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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1885

Page

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Local Tax Notice on Penalty and Advance Payment

A notice outlines charges of 150 dollars per bin and two dollars annually if unpaid in advance. It specifies two dollars in advance if sent out of county.

Advertising Rates for Local Cards and Notices

Advertising rates listed for five line cards and standing ads with monthly changes. Local business lines priced at 10 cents for first insertion and 5 cents for each additional line per insertion. notices mass mailed as second class matter in Ames.

Aeet Ames Asenemma Meesitan

Ames Iowa described as rail junction and agricultural hub

Ames lies on the Chicago and North Western Railway at its Des Moines and Minneapolis line junction thirty six miles north of Des Moines. It serves Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with hundreds of students, a well appointed public school, and a large public school building. Surrounding farms produce abundant crops and fruit.

Ames Chicago and North Western Railroad Des Moines Minneapolis Iowa Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Attorney and Doctor Advertise Ames Area Services

GEO A UNDERWOOD attorney offers practice in all U S courts for the District of Iowa at Union Bank Ames Iowa. C A Beverly M D o m c e o p a t h i c physician and o t h e r services listed.

D. McCarthy Collec Stevens New Buili Ames Iowa Geo. A. Underwood U.S District of Law Priice Union Bank

A Thousand Cheers for the Blighted Life Poem

A Chicago Current verse praises various figures from a sewing girl to the honest boy and the man of might. It extols endurance, labor, and virtue amid hardship, urging public praise for those who toil, fight for rights, and face death with dignity.

Chicago

A Slip of the Pen and a Rural Return

Susie Guthrie and her brother Guy leave wealth for country life under Aunt Sophronia. George Maynard, loyal friend, plans a future with Susie. Minnie Little inflates gossip, sparks a mistaken engagement rumor, and reveals true love when truth uncovers a pen slip.

Guy Guthrie Sophronia Guy Susie Sopha George Maynard George Guthrie Cottage Minnie Little Susie Guthrie Minnie Sue

A Woman's Duties and Trials in Victorian Life

The piece lists expected female duties from dress and sewing to managing a household and caring for children. It contrasts Mrs role with male attitudes and jokes about hair, corsets, and daily chores, ending with assorted light quotes and poems about everyday life and skating scenes.

Portrait of Capt. Freda H Marsh and other notes

A historical portrait lineup highlights Capt. Freda H. Marsh United States Marshal for the Northern Illinois District with background on his Civil War service and local roles. The column also sketches a literary tribute and brief notices about physicians editors and legal officials, plus a profile of Sir Julius Benedict and his career in European and American music life.

Freda H. Marsh United States Ilinois Illinois Cape Oo H. Marsh England Oregon S County Ilinois Volunteer Infantry

Peculiar Beef Steak Habit Inspires Morning Trips

Mrs Mangos and Mrs Pebley discuss a husband who insists on picking beef at the butcher’s every morning regardless of weather. He rises before dawn to ensure meat is chosen personally, sometimes returning with nothing. A frostbitten morning swap at a saloon follows, ending with Mangos joking about forgetting the meat after a few drinks.

Mrs. Mangos Pebley Mrs. Pebley

Do you drink asks temperance reformer and beggar

A Chamber's Journal excerpt presents a temperance reformer asking a beggar if he drinks. The beggar answers yes and asks where to go for alms. The fragment conveys moral testing in a historical charity context.

Guy Chamber

Women and the streetcar driver clash over seating

A streetcar driver complains of women delaying his route and takes aim at their seating choices. A young man notes the broader selfishness of some men and women as passengers, while later reflections explore the behavior of shop girls. The piece shifts to scientific notes on whale anatomy and movement, including breaching and the panniculus carnosis, and contrasts it with human limitations in buoyancy and swimming.

Susie George Maynard George Minnie Guy Minnie Little Sassie Prince OF Wales England Prince William Howard Russell Harper's Magazine Lowell Forty-sixth Mline's Volunteer Infantry Baton Oe la Ner Marsh Charles F. K Marsh Bros Oregon Ogle County Cash Cleveland Capt. Scott Royal Navy Scott Longman’s Magazine

Eldest Daughter Prevails in Charles V Court Dispute

Two ladies contended for precedence in the court of Charles V. They appealed to the monarch who awarded the eldest should go first. Such a dispute was never known afterward.

Charles V Solognon

Winter Aomes for Birds

The swallows spend winter in Central America and southern Mexico and appear in the southern states by February, rarely reaching New England until May. Robins winter in the southern states and northern Mexico, forming flocks in the Gulf States where they are often killed in large numbers. The migratory instinct is weaker in robins, and in Ohio they may remain in sheltered places all winter, strongly attached to familiar spots.

Central America Mexico New England Gulf States Ohio

Wesleyan Love Scrapes and a Georgia Scandal

The Brooklyn Eagle details Rev John Wesley's romantic misfires in Georgia and England. It recounts his entanglements with Mrs Williamson, Grace Murray, and John Bennett, plus his eventual marriage to a wealthy widow.

Wesley John Wesley Georgia Williamson England Grace Murray Grace John John Bennett Charles Wesley Bennett Vizelle Southey Xantippe Jobas Brooklyn Eagle

Supplementary Proceedings and Nursing as a Fancy

A San Francisco Post item recalls a street conversation between schoolboys about catching fish yesterday. An English sister writes that one to three months of hard work cures sentimental girls who take up nursing as a fancy.

Chicago Sun Bloomington Eye Vassis Svilege Norristown Herald Tuis Boston Post San Francisco Johnny San Francisco Post

Masks and masks makers move with changing fashion

A long-winded survey discusses mask styles, origins, and costs. It notes the drop mask remains dominant for comfort and disguise, with French production favored over German. Modern wire masks imitate faces and even allow eating or smoking through openings.

France Germany Paris New York Mail

Frayed Resolve in Interpersonal Confrontation

A narrator likens changing a stubborn husband to finishing impossible tasks. The line suggests that individuals resist admitting fault to spouses, equating honesty with an unattainable goal and highlighting the futility of forcing accountability in marriage disputes.

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