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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1881
Page
3
The newspaper asks readers to renew subscriptions and hints at upcoming features planned within the next month. It stresses the need for funds to implement improvements and attract continued patronage from both old and new subscribers.
The Intelligencer advertises selling a nine column Washington hand press an eighth medium Gordon a 30 inch paper cutter 250 pounds of No 4 Brewer type 100 pounds of No 4 nonpariel plus cases galleys and more all in No 1 order. Whole or part sale for cash. bargain for buyers.
Nourse sold 2000 sacks in six months with zero returns praising LeGrand flour as the best four X flour in the state.
Roderick McKenzie of Richland township, father of Judge and T. C. McKenzie, died Monday morning and was buried yesterday. Hampton Recorder notes a further notice next week. A separate item: Thomas Correll offers $5 reward for a lost pocket book in Ames, left at Greeley & Rainbolt’s bank.
A wry quote contrasts a lawyer pressuring a witness with the witness answering in kind. It recalls bear hunting and the hunter becoming the hunted. An Irishman jokes that what he wants from a judge is one who leans a bit to his side.
The Episcopal Society meets at Mrs. G. H. Maxwell's house on Friday evening January 28 with the sewing circle not meeting in the afternoon. Refreshments will be served at the usual hour and all are invited. Nourse the grocer offers a large invoice of teas including a basket fired Japan at fifty cents per pound, promising savings. The Watchman seeks opinion on whether Story county has a poor farm and questions the newspaper's future location.
The note speaks of W R Daniels a long time Homer resident meeting in Ames with a judge and his family noting good health and happiness with their new home. The writer Hamilton Freemoon adds a moral reflection about life bringing both trials and joys urging continued happiness.
The Ames Alliance will convene in Opera Hall on the first Saturday afternoon of February. A large attendance is expected and a general good time anticipated. Farmers show readiness to support the Alliance and a sizable membership is anticipated to grow locally.
A mixed batch of items reports Vermont maple syrup purchases, a health alert from Fort Madison about smallpox at a penitentiary, and prison foremen fleeing. Also noted are a Boston lecturer Prof. B F Underwood visiting Nevada, Nourse paying top cash for butter and eggs, and County Commissioner Ballard buying lumber for a bridge near Story City. The Intelligencer apologizes for recent delays and promises timelier editions.
The Crown sewing machine is advertised as the best made and offered for sale by I. B. Frazee. The Watchman reports several Analine poisonings in recent weeks, with Eliza Briggs the most clearly affected case among schoolgirls, urging caution in selecting products to ensure coloring is removed.
This week W. D. Lucas sold his banking business and bank building to W. M. Greeley Dan McCarthy and Jno L Stevens. The buyers intend to form a stock company to conduct a general banking business in Ames. The new company is expected to be formed soon.
The Russell Publishing Co Boston presents the fourth number of Our Little Ones aimed at very young readers. It is a finely illustrated, affordable children’s magazine priced at 1 50 per year and warmly recommended for years of attachment.
Nourse's features seasonal fruit varieties and notes the Clear Lake Improvement Company formed by Ames residents has built an ice house and plans grounds upgrades early next spring. Boone Webster City and Ames back the venture as a resort stockholders may enjoy. Timber thieves active in Boone County threaten river lands with losses and possible grand jury action.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel pays tribute to Judge J W McKinzie for his article to the Des Moines Register about General McPhersons death. It recalls McKinzie as a concise writer and notes the famous Hold the Fort song linked to James W McKenzie’s signal flag in the Civil War.
A hundred and five year old Ames resident Grandma Black received visits from youthful misses who brought gifts and well wishes for her health. The piece notes the ongoing census process, temperance lectures by Ansley Gray, and local efforts toward prohibition with upcoming talks at the Baptist church and the Opera Hall.
The Chicago and Northwestern system now lists 2 800 miles in operation five fewer, and 445 miles under construction. The Pioneer line may reach 3 240 miles this year, reflecting a vast network under one management. Officials praise the road’s first class condition.
The Enterprise Literary Society schedules a Wednesday program featuring a song, a debate on credit for discovering America between Christopher Columbus and George Washington with affirmative and negative speakers, several declamations and speeches by members, music, a critics report, a business meeting, and adjournment.
The Ames Farmers Alliance Association met at The Intelligence office on Saturday to elect temporary officers after speeches from members including Prof Knapp and Col Hoggatt. Prof J L Budd was chosen president with John J Kegley as secretary, and a committee was named to draft by laws. Adjournment set for Wednesday at ten.
The Ames and Nevada Telephone Company filed articles of incorporation with the Recorder of Deeds in Nevada on the 27th. It has 1000 dollars capital stock in 25 dollar shares. Subscribed by J A Fitchpatrick John L Stevens Daniel McCarthy and others. The aim is to erect maintain and operate a telephone system between Ames Nevada and Iowa Agricultural College and extend to Story county. They seek Bell Telephone Co rights for five years to operate exchanges and private lines with commissions to state agents. Stockholders expect profits as rent rebates and urge local business support.
The notice offers a one year subscription to The Intelligencer and the State Register for $2.50, with the Register already well known. For $2.40, a year of The Intelligencer and the Chicago Journal. The paper offers combined rates with leading publications and invites subscribers to save.
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