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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1883
Page
4
The Ellsworth Post Drum Corps improves through regular practice. Members include Underwood Pitsor Bingwan and Cramblett, and a new invoice at the Ladies' Furnishing House suggests updated gear.
The Story County Normal Institute begins July 23, 1883 in Nevada Iowa and continues for four weeks. All teachers and aspiring teachers should attend. County Superintendent Oz O Ror urges participation. Tax Supreme Court of Fincis rules contracts made on Sunday are binding, a likely first on record.
A collage of briefs reports, notices, and ads from Ames and surrounding Iowa towns includes sales pitches for picture frames and doors, farm listings, educational updates, local social events, a murder mystery in Polk City, and community happenings with residents, travelers, and businesses named.
The advertisement claims Parker's Ginger tonic provides greater strength restoring power than malt or milk and is an invigoration for mind and body, especially for invalids.
Work continues on Mr. Wilden's building despite rain with George confined by illness for two weeks. His employees push the structure along in good shape while he cannot attend in person.
I have the only complete set of Abstract Books in the county and offer abstracts at low rates. Money loaned on Real Estate. J. A. Freenpatrick Nevada Iowa. Salem Nourse, George A RUN YON and Jez Davis bore a 353 pound fish Monday. Salem and George report they are in possession of Skunk and Squaw with hook and line.
Hix and Allen offer money to loan in various security backed real estate or other property with terms from thirty days to five years. They will also buy first class notes and provide life insurance through multiple companies. Also mentions local teacher Miss Chamberlain and travel plans, a piano for sale, and miscellaneous notes on local advertising and products.
The Story City Herald praises Prof. Knapp for a grand Fourth of July oration. He highlights progress since the Declaration, America’s inventive genius, and contrasts frank parenting with indulgent policy. He extols foreign admiration for the land of the free and savors agriculture as the noblest pursuit. Sears’s delivery impressed listeners, who wished for more time.
A poem extols a departed woman’s final rest amid evergreen woods and meadow scenes. The piece contrasts tranquil nature with her serene life, praising peaceful retirement and timeless countryside imagery, followed by local notices of murder, hires, and community events in Polk City and Nevada Iowa.
Note from A E Harlow describes locating 320 acres in Garfield County W T near Lewistown Idaho Assatia City and Snake River. He praises Assatia flat crops including 25-40 bushels wheat and 30-50 barley per acre cites better land than expected and notes mild fruit growing, scarce rain after June, hot dry days, and limited competition for capital in the region. He signs with regard to A E Haritow.
General Order No 1 calls veterans of Story County to gather in Cambridge on August 16 and 17 with tents and rations provided. The regiment forms at 5 p.m. on the Public Square and marches to camp. other exercises will be announced. Attendees urged. visitors from other counties invited.
Mrs Joan Spriner of Fort Wayne Indiana reports sixteen years of spasmodic head pain and nervous debility. After a severe attack her husband gave Zoa-Phora and relief occurred in under two hours. She urges other women to use it. Also note promotion of Wilsonia Magnetic Appliances with guaranteed cure or no charge.
Excited thousands nationwide turn to Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and throat lung issues. Free trial at Ames Drug Store with large size priced at $1.00. Available also at Bosworth and Co.
A vintage advertisement touts Shilohs Cure as a quick cough remedy promising guaranteed relief. It claims sleepless nights from coughing end with the product and offers Shilohs Vitalizer as a cure for liver complaints.
Cure claim for catarrh with Shiloh's remedy includes nasal injector free. Product advertised by Bradley and Templeton at 50 cents.
Advertised tonic claims to purify blood and aid liver disorders with testimonials from users in Kansas Missouri and Illinois. It emphasizes dyspepsia liver complaint and general cleansing benefits. Bradley and Templeton, Ames druggists, stock large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for biliousness and liver issues. Priced at fifty cents a bottle, the claim labels them a blessing for all mankind.
Barstow's Drug Store offers free sample Brown's Expectorant claiming it cures coughs hoarseness whooping cough and early consumption. Also promoting Shilo's Porous Plaster Simon's Cocon perception Cure Satvon's Viralizer and Shiloh's Cure with various prices and guarantees.
An old advertisement promises quick relief for teething pain in children. It cites calming the stomach and bowels and stopping wind colic, claiming the syrup softens gums and restores energy. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
A concise notice presents Merrill's Ingenious Method as a primary national music teacher program. It highlights the approach's instructional aims and the teacher's role in fostering musical literacy and technique. The piece underscores educational value and reach.
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