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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1881
Page
3
John Dillon's troupe plays Opera Hall on Tuesday February 8. Will and Harry Welch plan a Corning creamery venture in Adams county. Prof. Macomber heads to Des Moines soon with an illustrated electric light lecture and Edison carbon lamps for exhibit.
Agricultural College debt sale offers a nine column Washington Land press and an eighth medium Gorion ink plow paper cutter, plus 250 pounds of No. 4 Brewer type and 4 pounds of No. 4 nonpareil. All items are nearly new, offered at secondhand cash rates, whole or partial. Eggs not for sale in Ames. Local businesses advertise music, apparel, and seasonal goods. District Court in session. Nasby to lecture soon. Milo McCartney sold colts for $315. Ames Alliance set for Saturday. M E church festival netted $75. light thaw last day of January on south buildings. Episcopal Society to meet Feb 11 at Mrs. John Queal’s.
The annual meeting of the Northern Iowa Butter and Cheese Association is set for Monticello starting February 23 for three days. Gen Geddes has returned home and resumes duties at the College office. John E. Davis of Milford plans brick home construction next season on his farm. Frank Adams of Milford Township is taking lumber for a barn estimated at $1,200. William Clark advertises high cash prices for quality horses. Groundhog day observations note no real shadow in local lamp-light.
Subscriptions to this paper are requested in wood as payment now. Mrs. Chas. West a county resident living south of town died suddenly last week funeral was large and attended by neighbors and acquaintances. Representative.
Property description lists land in Boone County with sections townships and lots. Contact P Spence at Ames Town city mills for terms. Webster County coal miners threaten upheaval prompting a telegraph to Gov Gear and deployment of soldiers who were recalled before battle.
Uncalled for letters at the office include Louisa Thompson Mary Thompson Palmer Smith A M Root Frank Rummins C May A C Mount W A McGrath Rev B Hall James Giffin Mary Eagiebarger Mary Jane Edwards D O Dawson The weather report covers the week ending February 2 noting temperatures at 7 am and noon and snow melt. January 29 was the warmest day since December 12. A legal case in Franklin township involved McDowell and Ballard over liquor sales to a minor tried in Ames with a verdict for the defendants.
The Boone Democrat reports the Iowa Central Poultry Association fair in progress in the city as a success with a car load of coops arriving Monday and many more added Tuesday. The hall is full with a vast variety of poultry on display including chickens from small to large, plus ducks geese and pigeons.
Wednesday Shockley served a subpoena on injun John to appear before the grand jury in session at Nevada and to reveal where he obtained whiskey on a specific day. Though reluctant, he complied. Shockley notes John may be the first Indian summoned by a Story county grand jury and laments the disgrace of native people.
Miss Lottie Gilbert visited Ames with Miss Mary Barnes. F B Gilbert’s family suffer from catarrhal fever while Frank Palmer of Ohio plans to stay and settle here. Gilbert Bros. & Co. will enlarge their elevator and storehouses due to high business. Late mail trains slow daily service due to heavy eastern snow. Local updates.
Our telephone company is formed with stock subscribed and officers elected. John L. Stevens named President J A Fitchpatrick Vice President D A Bigelow Treasurer and Ed Barstow Secretary. An assessment of twenty percent funds the Bell line rights in Story county and Ne va da line polls will be planted as ground allows. River land conflict in Boone County. settlers threaten agent Thomas Paxton over timber cutting near Hook's Point. possible arrests expected.
The Farmers National Alliance seeks a West Liberty Iowa convention February 16 17 to discuss agriculture relations to capital and organize state and national alliances. Delegates from local Alliances Clubs Granges and Societies urged. over fifty local Alliances chartering weekly with reforms expected in state legislatures and Congress.
A stock company with capital of 10000 dollars is to be formed by local business men to expand the manufacture of the Story City wagon. Amund Bros current owners have struggled to meet demand, and the new institution is seen as pivotal to the town’s prosperity and growth.
Three men who stayed in Kel ley Cushman’s barn stole a team two cushions and a halter strap. Eastman and Holverson traced the goods to suspects who admitted the theft and paid restitution, later released with a warning to avoid future crimes. Names withheld by local editors.
A retrospective on the new year notes renewed aims to serve God, cites Uncle Tom and Nearer My God to Thee, praises the week of prayer and church unity, observes rising membership, and critiques local lectures while urging higher intellectual and moral effort amid temperance interest.
William Abraham reflects on civic and religious unity in Ames in a January 31 1881 note. He praises charitable gatherings that advance Bible religion, foster goodwill, and unite citizens across ages while expressing gratitude for the town’s social and moral progress.
The issue of barbed wire licensing is settled with Washburn & Moon issuing licenses to Lyman Mfg. Co Chicago Chicago Galvanized Wire Fence Co Iowa Steel Barb Wire Co Marshalltown Baker Mfg. Co Des Moines Iowa Barb Wire Co Johnstown Pa Licenses require monthly production reports and labeling. noncompliance may revoke license after 30 days. Some firms exempt from licensing due to patent conflicts.
An Ames advertisement from Edward Barstow & Co promotes Green Mountain Cough Syrup. It offers a $1 bottle, two thirds use required for relief, then return the balance for a refund. The notice directs readers to see the paper for details.
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