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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1892
Page
3
Feather trains will carry passengers on the Chicago and North Western line as agents announce new schedules and service options for riders.
Mrs. M. J. Jones visits the capital on Monday. Miss Truesdall of Ontario visits Ames, guests of Gretta Zenor. Several locals travel, host guests, and attend weddings and church services. Mary Johnston and Merton Crosier wed with family and friends present. Mary praised for pleasantness and music. State band performances, graduations, recitals, and community events fill the week with visits, purchases, and local news.
The Ames High School graduation in Opera Hall concluded a harmonious year with a lone graduating student. The program featured Miss Rose Bartlett and Miss Genevieve Westerman on piano, Mrs. Drake’s vocal solo, and declamations by Blanche Greeley and Roscoe Douglass. Faculty plans for vacation were noted along with various staff movements and local notices including a railway incident and county convention results.
A premature cannon discharge at a Cambridge event last Saturday severely injured Sylvester Bates and nearly blinded Harry Stowe. Bates, a poor man with a large family, faces hardship while Stowe recovers. The incident prompts calls for accountability for anyone aiding in celebratory cannon firings.
Postmasters should inform patrons that dealers in Green Goods swindles are to be condemned. Postmasters must hand mail from lock-boxes only to owners or with a written order. owners may give a key to others. Obscene mail remains punishable by fine up to five thousand dollars or up to five years' imprisonment. Various ads note shop offers and a June 17 Republican caucus, with public notices of estate administration and final report in Boone County Iowa, and details on funds escheating to the state.
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