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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1885
Page
2
An old testimonial notes the product Hop Bitters as a universal remedy with “three D. Walxer” of Buckner Missouri praising its effects and urging its use. The fragment shows a frontier era tone promoting health tonics through personal endorsement.
A lengthy notice announces General Grant's death at Mount McKegor at 6 08 am after a long illness. It details burial plans near Iowa Falls Hardin County Iowa and praises his Civil War service as a nation mourns. The document also includes a letter from Dr G M Mason describing a local tragedy involving Will Nellis.
Anovar reports fifteen thousand deaths in Spain due to cholera up to this date, highlighting a severe public health crisis. The figure underscores the outbreak's severity and the strain on medical and civic resources.
Ship builder Joan Roucn makes an assignment as the government refuses to take the Dolphin, causing the financial strain attributed to the crisis in the east.
The State of New York paid about 1.5 million dollars for Niagara Falls Park, now a free public reservation. The purchase is described as a royal act worthy of the old Empire State.
The article lists candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor including Senator Larabee Judge Given Captain Hull and W P Wolf the present chairman of the State Central Committee.
It is believed at Fort Renotat the danger of an outbreak among the Chey ennes has passed. Gen. Sheridan, who has been conferring with the dissatisfied chiefs, finds them divided on the question of leases to cattlemen.
President Cleveland travels to the Adirondacks around August first for a six week retreat as pressure from his election continues to wear on him.
Saturday saw 98 degrees at 3 pm as New York City faces a heat wave. Thirty sunstroke cases reported with three on Long Island. City weekly deaths total 1,019, up from 870 the previous year’s same week.
Sutairi Wu and M Desmond of Clinton have been appointed to the marshal ship of the Northern District of Iowa. Desmond is praised as a fine gentleman and likely to serve creditably in the new position and to the administration's aims.
A Boston Courier reporter asked the superintendent why there are many older single women as teachers. He replied that teachers are sensible women and will not quit a sixty dollar position for ten dollars, explaining the demographic trend.
Early Friday a farmer named George Johnson, living near Alden, entered his wife’s room, kissed his wife, slashed his sister-in-law with a razor, then cut his own throat. Both victims died. Jealousy is given as the cause.
The sun exhibits growing spots near the center with the largest one resembling a father of several smaller spots. Seen through smoked glass and telescope, the luminous atmosphere around the sun shows a remarkable commotion not seen for years, as if a storm is brewing overhead.
The Anzeiger claimed E H Gillette shifted from prohibition to supporting license and would appoint an anti prohibition Senate committee if lieutenant governor. Gen J B Weaver backed the denial and Regis ter reporters found both Gillette and Weaver saying the Anzeiger statement was unauthorized and a fabrication.
The article notes a rise in cyclone frequency since June with scientists attributing a mysterious atmospheric disturbance. It cites electricity as a causing factor, reports more deaths from cyclones this month than ever before, and warns the period may be the worst while urging calm.
Crowds gather at J. I. Pickett & Co Drug Store as Dr Bosanko’s Cough Lang Syrup samples are distributed. The regular bottle sells for 50 cents, offering a popular remedy for coughs colds and bronchitis.
The Spirit Lake Beacon defends a practical local newspaper role. It notes critics demand constant crusades, while few offer support, urging readers to back editors who speak plainly yet avoid universal reform campaigns.
A bee owner sought $800 tornado insurance for hive stands. The insurer’s president joked about insuring bees at $900, recalling failed chickens and a barn wind event. He warned winds could harm bees or hogs, and suggested branded bees with per bee value to measure risk.
For women in delicate health, no medicine equals Hunt's Remedy. All female complaints are speedily cured by it. It never fails.
A vivid account describes a house fly’s patient approach to a bald head and ears, its confident landing and buzzing around the face, and the futile struggle to swat it. The narrator notes the fly remains safe until the late October frost ends its threat.
A testimonial extols Parker's Hair Ssam as the remedy for dandruff and itching. It claims the product cleanses the scalp, stops hair loss, restores softness and gloss, and is non oily with elegant fragrance and economical use.
A Cuicano invention promises relief for men whose wives depart for the summer. A clockwork phonograph attachment would replay a bed time Caudle lecture for one hour seventeen minutes, soothing the restless husband into sleep with harsh words like brute beast and monster repeated aloud.
Travelers may join the Illinois Central excursion to Chautauqua Lake leaving Chicago Monday evening August 3 via Lake Shore Michigan Southern or Chicago Atlantic routes. Tickets exclude Iron Clad Farm and allow stopovers until Oct 15. Apply at nearest IC station for fares and sleep car berth reservations by July 30. Specify preferred route from Chicago.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg reports a leg injury improvement after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He credits three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve with his leg becoming sound again, avoiding surgery. The remedies are sold by Palace Drug Store and Wright & Richmond's in Minneapolis Harvester ads.
An open invitation extends to all soldiers and sisters who served in the Union Army during the War of the Rebellion. It requests earnest solicitations of incidents of battle, camp and march for inclusion.
General John D. Imboden recalls a scheme directed by Stonewall Jackson to block east and west bound trains along the Baltimore and Ohio line. By manipulating schedules at Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, Jackson captured trains and redirected them via Winchester to Strasburg and Staunton, crippling the B&O and aiding Virginia lines with scarce gauge alignment.
A historical excerpt recounts Porter's Civil War defense at Gaines’s Mill with notes on troop movements, artillery placements, and the last Confederate assault. It then shifts to biblical commentary on Elijah, his preparation, and the role of providence, urging reliance on daily bread and divine support.
Confederate veteran General D H Hill recalls Gaines's Mill from a Confederate view in the June Century. He recounts Napoleon’s Aus deritz remark on false moves, argues McClellan misled his officers, and notes Richmond’s light fortifications and the strategic choice around Cold Harbor.
The article warns of a rising bowel complaint resembling cholera across Long Island last fall and regions in Virginia Pennsylvania and the south. It urges families to prepare for a likely summer rise and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective and pleasant to take in 25 50 and 100 cent bottles sold by druggists.
Four Ames civil engineering students returned yesterday from a ten day stay in St Louis. They were given access to the city bridges and many courtesies were shown by prominent local gentlemen.
An old advertisement touts a salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and even piles or money back. It promises guaranteed relief or refund with price listed as 2 cents per box, sold by Pickett & Co. in a drug store.
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