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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1885
Page
3
March notices cover subscriptions offers for The Intelligencer One Dollar a year for readers paying arrears and new subscribers. Ames bets on local trades, housing shifts, social events, and a solar eclipse report with details and names.
Sherman deploys civil and military forces to take the State Auditor's office. Brown and his deputy are arrested as the dispute centers on investigations into corrupt insurance firms. Nevada's city finances appear sound, while Ames authorities are urged to share tax information.
A jeweler relocates to the old Sisson and Gheen store room beside George H. France's and opposite the National Bank of Ames on the south side of Main Street. Call for low prices now.
Charles Barstow will sell at public auction on Wednesday March 25 1885 at 1 o clock p m on his farm 2 miles northeast of Ames wagon harness bob sleighs mare with foal colt heifers calf brood sows shoats and more For sale on Rent Our residence property in the northwest part of Ames good house well and 7 lots of ground all under cultivation Must be sold or rented by April 1st Patrick Kelley
Miss Kirtie Bayard daughter of the Secretary of the State caused a stir in Washington society last week by wearing a belt and pink tights as Queen Hortense at Miss Miller’s fancy ball. The piece lists holy days upcoming including St Patrick’s Day March 17 Palms Sunday March 22 Good Friday April 3 Easter Sunday April 5 Rogation Sunday May 14 Memorial Day May 30 Trinity Sunday May 31 Corpus Christi June 4 Independence Day July 4.
For the week ending March 19 1985 H L Carrells Abstract and Loan Agency of Nevada Iowa reports multiple property transfers. Listings include Jacob Brotherton to Seymour Coe Alfred Johnson to Joseph Nelson Henry Bunker to W H Brooks Geo Connolly to Geo Bryant SH Jennings to Wm L King O M Johnson administrator to Joseph Nelson James Ludvig to Abel Helvig T J Keigley to W H Grove F D Thompson et al to Mary J Warrick Wm E Miller to Mary B Miller Louis Joenson to M E Hix John Pryor to Elias Funson all with various tract descriptions and prices ranging from 60 to 3500 dollars.
A sixteen year old girl in Cincinnati died following a fifty two day fast. The text attributes the death to paralysis like illness that stopped nourishment. An advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a superior tonic for digestion and vitality with a testimonial from J E Freeberg of Pomeroy Iowa claiming cure for dyspepsia and appetite.
A compact portable encyclopedia covers calculations trade secrets rules forms and tables for mechanics farmers lumbermen bankers bookkeepers politicians and workers. It can be mailed postpaid for 25 cents from Geo W Ogilvie 230 Lake St Chicago Ill.
A new program at Iowa State Agricultural College Ames offers liberal and practical education in household lore for women. Mrs Emma P Ewing oversees the department with lectures on cooking kitchen chemistry sewing dressmaking decoration and related topics.
The Eldora Herald reports on a mother pressuring a 15 year old girl into a sham tie for revenue as part of one of Hebrew Jimmy's lurid stories. Jimmy is painted as sensational, recently linked to a drowning of a French descent girl in the Iowa river at Liscombe and discovery of a rock quarry with odd hieroglyphics.
Claiming to cure Bright’s disease diabetes and urinary complaints, Electric Bitters are touted as purifying the blood and aiding digestion with a 50 cent price. A Mrs J Ellen Foster is listed for temperance addresses on Friday in the city. Acknowledges visitors from Mrs S W Tupper and Mrs L Templeton of Nevada.
Mr. Cons Barroll visited the city on Wednesday after spending most of winter in the South. He lives with daughters Mrs Davis in Moingona and Mrs Holcomb in Ida Grove. Mr B Gregory has invented and patented a bird cage claimed to be the finest bird house. Mr R Mc Dowell will try to market it for B F.
Pickett It Co druggists advertise a free trial bottle of Dr Cough and Lung Syrup for each person afflicted with coughs colds consumption or any lung affection. Our I A College reports more students this term than it can accommodate. President Hunt is well regarded. Wallace and Mrs Greeley departed for the South Saturday night via Chicago and Cincinnati.
N. G. Cook markets as the Boss Artist across five counties and guarantees refunds if customers are not satisfied. The advertisement also promotes T. N. Harper & Co. Garden Seeds, with Bingham & Co. and Maxwell & Son listed as handles for the product.
Perkins and Son offer market-fresh beef pork mutton veal ham sausage lard and tallow. They invite the citizens of Ames and nearby areas to patronize their shop.
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