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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1888
Page
3
Robbins and sleighing dominate Ames news as winter coaxes another season. Notes on subscribers, politicians, local visits, illness, and upcoming events fill letters from Henry Raynor to Major Beck amid weather chatter and leap year chatter. A Nebraska dispatch records the death of a Fitchpatrick infant.
A young man wandered the city cemetery at dusk and fled when approached. He sprinted away from pursuers, then sat on a tombstone and cried while mopping his brow. After capture and treatment the youth regained his senses and returned home by train. The toboggan slide lies north of the cemetery.
The Missouri River falls offers over 250000 available horsepower at Great Falls while Minneapolis houses 32000. With grain stock country timber coal quarries and mining nearby, Great Falls is set to grow as an industrial hub now linked by railroad. Free map and information available from C H Warren, General Officer Agent, St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry.
The Chip North Western Ry will offer round trip tickets to California points at a reduced rate. Three departures are scheduled from Omaha on Thursday February 16 and Kansas City on Friday February 17. This is the last chance for the discounted fare with regular excursions selling daily. Contact agent C. & X.
Mr and Mrs George A Armstrong of Grant Township celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on Saturday January 28. Guests enjoy mild weather, sleighing, and hearty hospitality with gifts listing a silver bowlTableware and jewelry pieces received by the couple from relatives and friends.
Announcement details the dedication of the new Methodist church in Ames with sermons by Dr. Ames of Des Moines, services led by Elder Cozier, and multiple pastors including Rev. Everly Horswell Webb and N Wilson. A revival week may continue beyond the twelfth if interest remains.
The article promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant effective method to dispel headaches colds and fevers and cleanse the system. It claims the remedy strengthens organs and supports forming regular habits and notes it is manufactured by the California Fig Net in Francisco California.
A nasal free product offered with each bottle of Shilohs Catarrh Remedy priced at 50 cents and sold by J. Mhl Picket & Co.
A January thaw has continued into February melting snow drifts and ending sleighing after a harsh spell of 30 below zero. Residents enjoy milder weather while the past blizzard recedes from daily life.
George Tilden offers a 25 percent discount on cloaks and overcoats for the next 30 days as a special inducement to buy now.
A new agreement reduces fares to Pacific coast points via the Manitoba Pacific route. Accommodations are first class. For rates maps and details apply to C. H. Warren, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul Minnesota.
The first regular meeting of the Story County Agricultural Society board is set for Monday February 13 at 1 pm in the court house Supervisors' room. The agenda includes preparing the 1858 fair premium list forming an executive committee and addressing other actionable matters. Members and the public may offer premium list ideas by letter or in person to the secretary or board members.
Weekly report lists multiple transfers in Nevada Iowa and surrounding townships. Names include J C Mitchell James E Bateman Delos Arnold T C McCall J G McCall Oliver Iverson James E Bateman Ida A Stultz Perley Stultz A M Jenks A Anderson Clara Cassell Michael Anderson George Kellen Anna C Wilcox John A Roland and A W Anderson. Property descriptions cover lots and halves in Slater Junction Sheldahl Crossing and surrounding sections with recorded payments ranging from 30 to 216 dollars.
It touts Nature's Own as a gentle and effective laxative to cleanse the system, relieve biliousness and constipation, dispel headaches and fevers, and ease indigestion and piles. It notes manufacture by the California Fig Syrup Company in San Francisco and sale through Westerman & Co.
Bucklien's Arnica Salve claims to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box by Pickett & Co. Palace Drug Store.
An old advertisement fragment mentions Hib bard's Throat and Lung Balsam offered by L. H ighes or cre ek cot J. H. Pickett &. The text is incomplete but signals a medical remedy listing.
James Bartlett speaks at the Michigan semi centennial recounting forty five years in workrooms from Lowell to Detroit. He notes wages, hours, and progress from fourteen to eight hours daily, better pay and living conditions, and the spread of education and railroads. He laments no more of the old times but praises improvements in wages, housing, schooling, and public aid.
Rev. S. A. Long of the M. E. Church in Franklin, Michigan praises Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup as wonderful for rheumatism. Sold by L. M. Bosworth and J. H. Pickett & Co.
Dense sermon notes discuss the Transfiguration narrative focusing on Jesus’s shining glory, the two visitor figures Moses and Elijah, and the talk about Jesus’s departure in Jerusalem. It explores the divinity within the man Jesus, the heavenly testimony from God, and the disciples’ awakening and Peter’s reaction. The piece links Elijah’s coming, John the Baptist’s role, and the future church in glory.
A mixed column notes corn price confusion with buyers and home shoppers. It lists illnesses, visits, school events, birthdays, and social gatherings in Kelley and Shel dahs, including a spelling contest, photography, and a flag themed school program.
Clara asks about the baby and learns three doses of Hibbard's Throat and Lung Balsam relieved his suffering. The remedy is advertised for sale by L. M. Bosworth and J. H. Pickett & Co.
D A Bradford of Chattanooga writes he was badly ill with a lung cold and cured by Dr King's New Discovery after a few bottles. He recommends it for coughs and colds and notes many others have been saved by the remedy. Trial bottles free at L M Bosworth's Drug Store. Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy sold by Vickett & Co.
Acute rheumatism can be effectively and permanently cured with Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Pla ters. Sold by L. M. Bosworth and J. H. Pickett & Co.
Ontario report of J W Zenor concluding gatherings at the World’s Grove school house with good sleighing and moonlit crowds. Local visitors include Laura Stevenson of Boone with friends, and Frank Ross and wife with Mrs Will Zenor returning to Odebolt.
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