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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1885
Page
1
The notice lists subscription options including one copy for one year at advance price, six months in advance, four months in advance, and two dollars per annum if not paid in advance, plus two dollars in advance for out of county mailings.
Advertisement rates for five line cards and enews standing ads, with per inch pricing and first insertion costs. The note places Ames at the Chicago and North Western Railway junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis road, thirty six miles north of Des Moines, Iowa, near Iowa State College and local schools.
The listing shows county officers including county auditor clerk of courts treasurer recorder sheriff and coroner. Supervisors are named for Union Township Lincoln Township and Collins Township with assigned officials such as J Q Burgess Anthony Hae and others.
The snippet lists Methodist Episcopal and Baptist services with alternate Sundays, Sabbath School at noon, and midweek prayer times led by Pastor H. J. Everly and Pastor G. H. Starring. It also notes Arcadia Lodge No. 248 Masons regular meetings before the full moon, and Ames Lodge No. 166 United Workmen regular gatherings on the second and fourth Tuesdays.
Notices for G. A. R meetings in Masonic Hall at 7 300 oclock with initiation fee of 2 00 and dues 25 cents quarterly invite veterans to join. Attorneys and physicians listed with offices in Ames Iowa including Stevens Hays McCarthy Underwood Templeton Meredith Beverly Cramblit and Chase Hunt Dentist. King of Pain medicine advertised and labeled.
A whimsical piece from the New York Sunday Financial Journal traces a margin tale where ten thousand dollars shrinks as markets fall. It follows a trader’s woes from five to one as rumors spread and trust fades, ending with the broker's gleeful smile as the margin collapses.
A narrator recalls Mardi Gras departure from New Orleans, boarding a fourteen ton quarter boat on the Calcasieu river with a diverse party. They encounter canal work, alligators, and comic mishaps from a New York journalist to a Dublin major, ending with evenings of dancing and perilous mud adventures.
A physician recalls patients who imagined illness and how imagination can trigger cures. A widow experiences pain relief from staged electricity while a haughty student mocks the setup. a bear distraction changes a dying man’s calendar. Also brief pieces on intelligent uses of Morse, a captain’s eye saved by magnet, and a horse that acts as a mechanic rather than a slave to a cart.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from the era lists jokes about cats, wigs, and gas bills, plus travel sketches from Sonora Mexico. It mixes humor with a travelogue tone describing ranch life, rail travel, and a mock stage drama with a parlor backdrop.
A family dinner scene from Juniata features Terrible Tommy and a budding suitor. Amid compliments the young man praises an angel cake as he flirts, prompting a playful exchange about sponge cake and dignity. The St Louis Post-Dispatch quotes a contrasting line about modern majesty being in work and personal merit.
Professor Huxley notes birds form a defined group yet fossils in the geological record show forms that defy strict bird definitions. These intermediates between birds and reptiles suggest a broader range of structure in ancient life.
A New Haven newspaper cites Austin Flint on germandizing and eating to hunger, arguing regular light meals aid digestion while night eating harms. The Oshkosh Northwestern recounts a German man tapping a maple tree and trapping his nose with a wedge, held for hours until released.
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