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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1890
Page
3
Frank Haverley in town. many residents and visitors from Des Moines, Boone, Boone, and Ames are noted for visits, illness, and social events. A wedding, church programs, and a G A R encampment plans in Des Moines are highlighted along with court news and licenses.
Monday evening events under the G A R and S V, run by Marlton and Norris, drew modest funds though the crowd enjoyed the Nevada drama. Young performers, including Mrs Cogge and the Misses Sheldon and Keg, gave creditable turns, while the authors regret misgivings about the male performers and hope for a more popular future home production.
The Sin ruler has taken D A Bigelow from our midst and the School Board and Teachers honor him as a valuable counselor and devoted friend. They cherish his memory as faithful and benevolent, deploring the family’s bereavement with community support. Resolutions by M F Moon and Attorneyuderwood.
Arcadia Lodge No 249 a F and A M reports the death of brother D A Bigelow. The resolution notes his honored membership community service and devoted family man. It asks for sympathy and states the lodge will attend the funeral in a body and present a copy of the resolution to the family for local papers.
F J Brown heads the junior class as seniors attend Gen Weaver events and Dr Fairchild lectures on the brain. lights policing, candles banned. Soph and Freshman boxing on the senior floor. Welch Society spends 150 on hall upgrades and an Angelus etching. Fred Stewart leads class 92 after a rattling constitution dispute.
The town reports Sowers & Dodds moving eight cars last week and four this week. J B Coyner and family left for Illinois. Dunn named new Coyner farm owner preparing for spring work. Barr and wife from Webster City visited. H Boyd from Story City called. F Layn from Vermont visits Mrs Grinnell. Neubauer moves to new farm. A Bissell moves to Van Campen farm. Van Campen travels to Rochester for business. E Gilbert buys eighty acre farm near Ray school house for summer work. Norwegian community plans a new church this summer, boosting local land values.
Maxwell Tripun E O Kinser named new station agent. B Confare family moved to Schuyler place west of town. Matt Raugh home from Iowa City studying dentistry. Bunce of Nevada visited daughter Mrs G B Day. Enrollment 159 at Maxwell schools average 125. Will Wilkinson returns from Lincoln Neb for a few days. Young people attended Ames church. Singing school progressing. Balhett may hold a concert. Mrs Jas Bevington home. her father and brother with her. Mrs M H Benson and daughter visiting Chas E Hoag family. Rev Danner went to Asceola to tend his ill mother. J Deane from Illinois visits brother on Oliver Stevenson farm. Barn and coal house burned at Mrs McGlosfin lot. cause unknown. W H Gallup from Perry visits Nevada. Wedding cards out for Elwin Dillon and May Spencer. John Harper in Cambridge with Citizen's Bank. A Ashford of Missouri returns to Story County. J A King ill at home. Hattie Child Stevens visiting. Temp erance hymn collection published by Rev Mr Sehnur.
Nels R. Sydnes bought the Miller farm one and a half miles north of Huxley. Miss Randa Ersland completed a successful school term. J. A. Shelton made a flying visit in the vicinity. Ben Howell enjoys home life for a few days. John is adding to his house. The Palestine sewing circle met with Mrs. P. Hibness. Lars Kloster, sick with pneumonia, is improving. Halle Larson injured his eye while chopping wood. Lewis Hangen had a child baptized last Thursday evening. Miss A. K. Olson visited Mrs. John Johnson last Sunday.
Ontario residents report St Patrick's Day observations with F W Foster at home and Miss Havens from Boone expected to take the town school this summer. Will Foster and Mrs Henry Foster suffer mumps with slow recoveries. Henry Woodruff travels to Boone on business as I H De Long's sale draws good turnout except cattle. Mr Bunce injures by a horse at De Long's sale and misses Sunday duties.
Master Blatchford Kavanagh known as the boy Patti will return to Des Moines for a matinee and evening on the twenty first with Hans Albert the Iowa Remenyi. The event is a high demand revival with tickets scarce as wire pulling and Chicago negotiations secured the engagement. Total costs exceed 1000 dollars including rent and advertising, with no advance reserved seats. The programme features Kavanagh and Albert with local soloists. matinee 75 cents, evening 75 cents to 1.00 with reserved seats. Orders go to M Keeler Des Moines.
A collage of ads from M A J Sweeney and Grove’s promote Whit Lily Flour New Ulm patent Flour and fresh fruits at Read’s Grove sells Dried Goods new jewelry repairs by Geo E Baker and a Jacksmith wagon shop by A Miller. Prices highlighted on flour and spring stock urged early selection.
A Chicago Tribune reminiscence captures 83 year old Uncle Rowel Honeycutt recalling 1820s frontier life. He speaks of deer in the river bottom, honest Indians, and a cave home, with stories of Seeley’s mill, Ringgold, and a girl found after days in the woods, highlighting early settler life and cultural contrasts.
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