Post Office Notice Recorded in Ames
A transportation or mailing notice indicates delivery handling at the Ames post office with Second Class Mail designation.
14 Jul 1887
Page 1
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1887
Page
1
A transportation or mailing notice indicates delivery handling at the Ames post office with Second Class Mail designation.
Ams 44 sits on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road, thirty six miles north of Des Moines, Iowa. It serves as the seat of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, hosting hundreds of students and maintaining a well appointed public school and a large public school building amid fertile farming lands for fruit and orchard production.
A district record lists parties A Rich mond, Van Chamberla c, Haverey G H Maxwell Westerman A Perkins in a courtroom filing.
Congregational services every Sunday morning at 10 45 and evening at 7 30. Sunday School after the morning service. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30. E C Moulton pastor. Acadia Lodge No 249 AF and AM meets on or before full moon. M C Jones W M Cat Gippvines secretary. S of V L Geddes Camp No 58 Sons of Veterans US of A meets in G A S and third Wednesday evenings of 7 1 Pickett Captain Haven Sevdesiace OS. Igworth Relief Corps No 98 meets every alternate week. R Hal Mrs Geppes president Mrs Conpir secretary Mrs Jones treas.
The notice identifies A Underwood as attorney and counsellor at law practicing in local, state, and U S courts. Office listed over Union National Bank in Ames Iowa.
A Brooklyn Eagle verse excerpt titled Volume by Br. J. Burdette laments blindness and moral failing. The speaker pleads for Jesus to open his eyes and grant sight to see others’ pain and avoid idle merriment. Expresses remorse for mistaking joy for truth and for neglecting compassion.
In early Niagara County a settler Guy Danvers and his wife faced the disappearance of their son Pick during a frontier winter. Mohawk Koncharock later returns with the child, after a decades long search, and Joseph Brant’s people decree friendship between tribes for the boy’s safe return.
A Sioux Falls couple on Dakota Avenue hear a sidewalk band serenade Mr Arson, who jokes that he is now a public man and may be asked to speak. He tips the musicians a dollar and heads downtown, while Mrs Arson questions his self-view and growing fame.
Post mortems of over 200 intoxicated individuals show most had enlarged fatty liver, hardened kidneys, and chronic stomach mucous inflammation. The text remarks on women as a puzzle and questions the man who would give her up.
A column urges mothers to share domestic control with daughters and grant space for personal taste. It contrasts a single at home daughter who sacrifices her art and recreation to chores with the need to ease such burdens through thoughtful provisions for her pleasures.
A San Francisco paper notes festive dress by Chinese girls during the holidays. One Oriental damsel on Du street wore a pale-blue silk coat with funnel sleeves and black pale yellow trim, black silk trousers, blue embroidered sabots, and large white soles. Another Celestial maiden wore an orange silk garment resembling male attire with red silk stockings featuring side clocks.
The piece notes a rising fad of women wearing male attire in San Francisco, claiming a surge in scandals and a morbid fascination with crossing gender norms. It cites Paris, Vienna, and Berlin as comparisons and mentions George Sand’s failed disguise as a reference.
A reflective piece examines modern self reliance and harsh opinions on authority, contrasting it with traditional female roles. It highlights married and unmarried mothers, domestic burdens, and the constraints on widowed women, then shifts to Civil War reminiscences and veteran recollections from Alaska to battlefield truces and rescues.
A Buffalo man reports his wife dropped a diamond ring through a bowl opening on a train wash. The conductor did not stop, so the couple alighted at the next station. He walked three miles back to a nearby farmhouse and recovered the ring after two hours of searching.
Susan Cootipes owns a parrot that reportedly quotes passages from her novels. The bird’s unusual skill has drawn attention at her home and spurred curiosity about its mimicry talent.
A veterans poem recalls past battles and marching drums. The narrator's mind wanders to war scenes with reveille, tattoo, sabers, and roaring guns as sleep unrest continues.
A humorous wartime tale recalls a Wisconsin Company D soldier who vowed to be a “boss soldier” if reenlisted. The mood lightens as a gentle horse named Arnold is captured and mounted, sparking uproar in camp and leaving lasting amusement among the troops.
A compact reflection contrasts talent and tact as sources of power and respect. It notes talent earns regard, while tact earns obedience, with tact described as a complement to talent in effective leadership.
A collage of quips and verse from 19th century humor pages. The passages lampoon merchants, propriety, and current affairs with light satire, including references to governors and states, moral observations, and rural humor.
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