools surveyor and coroner with partial names and township mentions such as Palestine and Sherman, indicating a mixed local government roster from Franklin area.
Religious reflection on Luke II 8–20 from a Christmas lesson. It discusses shepherds, angels, the birth of Jesus, and the call to faith, duties, and praise, with reminders to ponder God’s word and share the gospel. The commentary ties Bethlehem events to personal faith and daily life.
The nation awakens to bad roads causing mud blockades and economic losses. European and Roman road heritage inspire modern upgrades. A national highway commission may form as states pass laws and bicyclists, carriage makers, and the League push for better surfaces.
Weekly real estate transfers show multiple property expirations with sums ranging 100 to 13050 dollars across Ames Cambridge and Blairs additions. The December Romance issue features Christmas Stories of All Nations with authors Geo Ebers and Alphonse Daudet and a free 1898 Christmas number for subscribers.
Mrs. Matilda B. Carse announces a plan from the Columbian exposition board of lady managers for women travelers. A dormitory option offers residence near the expo at 1 50 per day with stock structure of 150 000 capital and ten dollar shares.
Luther James Babcock of Ann Arbor Michigan has married Ella Stanley Butler of Waukesha Wisconsin within five years to satisfy a family fortune condition. His eccentric uncle Luther James left him about 500000 dollars requiring a good woman marriage, prompting much local gossip as suitors wrote in.
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge born Baltimore August 28 1837. He graduated from Centre College Danville Kentucky in 1855 and since 1885 has represented the Seventh Kentucky district in Congress.
The United Confederate Veterans of Chicago, about 7000 members, will erect a 46 foot monument at Oakwoods Cemetery. A granite base supports a shaft with an eight foot bronze Confederate soldier figure. Bronze panels on the pedestal depict The Seal of the Confederacy The Call to Arms The Lost Cause and The Eternal Sleep.
A physician endorses Dullam's Greater-Female Uterine Tonic as the best remedy for monthly troubles. The piece also covers a University sponsored botanical expedition to Nicaragua, led by Prof. McBride, with Bohumi Shimek and Charles L. Smith, leaving Iowa City December 1892 and returning April 1898, aided by Illinois Central Railway.
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