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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1887
Page
3
Story County residents are offered one year subscriptions for $2 cash in advance and $1.50 after. the State Register is included. Moving subscribers should pay the pro rata difference between $1 and $1.50 when changing addresses.
Jon Work of all kinds offered at this office with new stationery and low prices. Mrs. Ep Whalen died at 4 a m in her 45th year after long illness born in Springfield Illinois and married in Shullsburg Wisconsin in 1860. Funeral at 2 p m today.
An advertisement promotes Oscillating Sleds with a five year guarantee from LOUGHRAN MACHINE Co, inviting calls to view the products and pricing details.
Friday evening drew a smaller audience for Mn Parsons lecture on Michael Angelo though listeners praised the historic literary treat. The piece notes strong moral support for sustained public entertainments and urges local backing to sustain such ventures. A humorous aside explains an abbreviate word from a transfer report, while a new Woman's Relief Corps auxiliary to Ellsworth Post G A R forms with thirty five ladies meeting at G A R Hall. Officers are elected and to be installed Friday evening at 7 30 with an admission fee to defray expenses.
A town figure declares a twenty year chronic cough cured by Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure. He urges others to visit Westerman for a free trial bottle and notes larger sizes priced at We and $1. For sale by Hl Westerman.
The draymen face a hard life across all weather as they stay on duty to serve the public. Cold, heat and rain test their endurance and they receive little compensation for their faithful labor.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as palatable and effective after meals for gaining weight and aiding constipation and bronchitis. Dr. Thomas Prim of Alabama cites a child gaining four pounds in a month. A joke about unsettled weather follows a farmer’s query to a county editor.
Gertrude Dennis reports scalp disease and hair loss improved after using Papillon Clarke's flax extract skin cure. She states hair regrew in thin areas and praises the remedy sold by reliable druggists with prepaid bottles from DParnion Company Chicago Illinois.
Judge Stevens works the grand jury. Rev Laidley contemplates leaving ministry due to ill health. local illnesses and accidents are reported. Traders discuss early seed, weather, and farm vendue plans as towns share anecdotes, jokes, and community notices. Moons, thaw talk, and school events color the period.
Yesterday marked Candlemas or Ground Hog Day with Catholic rite of blessing candles for purification of Mary. Folklore links weather to winter duration and crops. German proverbs warn of sun or badger behavior signaling seasons. in the United States the groundhog foregoes shadow this year in Iowa.
A moral exhortation to boys about future character based on present behavior. It contrasts thieves and liars with truthful obedient youth and urges boys to follow good examples. The piece praises the "INTELLIGENCER" ideal of a clean, prompt spoken son who loves his mother and does his best.
A correspondent asks optimal feed for common milk cows. Answer: meal should be capped at one third. exercise can be extensive. running among stalks should be used with judgment to avoid accidents. Mrs. Emily P. Ewing to head Purdue University domestic economy department in Lafayette, Ind.
An exhortation warns against cosmetics containing white lead, arsenic, and other harmful substances that damage the skin. It urges stopping such products and endorses Dr Harter’s Iron Tonic for restoring vigor and youth. Nebraska druggist H A Walker attests Chamber’s Cough Remedy as best for throat and lung ailments, with H Westerman selling it.
The notice lists 1887 serials in the Wide Awake magazine and Chautauqua Young Folks Journal. It highlights Sarah K. Bolton articles Some Successful American Women and other serials by C. F. Holder and Selden R. Hopkins, plus practical works, needlework, writing, Greek history queries, and monthly book prizes. It notes price one dollar a year from D Lothrop & Co., Boston.
Weekly report lists transfers including Edward G. Richardson to Chas E Hayes in Zearing and to Chas E -.. Ikel Erickson to Thor L Thorson in Roland. Sheriff Story County to Henry Barnes in Ames. C B Giddings to John Nelson. John J re to Jarvis Harry. Sam Christian to C C Holter. R Miskimins to Lorenzo D Ozman. Amounts range from 50 to 8220 dollars.
Throat ailment described as worsening without cure. advertisement claims Dr Bigelow’s Cough Cure safely treats coughs colds throat and lung diseases. Sold by Pickett & Co at fifty cents and one dollar and by J H Pickett Co at 46.
A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Story county Agricultural Society will be held at the Court House Supervisors room on Monday February 14 1887 at 10 A M. Those with suggestions on the premium list or fair preparations may attend or communicate with the secretary or board members beforehand. County papers please copy. W P Payne Nevada Feb 2 87 Sec
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