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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1879
Page
3
The city sees subdued business after the holiday rush as new perfumes ship and poultry shipments continue. School term resumes Monday for ten weeks while ice needs are met by P Spence. church services and school board actions are noted amid cold weather observations and county officer updates.
The Hartford Connecticut Times calls its Christmas supplement the grandest in the office and declares the Times a leading supporter of Connecticut democracy with neatness illustrations and material fit for any publishing house.
Mr. Spence plans to relocate his steam saw mill from the woods to Ames in February and begins advertising for logs. Story County reports excellent roads to bring logs to the new yard, aiding the move.
The Christian church association held a New Year social at Mrs Dr Andruse to boost the Ladies Sewing Society savings for church and ministerial needs. Prof Cowen predicts January storm periods from the 2nd to 3rd 6th to 9th 11th to 12th 14th to 15th 17th to 21st 23rd to 24th 27th to 28th and 30th to 31st with storms in the West early and in the East late in those ranges.
Concert by James G. Clark at the Congregational church Thursday evening was a decided success despite a small audience from bad weather. He plans another performance here in a few months and many who missed this one will seek to hear him then.
With a vacation in Ames schools and the death of the President delaying the programme the teachers meeting moves to Saturday evening Jan 12 at 7 o clock. Topics include economy of furnishing textbooks by districts presented by R J Reid influence of music in school by Miss E L Chamberlain practical education by G McCarthy general exercises by G A Garard and F Firewrath pres S E Patterox sec.
The State Centre Enterprise sees J. W. Merrill retire as proprietor and Geo. N. Palmer take over management. The Marshalltown Republican ends its semi weekly edition, with Mr. Neidig shifting to the weekly. The Marshalltown Timer passes to a stock company capitalized at 30000 dollars. An Iowa court rules drivers must treat others decently on public roads. Boies wins damages against Norris who tried to speed ahead on the highway.
The report shows 225 lumber cars and 132 merchandise cars handled at the Ames station plus 4 251 690 pounds of way freight with 30 205 43 dollars in charges. Grain and stock shipments plus freight brought the total to 120 939 78 for the D M and M and Chicago and North Western roads.
A colored preacher in a Christmas service asks for a collection for Heathen glory while a bystander recalls a provocative scene in church. The New Orleans Times itemizes urgent applicants: one hundred Louisianians with means to help save New Orleans and the state from decay, while criticizing Buncombe fossils and politicians chasing fat offices.
Christmas Eve in Ames featured joyful services at the Congregational, Baptist, and Methodist churches. Musicians Mc Fadden Harvey and Childs performed with horns, recitations impressed, and a well loaded tree distributed presents to scholars and teachers amid tasteful church decorations.
The Week of Prayer becomes a fixed church institution with a schedule from January 5. Topics cover Christian union, thanksgiving, church growth, Christian education, youth, nations and peace, the press and temperance, and missions.
Will West travels from Cedar Rapids for a holiday visit. Mrs. Prof. Macomber visits Lewis, Cass county for two weeks. Miss Abbie Perkins returns from Grinnell Christmas week. Elder Reynolds received a call from a Nebraska Congregation and left to explore the field. Henry Owen of Altoona visits Ames then to Illinois for the winter. W. W. Booth returns from Illinois for holidays. Mrs. Chapman ill but improving. Esquire Tunner returns from Wisconsin with Mrs. T for an Illinois trip. Mrs A R Avery visits Nebraska to see her son.
Kelly Treme notes a prosperous start to the year with new business blocks and merchants in town. Corn dominates, and several tradesmen like Wm. Allen the blacksmith and J. M. Tanner are busy. C. C. Stevens visits Greene county while N. W. Wood comes from Marshall to discuss business. The piece ends with a humorous poultry-warming tip.
List of students named for punctuality across grades including High School Grammar North Intermediate N P South Intermediate and South Primary for month ending December 20 1878. Notable names include Ida Bardwell Gracie Bartlett Emma Dawson Geo Perkins Ollie Butler Rosie Bartlette Lizzie Erb Maud Shelley Winnie Starr Amanda Walker Ellis Anderson Louis Anderson Bertie Bisbee Homer Basket Mina Giddings Annie Hemetreet Nellie King Elineta McGuire Alice Orser Mamie Raimbolt Eva Starr Blanche Soper Marion Stratten Effie Thomas Carrie Chaney Rosa Peterman Maud Marshall Cliffe Andruss Jennie Evans Bertie Giddings Fred Soper Maggie Boyd Katie Boyd Blanche Tupper James Blood Frankie Lucas Jennie Little Flora Crambler Nellie Basket Emory Anderson Charlie Shockley Arthur Walker Ollie Butler Mary Perkins Minnie Starr Bertie Bisbee Nellie King Eva Starr Blanche Soper Allie Marshell Maud
A praising note extols Vicks Floral Guide for its beauty and instruction. It highlights its paper, illustrations, and colored plate, noting the five cent price and suitability as a gift book or parlor display. Published by James Vick Rochester New York.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the State Horticultural Society will be held in Marshalltown starting Tuesday January 21 for four days. Officers reports and directors discussions will be joined by essays on practical horticulture with Marshalltown citizens promised notable hospitality and enterprise.
The New Ulm Review notes growing public interest in narrow gauge railroads with frequent articles in the Minneapolis Pioneer Press. A city committee organized by the Minneapolis Board of Trade seeks support for the Des Moines and Minneapolis line and Fergus Falls route, offering $1,000 per mile to each as far as New Ulm and Fergus Falls. Once leading citizens guarantee the funds, a Legislature may be asked to authorize Minneapolis bonds.
An Ames reader cites higher grain rates from Boone to Chicago, complaining Webster City prices. a former Ames resident in Alabama reflects on climate, soil, and race relations, noting a late epidemic, cheap land, and mixed northern settlement while comparing prosperity and decay across regions.
On Christmas Eve the Sunday School in sub-district No. 7 Washington township held a festive event at the school house. A well stocked tree, gifts and performances by Crane’s class and several soloists created a lively program. A Bible was to be a gift for Superintendent A Wortman but was exchanged for a photograph album. The evening ended with the teachers and students sharing apples and cakes and a gift exchange. Dr Marshall’s Lung Syrup is advertised.
All accounts and notes from the Boyd Brothers firm not paid by January 1, 1879 will be sent to other parties for collection. This notice urges attention to save costs. 34 St.
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