01 Jul 1886
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1886
Page
3
Many items report community events across Polk City Junction Story City Carroll and Ames. Plastering completed for a residence in Polk City Junction. Ontario celebration on the 3rd. Story City preparing for July 4 with Tim Brown as orator. An open air meeting commemorates the Republic as the 110th birth day. G A R planning Western Iowa Veterans reunion August 24 to 26 at Carroll.
Dyer, Wilson, Ingram and Burgess form a standout quartet that outpaces opponents with coordinated play and sharp execution. The quartet's cohesion and speed create a formidable challenge for rivals.
The Story County 8.8 Association schedules its next meeting at Umphry School House Grant Township on July 11. A dime social will be held next Friday evening July 2 on the old schoolhouse grounds to raise funds for new Band of Hope supplies.
The district convention meets in Webster City today with predictions of Miracle Weaver and Stevens winning on the first ballot. Also noted is the death of Hon. David Davis of Bloomington Illinois a former Supreme Court member senator and acting Vice President.
The ladies cancel the July 3 festival dinner and supper and will stage an entertainment on Friday evening July 9 in Opera Hall with full particulars to follow next week.
Letters from Ames Iowa report satisfaction with a Minneapolis Binder bought from Wright and Richmond. A C N W railway collision near State Center caused a smash up with no injuries and detoured trains via Jewell Junction and Tama City.
Hon J A Harvey president of the Iowa State Temperance Alliance spoke at Kelley on June 27 sparking the Kelley Temperance Alliance with 22 members. Officers named are A Wortman president Elmer Keeney vice president John J Wiltse secretary and David Raymond treasurer. The group will meet first Tuesday each month for business declamations essays and aims to promote prohibition and total abstinence. Secretary invites the public to attend.
Delegates cooled by ice water. Cap Smith denies candidacy while Nevada uses him to bait the Ames camp. Wilson maintains a secure lead for clerk as rival factions waver. Dyer Burgess win by acclamation. Recorder race exhausts candidates. festive mischief and party disappointment color the scene.
Local residents host and visit relatives across Iowa including Wall Lake Syracuse and Des Moines. Travelers include Rollin Hunter George Giddings Hezekiah Hunter and others while Miss Jessie Gaston completes a highly praised school term and receives a five month extension offer. Ayer s Sarsaparilla is praised as a leading blood remedy.
The firm of Livingston and Means in Boone Iowa, successors to Watt Webb, advertises long term farm loans at very low rates with principal payable at the borrower option. They are described as reliable with access to large sums at low interest and hold a complete abstract of Boone County. They invite correspondence.
The Mother Kid Glove claims to be the latest improvement with no hooks or buttons. It laces instantly by pulling cords and fastens with a small slide for easy operation and durability, sold by Miss D. E. Dix.
Mr J H Hedges canvasses for Gen John A Logan’s work The Great Conspiracy the first complete collection of documents behind the Civil War rebellion with over 600 pages 33 chapters and engravings of leading statesmen and generals. Prices range from 375 to 10 in cloth to Morocco.
Harper’s July issue completes the last act with three full page cuts and E A Abbey’s drawings. Epilogue will appear in August. Abbey’s poetic sense finds motifs in the comedy and Harper & Brothers plan a holiday book edition next season with new pictures for the volume.
A writer notes two kinds of girls. One type shines in social settings abroad, loving parties and balls, while the other excels at home in the dining room and sick room, bringing cheer. They differ in character, one tormenting at home, the other a blessing and sunbeam guiding all.
An editor muses on praising his town and its people in vivid terms. He suggests calling the deceased a fallen oak after a bout with tremens and framing local figures with grand titles in vibrant, if exaggerated, language.
This advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil as a tonic and stimulant with healing strengthening and fattening effects. It claims usefulness in consumption debility and wasting diseases and describes the product as agreeable and valuable for health restoration.
A city message stresses acquainting residents with strangers seeking homes. It warns that families may feel homesick if neighbors overlook them and urges locals to welcome newcomers to prevent departures.
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