21 Jun 1894
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1894
Page
1
Thursdays at Ames Story County Iowa published by I S Ik Wilson announces subscription terms 1.40 per year payable in advance for the newspaper.
Nevada Representative A H McNall withdraws his candidacy for recorder. Ames hosts July 4 1894 celebration described as a big event. A 10 pound boy born to Capt I L Smith family. heir to W L Smith of Chicago. Milwaukee road survey rumored to run Milburn through Cambridge or Huxsey drawing objections from Maxwell and Collins. S S Statler resigns after 18 years as express agent and county treasurer, with Gridley and families in Maxwell visits. Deed reports strong trade as Maxwell mails tally 25 car stock last week. Dizon’s shop closed by creditors with stock under $1000 and over $35500 debt.
J D Lyon and Prof Lyon visited in Ames over Sunday while John B Jones returned from Pasadena California. Albert Jones shows health improvement as the family remains in good health. The county convention may let Mr Dyer choose his own delegate for the judicial convention. The piece reflects local politics and calls for workers to defend right to work against intimidation. The county politics include remarks about Mr O Payne and Mr Boardman in a contemporaneous contest.
A L Sehworm visited Ames for county fair premiums. James Earl and family tour Cedar Falls visiting a sister. Mrs Dr George Stitzell and daughter from Des Moines visit in the city. Prof F A Leighton of IAC visits Nevada and praises the town. College matters progress favorably with optimistic prospects.
Baby Mary Bryant and grandma Mrs. Kinsell visit Ames. Antin Apland tours Iowa Agricultural College. A Slater celebration is canceled. A. G. Person extends summer visits north of Slater. Misses Ssephene Willamette Myrtle Gossard and the Gray sisters from Kelley attend Sunday Children's Day services.
Dr C A Aplin came down from Ames Sunday to visit relatives and friends. The issue notes M Y Bushman is a candidate for nomination as County Attorney. A belladonna over dose incident left Mrs Sarah Atkinson ill but she recovered with care. The editorial comment mocks Wall Street banks and the Cherokee Indians about wealth.
F D Thompson of Nevada visited town Tuesday to discuss his prospects for the county. A Monday windstorm toppled the windmill at the water tank east of town and broke the telegraph wire. Bert Hix's east barn end lifted about 18 inches. Florence Hix fell eleven or twelve feet but was only badly stunned and recovered.
Town visitors include attorney Chas Whittaker Ames and Miss Nellie Needham Boone while Editor W A Ballou Story City called. Reports on schools, teacher institute starts July 30 and new schoolhouses planned in Collins township. Supreme court rule requires treasurers to produce money and not notes at settlements.
An Ames Iowa advertisement promotes Metzger’s Lightning Colic Cure for horses to neutralize acids fast and stop colic pain. It claims relief in fifteen minutes and a return to work within an hour, compared with belladonna and aconite. Manufactured in Decorah Iowa by New Met Medicine and sold by H D Miller.
The North Western line offers excursion tickets to Council Bluffs from June 17 to 21 with greatly reduced rates. Tickets are valid for return until June 22 and may be purchased from Chicago and Northwestern agents.
A fragmented view discusses farm boys choosing horse and buggy versus city comforts, and a farmer’s son pursuing diligence and self reliance. It critiques saloons and tobacco, then shifts to an anti liquor argument citing enormous taxes, followed by a note on ex judge Jeremiah M. Wilson becoming a leading Washington lawyer.
Weekly list of property deeds and transfers including Smith to McCalles for $193.75, King and Smigart referees deed $3200, Wise to Adeline for $945, Allen to Allen bestowing $300 and $200 deeds in Blairs add Ames, Elliott to Seymour $150, Maxwell Imp Cote to Cooper $100, Fry to Adams $3800 with lot dimensions, Sowers to McCarthy quitclaim $1, Hanson to McLain $6000, Kellogg to Grove $3500, Treas to Norris tax deed $1.14, Silliman to Kensenger $1873, Favre to Ze nor $3400, Hutson to Griffith $340, and more in Ames real estate records.
A sequence of Iowa land transfers records numerous quitclaim and warranty deeds. Buyers include Minnie E Cronenwett Richard Jones Sadie F McElven Eliza A Middaugh Nels H Larson H T Henryson Joseph Hackney C H Glidden Lizzie Bowen Amanda Smith H A Carrington F M Baldwin and others with properties in Ames Nevada Story City Maxwell and Blairs additions, conveyances valued from 1 to 5900 dollars.
Central Station reports a hot dry first half of the week in Iowa followed by refreshing showers lowering temperatures. Rainfall was heaviest in eastern northern and southwestern districts, with central and northwestern counties remaining arid. More rain is needed and prospects favor an early restoration of normal conditions. Corn has advanced and should fare well with favorable weather.
The Suburban Coaching club of New York restages a 90 mile stage line to Philadelphia offering 12 hour trips with staged relays and country inn stops for urban dwellers seeking respite from hustle. Greece earthquake news notes Mt Calbuco eruption and Chilean agricultural displacement.
The Railway Age argues that by area the United States would have 492,129 miles of rail if matching Great Britain, while current mileage is 177,850. It says the country has not too much rail but still needs more. It favors letting a few lines exit receivership before pushing broader reform.
One thousand unemployed men in Go gebic county Michigan settled the question of state aid by appealing to the county supervisors. They demanded an immediate appropriation of $75,000 for road work to provide employment and food, and the supervisors granted the demand without delay.
Silver jewelry items are described as fashionable for summer. A one foot long dagger design with light tinted sapphires appears among pieces. Occasional bowknot motifs are noted, including a piece of alternating diamonds and olivines.
Prince Burhaned Effendi son of the sultan shows notable musical talent by composing a march to be added to the Constantinople band repertory by his father’s order.
The American Building at the Antwerp international exposition stands as a premier foreign structure. It spans 240 by 150 feet, sits on a prominent site, is reached by a broad marble staircase, and features a main court open to the dome with a gallery of 18 exhibition rooms.
The article profiles Benjamin R. Tillman as a farmer-backed challenger to the old Democratic establishment in South Carolina, noting his rise since 1885 as a crusader for agricultural reform and describing his tall stature and single eye. It also includes horse handling tips and ads for Chamberlain's cholera and diarrhea remedy, Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and other local promotions.
John A Cockerill president of the International League of Press Clubs and editor of the New York Morning Advertiser and The Evening Commercial Advertiser is a prominent figure in American journalism. He served as managing editor of the New York World and formerly led the St. Louis Post Dispatch newsroom.
Dr Stanton Coit of Columbus Ohio dedicates his life to aiding New York City’s poor by living among them. Educated at Amherst and the University of Berlin, he now resides in London while pursuing his reform efforts.
A Jewelers' Circular notes blue and red enamel cuff buttons with a tiny silver wreath, silver receptacles for mucilage cologne and shoe polish, gold enameling on watches in floral patterns, a turquoise star brooch, a crescent brooch, and expanding brooches for women's collars. Jewelers expect high schoolgirls to acquire them as common accessories this season.
Instructions describe washing a ham and boiling it in cold water with mace and cloves, pepper, and sugar. The recipe uses a bread crumb and egg crust then finishes in the oven until browned, garnished with parsley.
Old belting is made far stronger by a process using two large hollow copper cylinders that heat steam into a tank filled with bees wax borax glue starch and molasses. Leather passes through the tank and receives the solution, which is then pressed into the fiber and dried by the heated cylinders.
After paring the onions allow them to stand in cold water one hour. Boil rapidly in salted water for five minutes then change the water. Repeat this process twice more. The onions will be more delicate when cooked but may lose some of their valuable properties.
Instructions to fashion toilet covers from white cotton and colored sateen with a lace frill. Use white muslin or cheesecloth as a base, add violet powder, apply colored fabric, and finish with a crumpled lace edge tied by a baby ribbon. Include a pincushion cover in the same method.
A simple recipe for green pea soup using peas milk water butter flour bay leaf onion parsley and seasonings. Peas are boiled then pressed, milk is heated with spices, butter and flour are rubbed together, then milk is added and the mixture thickens to serve.
The Swedish monarch King Oscar is described as a poet and scientific scholar and is regarded as the most learned monarch in the world. He may also be the tallest ruler among civilized nations, possibly second only to the czar of Russia.
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