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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1883
Page
3
Local items describe new Story City paper formation, Christmas celebrations in Ames and Nevada, pension roll discussion, business praise for S A Nourse Ames, obituaries, dances, skating events, and public notices. Describes community life, church events, and regional reflections with multiple named people and places.
All over the land people celebrate Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. The remedy is claimed to cure severe coughs colds asthma bronchitis hoarseness loss of voice and throat and lung affections. Trial bottles are free at Ames Drug Store and large bottles cost $1.00. Bosworth & Co. also offer it.
The Cambridge Reporter is said to be defunct, marking the second Story County paper to discontinue within a year. The note cites money as the key issue, hindering printer payments and suggesting financial struggles led to its closure. A readers letter mentions Dr Woods medicine and a farmer ordering six bottles, as local commentary and ads mingle in the page.
Ye Santa Claus on Deck we see grapes a profusion of can adies nuts figs florI We had a large stack of slippers of every descript come in late and are bound to close them out during holidays if it need be at a loss Lamps are so cheap and such a large variety We are selling so cheap that everybody is astonished at the low prices These are useful Holiday Goods Our Boot and Shoe Stock is going rapidly Trade received from twenty miles around by our low prices One pair of our whole stock at cost Will pay to lay in a large stock at a saving of 20 per cent Your friends to close out Ames Dec 20th 1883 H B H Co
County abstracts available from Shellds and CooxK. Low rate loans secured by real estate. Several houses for sale or rent and multiple farms offered at low prices. Contact Shellds and CooxK for details.
An advertisement from The Intelligencer Office promises reliable stock and quality labor. It urges readers to engage with their services for dependable results and satisfaction.
Mortgage offer from J A Fitchpatrick inviting farmers to borrow on farm mortgages at six percent annual interest. Principal paid in installments at borrower option.
An advertisement promises quick relief from head colds and drafts with Papillon Catarrh Cure. The product is sold by Bosworth and Co. and Ed. Barstow.
Worth & Co. druggists advertise a free trial bottle of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Bane for every person affected by coughs colds asthma consumption or any lung ailment with opportunity to test the product direct.
Dr Deming introduces Papillon Skin Cure as a universal remedy with a free sample from Barstow Druggist. The ad claims it removes dandruff and cures barber’s itch and various skin ailments including boils and carbuncles, sold by Bosworth Co. and Ed Barstow.
The Iowa State Horticultural Society schedules its seventeenth annual meeting in Des Moines starting Tuesday January 15 1884 for four days. Leading horticulturists will present essays on prairie horticulture and forestry followed by discussions. Premiums for fruit and flower exhibits are offered and railroad hotel discounts are expected.
The article notes a correction: friends in Des Moines rather than relatives stood as security for Frank Liddle at the May term of the U S Court. The update aligns the record with the source’s intended wording and locations.
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