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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1893
Page
3
Railway timetable lists Going East and Going West schedules for the Chicago and North Western line. Passenger service is limited with no other trains carrying passengers except Sunday. Gero W. noares, Agent.
Miss Etta Budd spends Sunday at home while Bert McLain and Galen Tilden visit Des Moines. Numerous locals recoveries and visits, including Miss Evelyn Starr finishing school, Mrs. Walters improving, and Rex collecting grain for the Iowa exhibit. Arthur Glidden visits from Marshalltown. Edith Kent wedding to Mr Oaks noted. postmaster Duncan commended by ex postmaster Wannamaker. plans for moving and travel mentioned among Ames residents.
Miss Myrtle Miller guest of Mrs. Loud returns to Marshalltown. Mrs. G. P. Eastwood visits from Lincoln and plans to live on the Eastwood farm west of the college. Bernice Sheldon lost a silver dollar dated 1872 and asks its return. Miss Virginia Corbett returns from Nebraska to re enter college. Cousin Miss Fannie Adams accompanies her and stays with Dr. Richmond. Cerro Gordo normal institute lists W. A. Hicks as instructor in penmanship and drawing. Jimmie Perkins home attacked by 60 to 70 neighbors. they surrender, dine, and receive a clock from friends. The couple depart for Chicago amid good wishes.
Laura Chapter No 115 mourns Emma M Hunt with resolutions praising her faith and charity and plans to drape the chapter room in mourning for 30 days. The Ames Baptist meetings draw broad participation with hopeful outlooks. A harsh discovery reveals a two month old child found dead in snow near town. coroner inquiry to unfold. City officers election results show McLain and Maxwell among others. Turner McLain and Greeley decline to qualify, prompting reflection on local governance.
Harry Haverly returns to work after ankle injury. Yard foreman Gattrell surveys Belle Plaine for night yard master post. Gordon Wills travels to Belle Plaine for Pumpkin Vine fireman job. Harry Dale pinshed thumb in Ames yards and will take weeks off. Frank Liddle oversees Ames yards in Gattrell's absence. Engineer Elliot and wife travel to Stewart Iowa for mother in law’s illness and death. friends offer sympathy. Train No 62 derails coal brake wheel near Kenly then clears track for evening southbound. A tail end collision near College Hill injures Conductor Jones. engine largely undamaged. Lawsuit, Thayer vs Paxton et al, on land sale commission ends in verdict for defendants. Down Curtain.
Last Notice warns that all 1892 accounts not settled by March 20 will be turned over for collection by J. H. Queal & Co. Marriage at William Templeton home four miles south of Ames on March 8 unites Robt Young and Maggie Wherry. W. R. C. plans a March 17 meeting with Boone W. KR. C. to visit Ames.
Geo D Loud lists attractive upholstered patent swing rockers newly in stock priced within reach. Hand crafted comfort meets style as the sale begins.
For the week ending March 7 1893 names listed call for advertised items. Loughran Machine Co promotes the Rock Island disc and the No. 30 Columbia model. Loughran offers walking plows and the Columbia bicycle. Van Dyke comedy company performs at the opera house all next week. J A Kerr announces a cows horses implements sale March 11 at 1 pm west of the college. There’s a lively show ahead with playful comedy and entertainment.
We offer a yearly subscription to the Skandinaven and Intelligencer for $3.00. Apply at this office to receive the widely circulated Scandinavian paper.
The Ames Improvement Association president Prof Budd requests a large attendance tomorrow Friday at 8 o'clock at Read's banquet hall. Also notices upcoming comedy, church services, class confirmation after Easter, and local election details. W J Zenor Co promotes Eli galvanized barb wire at 3c per lb with a 30 day closer sale.
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