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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1884
Page
3
The Ames market notes list cattle at 2.50 to 6.25, hogs 5.75 to 6.25, wheat 0.70 to 0.30, oats 0.25 to 0.26, corn 2.30, butter 0.16 to 0.18, eggs 0.18. Chicago prices shown: cattle 5.80 to 6.20, hogs 6.00 to 6.90, wheat 0.91 to 0.92, oats 0.32 to 0.33, corn 0.52 to 0.53.
The marriage of Sampson Wier and Hattie Myers was solemnized at the groom’s parents residence in Howard County with a 2 p.m. ceremony. Relatives gathered for the event and a large dinner followed. Guests donated various gifts including dishes, glassware, and lamps from family and friends.
Mr H B Hawley and family will move to Clinton Iowa mid April where Hawley & Co will become western headquarters successors to J B Rabn importers and jobbers of laces and ribbons of New York. The town sends regret at their departure praising Hawleys business capacity and reliability and wishing success. Meanwhile the Sartholdi Statue pedestal rising in New York Harbor is graphically presented by the Travelers Insurance Company which has funded over 1700 dollars toward the pedestal as part of the national monument effort.
Ellsworth Post will present the historical drama True Blue on Wednesday Thursday and Friday evenings under M B Miller. The Ozark setting and wartime events suggest a historically rooted, 40 performer cast including 16 young ladies with colored programmes.
Citizens acclaim a new discovery claimed to aid coughing colds asthma hay fever bronchitis and throat and lung rifts with free trial bottles at Ames 1 Store and a large bottle priced at 1.00. County Republican Convention is set for April 26.
The Rockford planter and driller attract attention from buyers as Wrient and IVES promote the device that counts corn.
Dr. E. B. Prwm and bride of Elgin plan midweek pickup at Mr. Baskett’s. Gup rag ready. J. T. Alderman. School closed yesterday. Prof Chevalier and wife to vacation at the capital. G News on new Spring Wagons, Buggies, Carriages at Whoenat & Ives. Brown couple to return Friday. Bosworth’s Corner Drug Store features new Wall Papers and Borders. Frank Keeney reported all well. Crown Jewel Gasoline Store at Maxwell & Son’s restaurant in operation. Wright & Ives selling them. Charley and Allen Smith with the Misses Lockridge and Dyer of Nevada attended the ball Thursday. Capt. Brown to open spring clothing stock next week. will be in by the 5th. Clothing decline noted with customer advantage.
Prof Lerenson from Story City travels to Ogden to assume leadership of the town’s public school.
Everett, Barr and Kinsley run a new skating rink project while Wright and Ives advertise Harrow Boss and Barb Wire. The Independence Hospital reports Mrs Usher improving and George Wright promotes plows, crops, seeds and farm equipment in town with several notices about stock, stock pigs, chickens, and cultivators. A Democratic mass convention is planned in Nevada on April 19 to choose delegates.
The notice asserts Electric Bitters rapidly cure kidney and liver complaints. It claims thousands cured and daily endorsements for many ailments including diabetes and weak back. It states the product purifies blood regulates bowels and acts on diseased parts with a guarantee on every bottle, sold at 50 cents by Bosworth and all druggists.
The House voted 50 against to 45 for woman suffrage. Juper Heppenson will resign from the District Judgeship. Horace Ropinson and family have moved to the Queal farm near Webster City. Parker's Hair Balsam praised for hair care especially gray. Mrs K W Brown has recovered enough to walk. Mr and Mrs Brown expected home in a couple weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Swan of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are in the city visiting the family of Mr. H. Gilbert. Mrs. Swan is a sister of Mr. Gilbert.
Su pervis or Ersland was in the city Tuesday to watch flood effects on the bridge and prepare for emergencies affecting the traveling public. Ayer s Sarsaparilla remains a leading blood medicine with noted cures and strong sales at home and abroad.
H B Hawey and Co sell their grocery business to G and P Hutchinson and Co of Glidden Iowa. The new owners take possession around April 1 and Hawey will keep the creamery and continue operations as usual.
An advertisement extols Peond's Extract Dentifrice as a perfect luxury for spotless teeth. It promises thorough cleansing without harm, strengthens tender gums, stops bleeding, and offers a pleasant taste, urging readers to try a bottle and never be without it.
The Bumble Bees will meet at Capt. D. B. Bosworth’s Kellogg Avenue residence Thursday at 9 o’clock to work a quilt. Every bee of the busy hive is expected to be at her post.
A reader’s note about a Sunday School mother’s influence remains anonymous under law. The text extols Ayer’s Pills to restore healthy function when a cold or illness disrupts the body, arguing prompt treatment prevents further disease.
The Taz Stewart Wilberforce Grand Concert Company, featuring top colored talent including four of Donavin's celebrated singers, will give an entertainment in Opera Hall Thursday evening, April 10. The troupe is billed as the best on the road and worth hearing.
George K. Young and Minda J. Sowers wed at Geo. W. Sowers residence with Rev. D. Thompson officiating. Both are Story County natives, entering married life amid many well wishers. Also listed are April term 1884 jurors for Story County Circuit Court including McCord Tipton Pease Ozman and others.
A. Orner of Highspires Pennsylvania reports using Parker's Ginger Tonic to cure a cough and hemorrhage that persisted for twenty five years. He is sixty six years old and believes it will help younger people.
The April issue offers a $20 reward to anyone who counts the words in the epistle of Jude as recorded in the New Testament by April 10 1884. If multiple correct answers arrive the prize is shared. Send 20 cents with answer to Rutledge Publishing Easton Penna for May Monthly publication and winner details.
The Lambertson house now occupied by H. B. Hawley will be for rent after April 1. It is described as desirable and will be rented cheaply. A large quantity of hard wood is for sale very cheap. Butter milk is available by the gallon or barrel at the creamery. A five year old bay road horse is for sale and can be viewed at George Armstrong's two miles east of Ames. H. B. Hawrey & Co.
SHIELDs & CooxK advertise farm to rent and houses for rent. Coal for sale at 3.50 per ton. Timothy and clover seed available. Seek 100 head cattle to pasture. Buy grain at highest market price. Sell implements and wire cheaply at the old Shelley implement house. Come and see us.
Mr. F. Smith of Philadelphia shares a testimonial about Athlophoros to ease rheumatic pain. He borrowed money for the remedy and after seven doses reports no sharp pains and has returned to work. he calls it the balm for suffering souls.
A young temperance supporter writes passionately against intoxicating liquors. She warns that liquor leads to crime, ruins saloon keepers, harms families, and highlights the duty to resist drinking for the sake of loved ones and moral health.
Three carloads of emigrants left Monday and two on Wednesday to Dakota and Ida County Iowa. Milwaukee visitors include Mr and Mrs Swan, sister to local Gilberts, with others from Ames. Local residents insert school vacation is brief and weather hints farming to resume. Cough cure ad claims vegetable formula and lists Bosworth and Co Ed Barstow as sellers.
The firm of L. P. Gamble & Co. consisting of L. P. Gamble and C. E. Taylor at Monarch Billiard Parlor dissolves by mutual consent with C. E. Taylor taking liabilities and control. Ames Iowa March 12 1884. Notice to all interested that on the 29th day of 1884 the estate of D Co insolvent Story County is involved. John L Stevens Assignee Feb 15 1884.
A bold recruitment note from Renner Manufactur ing Co promises live energetic agents across US and Canada to sell a patent article on its merits. It claims 100 percent profits, exclusive county deeds, 30 day trials with $100 minimum, and full refund of unsold stock, urging readers out of work to act quickly and mail one cent stamps for full circulars.
Mas Cons Williams of Bara Boo Wisconsin offers his 140 acre farm adjoining the city for sale. It is a desirable farm and terms are reasonable.
An advertisement touts a skin cure claiming to heal Burns Bruises Cuts Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever Sores Cancers Piles Chiblains Corns Tetter Chapped Hands and all eruptions. It guarantees a refund if not cured and lists 2 cents per box with Bosworth as a seller.
Miss May Graves offers dressmaking at homes or countryside visits. Residence with her parents west of Congregational Church.
Snow White Guineas at $1 each or 15 for $1 per unit Brown Leghorns $1.50 each 13 for a dozen Agent for all Poultry Journals Frank Wilsons Bone Mills Co W Chapin Ames Iowa details provided for buyers seeking poultry stock and farming supplies
An 1854 notice from W. E. Miller invites farmers to lease pasture for eighty to one hundred head of young cattle and plow land for cropping. Applications requested at his nearby Gilbert Station location, two and a half miles south.
The advertiser claims to hold the only complete collection of abstract books in the county and offers abstracts at the lowest rates. They also advertise money loans secured by real estate.
A classified ad notes Shiloh's Vitalizer as a remedy for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and all signs of dyspepsia. It promotes bottles priced at 50 and 75 cents with financing options and the seller A E Lucas of Nevada dated October 23 1953.
An Ames advertisement promotes Marsh's Golden Balsam for throat and lungs with testimonial from Simeon Fawcett of Kansas City. It also markets Marsh's Golden Balsam and Liver Tonic by Bradley & Templeton, with prices and druggist locations. Shiloh's Cure and Shiloh's Vitalizer are offered for cough, dyspepsia, and liver complaints, with guarantees and nasal balm free.
Local retailer BreeLow and Huntington promotes a clearout of a $10,000 stock of boots shoes and slippers in Ames offering steep discounts to attract customers.
Bos worth Co Drug store offers free sample bottles of Dr Bos anko's Cough and Lung Syrup as the popular remedy for coughs consumption and bronchitis. Regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
Money to loan on farm mortgages at six percent annual interest with principal payable in installments. Borrowers may choose installments. J. A. Fitchpatrick announces availability in Nevada Iowa.
Fragmentary OCR shows a timetable note with entries like Freight and Way Freight and Going East. The readable parts reference Atlantic Express and direction east with partial route indicators.
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