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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1890
Page
3
Reading shows Eastbound and Northbound schedules for the Chicago and North Western Railway. The Night Express departs at 4:20 PM, with freight and passenger trains noted and several times listed for arrivals and connections. Agent signatures indicate service details and Sunday exceptions.
Local residents visit friends and relatives across Ames Boone and Des Moines. Miss Minnie Baker joins J John Haverley in Cambridge while Mrs Tom Graham and Mrs Cameron visit Boone. Numerous travelers include J A Fitchpatrick F Moore families and G A Turner in Osceola.
On June 11 a small brown satchel was lost on the road southeast of Ames between John May's and Mrs Templeton's. Finder should return it to the INTELLIGENCER Office. A note mentions fashionable hair scents including white lilac and white violet.
The notice lists 14 pounds sugar for 1 dollar 15 pounds A sugar for 1 dollar and 16 pounds extra C sugar for 1 dollar from Brighton Smith. It also reports Van Chamberlain adding four ground floor rooms to his residence. An ad promotes Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for colds and coughs and touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier for families.
Mrs John D Mather announces she has left her home and will not be responsible for her debts. Special temperance services are planned at the Congregational church next Sunday evening with a short, popular program and music. An unknown friend sent a letter with several items of interest that was mislaid, and editors prefer signed communications.
Manilla sells at 17 cents per pound followed by sisal 14 cents and jute 11 cents per pound. Ruddy harvester oil offered for 60 cents per gallon at Roberson's hardware.
The Iowa Central Railway offers excursion tickets from Marshalltown to Spirit Lake and return for 5.90 dollars. Tickets are valid for travel July 12 to 15 and return until July 19. The Iowa State Rowing Association hosts its annual regatta at Spirit Lake on July 1 and 16. Tickets and details available at all coupon offices.
Citizens celebrated the Fourth with flag displays and fireworks, while streets remained unusually quiet. Many dry goods houses closed, and business paused in the afternoon. The Congregational ladies sociable at Dr. Richmond’s home was pleasant but sparsely attended.
M K Smith adds to barn as Congregational Sunday School plans a village picnic near Vannum mill next Friday. A competent man is wanted to drive college bus at Steward's office Saturday. Black ice cream fad flavored with charcoal and Turkish prune juice. Arcadia Lodge No 249 A F and A M holds special communication this Thursday evening at 7.30 with members urged to attend. C E Hunt W M
The first Union Gospel Temperance service will convene at the Congregational church on July 13 at 8 p m. All are invited. The program includes singing scripture reading prayer a short pastor led address a quartet and an original essay by Mrs S K Wilson with committee members Mrs Gilbert Mr Hoot and M Sweeney.
The reminiscence recalls Editor Brainard of the Boone Standard and his 21 years at the paper. It traces his early stop in Marshalltown where he considered buying the office, then moves to Nevada, Boone, Council Bluffs, and back to Boone to run the Standard, becoming a long‑time town editor.
Wide page of local ads promotes reduced clothing at Tilden’s and repairs at Roberson’s. Offers on pipe fittings brass goods and ocean travel tickets urge readers to visit Story County Bank and see new ads from J. F. McLain H.S. Goble Geo. Tilden and Hall’s Hair Renewer appears among the pitches.
Early Monday a grain elevator and seven large corn cribs at Sheldahl owned by B A Lockwood were destroyed by fire. The notice asks a finder to leave a lady's hat at the office and mentions favorable real estate loan terms offered by W L Marshall of Gilbert Station Indiana.
Benjamin Barstow advertises a new McCormick steel binder for cash or trade for a good mare. George Roberson provides pump repairs and stock for all pump makes with guaranteed lowest prices. Also offering neat fitting Fourth of July clothing and claimed right prices from Biertow & Suiru.
Saturday a marriage license was issued to Dellis Griffin and Mary M Corey. Monday this was returned and a new license issued to John W Elsmore and Mary M Corey after the first man skipped. Story county people.
Miss Helen Fahenstock known for kindergarten work in Cedar Rapids died at her Cambridge home last Saturday after a brief illness she had attracted statewide attention over the past two years.
The county secretary Charley Curtiss leads the Society in a push to make the upcoming Story County fair a grand success. Citizens are urged to unite and take pride in the event.
Storm season brings warnings to insure property. Sheldon & Sheldon offer to write policies with property paying companies at low rates and provide fire and lightning coverage with top insurers.
The notice invites attention to the premium list for the Story County Agricultural Fair to be held September 16 17 and 18. It asks readers to submit worthy entries for prizes and calls for cooperation from all five active Story county citizens to help the fair succeed.
Miss Mary Wood closed her school for vacation. The Fourth was celebrated at Worrel's Grove near Mr. Amos Hurst's with a picnic a full program of music and speeches. Rev. Wm. Stevenson gave the address. J Ross of Hancock County spent a few days at home. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Jones of Ontario and Grandfather Sawyer visited the Grove last week.
The Des Moines postmaster assumed his duties July 1. A run-away incident near Jewell left Gunder Ostrom with severe head injuries after his walking cultivator collided with a shovel. Twenty five Iowans suffered sunstroke in the recent term. Axtell is pictured as a premium in the Gate City weekly for subscribers. Charles Willner is named surveyor of customs at Burlington. Senator Allison sent a personal letter to a Des Moines friend expressing intent to contribute fully to the upcoming campaign after the state convention.
An Iowa bank advertises long term real estate loans at 6 percent with flexible prepayment. The rest of the column reports Fourth of July activities across town including picnics at Rev. Warner’s, Worrell Grove, travels to Story City Des Moines and nearby towns, a hydrophobia death note, a local death by suicide, a Christian Endeavor society organized by Rev. Warner, and school closures for Miss Patterson and Miss Gidding.
The city of Chattanooga welcomed the Union Confederate Veterans Association for a convention with arches bearing patriotic inscriptions. A July Fourth celebration stretched nationwide with fewer injuries reported. Federal actions included a Senate-House compromise on silver coinage while Idaho prepared to enter statehood.
A discussion condemns a national periodical advertising chart scam. A con man dispersed 200 copies, collecting up to 10 dollars per small space and vanishing after two days. He claimed 5,000 copies would be issued statewide, netting about 220 dollars in six days. The piece warns manufacturers and merchants against such schemes and urges legitimate advertising instead.
An English traveler criticizes rich donors for fostering poverty, while a Turkish vineyard host refuses insult and offers hospitality. The scene shifts to shared grapes and camaraderie as the two men eat together.
Browne in Ladies' Home Journal argues women are not careless with money in America. He says women spend on beauty and comforts but avoid extremes, while men tend to spend or speculate, harming themselves and others. He concludes women are cautious and largely enlightened about money.
A one armed man explains why losing his arm was not regretted he avoided war and still found happiness with a wife and eight children. A rival correspondent and a Washington Star reader debate a crowding circus puzzle highlighting a math insight about crowd behavior.
The New Orleans Picayune criticizes the polite tradition of praising the dead. It argues supporters omit harsh truth to please the living and cites Napoleon and dishonest elites as examples, urging honesty over sugar coating in obituaries and history.
A pasted ads page lists groceries, jars, shoes, shirts, and fabrics from stores like Grove and Hamilton in Ames Iowa. It promotes Low prices, undisturbed sales, and mentions Chamberlain’s medicine and dental services with regional suppliers and local personalities.
On the Sioux Falls and Ovawa branches of the Illinois Central Railroad new towns are forming in the corn belt of Northwestern Iowa. Investors are urged to correspond with Cherokee Western Town, Lot and Land Co. in Cherokee for rates and a pamphlet titled Homes for Everybody, describing these towns as of 1889.
An advertisement announces fiveexcursions by the Illinois Central Railroad to Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana on April 22 May 20 September 9 23 and October 14 with one fare round trip and 30 day tickets. Agents west of Duncumb sell for the day before trains. Includes home seekers and farmers guides and contact J F Merry in Manchester Iowa. Shilohs Cure is recommended for whooping cough and bronchitis.
The Chicago & North Western Railway offers weekly Colonist car trips from Chicago to San Francisco with first or second class accommodations. Furnished double births are $4.00 each, Chicago to San Francisco. Departs Chicago Wednesdays at 10 30 PM and arrives San Francisco Sundays at 10 45 PM. Contact agents for tickets and information. English Spavin Liniment advertised for horses by L M Bosworth Ames.
Advertisement for Odell Type Writer and Check Perforator priced at 20 dollars and 15 dollars for the single case unit. Claims durability simplicity and speed with no ink ribbon. Promises sharp manuscripts and 2 to 10 copy capability with two day operator training. Offers 1000 dollars for any operator matching the double case work. Chicago Illinois.
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