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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1884
Page
3
Local notices run ten cents a line weekly with five cent options under Business Brevities. Chicago market figures show cattle 35.00 to 6.30, Hogs 5, Wheat 87 88, Oats 28 29. Friday afternoon prices list cattle 4.00 to 5.00, Hops 4.75 to 5.00, Wheat 7 75, Oats 30, Corn 20 35, Butter 10 to 15, Eggs 10.
The Ames community notes D G Ives sells his interest in the Fight and Ives hardware house to Dr. A Richmond with possession to be given. The town welcomes Dr. Richmond as a former neighbor and optimistic successor, while noting Ives retires from trade to enjoy quieter pursuits. The Intelligencer expresses confidence in Dr. Richmond’s enterprise and citizenship.
A churchgoer A P Conorr loses a pocketbook with about one hundred dollars. Suspicion falls on prowlers around the water tank. The bag is found later hidden in P s pocket with its contents intact.
At Gilbert Station the Gilbert Bros store was robbed Friday night of 040 in money 2000 in notes and stamps. A $100 gold note ix $100 bills and $900 in smaller money were taken. A package of stamps later appeared among recovered items along with railroad ties in Ames yard. No trace of the money yet. The piece ends with a moral reflection on crime and society.
The spring term at the Agricultural College ended Wednesday with the Junior Ex. exercises. The program featured poems and songs by students from Keokuk and Muscatine counties, including Elizabeth Lidia, Anna L Nichols, and Miss Sutton. Faculty members prepared for next term as professors travel for research and appointments.
Announcement for the Annual reunion of the Veteran Soldiers and Sailors of Story County Iowa at Story City on August 7 and 8 1884. Included are notices about jewelry sales at cost from J H Voss and a illness update for Mrs I A Savirrs with her daughter Mrs Chamberlain visiting from Ogden. Also mentions circus ads and Mormon trains passing Ames on the C N W R R.
J Voss P O Jewelry Store announces the largest assortment of jewelry ever seen in Ames and will sell at cost for the next ten days.
One mile east of Ames on my farm I offer Chester White pigs of pure blood on reasonable terms. Seller Groner R Turner.
Tax election of officers by the Ames Lodge A O U W will take place Tuesday evening next. Members are requested to be present.
The tonic is praised as stronger than malt or milk in restoring strength. Invalids are said to find it a powerful invigoration for both mind and body.
ELusworth lost G A R will meet Saturday evening next. Two fresh Milch Cows for sale. Inquire of RE. B. SHEARER. Chautauqua movement expands to include the young with a Reading Union and an illustrated periodical to be issued in July by D Lothrop Co Boston, free for two months to readers who request it.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg states Electric Bitters cured his eight year leg sore after doctors warned of bone scraping or amputation. He used three bottles and Bucklen's Arnica Salve to heal. Bitters priced fifty cents a bottle and Arnica Salve twenty five cents per box by Henry Westerman. Mr Sisson sells his Kellogg street residence and plans to move to Mt Pleas ant in the fall, with occupancy reserved until October.
Rev E N Seelye agent of the Board of Charities in New Haven Connecticut certifies ATHLOPHOROS cured his wife of Rheumatism after all other remedies failed. She recovered after using one bottle for a permanent cure.
A local note reports Bro. BALLov failed to provide the usual weakly send-off for Bunkum in yesterday's issue, impacting the familiar closing gesture readers expect from the column.
The text extols Ayer's Sarsaparilla for strong concentrative and curative virtues. It claims the remedy is the most reliable and economical medicine, containing no harmful ingredients and safe for all ages despite sickness. It argues that the best medicine is worth any cost.
Attorney General McPherson informs Dr H Roberts in Marshalltown that the prohibitory liquor law takes effect on July 4, beginning at midnight on July 3. The note hints at significant changes for Gambrinus in Iowa and implies retirement from business.
As we plan to move from Ames this fall we offer everything in our store at lower prices than ever before. Come and get bar gains if you want them. Sisson & GHEEN.
A lawn social Tuesday evening at the Andrew Wherry home four miles south of Ames raises funds for the Pleasant Hill Sunday School. Cordial invitation to all. Mr and Mrs Hawley and Bessy visited from Clinton and stayed with Dr and Mrs Fairchild. They left for home Thursday.
The Ontario community discusses a forthcoming July Fourth celebration with a sociable, picnic, and music, while Foster & Son refit their store. Emma McCarthy finishes her first teaching term and will teach fall term. Local talks cover church finances and farming expert Sam Zenor. Dudley & French sell an abstract business to Ida Grove, and William Scott moves west after 25 years. Milo Manning and Ed Graves plan to open Barstow drugs in Stevens block July 1.
Sincere sympathy extends from friends in Ames and beyond to Mr and Mrs Henry R Boyd Story City on the death of their young son Stanton aged three years five months. He died at home last week and was born on the same day of the week and hour. A special train from Ames Sunday carried many mourners to the funeral.
Albert Person returned Monday and weighs whether the beloved lives in Ames or Minneapolis. He favors giving Ames the benefit of the doubt for charity, though his indecision could ruin his prospects.
Among the popular remedies Few have withstood scrutiny Pony's Extract ranks pre eminent for daily health care for over thirty five years. The text warns against counterfeits and urges insistence on the genuine article.
The Misses Lucy and Julia Lawton and Mr. Moler of Carroll stayed at the Lawton House. The young ladies attended the Commencement exercises at Mt. Vernon, where Mr. Moler had studied for the past year. Lost about June 18 a pocket book with a promissory note from Amsy Smith to Walter Robinson and other valuables. A liberal reward for return. Leave at this office.
J. A. Frrenparrick of Nevada was in the city Monday and Tuesday. The marks of prison life in the rebel confederacy Old Time cannot obliterate from this gallant soldier's body.
An advertisement urges readers to buy a Reaper Mower or Hayrake or farm property from SuieLps and Cook. The ladies sewing society of the Congregational Church hosts a Mum social at Mrs Hitchcock's next Thursday afternoon with attendees asked to bring their own work and ten cents.
A reader expresses gratitude to Miss Alice Simmons for a flower bouquet and notes a late acknowledgment. The report mentions a Chevalier cherry stem display with forty ripe cherries of the Richmond variety. Rev F T Jones of Aventon Rhode Island will preach at the Baptist church tomorrow morning and evening. Miss Etta Hayter returned Saturday from Wall Lake Sac Co to visit her brother and Mr Hannum's family.
The Board of Supervisors of Storey County meets in adjourned June session to continue official business and record actions taken. Highlights include routine approvals, budget discussions, and agenda items carried over from prior meetings.
The Story County Board of Supervisors held daily sessions from June 16 to June 18 1884 reviewing Treasurer accounts approving vouchers and preparing a detailed budget and road projects. They authorized tax refunds set appropriations for bridges ditches and grading and adopted per diem warrants for the current and prior session. The minutes list numerous claims and committee work and note ongoing inspector and treasurer activities.
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