29 Jun 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1893
Page
1
A partial OCR list shows local government offices including County Auditor Clerk District Court County Attorney Treasurer Superintendent of Schools Surveyor and Coroner reflecting standard county administration positions.
Methodist Episcopal church offers Sunday morning and evening services with Sunday School at 2 o clock. Prayer and meeting times noted for Wednesday evenings at 7 30 o clock. Christian Endeavor meets an hour before the evening service. Pastors H J Every and M R ickman listed with service details.
Community items note Arthur Worsley’s daily rides in warm weather and visits by Miss Severi and Emma Ringheim from Grinnell. A Cambridge creamery fire caused under 100 dollars damage, with 108 dollars in cash stolen. Ames census hints at 2000 populace outside the college, amid praise for town living. Local clubs, births, and obituaries mark a busy season as residents prepare for July 4 celebrations and civic activities.
Miss Kittie Hall will teach in Nevada grammar grades next year. Maxwell is touted as the best Fourth of July spot in central Iowa. The Mite Society of the C P church repainted woodwork and fixtures and laid a new carpet on the pulpit and organ platform. The painting was by Soudhwick and Cooper. The Geo Gamble and Maud Morse wedding is planned for 4 p.m. this afternoon in a quiet ceremony. Vera Maxwell hosted the junior class at her Iowa Center home last Thursday. Lizzie Klein was elected principal of the Zearing school at sixty dollars a month.
In Slater News note Prof Meek and his wife relocate to Polk City on Monday. He will teach school there. Pupils from Meek's room surprised him with a rat tan rocker. Miss Miller's scholars also surprised her with a plush album and an initial pin.
A Richland township young woman who attempted to take her life with lye due to brutal treatment and desertion by her husband is in town for treatment though with little hope of recovery. A Masonic Lodge may start in Story City with about twenty brethren. A Nevada clerk’s wedding report notes Geo Gamble and Maude Morse wed in Maxwell with a quiet ceremony.
During last Friday's thunder shower lightning killed two cows for A. G. Armstrong. Bert Clapper was knocked down while plowing but recovered. Prof. C. W. Lyon left for Dexter Iowa for vacation. Reports say Collins schools prosper under his principalship and the board renewed his contract.
Harper’s Weekly recounts an inventor toiling in Milwaukee with a circular power conduit using hair brushed pipes and a rubber rat baited by a cat to generate electricity. A newspaper note also contrasts two schoolhouse conditions, praising neat grounds and criticizing filthy, neglected facilities.
The piece muses on future brain surgery to enlarge the skull and alter mental capacity, referencing trephining and Johnson quotes. It then recounts Thomas Jefferson as the first patent patron, noting early patent work and key figures, and closes with the Ford's Theatre collapse and an army inquiry into blame.
The June Dairy exhibit contest at the World’s Fair neared completion as awards were issued. Two divisions, creamery and dairy, produced top scores with Canada achieving 126 of 150 medals or diplomas and thirty one Canadian lots outranking U S entries in excellence.
The week ending June 17 1893 lists numerous property transfers in Ames Story City and Zearing including J L Stevens to A B Maxwell and G Berlin to Berlin and Byers. The notice then shifts to a fashion feature advising women on summer travel outfits and promoting McDowell Fashion Magazines with subscription details and prices.
Rand McNally and Co advertise a local manager position to run the sale of their new Universal Atlas at 166 Adams Street Chicago. The ad invites interested parties to apply and mentions a combined newspaper offer with the Des Moines Weekly Leader for $1.65 a year.
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