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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1887
Page
3
Readable fragments show a time card for trains in Ames with west and northbound schedules, weather notes on cold snaps and local notices. Includes brief local society items listing residents visiting, church events, and community updates across Cambridge Sheldahl Gilbert Ontario and surrounding areas.
A local business notice outlines advertising rates, stating ten cents per line per week with possible discounts to five cents per line for continued weekly ads and a five cent per line rate after a yearly contract. No rate variations without contract.
The item notes subscription prices for the In Tell igencer with advance and non advance rates, pro rata changes for Story County residents moving, and mentions printing services. It references Wick’s Floral Guide 1887, an arbitration verdict in a case between Mr Wood and Mr Lang, a tax donation to Rev Moulton, and a parishioner appeal praising benefactors with a lengthy community luncheon description.
A somber local notice laments a barren town scene as churches close Week of Prayer ends wells run dry and skaters find no returns. The speaker mocks missing gifts, silent auctions, and failed efforts from figures like Bigelow Ives Lang and Dave Lang to spur relief or activity.
A. D. Hayward reports a severe leg break and swelling improved by Papillon Clarke's extract of flax Skin cure. He says the leg is now healed and he can walk two miles. The ad claims bottles sell for $1.00 and are available through reliable druggists or by mail from P PAPILLON, Chicago, D).
Agricultural College plans to loan on farm mortgages for five or ten years with annual interest. J. L. Geddes serves as agent at Ames, Iowa.
Messrs MCCARTHY and SMITH form a law co partnership in Ames uniting the venerable firm with its youngest member. We wish them prosperity and continued success in their new venture.
D A Biaulow and Company request all parties with unsettled accounts to call and settle them by cash or note before January 20 1887 as the books must be balanced.
A crowded notice sheet lists a quadrille party at Ames Opera Hall on Tuesday February 22 under Ellsworth Post G A R, plus a wanted trade for a farm and various local ads. Items include boarding house potential at a 14 room dwelling near the public school, sale of a span of Colts and a work horse, and a crucial adjourned A U W meeting next Tuesday at 7 pm at the office.
W. G. Allen of Nevada has nearly finished a Story County history to be a 450 page book upon publication.
Receipt 6f describes a pamphlet with the inaugural address of President Chamberlain of the Iowa State Agricultural College and related inauguration services, noting the event occurred on November ninth.
Des Moines Register praises the troupe for a strong performance. John Dillon delightful as Ferret Vaughn and Louise Haven captivates as Flor ence Temple while Naiod, Heege, and Lemming deliver solid turns. All actors praised for skill and stage presence.
Weekly report lists transfers from J. A. Fitchpatrick Land Abstract Office. Grafton to Snyder lot in Sheldahl. Duda to O J et al. Hobaugh to Oxley. Giddings to W B Goel. Wells to James M Coleman. Wood to Permelia Giddings. Miller to Permelia Giddings. Various sections, townships, and prices noted.
Ray Hutchins son of the Hutchins House owner Nevad a receives appointment as passenger agent in Portland Oregon for the Canada Pacific railway.
The copy promotes the Daily Capital as Des Moines evening Republican paper printing AP dispatches and markets, with fourteen columns daily and $4 yearly by mail. The Weekly Capital is a large thirty six column sheet, reprinting best features, editorials, and Iowa news, plus Capital doings, at $1 per year.
The piece lists events tied to Fridays across US history from Columbus’s voyage to Cornwallis surrender and the formation of the United States. It notes key milestones such as St. Augustine’s founding, the Mayflower voyage, and Washington’s birth, emphasizing the recurring Friday linkage.
The Congregationalist details its nationwide editors and weekly foreign correspondence, promoting practical purity and evangelical faith. It highlights compact news on ministers and churches, plus sections like The Farm and Garden, Education, and Diary of Public Events. Subscriptions are $3 yearly, $5.50 for two years, $1.50 for six months, 75 cents for three months. Address W. L. Greene & Co., Boston.
An acquaintance suffered from scrofula yellow complexion and stomach distress for years before trying Dr Harter's Iron Tonic. The remedy cured her and renewed health and vigor.
Notice to all concerned that in the District Court of Story County Iowa the last will of Elvira J Stewart, deceased, is on file for probate hearing on February 21, 1887. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the instrument should not be accepted as the decedent's last will and testament. Witness Henry Wilson Jr, Clerk, District Court, Nevada Iowa.
Milo McCartney of Washington Township Story County Iowa took up a red three year old heifer with a white forehead white flanks white spot on the left side and white on the back of the fore leg horns turned in at the tips The auditor C G McCarthy of Story County Nevada Iowa dated January 12 1887 records the finding.
An 1887 notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh claiming internal action on blood and mucus surfaces. The advertisement offers one hundred dollar prize for any failure and requests orders to Toledo. It also mentions Story County government supervisors meeting in January 1887.
A child named Johnnie climbs a tree and takes a green apple, heard singing about him. The narrator notes the modest scene and the angels in heaven seemingly celebrate Johnnie’s grab as his own prize.
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