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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1886
Page
3
The issue reflects New Year reflections and resolutions, noting trivial sayings about the year 1886, weather, and local social commentary. It mentions Miss Ezra Chevalier returning to Red Oak, H. B. Hawrey of Clinton visiting Ames, and various notes on schooling and public life in Story County.
Train timetables show Eastbound and Westbound freight and passenger services with times like 1:0 a.m. and 5:05 p.m. and trains named Atlantic Express. The readable segments reference Marshaltown Passenger and freight 6330 A.M. entries amid scattered notes.
The notice states local business notices cost ten cents per line per week with a five cent per line weekly rate under Business Brevities and that rates do not vary except by yearly contract.
Durie served three years in the army across seven states and never saw a school house. Canon Farrar writes on the Church in America in the North American Review. A Rainsbarger murder case is being tried in Marshalltown as the State prosecutes Nate Rainsbarger for killing Enoch Johnson near Gifford Hardin Co. The paper suggests building a hog rendering factory near Ames to profit from fallen hogs after cholera losses.
A Sunday and Monday storm brought a genuine blizzard with several inches of snow and heavy drifts from the northeast. Rail lines westward were blocked and trains from Des Moines to Ames faced delays. by Tuesday the weather cleared and temperatures cooled.
The Inteli Gencer declares its ongoing mission to serve readers nationwide and abroad with improved usefulness at home. It asserts a brighter human outlook and political spirit, urging officials and people to embrace optimism as a pledge for the national future. The paper praises Iowa and Ames and foresees a bright, glorious future for locals.
A detailed enumeration shows total assessed value of 4,600,991 dollars distributed across county and local taxes in Nevada area, including school, bond, bridge, poor fund, insane fund, poll, teachers, library, cemetery, drainage, plat, and dog taxes. The report covers numerous townships and property transfers noted in January 1885 abstracts and deeds.
M. E. Wilcox, Jeweler, advertises Roger's Bros triple plate knives or forks at 1.50 per set with other goods priced equally low.
Ames society laments the long resident Miss Maggie Mitchell who moves to Mapleton on Friday. Arthur Aylesworth, 18, dies suddenly in Ontario at his parents home, described as a bright promising son. Hutchinson Bros. debts urged to settle by cash or note before year end.
Miss Olive Butler joins the Grammar Department and Miss Henry moves to the Primary Department as part of public school reorganization. The school year begins with normal attendance except for storm-related absences. The sixth annual State Prohibitory Convention is set for Des Moines on January 21 at 10 am with delegates allocated by county votes and religious and educational groups.
The Redpath Lyceum Concert Company of Boston under the Redpath Lyceum Bureau will appear at the Opera House January 19 under public schools auspices. The company is billed as a premier traveling musical attraction. Upcoming in the locality are Thomas Nast, T DeWitt Talmage, Joseph Cook and Mary A Livermore.
The message urges residents to unite for the town’s prosperity regardless of political or religious differences. It encourages wholehearted support for measures that promote the public good, even if the proposal did not originate locally. The emphasis is on collaborative effort to progress the community.
The pastors from Ames, Ogden, Moingona, Boonsboro and Boone Circuit joined with the local pastor to organize an association for mutual edification in gospel work. They plan meetings in each town with mass gatherings to promote benevolence, education and temperance.
Goop newspapers publish lists of county residents who leave the county or refuse to pay for papers. The note asks overdue subscribers to settle debts, citing several four to six year delinquencies. A Century Publishing Co in New York distributes profits to employees, totaling 22 percent of each salary this year.
Health is difficult when blood is impure or thin and weak. Such conditions cause boils pimples headaches neuralgia rheumatism and other disorders. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is advertised to make the blood pure rich and vitalizing.
A neighbor asks to borrow the paper and is questioned about not having a subscription. The exchange highlights local reading habits and commitment to news.
Last Friday around 4 pm Maxwell residents battled a blaze at hardware merchant C M Morse’s house. Over 50 locals fought flames with buckets, extinguishing the fire before total destruction, with losses mainly clothing beyond the damaged dwelling. The community voiced sympathy for Morse.
A quizzical analyst asks what attracts women to men and the speaker answers that women prefer force and vigor. He compares forceless men to a limp linen collar and favors a strong, masterful man who digs, works, and handles hard tasks over genteel drawing room types.
The Illinois Central R R will run a low rate excursion to points in Tennessee and Mississippi on Monday January 18 1886. For circulars and printed matter contact J F Merry general western passenger agent at Manchester Iowa.
The notice states Dr. Beverly has two houses for rent at very low rates and is selling or exchanging a pair of mules plus a three year old colt.
The column notes a dull business spell then details a New Year social for Dr Rawson with friends presenting an album, and reports Miss Mary Reed filling a primary department vacancy. It also covers the wedding of Wash Grigsby and Ollie Harper at Polk City and remarks on Ollie’s Indiana origin and pleasant disposition.
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