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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1885
Page
3
Local business notices list rates for ten and five cent per line advertisements under Business Brevities. The markets section shows fragmented figures for Wheat and Cattle from Chicago and Ames, with scattered price entries and line totals.
A list of going fast routes for Marshaltown Atlantic Express Pacific Express and others with numbered trains and times including St Paul and Des Moines Ex freight and mail services. M C Jones acts as station agent stating no other trains will carry passengers and listing specific arrival and departure times.
R W Ballard of Story City announces candidacy for County Supervisor pending Republican County Convention. Dated May 11 1885.
Peter Marshall of Franklin Township announces candidacy to the Board of Supervisors subject to the Republican County Convention decision. Dated June 5, 1585.
A Sunday town column recounts D L Smrra selling horses for 25 dollars after a 15 50 purchase, M E children day praise, a devastating Iowa storm with many deaths, saloon watch in Marshalltown, district court reactions, a gracious stranger praising Congregational and Baptist services, and a Sunday School collection of 13 dollars to support public society.
Ames residents are invited to enjoy strawberries and ice cream at the Opera Hall today. Squared meals advertised, with local names and events noted throughout the day.
Prof S A Knarp has earned a year’s leave from the Agricultural College. His son Herman declined a professorship at Dakota Agricultural College to take his father’s place and attend to farm matters.
A team stolen from W. H. Beadle remains missing. A subscription drive began last week in Ames and nearby areas for Mr. B to help him recover from the loss and repair damages.
Mr. Joan Shearer of Gilbert leaves Thursday to attend the G A R encampment in Portland Maine. He plans to visit Norfolk Virginia to inspect lands there and may settle nearby. He will also visit an uncle in Baltimore Maryland.
Col J P Sanford will lecture in the College Chapel this Saturday evening on the Past Present and Future of our Country. He is known as an eloquent speaker and the talk should be highly interesting. Tickets are 85 cents and available at Bosworth's.
At the last Cambridge Post meeting Ersland Post No 234 G A R unanimously adopted a resolution thanking Comrade Jas L Geddes for his Memorial Day address. The Adjutant is directed to forward the resolution to Gen Geddes and have it published in the Cambridge Herald and Ames Intelligencer.
Last week Mr. Parkhill sent a very large pie plant and challenged Bros. Ives and Bigelow to match it. Ives gathered six stalks that outshined Parkhill's, while Bigelow awaits a shower to start the roots.
The Junior Class at the public school held a Friday evening tokyo? It reflected credit on both teachers and pupils and showed one of the state's best high schools. Recitations were excellent and the music, vocal and instrumental, was superb though a storm cut the program short.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters quickly cure kidney and liver complaints and Bright's disease, diabetes, and urinary issues. It asserts thousands of permanent cures, purifies the blood, and regulates the bowels with direct action on the bloodstream. Each bottle costs 50 cents from J. J. Hi Pickett & Co Palace Dene.
D Lauane and Co have purchased the French imported stallion Divomacy from M M Dunnam of Wayne Du Page Co Illinois. Weight 1800 pounds he stands at Maxwell's stables Ames. A basket and grove meeting will be held at Ontario Sunday June 21 with Elder H D Williams of Des Moines expected to assist Sunday school 10 preaching 11 2 50 and 7 30 pm at the Churches of Christ Boone and Pleasant Grove.
Miss Anna A. Davis of Rochester New York and graduate of the State Normal School at Brockport has secured rooms in Ames and will give lessons in instrumental music. She comes with strong recommendations and received a gold medal and diploma for proficiency in her profession. Ladies are invited to call on her.
The text notes that Western Union Telegraph Co faced pressure to send a message to Ames from an office west of the city regardless of expense, but the message was not sent or did not reach its destination. It contrasts with a writer’s Wisconsin message taking three days to arrive and criticizes the company as soulless.
Children filled the Congregational Church on Children Day with morning and evening services. A sermon for the youngsters and later recitations and music pleased attendees as the building glowed with evergreen and floral decor. The note added urges Ames residents to clean yards and outbuildings to prevent disease, calling Marshal Shockley to enforce the law.
Fifty delegates from the Pacific coast pass through Ames Thursday evening bound for Portland Maine to attend the National G A R Encampment. Department Commander Warfield of San Francisco leads the group aboard two U P sleeping coaches. The inscription on the car reads From San Francisco to Portland 85 From Portland to San Francisco 86. They aim to secure the next encampment in San Francisco, with Gen. Rosecrans and Gen. Logan joining en route.
The Methodists contemplate erecting a new edifice on the current site. Des Moines visitor Witt Cours spent last Sabbath with his brother in Ames. Pyevis family reside at the West House. Mrs J G Myers of Council Bluffs visits Ames. New baby born to Mr and Mrs M J Smith. In Palo Alto County a husband is killed, wife injured, and their baby lost in a lumber yard during a storm. A Strawberry Ice Cream Social is planned near Kel ley with transportation from Ames. Equal Rights Society meets at Mrs Underwood’s. paper on women’s ballot to appear next week. Butter output from a Jersey cow reported as 118 pounds 4 ounces weekly, disputed. Excelsior Slate Paint demo to be conducted by Arnold and Nice in Ames, at Lawton House.
Weekly deeds reported by H L C Akkretyi s Abstract and Loan Agency Nevada Iowa detail transfers by P C Hanson to Ole B Anderson James F Ellis D H McCord to James Ellis S J Williams to Oskaloosa College T C McCall to John P Hesson J H B Kerr to Alfred Johnson Sheriff of Story Co to J W Ambrose B Jewell to Lars E Frowsick Jedediah Benakis to Jacob Crouch F M Hulse to Elizabeth Osborn Treas Story Co Samuel Bates and a kidney remedy advertisement.
Gardener reports good crop prospects despite past storms and frequent rain. A B Kibbee moves his family into Sias home and starts stock buying in earnest. Local traders Sowers Son Stevens Hill and D G Ferguson Co raise hog shipments, while Mrs L C Rath of Chicago visits Ames and returns to Freeport later. Gilbert Bros enjoy an awning fronting their store as Mrs C B Keigley visits.
Piles cause weight in back and abdomen with confusion about kidney health. Dizziness flatulency and stomach unease may appear. A moisture like perspiration causes itching after warming. Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy absorbs tumors eases itching and aims for a permanent cure. Sold by Pickett & Co. Piqua Medicine Co.
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