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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1879
Page
3
An influential longtime resident and Christian minister of the M E Church passes away. The report notes his prominent role and calls for public remembrance of his service to the town.
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung diseases claiming the largest world sales and universal safety for all ages. It asserts no failures and urges consulting a local druggist to verify the claims.
We Challenge the World presenting Shilohs Consumption Care as the best Lang Medicine. It claims to cure common or chronic coughs in half the time and relieve asthma bronchitis whooping cough croup and more consumption cures. Sold by Thomas and McLain with prices 10 cts 50 cts and 1.00. Use Shilohs porous plaster for chest or back aches.
Fiat money holds level and corn at 17 cents per bushel. Crus dance at Ontario tonight and next Friday. Methodist church meetings began Wednesday. K W Brows builds a barn on Kellogg street. Buker’s shop moved over Goble’s harness shop. Lumber imports into the country rise. Catter’s livery to open soon. Caaney and Hulett plan cattle movement next season. Boosever & Co market a safety lamp. Church sociable invites all. Northwestern pay car passes line, sparks minor tenders. Hog market buoyant 2.25 to 2.60. Dan McCarray blocked from Story county court. W H Cole sold 13 hogs, total 5265 lb. Cuveen & Co sold arm and hammer soda by local firms. Gosse trades residence. takes possession March 1. Nevada correspondent notes W H Mead’s death. remains sent to Boston. About 300 hog cars stopped along C N W line awaiting market gains.
A church trial in Franklin township concluded the week with no public verdict yet. Rev. R. J. Reynolds returned from Nebraska and will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening. The week brought mild weather, with a 55 degree reading at Bousquet’s corner and an upbeat mood about local education and industry.
Nichols and Maxwell recovered a five chamber revolver from bedding under a horse in a Boone farm stall. The weapon was left in the feed box by a local man, kicked around by the horse, and a portion of the handle was torn off. Every chamber remained loaded.
In the freight house yesterday a new Middiings purifier appeared for T. and KR. Hannum. The machine’s design and build appear to meet the manufacturers claims. The Hannums are making several desirable improvements to their mill property.
Lymax Johnson, a corn buyer, misplaced his pocketbook containing money notes and checks. He became highly agitated until the item was recovered, an ordinary episode that could stir strong feelings in many people during these times.
Post office letters waiting for pickup in Ames Iowa for the week ending Saturday evening before this paper date. Names listed include J Br Looley Geo Osborn John Taynker D Tupler Geo W Thomas Andreas Stuehrek Eugene Livingston Mick McCormick Fred Eckan Phillip Culp Mrs Harriz A Lucas P M.
C. D. Norman suspects that people who adopt new names and discard their old ones risk harming their credit. He recently searched the countryside for debtors but could not locate the men listed in his books.
K. W. Brown’s little boy is recovering rapidly. Cal Giddings improves day by day. Miss Grace Bartlett recovers from a prolonged illness. Wm. Clark has felt weak recently. Geo. Barnes Perley Sheldon I. B. Hirsh Ed. Barrell S. Peter man and Jno. Basket have bilea. Mr. and Mrs. Lambertson of Glidden visited their brother George in the city.
Ogden Reporter notes Senator Gallup and Judge Mitchel will join in a law partnership. Also announced is a Teachers Institute to be held at Willow Grove school in Lafayette township on Saturday February 8 starting at 10 a m with the County Superintendent in attendance. G W C
Reports from Story and Peora Vedette conflict on corn smut feeding tests against cattle with one account claiming three days to kill a steer while others found no harm. The Iowa Weather Service notes 1878 rainfall lower statewide with eastern rainfall concentrated in winter and early-year tornadoes. Community events include a Sunday school reception for Elder Reynolds, donations, fishery proceeds, and tributes to Reynolds.
A boy about 18 to 20 introduced as Elbert Johnson was detained after a horse theft report linked to a 5 o’clock capture. The animal matched a Nevada Iowa Centre rider Sam Donahoo’s missing horse, and Albert Benedict was later identified by Donahoo as the owner. Benedict pleaded not guilty and was held on $600 bail pending the next district court term.
A report from a rural city tells of Ross Mason being robbed at gunpoint by Frank Harper on a highway near the town. Volunteers pursued and recovered the horse. Harper remains at large. Sheriff Gillispie describes Harper with blue eyes, light hair, and a scar. The temperance revival led by John W. Drew has 1,040 pledges and over $200 raised. Helen Potter will perform for the cause, and Cole faces legal actions tied to whisky traffic. The town mourns the sudden death of W. H. Mead, a produce merchant, while a domestic dispute in Cambridge ends with No. 1’s discharge after an assault accusation.
A Swede Point town reports another saloon fire on Tuesday night. The incident marks the third saloon destroyed by fire in twelve months. A fragment cites the April robbery of merchant Peter Erickson, with arrest and conviction of William Jarnigan and Isaac Radcliffe, Radcliffe to stand trial next term, and notes Radcliffe’s temperance background amid competing narratives. The piece blends a biblical passage and various local notices including farming advice and ads for Dr Marshall's Lung Syrup.
State of Iowa Story County warns Elizabeth Niles that a petition by N A Rainbolt seeks one hundred dollars with interest from January 19 1879 plus costs and expenses in Elizabeth Niles v W O Stevens et al The petition requests an attachment on her property and a default judgment if she does not appear before noon on the second day of the next court term beginning May 1879 in Nevada Iowa Raixport and Baines attorneys for the plaintiff
Notice that a purported last will and testament of Anna Graham, deceased, is on file and to be proven on February 27, 1879, at the Circuit Court. J. L. Smith, Clerk, seals and dates the notice with the court’s seal.
State of Iowa notice that a written instrument purporting to be the last will of Ferdinand Johnson deceased is on file. The February term begins February 27, 1879, at the Circuit Court in Boom. Witness my hand and the seal of the court January 15, 1879. Smith Clerk Circuit Court.
Jenny Nelson sues for divorce on cruelty and desertion. Court warns of default and judgment if no response by February 27 1879. Notices issued by Stevens Ungewoopa. Also Governor to consider pardon for Geo L Kent convicted of seduction in November 1878. opposing views requested. Joan Karr.
Taken up by Jue J Stevenson of Union township Story county Iowa on the 11th day of January 1879 one medium sized ear tray steer described as follows red with white flanks some white in bush of tail one white heart shaped spot in face one year old last spring appraised at $12.
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