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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1890
Page
3
Chicago and North Western Railway announces eastbound service limited to select trains. No. 58 arrives at 9 55 PM. No other trains carry passengers except Sundays. Agent end of notice.
Multiple notices report illnesses and visits among residents including P B Butler, Little Bessie Read, Miss Stella Brumagim, Ada Howland, and Mrs Santee. Travel and social events span Tacoma, Nevada, Boone, Marshalltown, Ames, Lake Okaboji, and Des Moines with updates on visitors, arrivals, and summer plans.
George H Maxwell and family take possession at Fairview while Nevada visitors pass through Ames en route to Colfax. Miss Westerman returns from Boston music study and hosts a welcoming reception. Rev L G Brown may relocate here. Local changes include Collins moving to Kirkland Washington and Crawford family departure. County fair prep and Good Templars Picnic noted.
Reports describe a Harris addition project and various Ames events including Congregational Sunday School picnic near Hannum’s mill, county fair prize prompts, a southeast town picnic, and local business ads. Also mentions horse boot loss, sidewalk completion, blooded colt sale, weed law reminder, and a Whitman-related arrest in Boone.
Farmers harvest preparations fill McCalisburg as binding twine arrives from Griffith and Hendricson at reasonable prices. J F Sanders and T J Sowers near completion of new homes. McCallsburg baseball nine won last Friday after a grand town celebration with a large, orderly turnout.
Warm conditions prompt a quick round of local notices. W B Needham is at home again. R W Liddle returns from Illinois. S W Lane left for Vermont. A A business and Henry Marshall visit Barnes in Highmore SD. Will Pierce visits Ames for a few days. G A Stitzell leaves Des Moines after visiting. Fireworks on the 4th were a grand success with many witnesses. Stewart is in Chicago.
I hereby give notice that I will not pay any debts incurred by my wife Effie Olson after this date as she has left my bed and board without just cause. OLIF Olson Ontario Iowa July 14 1890.
An items list on a table in the east room promotes remnant goods with a special buyer inducement. The notice mentions a special train of oat meal from Cedar Rapids to Ames arriving at 5 50 PM on Tuesday and cites G W Roernrs as agent of the C N W and Jay King leaving Farmers Bank of Nevada with J A Mills to succeed him. County treasurer and bank changes are noted amid financial condition remarks.
The general demand for Walter Beasant’s popular novel All Sorts and Conditions of Men prompts Harper & Brothers to announce its immediate issue as the next Franklin Square Library title. The Cereal Milling Co plans a fifteen-car advertising train to San Francisco on the 22 with Quaker Oats samples and literature.
Miss Belle and Mr were summoned io Montana as Rutherford died Friday and was brought to be buried in a Nevada cemetery. Justus Rutherford, about thirty five, oldest of the family, leaves a wife. Telegrams reported their brother Jas seriously ill. The body arrived Ames yesterday and buried at o clock today.
The first temperance gathering at Ames Congregational Church drew a strong crowd despite heat. Rev W L Moore led scripture reading, Rev Wells led prayer, Rev Stevenson spoke, and Mrs Wilson contributed a paper. A committee was appointed to outline organization and officers for a meeting August 10 1890 with H S Hoot W G Wright Dr Beverly and several ladies named.
A summary of real estate deeds and transfers in Iowa towns including Slater Junction Ames and surrounding areas. Notable entries list parcels, prices, and buyers such as A M Jenks Cyrus Owen and John Maxwell Assignee to W C Israel. Also reports on local events: jail escape in Creston, census figures for Waterloo, typhoid at Clarinda hospital, and other public notices.
Central Station Des Moines Iowa reports a hot week with light rainfall overall. News items include the organization of the Oskaloosa Savings Bank capital twenty five thousand dollars, fatalities from accidents near Maxwell New Hampton and What Cheer, and fires costing a thousand dollars in Atlantic.
An all day gospel meeting is announced for next Sunday at Evergreen Church four miles south of Ames. Rev J D Snyder of Des Moines will preach with 800d singing and meals. A Saturday evening service precedes the Sunday events led by Rev J H Snoke.
Report by C A Snow and Co patent lawyers lists Iowa inventors and patents issued last week. Entries include Corn Planter by C R Stanton Stuart. Automatic grain weigher by E H Warner Storm Lake. Steam heating apparatus by O H Wat kins Eldora. Twine for binding grain by A C White Afton. Railway signal drawing and specifications available for 25 cents.
The Iowa Central Railway will sell excursion tickets from Marshalltown to Spirit Lake and return at a low rate of 5.90, good until July 19. The Iowa Association will hold regatta at Spirit Lake July 15 and 16. Also offers sugar specials and local grocery notices from Hamilton Co. and friends.
An Ames Iowa bank advertises real estate loans at 6 percent and confirms willingness to lend on favorable terms. John D. Mather announces he will not be responsible for debts of Mrs. Mather who has left him. Gilbert Station Indiana booster offers loans on real estate. Benjamin Barstown sells a McCormick steel binder cash or trade. George Roberson repairs pumps and claims lowest prices.
Parties planning trips to Minnesota Montana Manitoba the Dakotas Washington Oregon Puget Sound or Sioux Reservation are urged to contact Iowa Central Route agents for lowest fares and through tickets. The line offers daylight through trains with modern coaches and palace cars and promises quickest cheapest service. Agents A F Banks and P Barry provide time cards and rates, with Go to Story County Bank for oceanic tickets and foreign exchange.
Governor Hull faces a heavy majority and thousands of Iowa Republicans who wanted him as governor will follow his congressional career with pride. His long public affairs experience may make Congressman Hull an effective member of Congress.
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