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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1877
Page
3
Slingerland's lawn chairs and Thayer's dry goods promise quality with low prices. Tilden and McLain offer machine oils and pure extracts while Wright Little's stocks fruit cans. Cunxey plans a new oven for Tremont Lunch. Tupes and McLain advertise the Family Remediva line.
In road district No 6 of Washington Township within the past week four days time a Wauchepe grader built 550 rods of good road. The cost was $50 six zero dollars worth of tax was worked out in doing the job and the result is favorable testimony for the labor saving machine.
Wuir e nansook dresses feature colored lace trims and ribbon belts edged with lace. Navy bine percale with clovis lace is a popular dress, while deep colors replace pale shades. Black velvet hair bands and silvered heel slippers trend for house wear. Carrot and radish motifs appear on New York hats. Forchon lace accents color handkerchiefs and neckties for morning wear.
The Times Kansas City announces the sixth grand premium distribution for its subscribers at Coates Opera House on October 1 1877. Four hundred premiums totaling $1 000 will be awarded to Tomes subscribers, with any nonwinning October tickets entering the December 31 5 000 premium drawing. Specimen copies and premium details are free on request from The Times Kansas City Mo.
A corps of engineers began the survey for extending the road north of the Narrow Gauge line. Residents north of the county welcome the survey while some locals doubt it will spark Ames growth. Officials hope to push the extension toward Minnesota wheat districts and reach Story City by September.
A Story county week of legal action saw a horse trade dispute before Justice Greeley that cost almost $50 to prosecute though the horses involved were worth far less. A dying horse and a prior owner as witness cast doubt on the case’s value, underscoring how hard times were not limiting extravagant legal fees over a $5 valuation.
Daily egg shooting events draw local interest in a revived activity begun here. Five entrants faced ten eggs with ties settled by shootouts, yielding final scores for McFadden and Hirsh and others in the sequence of freeze outs and rounds.
Mr Waterman of the Marshall Republican paid a pleasant visit Monday. J C Parker Boone bookbinder delivered work Tuesday and took new orders home. BE 8 Page Home Insurance and L F Harrison Underwriters in town Tuesday. Mrs C J Wilkins of Chicago left for Denver Tuesday to sketch scenery for three to four weeks. Ed Forney home again with pleasant notes. H Wooders from Perry this week. Dr Meredith and family home again.
A correspondent tours Story county from Nevada to Ames visiting the Agricultural College farm. He praises the extensive library and museum with fossil casts and rare specimens, notes the landscape includes ponds and sandy soil, and questions barn spending while affirming the farm’s overall value and potential joy in viewing the institution.
The issue features Scribner's August number with papers on White Mountains Castine and Canadian Maine themes, Keats and Motley sonnets, Amaryllis alba discoveries, and a midsummer holiday lineup. St Nicholas presents John’s First Party, Robin’s Rain Song, Fairies dreams, Stockton village tale, Blue-coat Boy recollections, and Coral-Fisher tale. Galaxy covers London gallery pictures, Hugo gathering, Turkish portraits, and essays on European politics with stories and poems.
Real estate for sale includes farms prairie lands and desirable city property offered at low figures. McCarthy Stevens Axpernoon land agents and attorneys at law Ames Iowa.
An improved 180 acre farm with timber and stock raising suitability, including 20 acres of timber, six miles north of Ames in Milford township near Soper's grist mill, offered at a reasonable price with easy terms. O. K Hirt Nevada Iowa.
A promotional note claims the path to wealth and health. It promotes Green's August Flower as a remedy for dyspepsia liver trouble indigestion and related symptoms with two doses said to relieve instantly. Sample bottles cost 10 cents and regular bottles 75 cents. Sold by druggists and J J Bosquet Ames Iowa.
Notice of dissolution for the firm Bonbrake and Hullet doing business in Ames Story County Iowa. All creditors are urged to settle accounts by September 1 or have them turned to a Justice for collection. L Bornfaxe and W Herrer listed as parties. July 21 1877.
Ask yourself if you suffer from head pain, dyspepsia, liver complaint, indigestion, or poor circulation. The ad claims Green's August Flower cures indigestion in two doses, noting 2,400,000 bottles given away in the U S and samples for ten cents. It lists J J Bosquet in Ames Iowa as a distributor and heavy emphasis on druggist approval.
A man who endured long illness offers the recipe and directions for a simple cure free to all in need. Sufferers can write in confidence to Joan B. Capex at 42 Cedar St New York to profit from his experience.
A Victorian era advertisement promises a free recipe for a vegetable balm to remove tan freckles pimples and blotches and leave skin clear. It also offers instructions to grow hair on a bald head or smooth face and provides the sender address Vandels & Co Box 6121 No 5 Wooster St New York.
The advertiser says he was permanently cured of consumption by a simple remedy and offers to send a free copy of the prescription with directions for preparation and use. Those interested should write Rev. E. A. Wilson at 194 Penn. St. Williamsburgh NY for the cure information.
A F and A M lodge sets regular communications on Thursday evenings before the full moon each month with call meetings two weeks after. All brothers invited. I E Hinsa secretary. A H Duckworvru W M. Noteheads bills and various printed materials offered at reasonable rates with estimates on large or small orders.
Advertises discounted half membership for Bay lie's Great Mercantile College Keokuk Iowa on the Mississippi. Seeks bookkeepers penmen reporters operators and teachers and urges addressing Prof Miller Keokuk Iowa for enrollment.
The notice advertises receipts for read and poll tax, urging readers to call and obtain them at a price lower than white paper used for writing. It presents the receipts as neat and affordable.
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