28 Mar 1885
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1885
Page
1
The excerpt outlines subscription pricing and payment terms: one copy for six months in advance, 75 for six months, four months for two dollars per year if not prepaid, and two dollars in advance when sent out of county.
Advertising rates listed for local business cards under five lines per year and standing ads. Monthly changes by inch at five hundred dollars. two dollars per line for all business locals first insertion and five cents per additional insertion per line.
Text notes Ames Iowa thirty six miles north of Des Moines at the junction of the Chicago and North Western Railroad and the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road. It describes the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with hundreds of students, a well appointed public school, and productive farming lands surrounding the city.
County officers listed include C. G. McCarthy County Auditor I L Smith Clerk of the Courts J A Mills Treasurer H H Boyes Recorder A K Banks Sheriff Oug O Roe Superintendent of Schools R H Mirchecy Surveyor Joan I Hosterrer Coroner Board of Supervisors J Q Burgess Anthony Hazenes ERVISORS Union Township Lincoln Township Collins Township
METHODIST EPISCOPAL services alternate Sundays and Sunday evenings with Sabbath hour at noon General Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm Pastor H J Everly. BAPTIST CHURCH services Sundays and alternate Sundays with evening service Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 clock Pastor G H Starr ing. ARCADIA LODGE No 249 AF and AM regular communication Thursday before full moon W M A H Duckworth and Secretary L Q Hoceart.
Regular meeting schedule for Mes Lodge of A C Cc Wme 166 includes gatherings on the second and evening of each month. C M Soren serves as Recorder J 8 Brooks as Master Warden.
G A R Pellsworth Post No 3 meets the first and third Saturdays at 7 30 in Masonic Hall. Attorneys Stevens Hays McCarthy Underwood practice Ames Iowa with offices in Barstow drug store Stevens new building Union Bank Ames. Physicians Templeton Meredith Beverly Crambitt and others listed with offices in Ames Story County Iowa. Real estate and loan info for Nevada and farms offered with terms 6 and 8 percent.
A poem fragment expresses a woman’s wish to escape duty and worry, craving a hour in nature’s quiet, clover and daisies, to breathe free beauty while noting women’s hunger for small joys beyond their reach. Attributed to Mary Ashley Townsend in Woman's Journal.
Daisy confronts Tom after overhearing his boast that the “little lady” is hers. She rejects him and pursues independence, while Aunt Abby’s locked doors strand her at night. Tom lingers, then insists on escorting her home and to Grace Raymond, with Daisy hinting at a reluctant compromise as dawn nears.
An illustration from Croker depicts Franco British warfare in the Peninsula. The piece notes advance posts warning each other of danger and Wellington recalls encouraging retreat to avoid unnecessary killing while planning assaults.
Greenwich scientists estimate the star Arcturus will approach Earth over a 93 000 year span. Twenty one observations place its inbound speed at fifty miles and 78 100ths per second, about 180 000 miles per hour and 4 300 900 miles daily.
A playful dialogue unfolds after tea as a man confesses affection. She blushes and trembles while listening to his soft words and timid pleas. He hastens to declare love, fearing misreadings as the moment grows intimate.
The column transcribes a witty exchange about Theosophists and Boston society, noting a rich woman’s unasked marriage prospects, and contrasts women choosing work in service and cooking with broader social expectations. It cites opinions from the Cincinnati Commercial and Sarah Orne Jewett on women’s labor, marriage, and dignity in homemaking.
A boy recounts the morning routine of his mother who wakes, feeds, and sends the siblings to school while the baby talks and walks. The child earns two dollars weekly, his father two dollars daily, and the mother receives no pay for her work. The passage highlights unpaid maternal labor and economic hardship.
A dining room scene reveals a boarding house controversy as a boarder sniffs a biscuit and the landlady suspects adulteration. The cook confirms baking powder was used, and an imminent 50 cent board rate hike is noted. The Detroit Free Press frames the moment with a snappy aside on napkin folding.
A 19th century reminiscence recalls Dean Richmond, predecessor of Vanderbilt at New York Central, in a Oswego to Syracuse train incident where he menaced a window, argued with a young man and his companion, and boasted the conductor would arrest him later reclaiming control of the road. The tale sits beside notes on lager, Santa Fe travel, and photography color quests.
The text describes Mme de Strel as physically unattractive with coarse features and a vulgar general expression. It notes her mouth and teeth as unattractive while praising expressive eyes and eloquence when she declaims. Overall she is described as unfeminine and plain, making observers overlook her gender in conversation.
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