Ames Iowa and its agricultural college town profile
Ames sits at the junction of the Chicago and North Western and the Des Moines and Minneapolis roads thirty six miles north of Des Moines. It hosts Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with hundreds of students and a well appointed public school. Surrounding farming lands are productive and yield abundant fruit.
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Ames
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Local notice seeks reader reports of visitors and events
An advertisement in these columns reaches the west half of Story County. The paper requests readers to notify by card or otherwise of visits by friends and any occurrences of public interest. Please remember.
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Story County
Broadway Show and Spring Goods at Ames Stores
Local notices from Ames Iowa detail Bigelow Huntington bookings at Opera Hall with one price, sale tickets at Bosworths, and a Stuart Rogers entertainment to aid veteran families. Breeston Huntington advertise menswear, while advertisements claim low prices on overalls, crockery, and glassware.
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Bigelow & Huntington
Stuart Rogers
Bosworths
Advertising aids growth in The Intelligencer readers
The Intelligencer notes daily subscribers climbing from one to four as new names join from Saturday onward. It urges businessmen to use its columns to attract customers, warning those who don't advertise lose trade. It also recounts minor Ames incidents with a cheeky note on local reform and a coal-bin theft incident at the C N W pump house.
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the Intelligencer
Saturne
County Fair And Local Attractions In Story County
Story County Agricultural Fair will be held in Nevada on September 19 to 21. Eloquent music at Opera Hall next Thursday evening. Nevada merchants advertise Harrows Corn Stalk Cutters and other farm implements. Spring fashions and hats at Brown's. A Story County Teachers Association meeting is planned for March 31 in Nevada. Norwegian Plows arrive in Nevada. The Brooklyn school doors have been altered to open outward.
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Nevada
Opera Hall
J.C. Mrrchety
Iowa
Story County Teachers’ Association
Brooklyn
Old Man Winter Lingers as Sheriff Seizes Jewelry Stock
Snow continued to fall as Sheriff Banks seized Mr E J Hawley’s stock of jewelry in Ames under a chattel mortgage to secure four notes to Lapp & Freshen Chicago. Hawley is in Moingona and unclear if he can resume business. Wilcox to stay at the old stand until Frazee vacates the post office room, then move in.
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E. J. Hawley
Lapp & Freshem
Chicago
Ames
Hawley
Moingona
Wilcox
Frazee
New Ames Mayor to Enforce Liquor Law Raises Questions
A Representative paper correspondent questions if firewater is openly sold in Ames and challenges him to name places and people. He questions the motives of the claim and whether the writer himself harms the town by his own drinking habits. The editor repeats the claim that the mayor will enforce the liquor law.
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Ames
Reverend Minxs Occupies City Pulpit Revivals at Baptist Church
Rev Mr Minxs of the Presbyterian church in Nevada has occupied the pulpit of the Baptist church in this city each evening for about two weeks. He is described as a forcible speaker whose sermons are filled with scriptural truths.
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Mr.Minxs
Presbyterian Church
Nevada
Baptist Church
Henry Boyp and Wife Visit From Story City
Mr Henry Boyp and his wife visited Story City guests of Mr and Mrs Brenneman on Wednesday Henry paid another year’s subscription to The Intelligencer though he could not do without it.
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Henry Boyp
Story City
Brenneman
Henry
the Intelligencer
Seed corn tests show only half germination in favorable grow house
J Sexton reports seed corn trials at the College propagating house yield not much over fifty percent despite good care. Also notes two year old saved seed corn germinates well, contrasting results with fresh test stock. Mrs Edward Barstow nee Genevieve Welch, daughter of President Welch, Iowa State Agricultural College, dies suddenly at home after giving birth to a healthy baby. death by hemorrhage.
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The
Intelligencer
J. Sexton
Edward Barstow
Genevieve Welch
Welch
Iowa State Agricultural College
Barstow
Fire Claims Child In Huxley Area Tragedy
Mr Jacob Stevenson reports a devastating house fire near Huxley that killed Carrie Larson Tweet s three year old son. The widow was away at a neighbor when the blaze started and the five year old rushed to warn but rescue failed. The shanty and its scant possessions were all she had.
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Jacob Stevenson
Huxley
Carrie Larson
Here
Ames Records Disorder as City Builds Refrigerator
A Freeport agent, M. M. Fenner, was struck on the forehead by a pebble from youths in Ames as he walked from the depot to the Raynor House. The incident prompts the mayor to urgently authorize a public refrigerator to protect life and property, signaling a demand for order and reform.
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M. M. Fenner
Freeport
Ill
Raynor
Ames
Local notes and obituaries from Ames and Rutledge
March chatter on weather emigration and telegraph links. Rutledge Publishing offers a twenty dollar gold reward for the April puzzle on Old Testament verses with a twenty cent entry and May issue prize. Rev Caleb Lamb, longtime minister born 1800 in Vermont, dies in Ames after a life of scattered ministry and settlement in Iowa. His funeral in Ames draws many locals.
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Rutledge’s Monthly
Address Rutledge Publishing Company
Easton, Penn
Caleb Lamb
Thomas
Asenath Lamb
Bridgewater
Vermont
New England
Methodist Episcopal
Martha’s Vineyard
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Canada
Wakefield
Hattie Coffin
Cook Co
Ill
Iowa
Mt. Vernon
Ames
Father Lamb
W. P. Bennett
Congregational Church
Entertainments at Opera Hall Thursday and Saturday
Stuart Rogers presents a splendid performance at Opera Hall Thursday evening with tickets at Bosworths. Also invite to the egg breaking Concert at Opera Hall Saturday evening with the crowd.
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Stuart Rogers
Opera Hall
Bosworths
Colleges Defend Industrial Course Over Professions Debate
Ames Iowa March 15 1883 in a lengthy defense of agricultural and industrial college curricula critics dismiss the choice as limited to farming but data show graduates largely enter industrial and business fields with a sizable share in teaching law medicine and journalism. The piece argues students should freely pursue their chosen life work under liberal education principles.
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Agricultural Colleges
Kansas
Agricultural College
Walters
Michigan
Pres. Welch
J. N. Muncey
Congress
Christian Church
United States
Indispensable Stylographic Pens Gain Popular Ground
Improvements in Livermore Stylo graphic Pen design ease cleaning and repair. Over 500000 in use with favorable comment. prices for pens reduced to $2 for short plain and $2.50 for short gold mounted. Send payment to Louis E. Dunlap in Boston to receive pens by return mail with ink. money refunded if unsatisfactory.
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Louis E. Dunlap
Stylographic Pen Company
Washington Street
Boston
Daily American
Waterbury
Conn
Peddler's Fraudulent Lottery Offer On Streets
A peddler of agricultural paper circulated on Tuesday offering prizes and a lottery chance. He carried a full treasury of checks and pursued every man he met. The scheme is declared a fraud, and Kendall's horse book, one prize, is available free at this office.
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Kendall
Ht 7 and B Mercantile Creamery Company Advertises Buggies
Hawley secures eastern manufactories to supply buggies and carriages at wholesale prices with first class goods. Most orders subject to approval, items sold cash or cream, cheaper overall through high volume, no imitation Java coffee at 20c per lb, and an exhibition planned in a few days.
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Hawley
Hi. B. Tawney
Story County
Clear Lake Park Programme 1883 Summer Meetings
Clear Lake Park Iowa announces a four meeting summer programme for rest and recreation. July 5 to 19 camp meeting by Thomas Harrison the Boy Preacher and Chaplain McCabe. July 20 to 25 temperance jubilee with ex Governor St John. July 26 to August 6 Sunday school assembly led by Rev Dr S G Smith and Rev J W Clinton. August 7 to 15 musical festival with Ira N Pardee and N S Perkins. Send stamp for Park Herald to S Sherin Shell Rock Butler Co Iowa.
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Clear Lake Park
Iowa
Thomas Harrison
McCabe
St. John
G. Smith
St. Paul
J. W. Clinton
Osage
W. C. Coffin
Chicago
Ira N. Pardee
Sioux City
N. S. Perkins
Park Herald
Sherin
Shell Rock
Butler County
Ames Town Ordinance Orders Sidewalk Construction
Town council of Ames Iowa orders fourth class sidewalk to be built along Lincoln and Centre streets between Bowen's addition blocks. Property owners must complete within thirty days or town will construct and charge costs to adjoining parcels. Mayor John Watts and Recorder C M Soper sign the ordinance.
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Hrx & Allen
M. C. Allen
Briggs’ Bank
Nevada
Iowa
M. E. Hix
Johnson's Grove
Ames
Block 15
Bowen
Lincoln Street
Centre Street
Boone Street
Tue Ames
Ohn WaTts
C. M. Soper
Recorder
Paper rails tested by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway plans a paper rail experiment claiming cost per mile will be one third of steel and longer life. Proponents say heavier trains can run on the pulp rails with strong adhesion. Paper rails and wheels have been tested with complete satisfaction and atmospheric exposure noted as ineffective.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Another Thousand Bottles of Marshs Golden Blood and Liver Tonic to be Given Away
A local promotion announces the giveaway of up to a thousand bottles of Marshs Golden Blood and Liver Tonic. The event invites residents to collect free samples at designated shops through the end of the month.
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Marsh
Marsa
Bradley &Templeton
Ames
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Oley Nelson
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