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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1877
Page
3
The timetable lists departures from Ames including Express and Mail services at 2:00 AM and 3:20 AM respectively, with arrivals at 12:45 AM and 11:25 AM. Freight and accommodation trains run daily, with Pacific and Atlantic Expresses noted and transfer times at several hubs. C. K. Suixner, Agent.
A collage of shop notices, sales, rent ads, and lectures from Ames area merchants. Listings include F R West & Sons bankers failure, Tilden & McLain perfumery and drugs, Thomas Lover & Son grist goods, Mrs Wray millinery, S H Shelly Co hay rakes, Thayer’s fresh fruits, D A Bigelow rental, Wright & Little household wares, and prices on print fabric. Also mentions upcoming ball game at Nevada, Glidden club, and lectures by Prof Braden.
Tilden and McLain report receipt of Lazell Marsh and Gardner perfumes described as celebrated and the best and most lasting ever manufactured. Names include Jockey Club Yiang iang and White Rose among others.
The notice announces cards for the wedding of Mr. A and Barnelle to Miss Florence Sears daughter of Dr Sears. The event will take place Thursday afternoon at the bride’s parents residence. C Newton a general agent will solicit orders again in September and delivered fine pictures copied and enlarged from photographs finished in india ink.
Names listed for week ending Saturday at Ames Iowa include Arthur Chas Harvey Edd Brown James Safford A French NB Wagoner Ida May lease say gAverthed. Notices warn mail unclaimed within days will go to Dead Letter office. Harris A Lucas P M June 29 1577 Ames Iowa.
A plan under serious contemplation would add another passenger train on the Narrow Gauge road between this place and Des Moines. The train would arrive in the forenoon, then depart after the North Ossipes line reaches the east, meeting the eastward bound train. A train from Dep 10% will bring passengers to the eastward bound train today at 3 20 p m.
Readers encouraged to send in any happenings from their vicinity for county coverage. The note appeals to all readers to share even trivial news to enrich Tue Ixter Kexcer and broaden county readership.
Dan McCarthy sold a pair of half blood Norman Stallions to George Childs for D. C. Chamberlain & Co of Clarinda Page county. Sired by Pride of Perehe, ages three and four, price $2,000. Also a Nevada ball game saw State Centre club defeat Actives 18 to nine with Byers injuring at the third inning and delaying play till five o clock.
Instructions advise using a business card wrapping paper from a glove seller to return worn kid gloves for a replacement. The scheme involves tricking the shopkeeper into confirming the paper came from the store and threatening to boycott. It notes a recent Ames incident as a caution.
Personal mentions note visits and health reports among Nevada residents and nearby towns. Several figures from the Carroll Herald and Jefferson Bee are listed as visiting family and friends, with travelers from Wisconsin and Tama noted. A Boone youth, 21, was killed on the Maple River extension of the C N W railroad while serving as a fireman.
A letter from T K Soper to A C Thomas extols gold prospects at Negro Gulch and nearby areas. He describes hydraulic potential, expected profits, and visits by claim owners including Johnny Johnson, with notes on water, bed rock, and a plan for damming and ditching to wash a large quartz bed.
The writer notes rich silver deposits and a planned six hundred foot trade agreement to be finalized by early spring. He signs with T. kK. Soren and hints at no further investments until outcomes are seen. Egg shooting yielded notable scores with Hawthorne of Nevada winning first prize in the main match and overall. Ed Barrell won second place while McLain faced bad luck from faulty shells.
The Opera Hall block shows progress with the first story finished and second story walls rising rapidly. Bridges west of town on routes to Cambridge and Ames are usable. A man around 25 tried to sell a sorrel mare to E R Banks for thirty then twenty five dollars, fled when suspected, was pursued by Sheriff Gillespie and captured near the county line with irons, now in Story county jail awaiting further information.
The Story County Teachers' Normal Institute will convene August 13 1877 in Nevada High School for three weeks. Conducted by N E Goldthwait and Wm P Payne with county teachers assisting, the session will include lectures and examinations for teaching certificates. All county teachers are urged to attend, bring books, study prior texts, and secure boarding arrangements.
A reader cites inflated charges at competing drugstores in Story County, alleging marked-up prices and high interest on three month terms. The piece urges buyers to switch to cash drug stores to avoid “unreasonable profits” and notes several price comparisons on common remedies and goods.
A. B. Tuomas markets for sale medicines and groceries asserting lower prices than rivals, claiming not undersold and offering refunds if goods fail to meet representation. Highlights include Dr. Winslow Teething Syrup 15 cents wholesale, various patent medicines at reduced sizes and prices, and a selection of oils and groceries with fresh stock.
A late open buggy and sulky are the subject of inquiry in connection with W. D. Lucas. Local notice urges interested parties to contact Lucas for details and ownership clarification.
Notice to coal contractors in Ames warns bids to supply Iowa Agricultural College with 600 tons of lowa bituminous coal. Bids due by Aug 11 1877 at the College Treasurer's office. Delivery within two months. Contract awarded to the lowest bidder with right to reject any or all bids. J L Gepins Deputy Treasurer and Steward.
A brief appeal from a newspaper asking subscribers to pay for the past year and the current year to help finance operations. The note emphasizes collective need and gratitude for timely payments.
Read Supervisors advertise affordable receipts for read and poll tax and invite calls. They seek voice, violin, or flute pupils with good references. Also offered are letterheads, bills, statements, envelopes, cards, and varied printed goods at reasonable rates. Real estate sale details for land parcels and wild land opportunities are listed with call directions to Rose 2-5 in Nevada Iowa.
Young men apply for half-membership in discount at Bay lie's Great Mercantile College in Keokuk Iowa on the Mississippi. Bookkeepers Penmen Reporters Operators and Teachers thoroughly fitted. Address Prof Miller Keokuk Iowa.
State notes describe Decorah planning an artesian veil while Iowa crops face minor grasshopper damage. Reports of a Clarksville post office burglary, a Tama county killing, and a Lyons abduction attempt accompany a Des Moines railroad report and a Sheriff sale notice in Story County with August sale date.
First class farms prairie lands and desirable city property offered for sale at low figures by McCarthy Stevens Uxpernoon land agents and attorneys at law Ames Iowa.
An improved 180 acre farm with timber and stock raising suitability. Six miles north of Ames in Milford township, forty rods from Soper's grist mill, includes 20 acres of timber. Sold at a reasonable price with easy terms by O. K. Hin of Nevada Iowa.
The first object in life with the American people is to get rich the second to regain good health Green's August Flower offers quick relief from dyspepsia liver complaint indigestion and related symptoms Two doses relieve you Sample Bottles ten cents Regular size seventy five cents Sold by all first class Druggists in the U S and by J J Bosquet Ames Iowa
Advert says the remedy treats dyspepsia liver complaints and indigestion with claims of rapid relief. It cites 2,400,000 bottles given away in the U.S. and offers sample bottles for ten cents and regular bottles for seven and a half pence, sold by J J Bosquet in Ames Iowa and other druggists.
A gentleman describes years of nervous debility and youthful decay and offers a free recipe and directions for a simple remedy that cured him. Sufferers can write in confidence to Jouyn B. Odvex at 42 Cedar St New York for his experience.
An advertisement promises a free recipe for a vegetable balm to remove tan freckles and blotches and to soften and beautify the skin. It also claims instructions for hair growth on a bald scalp or smooth face and directs readers to mail to Jen. Vandels & Co. Box 6121 No. 5 Wooster St. New York.
An advertisement claims permanent cure of Consumption by a simple remedy and offers to send the prescription free. It promises directions for preparing and using the remedy as a sure cure for consumption asthma bronchitis and related ailments. Requests should be sent to Rev E A Wilson 104 Penn St Williamsburgh NY.
Local seller announces an overstock of horses and intends to dispose of several on very easy terms. The notice references Nicuceis and Maxweis as part of the sale.
State of Iowa Story County notice that Mary W. Robinson has filed a petition for divorce from you for willful desertion and absence without cause. You must appear by the second day of the next term beginning October 1, 1877. otherwise default and judgment will be entered.
Howard P. McLain as administrator petitions the Story County Circuit Court for an order to sell two and one half acres of Susan McLain’s land to pay debts and administration costs. The sale may be at public or private sale with the court directing. The next term begins October 1, 1877, with show cause required. Katsnole & Banners, attorneys.
Auditor notices a proposed public highway location beginning at the southwest corner of section 11 in township 52 range 24. The route runs east one mile and a quarter then south 40 rods and east about 60 rods to intersect an existing road. Objections or claims for damages must be filed by August 10, 1877. Official seal and signature of the county auditor.
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