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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1896
Page
5
Local notes report a Schubert Quartet performance planned for Friday night at Nevada. The item lists residents visiting, travels, society meetings, church events and ongoing city happenings in Ames and surrounding areas.
J B Elliotts moves into a new, well lighted Ames building with rear freight access and a basement elevator boosting efficiency. The Opera House space will host Davis hardware by March. Miller and Kooser take Maxwell & Son grocery, aiming for a strong south Ames entrance. Obituary notes the death of Thomas Porch with a detailed English emigrant background and religious conversion.
Mr and Mrs W J Freed visited over Sunday with a daughter at West Side. Rev Porch has gone to Arkansas to investigate the country. He thinks of locating in that county and will do so if it suits him. He will engage in the fruit farming. When in need of any binding bring your work to the INTELLIGENCER office. Books rebound Magazine work done and all kinds of binding done on short notice and at cheapest prices.
The Rebecca Lodge of Ames hosted a banquet last Friday honoring visiting Rebeccas from Slater. About sixteen Slater members attended, with a public installation in the first hour and speeches after dinner by Wil son Rich as toastmaster, R. H. McCarthy on Fraternity, Gertrude Morris for the ladies, Geo. O Brien on Prophecy, Mrs. Owens of Slater, and Jas. Adams with a humorous after dinner remark. The event drew roughly eighty places and left a strong memory for participants.
Qualified electors of Ames will meet in caucus at Y M C L rooms over Binghams hardware on Thursday February 20 1896 at 3 p m to nominate mayor treasurer assessor city solicitor and aldermen for each of four wards. Com of wards 1 through 4 named. An error appeared in date. the corrected notice stands.
A fragment indicates Chamberlain’s remedy for illness or injury improves using liniments and other medicines, with claims of reduced pain and better health after stopping the liniment and seeking treatment. For sale.
The Boone case Royster was acquitted late Thursday after a rapid jury verdict of not guilty. Judge Stevens delivered a passionate plea for the home and its sanctity. The Boone News reports wild celebration as the jury was congratulated and Royster walked free amid hugs and cheers.
The ad-copy touts One Minute Cough Cure as hitting the right spot and time to stop coughing when a cold strikes. It emphasizes immediate relief by taking the remedy at the onset of a cough or cold.
Miller and Kooser advertise coal prices with nut coal at $2.25 and soft lump coal at $2.00. They seek one dwelling delivered at $2.75 and offer eggs at cash store exchange.
Pleasant Grove notes include Bert Sowers driving to Sheffield and visits by Homer Boyce and families. Epworth League attendance grows. Rev Holmés delivers sermon at the M E church. Farewell party for Clark Peacock and wife to Pond Creek Oklahoma. many local residents attend. Notices cover sales, trades, social gatherings, church activity, school society, and neighborhood travel.
Local columns report social gatherings at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred White and a surprise at Uncle C R Beckwith s, with neighbors sharing wood and a meal. Various visits occur as far as Boone and Valparaiso with church events, funerals, and a Royster murder trial attendance noted. A product endorsement for Chamberlain s Cough Remedy is cited by a West Brimfield merchant.
Story City residents and guests are listed with visits from Walter and Jimmie Hughes, Nettie Sheffield from Ames, F A Fuller and family with George, and Willard Grove from Ames for a Reishear Larson wedding. Carrie and Christena Peterson hosted friends, while Assessor Dale notes a high number of ownerless dogs in town.
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