Ames Gntelligencer Business Locals Notice
Ames Gntelligencer lists business locals at ten cents a line with extra lines five cents. Local post office details note Ames Iowa at the railroad junction near Des Moines and Des Moines and Minneapolis Road with state college and schools nearby. A humorous cataphonic verse interrupts the notice.
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Ames
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Boots to Riches and a Godmother's Rescue
In grim London streets a young couple near poverty plan to sell their last belongings as Mrs Craven contemplates theft for 50 pounds reward. Miss Greybrook, Tom Craven's wealthy godmother, intervenes offering help after reading his letter, inviting them to live with her and providing funds and new boots for all. The family travels to her home and begins a new life in comfort.
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London
Tom Craven
Clara
Tom
Brown & Co
Westminster
Clara Craven
Mrs. Craven
Joe
Miss Greybrook
Robbie
Bertie
Thomas Greybrook Craven
The Ladies and the Mirthful Moneyed World
A collage of social vignettes features a prod of a mother in law versus a son in law, Tiffanys shopping madness for luxury, a New Zealand emigrant tale, a lottery marriage scheme, schoolroom mischief, and volcanic wonders with notes on Europe Americas and Asia.
County officers and board of supervisors listed
County officers enumerated include G McCartey as County Auditor J L Sim as Clerk of the Courts J A Mills as Treasurer H H Boyes as Recorder A K Banks as Sheriff Oleo Ror as Sup t of Schools R H Mitchell as Surveyor Joan I Hosterrer as Coroner The Board of Supervisors lists Anfenersland J Q Burgess Anthony Haxe and others Union Lincoln and Cellins Townships indicated.
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G. McCartey
J.l.sim
J. A. Mills
H. H. Boyes
A. KE. Banks
OLEO
R.H. Mitchell
Joan I. Hosterrer
Board OF Supervisors
Local church notices and professional listings in Ames
Methodist and Episcopal service times listed with pastors H J Everly and G H Starring. Masonic Arcadia Lodge 249 meets by full moon. United Workmen Ames Lodge 7604 meets second and Tuesday evenings. G.A.R. Post 306 meets first and third Saturdays at 7 30 in Masonic Hall. Attorneys Stevens Hays McCarthy Underwood. Physicians Templeton Meredith Beverly Cramblit. Veterinary surgeon E Cramb lit offers labeled medicines. King of Pain medicine caution.
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Ev Aegon
A.R
Masonic Hall
Id . Miller
J. K. Duncan
Henry Wilson, Jr
E. B. Cramblit
Ames
New York House
Woman Inventor Solves Elevated Rail Noise
Mary Walton of New York City spent three days riding the New York Elevated Railroad to find the source of its noise. Edison had tried two weeks without success. She discovered the cause, devised a remedy, patented it, and earned $10,000 plus ongoing royalties.
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Edison
New York
Mary Walton
New York City
Wilkesbarre Journal
Paper agent pitches a literary daily and Longfellow poems
A young man presents a newspaper offer to a skeptical woman, claiming rapid growth, famous authors, and weekly poetry by Alfred Tennyson and longfellow manuscripts. The tale shifts to a Sioux initiation describing a brutal endurance run with whips and naked entrants, ending with tribal acceptance.
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Alfred Tennyson
Henry W. Longfellow
The Widows Bills
A Maine doctor, Dr. Kimball of Saco, once sent a large bill to a widow after tending an old gentleman to death. He returned three times with no payment until the widow, broom in hand, refused and declared she would pay her honest debts before the doctor’s bill. The doctor then receipted the bill on the spot.
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North America
Pacific Coast
Mount Saint Elias
Alaska
British America
Popocatepetl
Mexico
Great Hole
Popocatepe'l
Orizaba
Sahama
Bolivia
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Sandwich Islands
Kilauea
Cosequina
Nicaragua
Jamaica
Europe
Mount Anna
Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Vesuvius
Bay of
Naples
Christ
Pompeii
Hyrculaneum
Atlantic
Pacific
Nippon
Japan
Harper’s
Kimball
Saco
Maine
York County
Boston Courier
Boston Firm Promises Shoes for Elopements That Don’t Squeak
A Boston company markets footwear described as ideal for elopements, promising quiet wear and no squeaks. The ad highlights discreet lines, comfortable soles, and reliable performance for intimate weddings.
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Boston
Baron Bodisco Entertainments End as Fund Exhausts
The Russian legation in Georgetown hosted weekly events after Baron Bodisco married Miss William. Notables like Webster Clay and Gen. Scott attended games, whist, and lavish suppers. One night Bodisco announced the fund for these entertainments was exhausted and must end.
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Georgetown
Ben
Perley Poore
Proverbs and adages from the Brooklyn Eagle selection
A compilation of traditional maxims and witty quips attributed to the Brooklyn Eagle. The collection tweaks common sayings on marriage, poverty, youth, time, and wisdom, noting humorous or paradoxical twists. It presents a playful catalog of familiar lines and variants.
A Charge to Keep I Have Entry in Ledger
A merchant notes a doubtful account in his ledger with a religious lyric cited as a motto. The line echoes a weekly sentiment as he reviews unsettled charges and their value to his business.
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Carl Pretzels
The Way to Ride and Quick Jests in Prints
A collage of humorous snippets and verse notes on daily life and love from various periodicals. It includes quips about marriage, jealousy, and social absurdities, plus humorous exchanges and cartoons showing characters in domestic and social scenes.
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Cate
Georgia Senator James Jackson and deadly Savannah duel
A fragmented account recounts a 1780 Savannah river duel between James Jackson of Georgia and Lt. Governor Wells born in England. They met on a wooded island with buckshot loaded double barrels after prearranged terms. Jackson survived, then died in Washington in 1806 during his second Senate term.
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James Jackson
Georgia
United
Wells
R. Watk
Riva
Abe
Jaylight
Jackson
Washington
Thoughtful Tailor Advised Baron on Credit Purchase
Baron Pumowitz and his tailor visited drapers to select fabrics for several suits. The tailor whispered a quip about cost and credit, implying the Baron should promise to pay. The exchange hints at planning to secure an ox or similar item as payment.
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Baron Pumowitz
Mater
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J. E. Duncan
CATS
Portland
THE
Son
Jonesy
Burdette
Hawkeye
Siberia
Tiffany’s
Tiffany's
Louis XV
Queen Elizabeth
Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth
New Zealand
Westminister
Agnes de Wellington
Rafsing
Husband
John
Cupid
Mary Ann
Tony
Mary
Lincoln
William H. Harney
Abraham Lincoln
Harney
Redskins
Official Directory
Anfenersland
J. Q. Burgess
AnThony Haxe
Union Township
Lincoln Township
Cellins Township
Methodist Episcopal
Rayer
H.J. Everly
G. H. Starring
Masonic
Arcadia Lodge No
A. F. and
A. Masons
A. H. Duckworts
W. M. L. Q. Hocnarr
United Workmen
Ames Lodge
C. M. Soper
Rec
Brooks
M. W
D. McCarthy
Stevens
Geo. A. Underwood
U. S
District of Iowa
Union Bank
H. M. Templeton
City Drug Store
G. A. Meredith
Hutchinson
C. A. Beverly
M. E. Church
Story County
Chas. E. Hunt
West House
T. C. McCall
Nevada
H. L. Carrell
John Glidden
Dray Man
Willis Clark
Ams
Island Home Stock Farm
Grosse Ile
Enum, Co., Mich. Savage & Farnum
Grosse Ina
Detroit River
Cavant
City Ood
Campana
Male ‘Hadrese
Vace & Farnum
Tribe
Denver
Neics
Baron Bodisco
Brooklyn Eagle
Texas
Jane
Chicago
Carl Pretzel
Cnd
Smman
Smartman
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