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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1885
Page
2
Rates listed for five line or less cards per year and standing ads changeable monthly per inch. All business locals priced at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents per line for each additional insertion.
Ames lies on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis line thirty six miles north of Des Moines. It hosts Iowa State College facilities, a well equipped public school, and productive surrounding farms.
The notice lists weekly religious services with Sunday morning service and alternate Sunday evening, Sunday School at noon, and Wednesday prayer meeting at seven. It also records United Workmen Ames Lodge No. 166 meeting every second and fourth Tuesday with officers G H. Starr ing pastor and J S Brooks M W as rec.
G A P Llsworth Post No 30 G A R meets the first and third Saturdays at 7 oclock in Masonic Hall. Duncan serves as Quarter Master Henry Wilson Jr. extends invitation to all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors. Initiation fees are $2.00 and quarterly dues 25 cents.
GEO A UNDERWOOD attorney practices in all Iowa and U S courts with office over Union Bank Ames Iowa E B CRAMBLIT veterinary surgeon Ames Office five doors south of the New York House advertises medicines including King of Pain with caution about genuineness and labeling.
A reflective poem by Mrs. Cornie W. Laws recalls a beloved kitchen home as rain falls and a family loses four little feet. The verses describe firelight, shadows, and the sorrow of a winter night while wondering about the paths of virtue and reunion.
An evocative scene from Edmond About’s Le Turco recounts a wounded French youth in the Africa campaign. In relay with Brummer and Leopold, the Turco dies after a valiant stand, asking his friend to deliver his medals, money for comrades, and letters to family, as war concludes his life.
A collage of humorous vignettes on courtship, shopping, manners, and curiosities. Includes tales of a match factory encounter, auction day antics, advice columns for women, Army officer finances, and a long parade of odd objects and amusing anecdotes from diverse sources.
Col. Charles Denby named as new Minister to China succeeding John Russell Young. Born in Botetourt County Virginia in 54 years, educated at Georgetown and Virginia Military Institute. He practiced law in Evansville Indiana after moving there in 1853, with wartime service as Lieutenant Walker Fearn, Minister to Greece.
A cor. from the Portland Transcript recalls leaving Wrangle and sailing through Wrangle Narrows into sunny coves and along steep cliffs. He observes a fish cannery, native huts, and canoes offering crafts, noting warm, vivid south coast scenery with snow peaks and glassy channels. Alaska’s beauty is praised as a land of scenic wonders.
A compact aphorism notes that people overestimate how much others consider them and guide their actions accordingly, highlighting a common misperception of personal significance.
A humorous exchange shows a son delaying return until midnight to cut costs on board, arguing his late hours reduce lodging expenses, while the father questions the true meaning of economy in the arrangement.
Uncle Zack Baker of Benton County pursues a potential constitutional amendment on the mineral spring. A speaker asks what the water cures, with claims of healing yaller landers and rheumatism. A Little Rock reporter allegedly maligns truth, while Channing on liberty closes the excerpt.
The quote discusses poverty and pretense in ruin, a prideful struggle to appear brave despite lack. It notes Mrs. Jameson on courage to face poverty and records Mohammed’s view that women cannot enter heaven, mentioning he had eleven wives.
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