20 Jul 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1893
Page
1
A fragmented OCR record lists county roles including Auditor Clerk District Court County Attorney Recorder Sheriff and other county offices with unclear formatting indicating an official notice involving local government appointments or duties.
Services held every Sunday morning at 11 and evening at 7 30. Prayer on Wednesday evening at 7 30. Sunday School after morning service. Christian Endeavor meets an hour before the evening service. Pastor R M Rickman.
The time for opening the Nevada reading room 18 the 24th inst. is set, with plenty of papers and magazines to use on opening day. Grandpa Lockridge is pleased by the arrival of a fine boy born to Mr and Mrs L A Will of Salina Kansas on the 10th inst. The Good Templar organization dissolved due to unpaid expenses. Masters Sen Gillespie and Judge Gifford biked Ames return in 45 minutes. Chas Hayes of Norfolk Nebraska visiting with the Ingalls family. Rev G L Wilsons team swarmed by bees causing a buggy wreck. he is injured but not by broken bones.
The Cambridge Press reports J. M. Bartlett and H. R. Thompson in Ames over Sunday with a pleasant time and entertainers. Rev. Holm returns from northern Iowa after nearly witnessing a fatal storm. Miss Maggie Weeks dies suddenly. funeral held with long procession to Palestine cemetery. Mrs. N Pace suffers a serious sidewalk accident injuring her back. A. J. Graves promotes Farmers Mutual Insurance in Ames. Swanson family to Sweden for a year. Storm damages M. V. Bump hog house. Bond election for schoolhouse passes. Collins paper notes a quarrel over Fourth of July, and locals Charley Harland and George Kennedy return from Oklahoma. County supervisor race discussed with J. Bb. Shaw eyed for re‑election.
Judd Ray of Nevada arranged the erection of a 50 by 80 foot two story brick block on his Maxwell lots. The piece notes a rattlesnake kill by a ten year old boy, updates on cyclone deaths in Pomeroy, and a Rebekah Lodge gathering with ice cream and cakes amid a threatened storm.
From Ames H Bletgen assists tailor F C Warrick for several days. Vic Ballou sustains a hand injury from Fourth of July powder in Des Moines. Reading room readiness announced for Monday July 24. Sheriff Ashford reports a ill brother and a prosperous son. Chas Mead and daughter return from Hot Springs. John Jones learns his sister and family were killed by a cyclone in Cherokee county. John H Hammit dies near Cambridge. services at Centre Grove. Big Four and New York Central slash fair transport costs. round trip fares in effect, with added comforts on Central. Other rail lines are urged to match.
Chicago Tribune pieces critique proposed railroad travel limits and high fares for the World's Fair. Maj Pangborn labels the restrictions as subterfuge while Hughitt argues reduced rates won't help if people lack money. lower fares could boost turnout by making trips affordable.
Summary of Republican policy under the Fifty-first Congress includes free coinage opposition, territorial expansion, immigration limits, civil service expansion, international treaties, postal and naval improvements, quarantine laws, and tariff and trade initiatives. It notes measures from Hawaii annexation to arbitration, monetary conferences, and a broad agenda before possible extra sessions.
An 19th century note from Annals of Hygiene recommends a tablespoon of glycerine in hot milk or cream for speedy relief during severe paroxysms of coughing. The advice reflects era medical folklore and practical home remedies.
Miss Annesley Kenealey of Watford England, a health lecturer and judge of awards for the Worlds Fair hygienic section, arrived on the New York line steamer New York. She survived Hamburg cholera, spoke of care, and will lecture at the World Columbian Exposition while studying immigration and quarantine rules. She stays at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and sails to Chicago Tuesday. Hood's Sarsaparilla sales rise as merit becomes recognized.
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