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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1891
Page
3
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Hamilton visits Chicago while Ethel and Charlie Hamilton travel Marshaltown. Prof Budd’s son and family visit Ames. Numerous locals and acquaintances visit relatives in Des Moines Nevada Osceola Colo Janesville and Marshalltown over the holidays.
The Intelligencer visits residents in Chicago as a friend reports Mr. William Thurston, former foreman at Graff Lane’s tin shop, has moved to Ames. He and his wife plan to relocate next Monday. Thurston is praised as a skilled, trustworthy tinsmith, and neighbors are urged to welcome them warmly.
The item list includes fence post sales at ten dollars per hundred, church Christmas observances, school notes, a Des Moines trip for a private car, officers elected for the Woman's Relief Corps, a Franklin Ames marriage, and Sunnyside school attendance statistics.
The following ladies will keep open house to their gentleman friends from 2 to 5 p.m. New Years Day at residences of Cairns Mesdames Cairns Maxwell Ketchum Diehl and Flo Fitzpatrick Major Beck Mesdames Beck Wilson and Miss Ambrose Hamilton and Miss. It is the first time this pleasant custom has been observed in our city. The Des Moines News urges sobriety and adherence to the law after a Christmas morning shooting of Mr. B Schremer to show liquor causes harm.
On Christmas day the Grove family of twelve gathered at their Franklin township home for a long awaited reunion. The seven sons and two daughters, scattered across Kansas and Nebraska, enjoyed stories of the past, a bountiful noon feast with a centerpiece turkey, and a sporting contest won by the father.
Charles Dudley Warner argues that curiosity drives reading and that attentive observation opens world knowledge. He urges focusing on one interest to build broader scholarship, warns against desultory reading, and notes reading should serve a clear end. The piece cites January St Nicholas. The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth.
The olive may become a leading stable industry in southern California with pure oil replacing cottonseed and lard blends. Advocates include F A Kimball of National City and Ellwood Cooper of Santa Barbara who report profitable cultivation and high quality oils and seek to curb adulteration in markets. Carroll Gerald.
The editors acknowledge a dated year in the issue and ask readers to pardon it as neither the paper nor readers are two years behind current times.
The Baptist church plans the Lord's Supper next Sunday as many members are expected to partake. In the evening the pastor will conclude his Heaven sermons.
Ontario reports fine winter weather as families hang stockings and check for holes for good things. Mr H Cobb has been unwell but now feels better though unable to work. A lively Literary debate draws full houses with McKinley Bill as farmer benefit. Wm Criswell W H Zenor and C W Johnson favor. I B Johnson A Zenor and A Ross oppose. Beedle sold his farm to W H Johnson. Mrs Shawgo of Omaha visits. Miss Sinclair from Boone visits with Mrs Johnson. We note errors in last Ontario correspondence and observe water drilling by W J Freed and on Dan l McCarthy’s farm. deep wells and windmills grow common.
Reports list patent awards to Iowa residents including C M Emeis Davenport for a band cutter and feeder J M Holland Mount Pleasant for a veterinary obstetrical instrument A H Hull Odebolt for a road grader A F Mills Cambridge for an automatic check row corn planter A G Palm Akron for a stylus holder for railway train order signals A Sherman Pacific Junction for a fastener for shingles and others noted by patent lawyers C M Emeis and A Snow & Co.
Burlington Ohio resident Frank Huffman believed his consumption was incurable after treatment by two doctors. He tried Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds and soon could walk again. He improved within half a dollar bottle and now enjoys good health. Trial bottle free at L M Bosworth's drug store.
Notice to settle outstanding accounts immediately. Groner G. Tilden signs off, urging prompt cash or note settlements. Advertisement notes emphasis on relocation to the South, offering favorable farming conditions and railroad access, inviting inquiries from Manchester, Iowa. J. F. Merry, Assistant General Passenger Agent, promotes Southern settlement with printed materials.
The Des Moines News Co announces subscriptions to the Des Moines Weekly News and Cosmopolitan Magazine with combined prices and new subscriber discounts. Also offers the Des Moines Daily News with Cosmopolitan for a yearly rate and a weekly News option, plus Grove’s canned goods sale.
Sealed proposals will be received at the County Auditor's office until noon January 2 1891 for erection of all pile bridges in Story County Iowa for the ensuing year. Board of Supervisors may reject any or all bids. By order of Board of Supervisors A P Kine County Auditor Nevada Iowa Dec 5 1890 12-18-2-wk.
Bids will be received at the Story county Auditor's office in Nevada Iowa until noon January 13 1891 for building a jail per plans on file. The Board of Supervisors reserves right to reject all bids and to modify plans after contract let. By order of Board of Supervisors A P Krna County Auditor.
Good apples at 4.25 per barrel and 3 bushels at A. M. Perkins. Trade $15 value and receive a free life sized picture of yourself or a family member. Overcoats in demand at Geo. G. Tilden's. All past due notes must be settled. Granulated sugar specials and coffee priced. Cloaks and jackets stock highlighted with emphasis on wide selection and reasonable prices.
The page lists excursion ticket sales information for the Chicago and North Western Railway with rates and dates via agents. It promotes Black Silk Handkerchiefs and Neck Scarfs from Tilden's and advertising by Dr. Todd for dental work. It urges debts to be settled by January 1st, 1891 and includes promotions for Grove's Sauer Kraut Perkins and Son's stoves, envelope stock, and a watchmaker J H Queeal & Co last notice.
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