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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1878
Page
3
S. H. Shelly and Co. advertise sale of a tongueless Departure cultivator and other first class cultivators. The listing highlights quality farming implements available from the firm.
Buyers urged to secure a written contract for harvesting machines from J. C. Mitchell. Strong demand is expected to outpace supply, prompting caution for those seeking equipment.
The firm states it serves farmers and their own interests and that its proposed sales will use wrought iron of the finest quality instead of cast iron.
An advertisement promotes Shiloh's System Vitalizer claiming to cure dyspepsia liver complaints constipation and general debility. The notice states for sale by A. B. Ames in Iowa.
Bigelow Huntington Tilden buy butter at 10 cents a pound using Ashton Dairy Salt. In June they purchased over 10 000 pounds of butter and sold more than two tons of salt. The notice urges raising butter quality to command higher prices, claiming no other Iowa town pays 10 cents per pound.
The Actives of Ames meet the Evergreens in Ames on Saturday the 13th at 2 30 P M on the grounds in Ames.
Mrs. Hamilton advertises closing out stock of millinery items at Cream Parlors. Peterman recently fitted ice cream parlors above his restaurant and bakery aiming to offer top quality cream. Also offers for sale a second-hand Michigan Sweepstakes threshing machine with good horsepower. Call for Bern & Cuarmar information.
The Northwestern train brought the Marshall and Story county Judicial delegates to Ames yesterday morning. The Ames cornet band met them at the depot and escorted them home, playing lively and agreeable music and giving Mr. Stevens a flattering surprise.
Mrs. H A Jackson and Master Walters of Chicago visited last week as guests of Mrs. J A Bain. Mr. H J Spray civil engineer for the Narrow Gauge Company is visiting friends in Chicago, while Mrs. Nellie Hayes of Dallas Texas visits with the family of Charles Skinner.
Obituary note from the Williams Standard hints at Brother Sherpy moving to Callanan a new railroad town on the D M road. The epitaph Starved to death appears on his tombstone, suggesting a grim fate and a possible relocation to Callanan with a supposed better future.
Notice announces a July 20 gathering at Pleasant Ridge School House for Grant township residents to discuss the cause and cure of hard times. Noted speakers from abroad are expected to attend and a Glee Club may perform. James Masoy.
The Farmers Club invites all interested in Story county to meet at Cock's Hall on the third Saturday of July at 2 pm. Members will discuss dairying practices, cheese and butter making, cow breeds and management, and related topics. Address questions to Robert Marshall in Ames Iowa.
The Ames Farmer's Institute met first on March 16 1878 in Grange Hall with Prof Besrey delivering a lecture on Plant Structure and Disease. The second meeting on April 20 featured Col Scott on Stock Feeding and T A Barrett on Dairying. The June 15 gathering had Prof Stalker speaking on Hobby Horses with humor and a paper on Farm Draining by Mr Marshail.
The Tuesday junior exhibition featured an invocation close song and varied acts. Students from multiple counties presented pieces in music piano solos poems and literature with notable selections by Herbert Osborne Herman Martin Carrie Carter and Minnie Sherman. The audience praised the efforts and praised the class performances.
An eastern moralizing essay cites a man who squandered earnings on showy living until he loses all, commits suicide, and leaves his family homeless. The piece warns that hard times reveal folly and urges prudent living to prevent such tragedy.
Boone County contains 16 townships and 12 independent districts with 118 sub districts. It has 122 ungraded and 6 graded schools, 246 teachers (104 male, 142 female) with monthly pay averages of 38.95 for males and 27.36 for females. The school year lasts six months. $6,224.98 was spent on school houses, and teacher pay totaled $24,662.14. Certificates issued totaled 185 with 120 to males and 65 to females. 33 male and 85 female certificates were rejected. The county superintendent visited 154 schools and earned $1,078. Boone D.
The Grand Junction Head-Light reports Col. Hoggatt’s Grand Junction visit last Saturday with mixed critique. The speech was delivered outdoors in the afternoon and repeated in a schoolhouse, describing him as eccentric and radical, shifting between Democrat Red Republican and Greenbacker while praising the Blue as needed.
The text notes farmers discouraged by heavy reins and mentions H C Hartman excavating a cellar to build a dwelling at once. Geo Hellia celebrates two years married life with a nine pound boy born last Monday. A thunderstorm killed two steers near town west of Homer Cross and Mr Craft. Dr Schooler returns from four months in Kentucky with a sheepskin and a Louisville Courier Journal copy. Our celebration was peaceful with about 2000 attendees and a late night fireworks and dance.
A construction train backing from the west on the C. and N. W. line two miles west of Grand Junction derailed while attempting to move cattle. Five flat cars piled up. Frank Stanley was killed outright, Nelson Paterson fatally wounded, Geo Warfel died during amputation, Joseph Gray lightly injured, with two or three others hurt.
A poor uneducated Norwegian orphan girl in this town gives birth to a male child and names a town citizen as the father amid rumors of others in Minnesota and the county. The editor notes her past kindness but condemns the supposed ruin while urging punishment for the destroyer. The piece also mentions Sheriff Gillespie’s brickwork, the Story county fair dates, June tax collections, and Col Beatt’s travel plans.
A quiet Fourth with sporadic pops from an old cannon, and local notes on a steam sheller trying to process 3,000 bushels of corn. Reports cover a Walnut Grove Barefoots vs Arden Prairie game, clergymen visiting, a salon of sorrow as Towan Shaw’s murder case unfolds, two Des Moines boys drowning, and a Des Moines Des Moines area death. Also updates on Republican Convention nominations, John W. Drew’s coming year, and a Dubuque county murder suspect.
Governor John H Gear issues a proclamation amid reports of tramps stopping trains and inciting violence. It authorizes sheriffs and mayors to mobilize male inhabitants and county militia to suppress resistance, and cites legal provisions allowing arrest and confinement of resisters, with boards of supervisors empowered to set vagrants to hard labor.
A shocking tale from Independence reports Miss Mattie Sherwood killed by Clarence Shaw, who then took his own life. The pair were linked by a love triangle with Sidney Toman of the Bulletin, amid scenes at Miss Van Orsdel’s home and a river boat invitation after 9. Shaw, 19, left a note and carried two revolvers, one used on Toman.
A 75 acre farm near Kelley in Palestine township offers 50 acres under plow with orchard and fruit, well fenced cow and hog pasture, a house and two wells. Two miles east of Kelley and five miles south of Ames. Call Tus Intelliencer office for particulars.
The town enacts a sewer project starting south of the B M M railroad and ending at Ondags street, with a $600 appropriation from the General Fund. The ordinance takes effect after publication in Tae Intetlipexes of Ames Iowa, signed by Mayor G. A. Unpenwoop.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway unites under one management the Great Trunk Line network with branches to Wisconsin Northern Michigan Minnesota Iowa and beyond. It lists lines to Omaha California Chicago St Paul Minneap olis La Crosse Winona St Peter Green Bay Marquette Freeport Dubuque Milwaukee and more with Pullman Palace drawing room cars.
Lingerland has purchased rights to use the New York Embalming Company process in the county. He has received chemicals and instruments to perform the work. The method is widely adopted, enabling long distance transportation and keeping bodies free of offensive odor for weeks.
A long chain records rumors from many names about beliefs and statements. It centers on Chaney's Bakery where readers are told to buy bread and baked goods. The piece lists numerous individuals and supposed opinions, culminating in a mandatory purchase directive.
An old advertisement claims Green's August Flower cures liver complaint and dyspepsia with numerous listed symptoms. It asserts personal knowledge and common sense prove its effectiveness and promotes sample bottles for ten cents with a claim that three doses relieve. Sold by J. J. Bousquet across western towns.
State of Iowa Story County to Samuel Watla. A petition by H R Bardwell seeks cancellation of a mortgage on the northeast quarter of section 5 township 82 range 24 filed April 8 1875 and recorded in Book K pages 339 and 440. The note of 383 65 due January 1 1878 is to be paid and surrendered. If no appearance by September 5 1878 default will be entered. Barssett Barnes attorneys.
Special meeting of the Story County Board of Supervisors will be held July 12 1878 at 10 a m in the Auditor's office Nevada to plan repairs for the Hannum's Mill grade and to adopt bridge plans and funding for a new bridge near Iowa Center and other bridges along with incidental business Witness seal July 2 1878 County Auditor Jons R Hars
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