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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1886
Page
3
A damaged OCR fragment shows morning arrivals and departures with times like 4:50 and 10:00 A.M. It mentions Chicago and Northwestern lines and Montour, but specifics are unclear due to legibility issues.
A notice states ten line seats per week for local business notices and five cents per line per week for continued notices, with the head of Business Brevities receiving similar rates. No variations allowed except by a yearly contract.
The Tue Express Office moved yesterday to the Wright & Richmond store. Howard McLain is an efficient agent trusted by employers and the public. Roy, the Co Supt, will visit the Ames public school next Mon and Tue to issue teacher certificates to entitled applicants. LocRat and other societies advertising admissions in this paper will pay 10 cents per line. Our columns are our capital and our correspondents are highly regarded.
Mr W H Bradley suffered severe injuries after being thrown from a wagon at the Bosworth corner. He has recovered enough to be about but the incident was a near fatal moment. Exitlworms Post announces Monday rehearsals for The Union Scout with N Zediker in charge. Rehearsals in Grand Army Hall, public performance planned early April at Ames Opera House.
The Drunkard or The Fallen Saved, performed by Ames Good Templars last Friday evening, drew strong acclaim and solid financial success. The cast earned praise for their turns with Miss Davis Miss McFadden at the piano and Mr Pitsor on violin providing music and Miss Dyer delivering vocal selections.
A young boy named Will Wingert from Nevada died after being struck by a freight train near Ames Flouring Mill on a Saturday night. He was twelve years old, the son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Wingert, and this sudden tragedy drew strong community sympathy for the bereaved family.
Community notes mention groceries and prices for bacon rice and dried fruits, a road cart for sale, and a baby’s death. Local society items cover dances, marriages, school and church activities, health, and arrivals and departures of residents with numerous短 notices from Story County Nevada Ames and surrounding towns.
An engine on the U. N. W. A. during yard switching yesterday struck a box car, crushing the tender. Bosworth's Corner Drug Store offers a complete stock of cheap and medium priced wall papers borders and decorations. The W. C. T. U. meets at the Reading Room on Wednesday March 24 at p.m. All members should attend for important business.
Timothy Seed Russian Flax Seed and Silver Hull Buck wheat for sale along with Team and Wagon goods. Sold on time with good security. Wm. Clark shipped a car of horses to Minneapolis Monday, his third car load purchased and shipped since the month began.
Hutchinson Bros. have been cutting prices over the past week, with in-store proof apparent as customers step into the shop.
All parties owing us on account or past due notes are required to settle at once by cash or bankable notes. Re member this notice. SHIELDS & Cook.
Brief notice warns readers about a man who suspects every friend and distrusts sincerity. The quote frames a caution about hypocrisy and self-knowledge.
Hutchinson Bros markets goods that the public wants with warrants and promises they can fulfill. They advertise reliably low prices, claiming to offer value every time.
Advertisement notes Bingham & Co offering clothes wringers for 1.75 nails at 4 cents axes 60 cents touts cash purchases to save money, urging customers to pay as you go at the Cheap Cash Store.
The Intelligencer urges merchants and business men to advertise in newspapers with strong circulation as a rapid aid to revive a faltering business. It emphasizes persistence through wet or dry weather and argues their progress will prove advertisers’ success.
The text argues that communities owe support to home dealers who invest, locate permanently, provide for residents, and bear taxes and charity contributions, asserting patrons should reward those who meet the community’s reasonable demands.
Publication outlines an Open Post Meeting for next Saturday evening featuring Music by Brave Battery Boys Recitations including Sheridan's Ride and Abraham Lincoln Flora Fitchpatrick and Barbara Freitchie with addresses by Capt. M. C. Jones and E Loughran Also selections There s Manny a Schlip and We re Fight it Out on the Union Line closing by Commander Til
Former Senator David Davis argues the local paper benefits communities financially by giving free lines and serving as the best community investment. He says editors do more for towns than ten men, deserving support for financial reasons, not aesthetics.
Letter from Mayor M C Jones to City Marshal Shockley orders closing licensed amusements at legal hours, bans minors in these venues, and warns that noncompliance may revoke licenses. It also directs removal of loitering around the depot and arrest of offenders, dated March 16 1886 in Ames Iowa.
A reflective snippet on manners and kindness. It links gentle behavior to sympathy and compares polite acts to flowers growing from caring roots, suggesting courtesy as a universal golden rule.
The Illinois Central R A will run the first excursion of the season to Storm Lake Cherokee LeMars Iowa and Wayne Pender and Hartington Nebraska on Wednesday March 3 at low round trip rates. For excursion circulars and sleeping car berths apply at Manchester Iowa by March 25.
J. H. Pickett & Co. announces it has secured the agency for Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. The store guarantees the remedy and invites customers to try a free trial bottle to prove its claimed benefits for throat lung and chest ailments.
High School’s graduating exercises take place Friday evening at Opera Hall. Rev E C Moulton opens with invocation followed by music and speeches. Students listed include Marion Stratton, Walter Gibbons, Jennie Jones, Maud Muller essay, William Lloyd Se oration, Carrie Chevalier, and D Bert Bisbee.
The extract of flax Papillon Skin Cure is claimed to cure eczema salt rheum erysipelas and other skin diseases with thousands testifying. Hartford Ohio man O P Algier suffered five years before trying it and being cured. Large bottles sell for $1.00 at drug stores.
Claims Electric Bitters speedily cure kidney and liver complaints and Bright's disease, diabetes, and urinary issues. Promises purified blood and regulated bowels with direct action on diseased parts. Every bottle is guaranteed. Sold at 50 cents a bottle by J. H. Pickett & Co., Palace Drug Store.
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