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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1885
Page
1
J. E. Duncan offers subscription options: One Copy for one year or six months in advance, with prices including $150 for four months. A two-dollar annual rate applies if not paid in advance, and two dollars charged in advance if mailed outside the county.
Advertising rates listed for five line ads and stand ing advertisements, with per inch pricing and local line charges. The piece also mentions Ames being on the Chicago and North Western Railroad junction, proximity to Des Moines, and notes about Iowa State College, public schools, and surrounding farming lands. A poetic excerpt titled One day at a time appears, followed by a closing line The Independent.
County officers listed including auditor clerk treasurer recorder sheriff and schools surveyor coroner with names. Religious and fraternal groups note alternate Sunday services masons united workmen and local lodge meeting schedules with officers.
G A A Llsworth Post No 30 G A R meets the first and third Saturdays at 7 30 in the evening. Members and rivals are invited to join. Initiation fees two dollars quarterly dues twenty five cents. Local attorneys and physicians listed with Ames Iowa addresses and offices. Veterinary surgeon notes medicines and labeling. King of Pain medicine line offered with labeling caution.
CHAS E HUNT DENTIST rooms at residence opposite West House Ames Iowa T C McCALL REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT NEVADA Iowa Farms for sale and money to loan on farms at 6 per cent once a year and 3 per cent commission when loan is made
In a tale of hardship and love, Lois, 18, and her sister Trot survive on meager wages after their sailor father dies and mother passes. On Lois’s 21st birthday, a sixpence finds its way to Trot, leading her to a blue cushion for Lois, but a chance encounter reveals Jack Darrow, alive and seeking Lois, ending their long wait.
A collage of gossip and wry humor from the era includes quips on misread signs, shoplifters caught, and a man who lent two umbrellas long ago. It features jokes about etiquette, love, and a San Antonio lawyer referencing pardon irony amid theft and prison.
The New York Independent reports women in social sets complain of the rising practice of women kissing upon meeting after an absence. They urge restricting such osculatory welcomes to close friends and to men when authorized, noting the awkwardness for those who dislike the gesture.
Society moves to admit women to desired roles but encounters protest and active criticism. A sharp pleasure in a woman’s defeat appears as opponents seize every opportunity to condemn.
A historical snippet discusses white shelled eggs and breeds like Leghorns Plymouth Rocks Hamburgs Dominiques and Brahmas. It notes egg freshness for cooking, Leghorn utility for laying, pricing in Boston, shell membranes, broiler readiness, and a quip about egg shell use and egg nog. Also a Wilmington Star proverb on ripe watermelons fading girls and pocketbooks.
A puzzled Jarply questions Jeremiah about a fiddle and learning to play at home. Martha scolds him for attempting, while a diverted inquiry about railroad fare to Indiana surfaces as a rumor about divorces. The Pittsburgh Chronicle context hints at domestic life and travel talk.
A humorous exchange about why women pause at street crossings to chat. A gentleman in Chicago News style probes the behavior and speed of a man crossing tracks as a train passes, reflecting a period newspaper voice.
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