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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1880
Page
3
McCune Bros. for shoes and a busy period in Story county with corn still to gather. A new billiard hall is threatened while school board plans a Monday night meeting. Cory corn prices drop to twenty four cents per bushel in Ames and Nevada. Local notes cover sales, ads, and community happenings.
The item urges Ames residents to vote in March on purchasing a fire engine. Other notes report chair repairs by Lamb, a new band organization in Ames, planned club dances, election trouble in eight counties, a for sale 80 acre farm near Ontario, grain logistics in Chicago, Hawny Ligurer turning farmer, Cox Scorr ponies from Canada, and J A Bain buying the St James Hotel at Boone.
Kendall's Spavin Care advertises a remedy for horse spavin with strong testimonials from prominent horsemen. It claims significant results and an unprecedented reputation among horse owners, urging readers to investigate its claimed benefits.
Henry McCarthy interviewed 185 Republican business men on Onondaga street. Blaine led with 70 votes, Grant 43, Sherman 22, showing strong preference for Blaine among Iowa electors if a spoken expression were possible.
Hughton Osgood and Co of Boston publish the fourth in the Bodley Books series titled the Bodley family in town and country and the Bodleys telling stories and the Bodleys a foot. The charming tales offer wholesome information for youth and captivate from start to finish. May have wide sale for the sake of young readers.
Wednesday evening church gathering launched a new musical union. Officers elected include B W Child president H C Huntington secretary and Ed R Barrell treasurer. An executive committee comprises Dr Meredith M Hemstreet Mrs Dr Andruss Frank Keigley B W Child and H C Huntington. First formal meeting held last evening with report coming next week.
Des Moines and Minneapolis Narrow Gauge Railway stockholders met in Des Moines after rumors of J B Alley opposing the Northwestern gauge plan. Alley’s interest was bought in Chicago by John S Blair, clearing doubt on the broad gauge project. The meeting then voted to widen the gauge from Des Moines to Ames.
A Wisconsin logging tour reports a gloomy outlook for the logging industry. Warm weather and heavy rains have made roads nearly impassable in northern routes, threatening loggers with disruption and higher future prices as crops fail. Minnesota pineries fare worse, risking unremunerative figures next season.
Joan H Kina introduces the first bill in the Iowa lower house amending the 1873 code to bar more than two consecutive county terms except for school superintendent and surveyor. Parker and Cobbey bills address small-claims appeals costs sureties and tax penalties, signaling a strong early legislative start.
A letter argues the road law drains funds while roads remain poor. It urges a new or reformed system with tighter controls to curb theft and improve highway funding and construction. Coffin signs the piece dated February 8.
F Croy returns from a Dear hunt in western state. F W Foster of Cedar Rapids Insurance Co. covers Story and Boone counties. A C McCracken injures hand at N W Ry Co. now idle with a broken finger. W J Freed claims cattle near Arapahoe Nebr losing five of 115 head. feed scarce, prices good. A son of J P Shinaberger fractures arm after a horse mishap. Two Foster children die of diphtheria two hours apart. The father mental collapse follows, after an earlier tragedy. he is in an asylum with poor prospects.
Tama City was visited by R. H. Thomas and John DeGraff from Lena Illinois who organized a Library Association with 40 members targeted. They took 55 subscribers at 50 cents each and left 54 Lakeside Libraries for victims, with pamphlets costing about five cents each, totaling roughly two dollars. They departed to avoid arrest, leaving eight membership tickets behind. The Tama Herald notes the ploy appears plausible but dangerous, urging caution.
Republican members seized the Maine State House to organize the Fifty‑ninth Legislature. The GOP secured a Senate and House quorum, elected leaders, and prepared to seek Supreme Court input on legality while Fusionists were left out. A separate Iowa weather bulletin for 1879 notes variable temperatures and rainfall, with notable storm activity.
J K Powers Esc Register of State Land Office presents the year ending October 1 1879 report detailing 224010 acres donated to the Agricultural College now leased or sold with some reverting due to buyer delinquencies. Des Moines River lands history notes ejectments of settlers. relief acts in Congress have failed. Auditor B B Sherman reports revenue 2260430 64 and expenditures 2259886 56 leaving 74187 27 in treasury. He cites undervaluation of property and urges a blank oath by taxpayers to reveal personal property to improve assessment.
Detroit resident hatches plan to mail a blank envelope to himself from far away and force a return letter, hoping to provoke a government error. The postmaster general’s order inspires the scheme as the man imagines Uncle Sam will blink and refund postage.
Public notice states Leoat Buayhs offers for sale the rights to justice court and district court proceedings at this office. Sale includes access to case listings and associated documents for prospective buyers.
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