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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1892
Page
5
timetable listing routes for Chicago and North Western Railway. It shows night express timing at 4:10 AM and other northbound departures, with freight and passenger services, including destinations Des Moines and Dakot a, and noted arrival times around mid or late afternoon. Agent W. nocers is listed.
A long list of visits and travels fills the Ames social column. Dr and Mrs Fairchild visited Carroll. Mrs Hotchkiss of Denison paid a sisterly visit. Rev Danuer spoke at a Methodist church. Cary Kegley returned from Eastern Washington. Ada Howland left for Storm Lake to visit kin. Miss Ada Faatz visited Des Moines relatives. many locals report illnesses travels and hotel moves. The Leap Year ball at the opera house drew civic turnout with music from the State Centre orchestra and Quade Worthy noted. other social rounds include guests from Illinois Iowa City Rock Rapids and Cedar Falls and plans for future visits and relocations.
Taylor the Photographer received from Chicago today one of the finest burnishers and is now prepared to give customers an extra fine finish on all work.
A space is given this week for a writer in a position to observe country schools. The paper does not agree with all statements but invites discussion and offers columns for other communications.
The Iowa Public Health Association holds its inaugural meeting at Des Moines in the YMCA building at corner 4th and Grand Avenue on Thursday and Friday January 28th and 29th, 1892.
J L Geddes Camp No 58 Sons of Veterans meets Wednesday evening February 3 1892 at 8 oclock for officer election. Members urged to attend without further notice. L C Tirpen Captain.
Call and settle your account or past due note at once. Episcopal services in the Odd Fellows hall next Sunday at 11 o'clock A.M. conducted by Rev. S. R. J. Hoyt of Davenport Iowa. Aristo photos praised by Taylor. Duluth scholars amused by a local skits show at the Deestrick Skews event last night.
The Story County Republican slate asks the Seventh District to name Homer C. Boardman of Nevada as a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Minneapolis. They note Story County leads the district in Republican majorities and cites Boardman as a active local party leader who has canvassed without pay.
A linen cuff with a plain gold button and broken cuff hold er is described. The finder is urged to return it to the INTELLIGENCER Office for a suitable reward. The Ames Slat and Wire Fence pany promotes a popular farmers fence solution.
Advices from St Petersburg describe thousands of peasants fleeing famine to Siberia with Tobolsk as a target. At Tiomen near Tobolsk 1 400 arrived amid extreme cold and squalor, with 14 absolutely helpless residents and no shelter or fire. Typhus runs through the crowd and medical aid is ineffective as deaths rise and bodies are buried in a common pit. Ames area contributions total 256.70 after a week of fundraising.
A whisper of a prospective wedding unites town and country amid pleasant Sunday weather. A well known stirring gentleman and protectionist is linked to the rumor as readers tease an upcoming ceremony. Town style notices hint at lively social chatter.
Public sale announcements list Jesse Van Scoy on Wednesday February 3 1892 C L Bunce on Friday February 5 1892 and J R Sherman on February 11 1892 with locations unspecified. The notices provide the sale sequence and dates for these individuals in early February 1892.
A mixed set of items notes cheap type for a small office, Judge Stevens recovery after grippe, a government address supplement for readers, updates on Ames water works and a local resident L Van Dusen selling remedies for income during recovery, urging support for a hard working neighbor.
On next Wednesday Mr and Mrs A H Thayer mark twenty fifth years of marriage with friends sending best wishes. P Alexander Johnstone Entertainment starts at 8 with attendees asked to be seated promptly to avoid noise disturbing the performer.
Isaac Hanna died Sunday evening January 24 after a short illness of typhoid pneumonia at the residence of Milo McCartney east of town. He was 27 and unmarried. The burial was at Ames Tuesday after house services led by Rev. F Douglass. His parents reside in Grant township.
The Centerville Citizen notes President Beardshear delivered a strong lecture praising practical ideas and clear thinking. It urged students to fill their roles in life, stressing personal effort to boost the agricultural college and its future prominence in the state.
Mrs. Chas. D. Bunce died of La Grippe at her home three miles north of Ames on Friday last. Funeral services were held at the house Saturday and she was buried in Ames cemetery. Born Sarah Parish in 1821 at Elizabethtown Kentucky she moved to Indiana as a child and married twice before Bunce. She had two sons and a daughter and lived as a devoted Christian wife and mother after joining the Christian church. Death relieved years of invalid suffering.
The Story county 8 8 Association reports the county executive committee plans a three day Sunday School Institute in Ames during February. Members urge all Sunday School friends to support the effort for a successful event. The note also records condolences for M. M. Turner and mentions a new baby girl to W. L. Sutton and his family.
An OCR fragment lists prices for cattle and sheep including heifers steers and fat sheep. It also mentions buckwheat corn beans potatoes and butter per unit, indicating a local market pricing page or advertisement with assorted farm goods.
Duluth Minn Evening Herald describes a Duluth audience laughing through a humorous spoof of a country school titled Our Grandads at School. Mrs Black as skewl marm draws praise while Judge Stearns lampoons modern teaching methods. Singing adds charm to the performance.
1892 administratrix Susana J. Yelton announces settlement of the estate of James G. Yelton in Story County Nevada. Debts due to the estate must be paid to the administratrix and claims presented to the court for allowance, dated January 20, 1892.
T C McCann advertises sale Residences and about fifty town lots in Nevada Iowa with options to buy or rent farms yearly. States ability to loan money on real estate security and invites buyers or sellers to call. Also mentions local deals from Groves and Hamilton & Co on raisins lamps glassware honey and White Lily flour.
M. E. McMichael offers licensed dray and express service for light and heavy hauling in Ames Iowa. Specializes in land and building stone and invites customers to try the service for satisfaction.
An assortment of 19th century ads and notices from Adams Bros and local merchants. Items include coffee prices from Golden Blend and Ambrosia, wagon stock from G W O'Brien, Curtice Bros canned goods, Krause’s headache capsules, Druggist L M Bosworth, and Dr Beverly moving offices over Union National Bank.
A survey of prominent women and their unusual roles from hunting and music to medicine and diplomacy. It highlights Mrs Davis the rifle expert wife of a senator, Siegfried Wagner’s music not matching talent, Mme de Barrios perfume, Miss Leclerc as a pioneering woman apothecary, and Mme de Novikoff’s subtle influence on British diplomacy.
The Farmers Institute will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Ames opera hall on Saturday January 30 at 1 p m. A program includes talks by Prof James Wilson on feed for dairy cows and corn handling for high yields, Q D Allen on hog product shipping costs, and C F Curti with others addressing the dairy horse market. Com. Parley Sheldon GRAVES.
Reported by A. Snow and Co solicitors of American patents and U.S. Patent Office opposition. Names include W. C. Barber Willisen drill J. W. Denney T. M. Hilsabeck Manning cultivator G. A. Engle Baxter mill for cutting grain and making flour J. B. Green Nora Springs producing ornamental surfaces J. Schroeder H. T. Hahn Davenport washing machine J. Richardson Clinton soap-holder.
The Dorcas Society plans a February 3 gathering at 3 PM hosted by Mrs J L Stevens. Revival meetings at the U B Church continue with growing interest and perceived good.
A reader expresses thanks to friends for help during illness and sorrow. An 1881 Taylorville Democrat paper stack is noted, with a call to collect the papers. A review describes a joyous community performance at the Opera House featuring Mrs. Black organizing a humorous show with schoolboy and girl roles and a lighthearted, reforms of days past.
P Alexander Johnstone appears at the Opera House Monday evening February 1 under a guarantee from Arnold Budd Kent Carstens and Henry Wilson. Ticket prices range from 25 cents for children and schoolchildren to 50 cents for reserved seats. The program features an imaginary murder trial staged live with Johnstone locating the clues and actors on stage.
Frank Corkin, a former barber for John Kintzley, stood trial before Justice O Brien for an unprovoked assault on a Wearth living near Laidley place. He was found guilty of assault on two Wearth brothers and sentenced to sixty days in jail.
The family expresses sincere thanks to neighbors and friends who aided them during the illness of their son and brother and during the sickness and death of their friend Isaac Hanna Mr and Mrs McCartney and family
The notice promotes a semi weekly Des Moines paper called the Twice a Wee News. It highlights low prices for mailing Tuesday and Friday editions and a yearly subscription offer of 2 25. It claims to publish home and farm matter and to provide state news ahead of other outlets.
A garbled society piece surveys European royals and notables. It mentions the German empress in public splendor and private simplicity, the Russian empress with delicate tastes, the Prince of Wales’ pipe collection, Queen Margherita on youth, and Austrian royalty’s ties to Greece and language studies.
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