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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1888
Page
3
Ames residents face ongoing winter storm aftermath with repairs, local notices, and social updates. Reports include injuries at the depot, school term reminders, church events, and community notices from The Intelligencer and local papers.
Story Country Republicans honored themselves by confirming D A Bigelow of Ames as their district delegate to the National Convention. Bigelow, a soldier and businessman, was nominated without opposition and regarded as an honest representative of Story County and Iowa Republicanism for the forthcoming nomination of the president.
A farmer asked nine dollars per ton for hay that others refused, finally selling to a buyer at eight dollars. The note recalls a coal price spike during a coal shortage, criticizing double standards and market woes. Window Glass at Bosworth's.
Salt for sale at Hamilton and Co. offered as a first class article for $1.25 per barrel. The notice highlights the low price and sales offer for readers seeking bulk salt.
D. G. Ferguson offers multiple Chester White Broad Sows ready to farrow and a quantity of First Class Seed Corn for sale.
The note affirms Maple Syrup from the Ohio Sugar Camp as pure and properly weighed at eleven pounds per gallon. A newspaper regrets a mistaken marriage notice for Mr Arnold and Miss Mina Giddings stating they were wed, clarifying they remain single.
The undersigned committee will receive bids for a frame building for the experiential station to be erected on the grounds of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames. Plans are at Foster and Liebbe Des Moines and on file at the College secretary after April 1 1888. Bids due by April 11 1888 with right to reject any bids. sealed bids may be filed with RE W Stanton secretary or presented to the committee at the college on April 11 1888.
Weather and travel notes color this item with brisk business and westward plans. Local residents Alice Cook Emma Hall Jacob Lapp and others are mentioned with moves west schooling visits and social events. A court case school election new blacksmiths and a later literary event round out this newsfrom Gilbert Ontario.
The Batavia Iowa News piece notes subscribers blame post office delivery for missed papers and urges informing the office of delivery failures. It also stresses persistent advertising as essential for merchant success. Deacon Bradley and wife near 92 and 99 celebrate 29th anniversary, with daughter Mrs Paxton of Ames caring for them.
A large public response drives sales at J. L. Pickett & Co as customers receive free trial bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. The remedy is claimed to cure coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and lung diseases with a money back or guaranteed offer.
Indian women adopt bustle trends and outpace white sisters in outdoor life thanks to vast prairie space. Their bustles and tall hats can be large and high without nuisance, as open air gives them room to display fashion freely.
Lyon and Healy of Chicago offer an organ allowing anyone to create classical music with no training. The instrument and a large stock of pianos and organs will be open for examination all sale next week at M Hemstreet's office. Do not buy before viewing Lyon and Healy. Manufacturers vs. F A Benjamin.
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