Going West and East Trains amid Town Notices
Train schedules show Going West and Going East lines with freight and passenger timings, including No. 87 freight and St Paul Passenger. Local notes report a butter and egg market, upcoming city election, and various town movements. Prominent figures include Senator Gillett visiting and Prof Knapp issuing a free agricultural pamphlet with farm data.
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Seus
Ewver
Ee Ls Sane
Chicago Express
Elley Acens
St Paul & Des Moines Express
Cdc
St. Paul
S A. Clark
Earl Ames Iowa Adjoins Rail Lines and College
Earl Ames lies at the Chicago and North Western Railroad junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road thirty miles north of Des Moines Iowa. It hosts Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts students and a well equipped public school. The surrounding farms are productive and fruitful. An advertisement in these columns reaches much of Story County’s west half. We request readers to notify visits of friends or any public interest events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ames
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Story County
Nourse
Harvey
General Assembly
House
Senate
Secretary of the State
KeLuey Klattrer
Klatter
Mr. Snyder
New York
Mr. C. ©. Stevens
Florence Gossard
Bride
Rev. Arnold
Carl
Florence
Jennie
Ly- Telligencer
Kelley Kid
A. B
Ruby
K. K
Kelley
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Chicago
Milwaukee
LaCrosse
Winona
ST. Paul
Madison
Prairie du Chien
Mason City
Sioux City
Yankton
Albert Lea
Aberdeen
Dubuque
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul
Bargains at Thomas Bros and Soper's Sewing Machines
New American Wilson No 5 and Queen machines at 24 dollars each and Singer at 20 dollars, all new with warranty. M E Wilcox, Agent. Iowa Homestead offers farm building plans and premium offers for new subscribers. Capt Smith and Attorney Dyer seen in Ames Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New American
Wilson No
Queen
Singer
M. E. Wilcox
Capt. Smith
Attorney Dyer
Nevada
Ames
Frames and advertising in early Elmira notices
Moulding available from Chicago sold cheap for quick frame work at M. W. Quick's tin-store. J. Stamp urges orders. An Elmira Advertiser teaser praises a health remedy named Wilsonia. Thomas Bros. & Soper store announces a large new ribbon assortment.
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Chicago
M. W. Quick
J. Stamp
Thomas Bros. & Soper’s
Calamity at Braidwood Mine Ends in Many Drowned
A mine disaster at Braidwood Mt on the 18th flooded with water drowning seventy five to eighty miners from a little over a hundred. The scene prompted responses from local business figures and notices reference real estate and insurance agencies in Ames Iowa.
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Braidwood
Ames
G. 4
Merideth
Bradley
Tailor Henry Lightner Opens Ames Shop Above McDowell’s
Henry Lightner announces a new tailoring service in Ames inviting old friends and new customers to visit the shop above McDowell's billiard hall on the west front room to view first class garments.
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Ames
McDowel
Billiard Hall
West Front
Henry Lightner
Suspected liquor traffic case at Mike Herman’s premises
Suspicion has long rested on Mike Herman for illegitimate liquor trade. Officers searched his premises and seized a quantity of whisky. C E Graves sold his Warren township farm at 25 dollars per acre. Julius Tisdale will occupy next season. The hearing band is active, headquartered at Mike’s saloon, drawing inspiration from him.
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Zearing Register
Mike Herman
C. E. Graves
Warren Township
Julius Tisdale
Mike
Farm loan aid offered by A. E. Lucas in Nevada Iowa
A. E. Lucas of Nevada Iowa offers to procure money for farm loans on short notice. Iowa funds available with annual interest and principal payable in installments when desired. Charges are reasonable. Office at Farmer's Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Lucas
Nevada
Iowa
Farmer’s Bank
Ladies' Calling Cards to Print New Script at Office
Advertises printing ladies' calling cards in new script with choicest goods and latest patterns offered at the office.
Trudie Fairchild Hurt In Ice Slide Incident
On a Wednesday evening Trudie Fairchild daughter of Dr and Mrs Fairchild slipped on ice while walking home from school and hit her head. She remained partly insensible through the night and next morning but is now recovering. Also mentioned is the Tre B O Red Book by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with statistics and notes valuable to readers and politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trudie
Tre B. & O
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United States
J. G. Pangborn
Kansas City Press
Montreal
Calendaring the Pilgrims Pilgrim landing illustration calendar
Tax Congregationalist and Boston Recorder offers a double sided calendar with a monthly calendar and Pilgrims landing illustrations on one side and an advertisement for the paper on the reverse. The journal boasts the largest editorial force among religious weeklies with writers including some of the nation’s ablest minds. Price 33. Address W. L. Greene & Co. 1 Somerset Street Boston.
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Tax Congregationalist
Boston Recorder
United States
Price
W. L. Greene & Co
Somerset Street
Boston
Iowa Agricultural College Opens Term With Record Interest
Iowa Agricultural College will begin the next term on March 7 with about 150 inquiries and an expected 175 new students. Preparations are underway for reception and accommodations and for expanded facilities to advance education across departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Agricultural College
Revival in M. E. Church Draws Converts
Revival meetings in the M. E. Church have drawn about forty declaring intent to reform and twenty three joining as of February 22. The series likely ends Friday due to the pastor’s health. Gratitude expressed to Congregational and Baptist pastors and others from Nevada Des Moines Ames and the Agricultural College.
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M. E
Congregational
Featley
Thornbrue
Nevada
Harned
Des Moines
Laidley
Ames
Knapp
L. L
The
Agricultural College
Nourse Bros. Flour Delivery Amid Snow and Local News
Nourse Bros. received a car load of Dexter flour as a fresh blizzard hit yesterday morning. H T and B Co advertised buckwheat flour at 44 cents a pound. Local births noted and civic figures discussed with mayoral prospects. Dorcas Society plans a meeting at Mrs Huntington’s. An Ames visitor spoke with the ASPHYXIATER. Craey & Richmond report strong demand for Brown's Iron Bitters.
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Nourse Bros
Ames Intelligencer Urges Local Businesses To Advertise
Mr H B Hawey and wife return from lengthy absence in New York Michigan and elsewhere. Prof Knapp left for Marshalltown to speak at the Dairymen's Convention on milk. The paper urges Ames firms to plant their cards in the Intelligencer in early spring. the saying the early bird will catch the worm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Osworn
Prof. Bessey
H. B. Hawey
New York
Michigan
Knapp
Marshalltown
Dairymen’s Convention
Ames
Charley Sorer Named for Recordership Role
The item notes Charley Sorer mentioned as a fit choice to oversee records and printing. It also reports Mr Frep C TippeEN sold four shots on Saturday totaling 1760 pounds from Gilmore's Black Beauty strain. The Story County Teachers Association convenes in the city today with papers by Plummer Van Storm Leighton Warrick Webb and Chevalier among others.
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Frep. C. Tippeen
Gilmore
Black Beauty
Story County Teachers’ Association
Plummer
van Storm
Leighton
Miss Warrick
Webb
McCord
Chevalier
Reverend Gillman Parker Preaches at Baptist Church
Reverend Gillman Parker is expected to preach next Sunday morning with services possible through the following week. A Sunday School concert is planned for the evening and all are invited. Pastor H D Weever issues the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillman Parker
Baptist Church
S. S
H. D. Weever
Visit of Bal lard and winter romance in Story County
A recount of a prior visit by Supervisor Ballard described as an energetic Republican. The piece notes a chat with a respected Story County elder and mentions a flirtatious Evansville youth proposing a warm winter moment to Miranda, who replies that it will be a very cold season.
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Ballard
Story County
Mr. B
Evansville
Miranda
John
Obituary notes from Ames area including Boddy and Thomas deaths
A February 22 message from Warren Lil. reports Frank Boddy died in Ames the previous morning. Boddy was well known at Ames, I. A. College, and Arcadia Lodge No. 249. An insurance ad for Security Mutual Life Society follows. Also noted is the death of B. F. Thomas at age 25, buried by county funds. poverty and consumption tied to alcohol use. born in Jackson County, Iowa.
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Fairchild
Warren, Lil
Frank Boddy
Security Mutual Life Society
Des Moines
M. E. Wilcox
B. F. Thomas
W. F
Sarah C. Thomas
Jackson County
Iowa
Local Concert Prompt Public Order Call at Opera Hall
Miss Mollie Scott aided by Miss Pearson and others of Ames gave a concert in Opera Hall Tuesday evening. The piece ends with a call for stationing policemen to eject street hecklers by force, citing cat calls and offensive language.
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Miss Scott
Miss Pearson
Iowa
Mollie Scott
Pearson
Ames
Opera Hall
Night prowlers disturb city with property damage
A Wednesday night spree by unknown youths left a bank window cracked, a stove moved onto a sidewalk, a salt pillar placed on church steps, and torn sidewalk steps at Kistler's. Residents call for Marshal Shockley to catch the culprits and administer justice.
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Bingham & Co's
M. E
Kistler
Shockley
Mind your eye brieflets reflect spring hints and civic notes
Birds chirp as snow melts and floods loom in low lands. Spring trade revives with car loads of goods on the way. Ames prepares for a city election in one week while a teachers association gathers. Printing work and Cedar Rapids greetings appear amid town growth and public notices.
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George Washington
Ames
Intelligencer
Keigley
Cedar Rapids
Teachers’ Association
Coucil
Public Auction Notice and Local News Briefs
Tuomas BAKER of Ames to auction stock and farming implements on March 3. Ackley boy death by hanging in his father's barn last Thursday remains under investigation. Brown's Iron Bitters praised for lung and liver relief by D W C Gallup of Corydon. Rev Lams preached two sermons in Marshalltown Congregational Church. Shelley Agricultural Implements sale at Ames on Feb 27, 1883. Sheriff A K Banks notes. Families thank neighbors for aid after death and fire misfortune in Ames. Parker's Ginger Tonic advertised for bilious attacks. J A Batley implicated in stolen cattle cases turned state's evidence. A M Freelove, M Carter, and Frank Walker arrested. State Grand Lodge A O U W meets in Elmira supports secession from Supreme Lodge on financial matters while recognizing authority in others. Iowa Grand Lodge actions echoed.
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J. A. Batley
Chicago
State Center
A. M. Freelove
M. Carter
Frank Walker
State Centre
Hancock County
Grand Lodge
New York
Elmira
Supreme Lodge
Iowa
Cambridge Telegraph notes and local items and events
Several riders on a carriage escaped injury when the team ran away. John Garron died near Elkhart after a bilious illness. Mrs. G. D. Southwick quilts a 1774-piece work. notices of books in Lippincott’s Magazine. local meetings and church events. a railway accident west of town. Tilton sentenced for burglary. two weddings in Ames. Iowa State Fair plans with premium changes and Children’s Day details.
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Cambridge Leporter
Elmer Parish
John Garron
Elkhart
G. D. Southwick
Des Moines
Jersey
Iowa
Seasonal thaw ends sleighing as robins sing
A vivid note depicts the sun melting sleighing and wagons squeaking wheels. The warming weather brings robins and other birds in song, signaling spring’s approach. The passage blends playful imagery with seasonal transition.
Bradley and Templeton Offer MARSHS GOLDEN BALSAM Samples
Drug gists Bradley and Templeton continue to give away sample bottles of Marshs Golden Balsam for the throat and lines to first time users. Those who have tried it can buy large bottles at 50 cents or one dollar. The remedy is urged for consumption weak lungs bronchitis cough cold sore throat hoarseness croup whooping cough asthma and other bronchial or pulmonary conditions and is praised as a great aid to prevention and cure of consumption of the lungs.
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Bradley & Templeton
MARSH
Hiscox & CO
William St
New York
Portable Electric Light Device Promises Compact Power
A five inch square five pound lighter is shown at 22 Water Street by the Portable Electric Light Company. No external power or wiring is needed as a glass retort holds the chemicals and a spiraling platinum heats to incandescence. The unit doubles as a burglar alarm and galvanic battery.
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Portable Electric Light Company
Water Street
Massachusetts
Boston Transcript
Gilbert Gatherings Sketch Snow Storm and Local Happenings
A Wednesday snowstorm improved sleighing while residents contemplate spring. Rev. Lamb preached a commendable sermon at the Congregational Church. A barber contemplates settling in town. The G A R Post hosted an oyster supper at the Northwestern House with good cheer. L Oliver opened an agricultural implement warehouse to serve customers. Rev. McCall conducts revival meetings at the Confare Schoolhouse eight miles east. A N Borys resumes his old position with Judge Miracle. Boeye praised as a fine reporter for the district.
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L. Oliver
Free Brown's Expectorant Promoted At Barstow Drug Store
Barstow's Drug Store advertises Brown's Expectorant as a free of charge sample and claims it cures coughs hoarseness whooping cough and early consumption. The ad lists regular bottle prices 50 cents and one dollar and mentions Taraxine Memorandum Books as a freebie.
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Barstow
Taraxine Memorandum
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Phe Intelligencer
Official
the County
Chicago & Northwest
ANG AM
Runyown
Citizens
Boone
Miss Sallie Hoeeart
J. L. Stevens
Marshal
George A. McReprin
Danville
City
Gillett
Ogden
L. H. Brveham
W. W. Wittcox
Hardin County
Vance Willcox
Steve
W. V
State Register
Temperance
Register
Frank Pillsbury
Eldora
the Depot
Frank
Judge Henderson
Blackstone
Dixie
Intelligencer Press
Nourse Bro’s
Iowa Homestead
Elmira Advertiser
Nature
T. K. Soper
G. H. Ruunyon
8. C. Coffin
Fort Dodge
A. P. Conorr
Super Henderson
H. C
E. Kendall
Dillon, Montana
Henry Porch
Oneida
Washburn
T. C. McCat
Wilson
L. H. Bingham
Welch
England
Dorcas Society
Joan Beatty
Squire Stevens
Charley Sorer
Charley
Tuomas Baker
Ackley
D. W. C. Gallup
Corydon
A. K. Banks
A. G. Person
Elen J. Kyle
Manare S. Kyle
Parker
Detroit Press
W. K. Barnes
North American Review
Henry George
Robert 5. Taylor
Mississippi
Mississippi Commission
Moncure D. Conway
Gladstone
George W. Julian
Richard A. Proctor
Wm. G. Sumner
Elizur Wright
G. Stanley Hall
Felix Adler
Thomas Hunter
Mary Putnam Jacobi
LaFayette Place
Will Hansel
Tilton
Scott Ozman
Jasper County
Ft. Madison
Baldwin & Maxwell
Clyde
Sheriff Hunter
Sheriff Banks
Elder Thornbrue
Mr. Kendall
Mr. Thornbrue
Cole
Funk
Methodist Church
Lippincott’s Magazine
Lippincott’s
James D. Butler
Columbus
Jefferson
Historical Society of Massachusetts
South
Alfred M. Williams
C. F. Holder
Charles Burr Todd
Texas
R. L. Daniels
Annie Robertson Macfarlane
M. H Catherwood
Carlotta Perry
Marion Couthony
Charles L. Hildreth
Gossip
Eleventh General Assembly
Twelfth General Assembly
Seventeenth General Assembly
Eighteenth General Assembly
Supreme Court
Seventeenth
Congress
New York House
Geo. S. Bennett
Alice M. Hall
Boonsboro
Sol
Havenport Gazette
Northwest
British Provinces
Davenport Gazette CO
Davenport, Lows
Mutual Endowment and Accidesociation of
Bath
G. H. Wieser
David Runsy
Ain Steuenes
Ars
G. TH. Wheeler
Aes Ee
Bosworth & Co
Bosquett
Bosworth & Coo
Everbody
Merrill
van Mail
ChicaGo Piano Co
van Buren Street
Tok Hommestead
F. A. Slichter
Chas. H. Rogers
Zebedee Rush
Harry Merriam
Olin Smith
Coulson
Jennie Cedar
Helen Briggs
Charles Black
Emma E. Gordon
Louise Gargis
H. Lucas, ?. M
A. N. Borys
Miracle
Boeye
Messrs. Reed and Bingham
Geo. G
Ree Srr
Jeming
Floreston
Graace
Per- Secunieyen
Colocne
Bingham
J. I. Case & Co
J. I. Case
Thomas
Bingham & CO
C. F. Wheeler
California
Woods
Nitiki Head
Mes
Chicago, Milwautehree and
St.paul
Ss. Merrill
A. V.H. Carpenter
Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt
J.T. Clark
G. H. Heapford
Sup
Miecat Market
Hemstreet
M. W. Quice
NEW Meat Market
F&f Raraily 2
Ben. Read
Opera House
Capital
Ww. M Ag
E. R. Chamberlain
TS Union Bank OF Ames
Bank of
W. D. Lucas
Key & Rainbolt
Iown
S General Banking
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