30 Jul 1885
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1885
Page
1
Rates listed include one copy for one year or six months or four months in advance. Price terms show two dollars per annum if paid in advance and two dollars if sent out of county. wording indicates various advance options and a subscription offer.
Advertising rates for cards five lines or less per year and including standing ads changeable monthly. Ames located on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road, 36 miles north of Des Moines, Iowa. The city hosts Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with many students, a public school, and productive surrounding farming lands.
A compact notice lists county officers and board members including Cc G McCarthy J L Smith R H Ad Omnis and supervisors for Union Lincoln and Collins townships with names Anfenersland J Q Burgess and Anthony Hare.
The notice lists Methodist Episcopal services every alternate Sunday morning and every Sunday evening with Sabbath School at noon and a general Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 led by Pastor H J Everly. It also lists Baptist Church services every Sunday morning and every alternate Sunday evening with Sunday School at 12 30 and a Wednesday evening prayer meeting led by Pastor G H Starr ing.
Mes Lodge of United Workmen No 166 posts regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings each month. Official notes signed by Cc. M. Soren, Rec. J. Brooks, M. W.
The G A A Llsworth Post No 50 of the G A R meets the first and third Saturday evenings at seven, in Masanic Hall. Commander J K Duncan, Quarter Master Henry Wilson Jr. honored discharged. Soldiers and sailors invited to join. Initiation fee two dollars, dues twenty five cents.
Local Ames directory lists D McCarthy attorney at law acting as collection agent with office in Stevens building Ames Iowa. Geo A Underwood attorney at law practices state and federal courts with office over Union Bank Ames. Physicians H M Templeton surgeon Ames Iowa. C A Beverly M D specialist physician and surgeon near M E Church Ames. E B Cramb Lt veterinary surgeon Ames five doors south of New York House with medicines on hand and labeled.
A discussion of how domestic life shapes literary work, citing Disraeli Milton Dryden and Moliere, with examples of supportive and troubled marriages. It contrasts reverent partners like Buffon Gessner Beaconsfield Tocqueville and Beaconsfield’s wife, and laments male vanity in dress and intellectual labor.
A Covington Kentucky centenarian Charlotte Robinson aged 100 recalls early American figures and places. She describes Washington Jefferson Randolph and Jackson and details family ties to Bedford County Virginia and Poplar Forest. Her memories include relationships with Jefferson and Early, a move to Cincinnati in 1835, and later life in Covington.
A chaotic description of a ball being struck hard and sent rushing across the field. A basemans eye is injured and a shortstop endures pain while a fielder misses the catch. The scene ends with teasing and laughter as the play pauses.
A collection of house party seances with Planchette revealing playful verses and jests among Edie, Will, and friends, plus a wartime reminiscence of a soldier’s sleepy prank and a reflective lyric about a girl at the front gate, ending with lingering memories and vows.
A social note on the awkward custom that requires a dancer to escort his partner back to her seat and stay until claimed. It describes the dull evenings for debutantes and wallflowers when no one claims a dance and suggests reforms like returning partners with a chaperone to enliven the gathering.
A reflective verse fragment about rivalries of romance and fashion among writers. The speaker recalls a summer affair with vivid imagery of sunlit moments and a final farewell, ending with a photograph given as a memento.
A woman who shaded her eyes from the glare all evening discovers her best diamond ring was left on the wash-stand. The lapse creates a moment of distress and a search for the precious ring.
The New York Graphic notes Miss Simpson’s return from Europe and reports that she has improved in singing. It mentions she sings less often than before, a point discussed in conversation.
A father scolds his daughter about Featherly a boy who visits often. The narrating brother recalls Featherly asked for a kiss last night and got one only if he was quick, delivering the slowest kiss the brother has ever seen. Christian at Work.
An editorial note argues that higher education and the usefulness of women are limited by societal expectations that, like tradesmen, they must clothe the body and feed the mind. The passage reflects period views on gender roles and professional status.
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