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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1884
Page
2
The Intelligencer notes a Chinese girl baby in Boston. Additional economic items mention about 20,000 vessels in the British register and 2,700 arrivals weekly in London. A German region still uses cows to drag plows. Blaine Coppinger named for Mr. Blaine's grandson. Castle Garden missionaries found running boarding houses.
The Trustees of New York actors' fund spent seven thousand dollars in charitable grants last year. London meanwhile pursues another Thames tunnel scheme as a current pet project.
Alaska seal hunters have killed more than 90 thousand seals during the current season, reflecting a high harvest and ongoing harvesting activity across shared hunting grounds.
Hallam Tennyson eldest son of the poet laureate to marry Audrey Boyle. The forthcoming union links the Tennyson and Boyle families in a notable social match.
The Dubuque Herald office is now illuminated throughout with electric light. This marks a highlight in local progress as the newsroom gains modern illumination and efficiency.
Senator Sherman has been offered the presidency of the Northern Pacific railroad but has refused the post.
The Burlington city council approved an ordinance permitting broad wagon tires on city streets. The measure outlines tire specifications and enforcement, aiming to regulate vehicle access and preserve road surfaces.
The Iowa Republican State Committee fixed Wednesday May 7 as the convention date to choose delegates for the national GOP convention, outlining plans for the event.
Des Moines launches Tee Capital a new morning newspaper with A. H. Duffus as manager and J. R. Sage formerly of the Cedar Rapids Republican as editor.
The Iowa delegation in Congress endorses Gov Eastman of Eldora as a candidate for one of the judgeships on the federal court of Wyoming Territory.
A lady of the city, described as a loving wife and mother, is afflicted with cancer. The notice expresses earnest prayers for her recovery and many years to share with her husband and children.
Story County sent a delegation to the State Temperance Convention in Des Moines on Wednesday led by A. O. Abbott Ole Nelson Rev W Laidley J Mc Cowan M Hemstreet W K Wood M D Livingston and K W Brown.
The comet of last year kept young people lingering to admire it but the older 1812 veteran on duty retires early. It is not popular with young folks, we are told.
An exchange links diphtheria to poorly trimmed smoky kerosene lamps left burning overnight. The warning urges turning off the light completely or burning the flame at full to avoid poisonous fumes filling the chamber.
Citizens are urged to support home industry by patronizing local merchants who advertise in the community paper. The adverting merchants are presented as reliable partners visible in the newspaper columns.
In the State Senate the chairmen include Larra bee for Ways and Means Hemenway for the Judiciary Sutton for Appropriations Robert for Railroads Whaley for Military Affairs Hutchinson for Schools Clark for Suppression of Intemperance Gillett for Highways Eastman for Retrenchment and Reform and Reform School Marshal on Agricultural College.
The New York Central railroad adopts the lowest known world rates, cutting fares between New York and Poughkeepsie to a little over 3 mills per mile for 654 trips sold every weekday at $140 for 73 miles. Yonkers tickets 15 miles distant go at 6 mills per mile.
Gov Carpenter chairs ways and means with Weaver on judiciary, Clayton agriculture, Benson railroads, Tuttle on appropriations, Hall on schools, Kerr constitutional amendments, Harrison claims, McCall agricultural college, Hayslite on insurance, Smythe on banks and banking and suppression of intemperance, Lyon military affairs, Humphrey elections.
The Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railroad prohibits profane or obscene language by all on duty employees and orders immediate discharge by department heads for any violator.
A merchant contends advertising builds trade and cites John Wannamaker who employs writers and spends hundreds of thousands yearly on ads. He notes his own income exceeded a million dollars and argues that advertising generally pays.
A Washington dispatch notes the pensioners list cost about 35000 to print and has been reprinted. Commissioner Dudley reports over 10000 increase applications and about 200 complains alleging ineligible names, with only one fraud found. Several deaths appeared on the list due to rushed preparation, and a future adjustment will resume one pension after renewal. An article on Richard Doyle of Punch Earnest is mentioned.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway boasts dining cars on the Kansas City line with meals at seventy five cents and hotel like amenities. It highlights parlor cars free to through first class ticket holders, Pullman sleeping cars, and broad service to Council Bluffs Minneapolis and beyond, urging public support and patronage.
Publishers promote The World Magazine with a one year $1 subscription and free postage. A Grand Prize Distribution will award $75,000 to new subscribers, with a $5,000 portion for patrons as advertising. Subscriptions and prize tickets are distributed by a committee, address 38 and 40 Dearborn Chicago Illinois. Clubs of five subscribers earn a free yearly subscription and prize receipt.
The retirement of Carl Schurz from a leading New York journal follows irreconcilable differences over issues tied to telegraph and railroad labor with employers. The February North American Review features his stance on corporations and the public, along with pieces on Henry Vaughan and John Brown.
The Continent issue offers Donn Piat poetry on Lake George with W Hamilton Gibson illustration and W H Morse engraving, plus J MacDonald Oxley tale The Canadian Capital with festive winter scenes, and a reminiscence from the revolutionary era. C F Thwing contributes a piece on The Power in City Politics.
The docket tallies thirteen criminal and eighty three civil cases with numerous state prosecutions and civil suits. The court convenes in Nevada on Monday.
A vintage advertisement touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as a food digestor tonic. It claims to aid digestion, strengthen the weak, calm the nervous, and cure mild diarrheas without causing constipation for every family.
An old advertise promise for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup used to ease teething pain in sick children. Claims include relief from crying teething pain and associated diarrhea and stomach wind. Says recommended by physicians and nurses and sold by druggists worldwide for 25 cents a bottle.
Mowry to Loar announces farm mortgages at six percent annual interest. Principal payable in installments at borrower option. J. A. Fitchpatrick, Nevada Iowa.
An old advertisement touts Shiloh's Cure as a fast remedy for hacking coughs sleepless nights and catarrh. Claims include liver complaint relief and sweet breath with a 50 cent price and a free nasal injector from Bradley and Templeton.
An advertisement announces Dr Bosanko’s Pills as a permanent relief for piles and itch with immediate effect. The Пiqua Ohio manufactured remedy costs 50 cents and is sold by Bosworth & Co.
Messrs Suarty Co Chicago specialize in fine Watches Jewelry and Silverware including dust and water roof cases Solid Silver Plated Solid Gold or Rolled Gold pieces. Send to Shurly Co for single article at the dozen price. Endorsed by Express Co Postmaster of Chicago and others. Goods sent on approval with eye to purchase at home. 77 State Street Chicago for illustrated catalogue.
The article advises choosing solid silver watch cases with full silver caps, gold hinges, and sturdy construction. It warns that albata caps discolor and thin backs cause loosening, allowing dust to enter. The Keystone silver watch cases use silver caps and gold joints.
A historical listing of Ames area professionals and firms including attorneys physicians dentists bankers millers bakers hardware groceries tailoring grain and freight services. It names D McCarthy Geo A Vaikenenlh M D Dix S W Net Netti Reretelie Seante Lockwood Hawley Co J L Bartlett Ames Flouring Mills Henry McCarthy G H Runyon Wright Ives Lauber Queal Mazman Cook Shields C S Giddings Dray and Moving G W Stavea among others.
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