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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1891
Page
3
Train notices show routes for Atlantic Express Derver Limited and Pacific Snape Way Freight with locomotion and passenger service details. Times listed include 4:13 a.m and 9:00 a.m, with passenger trains and agent W. Rogasa noted.
Briley and Bower announce they will pay the highest market price for poultry offerings. The buyers invite farmers and poultry sellers to contact them for negotiations and instant quotes.
A farmers meeting is set at the Union school house on Saturday February 4 to discuss care and remedy of the low price of pork. The session starts at 9 o clock with discussion at 10 o clock A M. All are invited by the committee.
President Beardshear along with Trustees Dunba and Boardman and Prof. Wilson of the Agricultural College departed on the Diagonal for a tour of several states. They will visit Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan and Ontario to gather knowledge for Iowa. The Christian Endeavor Union meeting at the Baptist church featured Mrs. Scotts reminiscences of Mission work in India.
The Annual 8S. 8. Convention for Story County will meet in Ames around February 19 and 20. Mrs. Mattie M. Bailey of Shenandoah Iowa State Secretary for the S. S. Association and Mrs. Maltbie of Des Moines, with delegates from Boone County, are expected to attend for what promises to be the best convention Story County has ever had.
Sid G. Hamilton Esq. tours duty as Assessor and expresses surprise at few residents owning up to worth $100 000. He aims to partner with the County Auditor to straighten Ames property descriptions and identify owners of lots in proper names.
A record lists January 1891 marriage licenses issued by Clerk C. M. Morse for Chas H Bryant to Fannie E Tienan and others. It also covers Marie Chambers named director of music at Iowa State Agricultural College and a Boone marriage of Charles T T Mason to Alice M Coleman with a Boston trip planned. plus a humorous quip from Tom Burke in Review about British uniforms.
Dr. Plumb’s health fluctuates as he treats patients. the Bigelow Smith telephone office moves to Hamilton Co. Dr Beverlyni visited Odeboit for days. A south-sider criticizes sidewalks. A 15 month old boy of John Nemes near Kelly died suddenly last Sunday. funeral Monday. C. G. Lincoln, ex-manager of the Ames elevator, died in New Orleans January 17 1891. City water works and fire protection committees meet for information. Ames Street Railway committees report progress. support right of way. A H Thayer Iowa Land Co agent reports sales near the schoolhouse to T J Miller H S Hoot Mrs Orilla Shearer J W Adams James Brooks and Mrs Thomas Gossard.
A letter notes the death of the Robb couple’s youngest son from diphtheria and asks for community support amid their sorrow. It also asks Ames Republicans to express whether a caucus for City Officers nominations will be held, warning without broad interest no caucus will occur ahead of the March 2 city election.
Prof G W Oles presented a grand concert last Thursday evening to an appreciative audience. His execution was magnificent and the program the finest heard here in a long time. He has proven himself a master of his profession and would be greeted by a large audience if he returns. We commend him to music lovers everywhere.
The Grand Jury for 1891 includes G. Person Palestine township Smith Nevada township James Thompson Indian Creek E W Shearer Collins J B Shaw Sherman H F Woodruff Washington James Danskin New Albany W H Stevens Grant J M Bales Warren A N Torp Lafayette A G Glen Richland John Jory Union Called to meet Monday February 23 1891 at 1 o clock p m
Names of residents from multiple townships are called to meet on Tuesday February 24 at 1 o clock p m. The list includes Cook Bryant Chitty and others across Richland Washington Indian Creek Grant Palestine LaFayette Collins Union Franklin townships.
Water strikes at Tom Jones at 244 feet and widow Ross at 280 feet. A five week Christian church meeting ended last Tuesday with eighteen new members. A free Feb 6 lecture at the Christian Church by Ben Mitchell on Religions of India. E W Jones and Leland Zenor visited. W J Freed improving after illness.
Mrs Martha W Ladner Allen wife of Robt C Allen died unexpectedly at her Ames home Monday evening after weeks of poor health from heart disease. Born May 7 1828 in Crawford County Penna she married Feb 6 1840 and lived 51 years of marriage before moving to Ames. She leaves four sons and one daughter with one son lost in a railroad accident last year. She joined Congregational church in Crawfordsville and remained faithful Christan. Funeral was from the Congregational church Wednesday with Rev F J Douglass officiating on 1 Cor 15:26 The last enemy death is destroyed.
W. W. Spring of Grant township visits town to prepare for his 77th year as assessor. Cen. Iowa Sporting Co. held its annual meeting on February 3 1391 to elect Directors and name officers. Directors elected W M Greeley president E R Chamberlain secretary treasurer. Readers urged to contact officers for pure bred Percherons Shires or French Coach stock.
Mrs. T L Sellers returned to Des Moines after visiting the Sellers family. Mr M J Hopkins and Miss Ella McCoy married Thursday morning with a large wedding crowd. A son was born to Mr and Mrs W H Dayton on Thursday. Grandma Smith broke her wrist in a fall. Rev Vanderwalker gave several hall addresses this week. Sam Barten is ill with measles. Robt Corran and daughter Katie visited relatives in Illinois last week.
Mr. 8 Flack, gen agent, and C. M. Soper paid widow Eunice C Kingsbury 2000 as beneficiary. The visit praised the company’s reliability. Officers listed include A B Cook president and C J Burkart vice president with S Flack as general agent.
The February Cosmopolitan highlights Tolstoi's first American article with photos, Brande Matthews on humorists, a colored frontispiece from Mrs Van Renssalaer Crager, James on Welsh Americans, and pieces by De Wolfe, Talleyrand, Lan za, Elsie De Wolfe, and Pole. Price 25 cents.
A store places remnants of every description on a table in the Center for a one time closeout. Shoppers are urged to come early to make selections.
A terse notice from J H Queal and Co demands immediate settlement by cash or note. The firm presses for prompt payment to close accounts, indicating urgency and obligation.
The District Court of Story county Iowa appoints Addison Kingsbury administrator of the estate of Leland Kingsbury deceased dated January 12 1891 with orders that creditors must present claims to the court for allowance and all debts be paid to the administrator in Ames Iowa
Grove sells Kenney's crackers and Monarch Jams with no glasses. Oranges and dried fruit are promoted as cheap. Visit Grove's for olives and a wide assortment before purchasing canned goods.
Albert County residents indebted to the estate must pay promptly and claimants should present authenticated claims to the court for allowance. Dated December. Executor W. M. Greeley signs as executor.
An office seeks an intelligent girl with basic schooling to learn typesetting. The ad claims Woolford's Sanitary Lotion cures itch on humans and animals in 30 minutes, attributed to L. M. Bosworth, Drug.
Excerpt promotes The Cosmopolitan magazine edition for December and claims it offers 1536 pages annually with over 13000 illustrations. The blurb touts wide accessibility, liberal household education, and entertaining content. It highlights journalistic merit and artistic quality praised by The New York Times.
Canned goods are advertised as inexpensive at Grove's, with specimen copies of the weekly Register available at the office for readers to review.
The Illinois Central Railroad offers a 25 day special trip to Mexico City with stops at New Orleans San Antonio Monterey Zacatecas Guadalupe Aguas Calientes Orizaba and more. Depart Chicago January 19 and return February 14 for 25000 including rail and sleeping car fares meals and guide services. Address inquiries to J F Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent Manchester Iowa.
The article touts Dr. Miles and his New Heart Cure as a major breakthrough in heart disease treatment. It claims rapid relief from breathlessness and related symptoms and promotes Dr. Miles' book and related remedies. It also notes rumors about Justice Lamar’s health and retirement plans with caps on his pay and service.
Advertisement promotes weekly subscription to the American Economist and The Intelligencer, offering bulk deals via the American Protective Tariff League. It urges readers in Ames to subscribe to learn tariff effects and defend Protection against Free-Traders, with sample copy offered. Also a separate note touts Spavin Liniment for horses sold by local Ames druggists.
An old man claims a vegetable tonic cures Fass and offers to mail a formula with full directions upon request. He states he is prompted by duty to ease suffering and asks readers to send ten cents and the paper name to receive it. Address is a New York city block reference for response.
An athletic club for vegetarians has been established in London. A wag proposes naming it the Onion Athletic Club noting that in onion there is strength. The notice asks supporters to send three dollars to the Office to secure both The Intelligencer and The Cosmopolitan.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters cure dyspepsia and digestive issues, promising improved digestion and liver kidney health. Priced 50 cents to 1 dollar, it cites L. M. Bosworth Druggist as seller and markets the tonic as a daily life enhancer amid other varied notes on public figures and trivia.
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