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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1891
Page
3
Passenger schedule fragment notes trains of the Chicago and North Western at LWwAY with arrival and departure times around 9 35 P M and others listed as 6 30 P M to 10 20 P M. Mentions Pass No 68 and generic room and fare references. no clear event or outcome.
Ged H France visited our city. Wm McGill of Gilbert spent Sunday in Ames. Mrs J M Gilbert visiting in Des Moines. Mrs Perkins of Nevada and others travel through Ames. Dr Todd ill with pneumonia. Miss Jennie Parkhill visiting Minnesota. Miss Mattie Winter home from Ogden. Miss Minnie Baker returns from Hainois. Several residents travel to Washington and Des Moines. A box social hosted by Epworth League. The Dorcas society staged "The Jack Trust" at Cook's Hall. Marriage of J Graves and Annie Taylor on a farm near An.
Rev Mr Smith holds meetings at Jones school house this week. John K E Davis shipped blood sows to Moville Iowa last week. Sunday School convention planned for this afternoon and tomorrow. Major Richs family register shows a new girl. M Hemstreet offers real estate loans and property sales. The college received 15 Poland China hogs from West Liberty Iowa last week. Baptist Church sermon titled Redemption Completed next Sunday. M Hemstreet advertises real estate sales. A MacFarlan sells seed corn for 1.00 per bushel from 89 crop. orders via Loughrans. S LoR the S I lesson column to debut on page 4 of The Intelligence. Ellsworth Post G A R to meet Feb 21 1891. exUnion soldiers and families invited. Ames housing plans offer two paths: buy residence or buy a lot to build. Mrs Mattie M Bailey of Shenandoah to speak at Congregational church and Union Temperance meeting at Methodist. United Brethren church in Ames to reopen after painting. no services next Sunday. County Attorney Hunter from Wall Lake attended funeral in Ames.
The Wooprour family thanks neighbors and friends for sympathy and assistance during their recent bereavement.
The W. R. C. will hold its regular meeting on Friday at 3 o'clock. Members are urged to attend promptly. Mrs. Hamilton serves as president.
Mr Geo Goldsmith learns of the death of his daughter in law Mrs Geo E Goldsmith who passed away last Monday at her home in Inman Nebraska. She had formerly lived in this vicinity and her loss will bring sorrow to many friends.
Report for month ending January 30 1891 shows total attendance 4233 average 2115 with 37 tardies and 2 neither absent nor tardy. Visitor and teacher G J J COULL.
Mrs J B Loughran died Friday after a brief diphtheria illness in North Des Moines. Born July 1 1860 at Indianola she married J B Loughran on November 14 1878 and leaves a son eight and a daughter ten months. Burial was held at 10 a m today.
Sunnyside school District No 8 Washington Territory reports month ending February 13 with 24 pupils enrolled 21.2 average daily attendance 14 perfect in attendance 21 perfect in punctuality 10 tardiness incidents and lists top performers by name. Marriage notice for Gertrude Morris and Maud Granger wedding in Ames, and notes on Arthur Bradley and George Maxwell with state insurance department remarks.
Mrs. Robb has given birth to a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Robb on February. She is reported doing finely despite recent trial and trouble she has faced.
All bills for service of stallions War wick and Expectation for season 1890 as they become due and unpaid for season of 89 are to be paid to J W Lanning of Ames Iowa. Frank Patrick New London N Y 1-19-2.
Thos Harrison and Art McCarthy sighted two wolves while visiting on a Sunday. The youths with guns near enough killed one wolf and broke the leg of the other, rendering it harmless. The note urges Ames Republicans to seek a caucus this month for city officer nominations, noting low public interest. City Election Monday March 2. H Wilson.
Notice to Ames electors that an election will be held on Monday March 2 1891 at the Town Hall to elect a mayor recorder treasurer street commissioner and two councilmen for full term polls open 6 am to 12 am and 1 pm to 6 pm Parley Sheldon mayor.
Iowa leads the union in corn output hog numbers and butter produced while ranking high in oats horse and cattle values. The state boasts growing land demand rising prices and strong farm improvements with debt eliminated. Corn dominates crops and farm values list corn at 8.59 wheat 8.33 rye 7.50 oats 5.24 barley 11.71 buckwheat 7.59 potatoes 26.10 hay 6.70.
A Boone District meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church will convene at Ames Memorial Church in Des Moines on Thursday the 26th at 2 P. M with Bishop J. D. Newman presiding. Ministers of the district are expected. The Bishop will speak in the evening. Public invited. J F St Clair will give addresses at the session.
The Chicago and Northwestern donated 2500 dollars to Conductor O Neill’s mother for burial and paid about 200 dollars in funeral expenses. They also spent funds to secure the murderer, bringing total company expenses to roughly 4000 dollars. The move honors a respected employee and reflects the company’s personal sympathy and appreciation.
The Boone Standard recalls the 1868 congressional nomination at Metropolitan Hall Boonsboro where Charles Pomeroy secured his sole term amid heat and tension. Delegates from 30 counties, a citywide parade, and rivalries in the West End marked a lively political scene with L Q Hoggatt active in the proceedings.
Estray notice records a cow taken up January 10 by J P Hesson Warren Township Story County Nevada 1891 description includes white face belly spotted forehead broken tail thin in flesh and milk. Auditor A P Kine of Story County Nevada dated February 10 1891.
Elizabeth Lambert born in New York February 3 1849 died February 9 1891 near Ames aged 42 years 6 days. Widow of Henry F Woodruff married December 25 1872 she leaves a husband five children and many friends. She joined Mrs Libby meetings in Ames and was a devoted M E church member and faithful wife.
Miss Lou Gossard visited Garden Prairie and Miss Ulu Gray spent time in Ames. Mrs. J. M. Stark improves enough to sit up. A Parsonage sociable is planned for February 26. Frank Gilger visited Sac City and Edith Reeves along with Fannie Reeves were in Nevada. Roy Veneman heads to Ames as S S Convention delegate. A young crowd plans to see Uncle Tom's Cabin in Nevada. Mrs. Will Ginter of McCalisburg visits her brothers Jim and Henry Vail.
Gilbert Station reports livestock grain and coal as main commodities with the lumber trade booming. Oliver maintains the largest stock of lumber and plans to stock agricultural implements. J P Renor's new store nears completion for a March 1 occupancy. The reading circle sets a drama titled Laura the Pauper for next Saturday evening. Sowers and Dodds shipped three car stock this week.
A seller touts low prices on groceries including corn, beans, salmon, soap, tobacco, flour, and butter. He invites customers to visit, promising broad selection, free picture enlargements with fifteen dollars of goods, and delivery of student supplies to the college.
Ames area merchants advertise wagons harnesses and farm supplies. Bingham & Co promote Eclipse wind mills and phaeton carts from The Columbia line. Hamilton & Co report two car loads of I L Ellwood Glidden bed wire and farm implements. A tax notice directs residents to Story County Bank for tax payments in Ames and nearby townships.
The fourth instalment of Edwin A. Abbeys drawings illustrating the comedies of Shakespeare appears in the March Harper s Magazine. Eight full page illustrations depict scenes from the Comedy of Errors with frontispiece in tint. Andrew Lang supplies commentary on the play and its history and possible source of inspiration for Shakespeare.
A jumble of land deeds and transfers listed for Nevada and Ames Iowa including multiple lot descriptions and buyer/seller names such as Slater, Collins Sa and Joseph, Mary M Butler, C W McElyea, Ervin Yocum, J W Ambrose, and Francis Bence. The piece also notes The February Wide Awake magazine with poems by Mary Bradley and others, along with rental and tax possibilities and a Gothic era ballad feature.
H A McNall sold his property in Zearing and plans to move to Collins around March first. Wm Patton's little boy has been ill but is improving. The Bovee Medicine Co of Eagle Grove gave three entertainments this week. Sherman Delany of Marshalltown IA is visiting. Lincoln Township Teacher's Association held a pleasant meeting at the schoolhouse with a promising program. Schools are conducting examinations this week. Fred Hamilton, long a town resident, returned to his Illinois home Thursday. N R Clift visits relatives in Philadelphia this week. W H Smith of Marshalltown visited his parents here Sunday.
Ontario reports the birth of a grandson to Robert Ross and wife. Isaac DeLong returns from Illinois to welcome the new grandson. Infant burial for Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Scott on Feb 8 and two burials Feb 9 and Feb 11. Sympathies offered to the bereaved families. John Ross visiting locally. social visits among residents. C W E M meets at Christian Church Feb 15. Local farming notes on corn and hog shipments. Windmill erected by W. J. Freed. saw mill planned at Clear Creek Tile Works. Church services scheduled at Christian Church by Rev J A Walters on Feb rist and Sunday.
An old advertisement mixes a Castoria slogan with a sale pitch claiming illness relief and family use. It mentions Hasiron & Co offering groceries at low prices and a wood and fence post lot near A. Hi. Buck five, Nevada, with M. C. Allen signing or referencing the contact.
A notice states a meeting of policy holders of the Equitable and Endowment Association at A. H. 1891 at 3 o'clock. Delegates to be chosen for Waterloo. Henry Wilson and A. H. Thayer named in the call.
L M Bosworth, druggist of Ames Iowa offers Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claimed to cure itch on humans, horses and all animals in 30 minutes. He also sells Secale Flakes at Grove's and Kev crackers, with Grove promising products labeled as the best and glasses available.
Charles Egbert Craddock's tale In the Stranger People's Country now appears in Harper's Magazine. The piece showcases romantic incidents skilled lead roles and faithful mountaineer life depiction. It is praised as one of the year's best and likely very successful.
The notice indicates that specimen copies of the weekly Register are available at the office for reference or distribution.
The Illinois Central offers a 25 day special train trip from Chicago to City of Mexico January 19 to February 14 with stops at New Orleans San Antonio Monterey Zacatecas Aguas Calientes and Orizaba. Round trip cost 2500 including rail sleeping car meals guides and interpreter.
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