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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1886
Page
3
Our Kansas prophet The Future edited by C. Blake says the drought will persist through September and all immature crops will be scorched. Fanny Outwater and Pet Bennett had a close call on a log while fishing as Pet fell into the stream and was saved by Fanny who helped her ashore.
The piece mocks Gov Hull for drawing $12 a day from the state treasury while the constitution allows a presiding officer only $6 a day. It condemns the ethics of the governor and calls for political purification at the capital amid heat and satire.
The piece recalls the July 5 1863 siege conditions near Vicksburg and Jackson, noting the heat and dust as the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg and Vicksburg are cited by Alexander Stephens as the Confederacy’s origin. It calls the late days torpid and reflects on veteran memory of the Civil War.
The period has seen temperatures climb to 108 degrees with 97 and 101 degree days reported at the college and a 95 degree reading in our office. The narrator humorously pleads for rain or cooler winds, declaring in in a Patrick O Henry vein that they crave relief and a political change as Democrats.
A compact colonial era style remedy claims rapid relief from stomach pain and bowel complaints including diarrhoea and cholera morbus. It advertises a 25 cent bottle and promotes itself as a sole cure used across the west with long standing success.
A considerable group from Nevada and Ames held a fishing party on the Skunk river with ample drinks and a seine. They were visited by the United States Fish Commissioner, and the gathering may be deemed more a picnic than a planned event due to fish and Sunday and prohibition laws.
Wright and Richmond promote daily binder setup with high satisfaction and a full line of machines including popular favorites from last year. Bro Ballou comments on the Gough tragedy noting the accident where the car struck and the body was cut in two, with fragments scattered. The Nevada heat is described as intolerable.
Ames Iowa June 29 1886 a reader reports the binder purchased from Wright and Richmond at Ames started today and works to entire satisfaction. The annual Teachers Normal Institute for Story County begins August 9 1886 at the School House in Nevada lasting four weeks with Superintendent Roe and professors Ira M De Long W F Chevalier and Frank E Plummer leading sessions including physiology and hygiene and cautions on alcohol stimulants and narcotics effects.
In Gilbert Station on June 28, 1886 Ezra Ward and Orno Briley praise Wright and Richmond for selling the Minneapolis Binder in green rye. They state the machine has light draft, no side draft, and no weight, and recommend Appleby’s latest Minneapolis model as simple and best to buyers.
Local report notes eight kegs of beer and two jugs transported from Boone on Saturday night via the common highway and taken to the forks where a mati nee extended into Sunday and fish officials collected fines. The scene stirs debate as temperance voices call out the fresh fish cry.
The household remedy for coughs colds asthma and consumption is Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure. It has won its place on merit and universal satisfaction is reported. We recommend friends and customers to try it with a free trial bottle available at 50 cents and one dollar.
Two July fourth discourses in Ames featured religious and patriotic themes. Moulton urged blending true Christianity with politics, while Wynn discussed revolutionary era events and the fate of the nation. Updates note a Nevada correction on a railroad accident involving Gough Farrington and Maguire. Totals and results for a local vote show Stevens leading with 66 votes amid a serenade for his return.
A July heat wave in Iowa bleaches fields and dries corn and oats to withered stubs. Dust fills the air and streets lie empty as farmers lament a drought that defies forecasts and threatens crop yields. Weather forecasts promise rain, but drought supporters joke for rain tomorrow.
Miss Davis of Minneapolis visits A P Condit family while Coltons of Marengo stay nearby. Many locals and visitors named in brief notices include Gen Geddes in Vinton for Memorial Day, Prof Budd in Denver, Winnie Starr in Des Moines, and Miss Lucy Tillotson returning to Ames. Updates cover travel to Chicago and Omaha, weddings, illnesses, fires, and Independence Day activities across Nevada, Kelley, Cambridge, Story City, and nearby communities.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway now owns six thousand miles of track in the west with over six hundred miles in Iowa and 570 in operation in Dakota, plus 200 more planned in that territory. The line aims to finish at Rapid City near Deadwood by the 15th ult. Grading reaches Fort Fetterman in Wyoming with cars expected next season. In Nebraska, sixty miles Fremont to Lincoln and one hundred more Scribner to North Loup are slated for this year. Twenty three years ago Ames saw the Northwestern as a weakling compared to today.
Illinois Central Railroad names a Round Trip Rate of One and One-third Fare for travel to Storm Lake from all Iowa points with tickets on sale July 9 to July 19 and return valid through July 20. The State Temperance Camp Meeting runs July 10 to 19 at Storm Lake, inviting temperance workers and sport lovers to visit the popular Iowa resort. J. F. Merry, Gen. West. Pass. Agent.
A large crowd gathered at Freed's grove last Saturday to celebrate the 4th. A meeting was held there Sunday led by Elder Van Kirk. Visitors include Maud Oglesby of Mount Vernon visiting La Carter, Mrs. Cobb returning from Indiana, Flora Freed back in Mapleton, and the Clark family staying at the mansion. Local movers purchase new mowers. O W Freed drove to Mapleton. A July 2 1886 marriage in Ames linked William Deal and Lulu McCoy of Story County.
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In Paris society a writer recalls meeting a coarse pretender to royalty called Queen Isabella. He describes her faded grandeur, semi circle of ladies, and a blunt, vainglorious demeanor as spectators mock her at the Grande Prix and a public box incident with President Grevy. The piece mocks vanity and theatrical pageantry.
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