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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1881
Page
3
Mrs A W Rogers remains ill as Bosworth & Co showcase wallpaper Edward Barstow Co receives new stock and clean timothy seed. G H France advertises Saddles drop corn planters and timber prices. Nourse buys butter eggs potatoes and country produce while Ben Read bought fat steers at four dollars per hundred pounds. Public sales and farming notices proliferate alongside literary notices and letters awaiting pickup.
The Story County Bee Keepers Association set Saturday March 26 at 8 PM for a meeting at the Keigly School House in Washington township. Construction news says the west county plans better buildings next season. Local builders J Robert Jordan R Sheehey Ephram Hall B Roge and Mrs Garrison begin new houses and barns. The school election produced Dr Meredith and Geo Underwood as directors and a $1000 school house fund passed by 120 votes. A supper for the high school graduates of class of ’81 was postponed to Monday. Public auction by S H Shelly & Co on March 26 offers plows cultivators planters and related goods with 10 percent discount on defects.
Charles Barnard previews The Shoppers' Rebellion in Scribmer April issue noting English co operative stores reshape shopper and shopkeeper relations. The same number also covers New York's favored co operative apartment house system with estimates and diagrams.
A large stock of the best harrows is offered from J C Mitchell's warehouse in Nevada.
Despite Friday night storm a good audience greeted the young lady graduates at Opera Hall. The program was followed, papers read well, music added pleasure, and the six graduates Miss Hattie Porter Miss Lillie Barrell Miss Minnie Johnston Miss Mattie Winter Miss Kittie Barrett and Miss Lottie Gilbert earned praise for their diplomas. Principal Chevalier’s energetic leadership earns broad appreciation for the class of 81.
Col Hoggatt and wife Abbie Brown marked forty years of marriage with a public gathering and gifts. The Shade Tree Association formed in Ames Iowa aims to beautify streets, plant trees, weed control, and promote public grounds improvements per a new constitution and by laws.
A list of prices for lard eggs potatoes apples onions flax seed corn oats cabbage hogs cattle chickens turkeys flour hay and wood with a Weather Report for the week ending March 16 noting cloudy skies sleighing conditions and snow cover. list of local sellers J C Mitchell and C E Bessey.
The text outlines aims of a Ames Iowa civic group to plant a row of shade trees and maintain lots. Members vow to plant shade trees 6 to 8 feet from lot lines, mow weeds, sow grass, and sign contracts to cover costs if failing duties. Dated March 14 1881 with trade note about plows for sale.
In a published meeting report the Ames Alliance endorses independence and neutrality, rejecting joining the Des Moines State Alliance or any national body for now. Speakers largely favor an independent plan, with no vote taken on uniting with Des Moines.
In this town many passersby suffer indigestion dyspepsia sour stomach and liver trouble. For 5 cents Shi loh's medicine is offered as a cure in Bosworth & Co. shop promotion claiming relief from stomach distress and constipation.
A mother recalls nearly losing her baby to cholera infantum and credits Parker's Ginger Tonic with a swift recovery for both mother and child. The piece cites the tonic as powerful for teething nerves and ongoing health benefits, urging continued use for strength.
Advertisements tout Shilohs Consumption Cure as the best cough remedy promising rapid cures for coughs bronchitis and related illnesses with price options. Bosworth & Co. sell Shilohs Plaster and Catarrh Remedy with nasal injector. A testimonial claims Parker's Ginger Tonic cured a long sickness at low cost.
The notice offers 20 000 three year old apple trees at eight dollars per hundred for spring planting on prairies in 1881. Listed varieties include Ben Davis Tetofsky Fourth of July and Wealthy among many others plus Hybrid Crabs such as Queens Choice and Lake Winter. Address J L Rupp Agricultural College Ames Iowa.
J C Morvcuwe announces a large stock of the best implements and machines for farmers in Story County and nearby counties. He invites buyers to inspect the stock and promises not to be undersold by any legitimate dealer in Central Iowa.
A missing three ounce silver open faced American Waltham watch with a double straw silver chain is sought with a liberal reward. Also notices of agency cancellations for Hawkeye Insurance in Nevada and Peru Iowa, and advertisements for J. C. Mitchell cultivators, plus Parker's Ginger Tonic promoting health benefits.
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