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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1884
Page
3
Market report from Chicago and Ames with cattle hog prices and grain data. Local notice about business rates and classifieds. A school closure at Wall Lake and a plan to study law near Blackstone. Patchy weather notes describe a good rain and optimistic corn growth and crop prospects.
Mr A Nourse funded the printing of Fourth of July exercise programs for broad distribution. The crowd will be grateful to Sa em and visit his stand in the grove to pick up a palm leaf fan, a welcome relief in the sweltering heat.
Mr Geo H Runyon of Ames is praised as an indefatigable and trusted insurance man. A house belonging to W H Hamilton north of Ames burned Saturday afternoon with unknown cause. insurance covered about 100 dollars. Meanwhile local advertisers earned 20 dollars from 40 promotional cards, and railroad notices warn of liquor restrictions after July 4.
A Country Temperance Alliance at Nevada Friday elected W P Bennett as president John R Hays as secretary and A O Abbott as treasurer with an executive committee named from multiple towns. Five members form a quorum by vote of the meeting. The group aims to enforce Prohibitory laws in the state. On Sunday Ames narrowly escaped a major fire scare as a buggy cry of Fire! sent worshippers fleeing from Onondaga to Kellogg and into smoke from a neighboring frame building. The blaze began from a defective chimney and was largely controlled by a water brigade aided by calm winds. Sanbashas sustained some damage but was insured.
Newton Indiana resident William Thomas reports his wife suffered a severe cough for years. After trying many remedies she used Dr King’s New Discovery and, with two bottles, was fully cured. Trial free at size one dollar.
The C. & N. W. has notified its agents to refuse beer shipments to any point in Iowa after the end of July.
Miss D. E. Dix advertises hats bonnets and all millinery goods at greatly reduced prices plus gauze underwear hosiery gloves and laces at low prices. The Madrid Council offers a $50 reward for arrest of the parties or any one of them who destroyed Webb's office.
A short ad notes linen coats for boys priced at 25 cents each to clear stock. Other items include excursion tickets to a G A R Pension event in Minneapolis on a set date at a round trip rate, a jewelry sale promotion, and a farm incident where a man burned a rat with kerosene causing about 500 dollars of barn damage.
The Reverend W. L. H. Beecher of 66 Park Avenue Chicago adds a strong testimonial to ATHLOPHOROS as a remedy for rheumatic and neuralgic conditions. He claims it cures neuralgia sciatica inflammatory rheumatism and relieves chronic rheumatic pains and urges friends to try it.
An old farmer recalls earlier cruelty toward his animals and believes the devil lived inside him. He now treats animals with kindness and asserts the evil was within himself, not in the creatures.
Sisson & GHEEN announce a move from Ames and promise lower prices on drugs oils and stationery as Manning & Graves shift running orders. J H Voss touts jewelry at cost. A Camp Meeting of the Iowa Holiness Association drew wide attendance with foreign visitors and praise.
A Delhi New York merchant Mr Youmans warns the public that he has earned $5.10 for endorsing notes in sixty days and advises that anyone seeking endorsement insure their life for their family before applying.
The notice announces a sale of straw goods at cost due to overstock and urges immediate action on sewer odors affecting the South Side residents near Mr N G Cooks. Health authorities are asked to remedy the issue with public concern noted. Assistant marshals from G A R posts Ellsworth and Gilbert are named for July 4 duties.
A promotional snippet touts Electric Bitters as a cure for low spirits and poor appetite. It claims rapid improvement, restored strength and activity, and end of pain, urging readers to buy from Henry Westerman at fifty cents a bottle.
Jupen Mimac ue orates at Story City. A Masonic Lodge has been organized at Cambridge. Mrs Morrow of Des Moines is visiting Ames. Boone Fourth of July orator Hon Joan Stevens is noted. Skating rink injuries reported in Cambridge. Reward offered for destruction of Mr Webb's office. Church announcements and campus updates appear. Local travels mention Danville pastors and professors heading to Boston Minnesota Dakota. Community notices include reunions and school vacations.
Kossuth County voters elect delegates to the Congressional Convention and instruct them to support Hon A J Holmes. The nomination is deemed a formality. Also noted are visits by the Baskett sisters and Rosa Dunn to Des Moines, plus local society updates and ads for Ayer's Sarzaparilla and Pond's Extract with medical notes and testimonials.
A cheerful, industrious new family moves into Sunny Street, likened to bees at work. They are praised for courtesy, economy, and aesthetic skill, while a minor caution about privacy and intrusion is noted. The piece ends with gratitude that the arrival benefits nearby community and an old neighbor.
A review highlights Emma W. Demeritt’s How the Tories broke up Meeting, W. P. Hooper’s A Fourth of July among the Indians, and Richard Lord Jones The Youngest Soldier of the Revolution with a facsimile engraving. Also noted are Nab by Blackin by Virginia L. Townsend, Stephen Van Renselaer of Rensselaerswyck The Boy Patroon, The Hold Statute Liberty in Bedloe’s Island, J. T. Trowbridge The Scarlet Tanager, Marvin his Boy Hunters, and Louisa M. Alcott Spinning-wheel story, plus poems by Celia Thaxter and others.
The article notes the active political campaign for County Clerk with four top men regarded as first class, and mentions anti Blaine sentiment among one county member. It also reviews bids for eight college farm buildings, led by Collins Illinois at 24 277 and Tomlinson Boone at 22 970, with final approval to Tomlinson under budget.
A fragmentary local verse reflects on summer pleasures including billiards skating baseball and theater. The narrator laments poor performances and a sense of being sold short while praising the base ball club skating rink and opera hall as part of community amusement on the Fourth.
Mr Muncy of Iowa Agricultural College explains that studs pass skin back loins and hind quarters qualities to males while females transmit head fore-quarters and nervous system traits. He cautions the rule is not absolute but favors this guiding principle over narrow breeding by limited experience.
The Cambridge Argus reports Friday closures of the Denbridge public schools and announces Prof McCord will remain principal for another year. It highlights teacher effort and parental support as key to school success and notes cleanliness and purity as Parker's Hair Balsam helps restore youthful hair color.
Mr. Will Paxton and Miss Sallie Winter traveled to Marshalltown to reunite with Mrs. Paxton and their children upon returning from Illinois.
The Ames community will provide its own speaking platform for the Fourth of July event with announced speakers P. Sheldon Rev. Bennett and Prof. Wynn. Representative outline indicates local participation and organizational support for the celebration.
An 19th century ad claims a salve cures cuts bruises ulcers fever sores tetter chilblains corns and all eruptions and piles with satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Price listed as 25 cents. For sale by B Henry Westerman.
The Annual reunion of the Veteran Soldiers and Sailors of Story County Iowa will convene at Story City on August 7 and 8 1884. Col W A Wier commands as Colonel and organizer of the event.
An old advert-like snippet notes DeLand's Chemical Baking Powder offered for sale by Maxwell and Son. It juxtaposes sensational phrases about murder cases with a humorous claim of innocence for Eve in the apple tale.
The State will present a medal to Miss Kite Sheily during Ogden's Fourth of July celebration. Presentation by Governor Sherman, pending his schedule, marks the first such honor in the state. Sheily will receive the award at home among her people, near the scene of Grace Darling's heroism.
Testimonials from Geo W Moore of Ottumwa Iowa and Samuel J of Kansas City praise Mansn's Tonic Astrigent for diarrhea dysentery and bowel disorders in children. Makisu's Tonic Astrigent sold by Bradley and Templeton Ames Iowa at 30 cents. Also advertised Marsh Cream Liniment and Marsh Ague Cure with Bradley and Templeton.
Round trip tickets from all local stations to Chicago available for one unlimited fare. Sale begins July 5 and runs through July 5 with return valid to July 14. A. H. Hanson, Gen. Pass. Agt.
An assortment of items from Buckeye Publishing Co. invites requests for illustrated poet lists. Miss Juliet Carson offers guidance on table setting for a company dinner or tea. The Inskip Paper features easy work methods and kitchen plan ideas. A lawn social at Mr. Wherry’s benefitted the Sabbath School with gross receipts of 16 dollars.
For sale or trade a Minneapolis Combined Mower and Reaper self rake. Never cut over 100 acres, in good repair, a perfect machine. Also a new Standard Mower, first class. Trade for stock approved paper or cash. On my farm 14 miles southwest of Gilbert Station. w 3. Frep C. Tilpeen.
Promoters plan a grand canvas city with every wonder from the arenic and zoological world. S Hl Bar RETR Co presents the United Railroad Shows bringing curiosities of nature and art to Nevada this Friday.
Wright and Ives offer binders made without cast iron as alternatives for customers seeking lighter or different material construction. The selection emphasizes durability while avoiding iron components.
A county advertorial notes availability of abstract books and low rate abstracts. It promotes real estate loan services and mentions a Twine Binder by Wright & Ives. Also advertised is Averill mixed paint guaranteed by manufacturers, with retailers authorized to honor the guarantee, sold at L. M. Bosworth Corner Drug Store.
Free distribution of Dr Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup draws crowds at Bosworth Co Drug Store. Advertised as the popular remedy for coughs and bronchitis with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
A damaged OCR fragment lists businesses and traders including Simmons Markets Lammber Read J H Queal Co C D Norman and Cook Sh Billiards with mentions of McDowell Burge Monarch Paxton Graves tiling and dray services by Giddings and W Staves.
A Bosworth & Co Druggists promotion pledges a free bottle of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to anyone needing a remedy for coughs colds consumption and lung ailments, showing strong faith in the product.
Call and inspect Sulky Hay Rakes from Thomas Dixon New Dayton and Furst Bradley brands sold by Wiiant Ives. Also offering farm mortgages at six percent annual interest by J A Fitchpatrick Nevada Iowa with substantial funds available.
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