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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1881
Page
6
Nasby lectures in Ames and Edward Barstow Co hosts new music and fashion items as Mrs Livermore lectures in Boone. Local merchants report strong trade, street cleared after blizzard, and plans for upcoming elections and public events.
After two months of face and head ailments Col L Q Hoggatt contracted erysipelas this week and was prostrated. Friends hope for his early recovery. The piece also notes a Boone county farmer query and Iowa buyers’ stance on corn pricing to Ames.
T P Eppert born September 18 1848 died of consumption February 4 1881 at his Ontario residence. He married September 25 1873 and leaves a wife and four children. Also notes Ontario charge quarterly meeting February 18 to 20 at Hills appointment Mackeys Grove with services led by Rev C W Paxton. Boone Standard reports coal mine sale in Union township for 45000 prior sale and later sale to Climax Coal Co of St Paul.
The Northwestern railway company plans a bold move in spring with a projected line from Boone northward to Dayton already contracted to date. If the Minneapolis and St Louis line is secured, Boone would become a key junction, linking a short line to the new route, per Republican sources.
A brief ad notes a large new line of books at Edward Barstow & Co. The weather section lists cloudy to clear conditions, two temperatures at 7 AM and noon, and precipitation of seventy three hundredths of an inch attributed to C. E. Bessey.
The Sisson & Gheen firm plans moved dry goods stock to Ames Iowa after nearly a year in town. The community protests the departure but commends Mr. Sisson as a capable, quiet businessman who seeks better prospects in Ames.
Union Bank of Ames announces it will begin operations Monday. The old banks W. D. Lucas and Greeley & Rainbolt will be absorbed. The Union will be a stock concern with W. M. Greeley as President and business manager. Incorporation papers filed and stockholders to elect directors.
Nevada Iowa February 7 1881 announces the second Story County Teachers Association meeting to be held in Ames on Saturday February 19 1881 starting 9 30 A M The programme includes Address of Welcome Advanced Reading Drawing and more Hattie Watts Arth How much and How Taught MC Stevens Formation of Correct Habits of Study and a Sniff All teachers employed in county public schools are urged to attend Secretary R Smrrn
A man injured in a boiler explosion says he thought of every mean deed while in the air. The anecdote leads to a joke about moral life and gravity seeming to suspend as he imagines returning with only the covers in his hands.
Weather delays temperance gatherings set for Franklin township with a sequence of meetings at Gilbert school house Franklin school house Union school house Bloomington Shearer school house Gibson school house Ray school house Cameron school house and Ontario. The report also notes a court verdict sending seven youths to the penitentiary amid concerns about fast living and bad company. A poultry fair at Boone drew strong attendance though a defaulter disrupted premiums. A mill accident at the City FlourIng Mills killed young William Wilkinson, father and relatives mourn his loss. Bids for running the college bus were invited with six itemized charges, while horse prices and a Boone county farm sale were advertised.
The winter of 80 and 81 will be long remembered in Iowa as a notably cold season with a single major blizzard up to February 12. The storm began Friday around noon and lasted over 72 hours with snow rain and sleet and strong winds. Roads and sidewalks were clogged with drifts, trains were delayed or canceled, and travel was severely disrupted.
Horace Hungerford died February 5 1880 after two weeks of erysipelas. Born December 28 1804 in Pompe New York he migrated to Michigan and later moved to Iowa settling in Ames March 19 1878. He lived with integrity and left a wife and children. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church February 6 conducted by Weaver with a Pisam address.
The passage urges town leaders and business people to push forward with energy. It calls for rebuilding commerce, inviting traders, unifying efforts, and using local media to showcase the city. Build homes, remove jealousy, and work together for mutual advantage.
The Boone Democrat reports renewed river land conflict in Boone and nearby counties after a late Congress bill reopened the dispute. Settlers deny river company ownership and threaten actions. In Union township, settlers forced Harlow to surrender land bought from the river company but challenged by I. Laraway under an adverse title. Rails were moved despite no desistance notices. No crimes yet, but tensions run high and may lead to further outrages this year.
To whom it concerns the Auditor of Story County Iowa. The commissioner examined a report on the width of a public highway on the west side and a northern line segment of the same area. A report favors changing the width. Objections or claims for damage must be filed in the Auditor's office by noon March 19, 1881, or the highway will be changed without reference. Witness my hand and official seal February 8 1881. Joan R. Hays County Auditor.
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