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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1883
Page
5
Brad Paxton visits Ames from Des Moines and eyes a local jewelry store. Local auctions advertise a $900 upright piano and table cutlery deals. Farmers A A Humphrey and Miss Pearson cited for crops and music at the Ames High Junior Exhibition. Community notes cover auctions, church events, bank changes, theft at the state convention, and public notices.
Miss Pierre Couzins of St Louis delivered a free evening lecture at Opera Hall on Woman Suffrage and the role of women in government. The hall was crowded and the lecturer was praised for blending history with her own ideas. The Texter notes the talk was smart and a delicious treat for local readers. Papillon Skin Cure advertised for skin diseases by Gosworth & Co and Ed Barstow.
An 19th century advertisement touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as superior for clear complexion and rosy cheeks. It claims the tonic nourishes pure blood, boosts spirits, strength, and beauty, urging ladies to try it at the bazaar.
New rates effective July 2 1883 set fees for domestic money orders by amount. Fees range from 8 cents for up to 10 dollars to 45 cents for orders over 50 up to 100 dollars. Postmasters to limit issuance to three orders per remitter per day to the same payee.
Sunday evening at OwenA Hall Miss Couzins lecture began at 8 15 but a steady stream of latecomers filled the room, delaying the speaker and audience. The piece calls for rebuke of slothful attendance and urges prompt arrivals to public meetings.
The convention attendance included all regular delegates and notable figures from Nevada and Ames. From Nevada appeared Dr. Schooler Postmaster Ross Auditor McCarthy Treasurer Mills Clerk Smith and several others. From Ames came D McCarthy J L Stevens K W Brown R Jones and two or three more who worked hard for their preferred candidates.
Prof Wynn warns life’s rivalries arise from human nature and must be guided by reason and conscience. The paper highlights Supervisors extra session appropriations for bridge and road work, praising Ames for the $2000 Skunk river bottom grant as vital to local prosperity and thanking the board for support.
The annual Junior class exhibition at the Chapel of the Iowa Agricultural College on June 27 featured speakers including Geo. R. Chatburn and L. M. Garrett, with music by the college band, pieces by W. H. McHenry Jr and Edna Bell, and praise for C. J. Clark who could not attend due to illness. The program closed with overall praise for the students and a call for public support.
To the Editor, a Nevada Watchman critique of the Story County Board of Supervisors is countered with figures showing 1883 assessments adjusted to reflect value changes. Nevada’s 1883 total drops versus 1882, while Ames rises, and the author defends the board as conscientious after reviewing the facts.
A farmer in a soothed home laments rising taxes and bills and sketches thrift as a remedy. He urges saving wood, soup, candles, and clothing while shunning excess. A mother’s strain emerges as a younger brother rebukes the neglect of mother’s care.
Bradley & Templeton druggists in Ames offer Marsh’s Golden Balsam for throat and lung use and Marsh’s Golden Blood and Liver Tonic as alterative and dolagogue. Large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
An advertisement urges readers suffering from low spirits, loss of appetite, weak constitution, headaches, or bilious diseases to try Electric Bitters. It claims rapid improvement, renewed vigor, and lasting relief, priced at fifty cents a bottle and sold by druggists.
Travel demand rises to The Great Northwest prompts the Famous Albert Lea Route to add dining cars offering meals second in quality to first class hotels for seventy five cents. The Rock Island line markets tourist tickets for summer traffic while thieves rob Des Moines express passengers near Ames. Judges Cooley and Pendleton among those affected. several pocket books found with valuables. Local school exhibition by Junior E x of public schools praised with performances and a mouse recited by Eva Starr.
Call at Barstow's Drug Store for a free sample bottle of Brown's Expectorant. Claims to cure coughs hoarseness whooping cough and consumption in early stages. Describes as a scientific preparation for throat and lung diseases, pleasant and harmless. Also offers Taraxine memorandum books free.
For lame back, side or chest use Shi loh's Porous Plaster priced at 23 cents. SHILon's Covucu Consumption Cure sold with a guarantee claims to cure consumption. Sairon's Viralizer marketed for constipation loss of appetite and dyspepsia with bottles at 50 and 75 cents.
An old medical advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain in children. It claims immediate relief for crying and distress, plus cures diarrhea wind colic and gums. The product, sold by druggists worldwide, is priced at 25 cents per bottle.
Abstracts of Title offered by J A Fitchpatrick with claim of having the only complete set of Abstract Books in the county. Services include writing abstracts at low rates and money loaned on real estate.
Purely vegetable remedy for Whooping Cough Bronchial Cough and tickling throats common in older people. Cures Winter Cough with no drugs or chemicals. For sale by Bosworth and Co Ed Barstow.
An advertisement touts Wilsonia Magnetic Appliances as a guaranteed cure for dyspepsia claiming thousands are dying from the disease and promising cure or no charges. The note directs readers to another page for the offer.
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