17 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1885
Page
1
Scrambled OCR text shows a publisher line with unclear distribution terms and pricing options for copies and subscriptions. The readable elements reference Gee Ames and E Duncan as publisher entities and list rates like one copy and various advance periods.
Advertising rates listed for five canes or less at $500 per year with 10 cent and 5 cent insertions. Ames is described as a rail hub near Des Moines with connections to Chicago and North Western and Des Moines and Minneapolis lines. The city is tied to Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and endowed with a public school and surrounding productive farms.
Services held on Sundays and alternating Sundays with evening services. Sunday School at 12 oclock. General Prayer Meeting Wednesday evenings at seven. Pastors listed H J Erly and G H Starring.
The G ARPiasworth Post No. 20G.A.R. meets on the first and third Saturdays at 7 p.m. The notice calls members and sailors to attend with initiation fees of $2.00 and quarterly dues.
Jack Chadburn rises from forecastle to second mate under a harsh skipper and brutal mate. He earns respect through seamanship while romance with Miss Franklin grows amid mutinous danger and a burning ship sighting.
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