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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1880
Page
3
A mixed column notes sales and offerings including a milch cow for sale by J K Macomwpen and various merchants J C Mitchell Nevada sells Sterling pumps and Bain wagon, Bousquet Co advertises Safin Spavin Ointment. Local events include parties at Nevada social club and a surprise visit home in Ames. Also reports hail cholera cure in Story county, county elections and public notices.
Sunday evening event at the Baptist church was a pleasant entertainment. The crowded audience enjoyed the children’s performance as they tried hard and succeeded in the show.
Courtez A. Davis from Randolph Vermont, a winter school teacher in the John RB Decker district, lies seriously ill with lung fever at Mr Decker’s home. Local friends have been notified and care is being given.
Stephen O’Brien fell between his horses while binding a load of paper rags at J. Mitchell’s Warehouse Nevada. One horse stepped on his head causing a deep gash and another ran over his left arm, leaving serious injuries.
Frank Basket secures Story county rights to manufacture and sell a double spiral Bessmer steel bed spring. The patent promises a smooth surface, no mattress chafing, low cost and durability, with superior ease and comfort.
The essay argues that not only sons of the wealthy are at risk of going astray. It contends that rich and poor alike may be tempted to spoil themselves, with many poor youths eager to test how much money can spoil a life.
Clerk Smith issued marriage licenses in February for couples including Lars Christenson and Mary Larson Ole K. Tieg and Nellie Raymond Stephen M. Deal and Niola Eckhart Nathan Kelly and Martha H. Lawman Andey Scott and Ida J. Goldsmith M. R. Donahoo and Jennie Seley Eddy Newcome and Safrona Howard R. J. Reed and Clara Bardwell J. L. Harper and Martha J. Handley Andrew Curts and Clara Ray G N Harsh and Agnews F Bradshaw Jacob F Burtes and Carolina Sheldahl O J Burke and Anna Renan.
Celeste Harrison aged 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joshua Harrison of Grant township, died at the Ayslum for the Deaf and Dumb in Council Bluffs after a severe cold followed a measles recovery. Also notes upcoming graduation events for the high school class on March 26 at Opera Hall with diplomas to be awarded.
Thieves broke into the New York House Thursday night and stole two overcoats. One coat belonged to Al Smart of Story City who came to dance at the Terpsichorean's Club. Police expect to pursue suspects described as town tramps with word from Shockley promising action.
Seeders for sale by J C Mitchell of Nevada are advertised. Buyers express desire to repair the old scale in the yards or install a new one. The current rickety scale provokes distrust among farmers bringing hogs for sale, with numerous complaints noted.
Story county farmers report Wheat sowing near completion if the good weather holds. A July plan proposes converting W O Covel’s 40 acre Clear Lake property into a summer resort with Boone Ames and Webster City residents seeking shares. Clarence Chaney dies after illness and a brass button incident. funeral at Baptist church. Des Moines glucose works syrup shown. locals urged to back glucose plant in Ames.
C K Skinner, longtime agent for the Chicago and Northwestern at Ames, has resigned to take effect the 20th of the current month. He will move to Cleveland Ohio to become part proprietor of a major flouring mill.
Fragmentary OCR yields a note about Norwegian stirring plows and names such as Mitchell and Ne v, unclear context or complete details. The readable bits mention wooden equipment and possible individuals but lack a coherent event or outcome.
Cap Ryerson’s familiar face seen on Ames streets this week. Geo McLain of Le Mars visited Story County as a guest of his brother Turner. Cap Wier of Story City visited Ames Tuesday. Miss Josie Cameron from Cedar Falls and Miss Mamie Raynor hosted visitors. A J Harvey joins the County Treasurer’s office. Salem Nourse visits from Des Moines to see his brother C C W. Booth attends a funeral in Des Moines then visits friends. William Carlton leaves for O Brien County to run Mr Boyd’s farm. many well wishers remain. Freda J Myers of the Denison Review called on Tas Ixretuiomneen. Starr, manager of W A telegraph lines, transferred to West Chicago shops. Mr Wilson from Wheatland takes her place. Election day in Ames shows quiet, 128 votes cast. ticket: Mayor Geo G Tilden, Recorder Jno Waits, Treasurer E R Chamberlain, Assessor S J Starr, Street Commissioner L VanDusen, Trustees Ben Read and L J Bingham, short term Wm MacMicheal. Artesian-well and fire apparatus questions voted against. Gilbert high school closes. postmaster H Gilbert plans move to Ames. A surprise party honored a student starting college. Taxes cited as driving factory relocation. calls for reform to attract manufacturing.
A Nevada report notes the development of western style walking corn cultivators tied to farmer J Mitchell. Description highlights improvements aiding cultivation in vale regions and field use.
Plant Trees. Who contemplate setting fruit or ornamental trees should wait no longer in making arrangements for obtaining them. Thousands of trees should be planted in Story county this season, and the planting would add thousands of dollars to value of the county's real estate, to say nothing of the relief it would afford to many dreary, homeless looking homes. The cost is but trifling, the pleasure derived from improvements of this kind great. Plant trees this season in town and country.
The passage contrasts two types of people: perpetual complainers and those who treat life as a joke. It places a small, balanced class between them, who can be grave yet gay, bearing troubles and savoring good fortune when it arrives.
Advice from Hon. James Wilson urges saving farmers to avoid idleness and waste. Move half land to grass, graze cattle, milk cows, raise calves, use sheep for wool and mutton, grow winter and open weather forage, shelter animals, feed roots, and eat meat and apples yearly to cut medical costs. Seek seasoned farmers for guidance.
The column critiques trade deception while publishing the full summons served on Prof. Macomber of Ames by Chamber's Nations Lightning Rod Cowpony Indiana. The U S Court for the District of Jaws moves the case to Des Moines for the hearing on the second Monday of May with N A Rainbolt and Hubbard Clark listed as counsel.
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