Local Store Advertisements and Sample Catalog Prices
A dense page advertises groceries tools clocks bells and millinery from Nourse Bros and Shields & Cook. It lists prices for canned apples onions and other produce and notes sales events and installment settlements with local merchants in Ames Franklin Township and surrounding areas. It mentions school books at B T’s and several vendors including M W Quick H Hank McCarthy and Parley Sheldon. It notes services in repair surveying and watch jewelry and highlights Libby shoes and flowers pots hanging baskets.
Revival and sales notes dominate Nevada notices in brief
A revival of religion is urged in Nevada. The Watchman says the top of the Presbyterian Church steeple was blown off by wind Sunday night. Ads promote walking shoes, Newports, wringers, evergreen shrubs, and a $900 upright piano offered by this office.
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Nevada
Lincoln laundry soap sold in Ames at four bars for 25 cents
G M Olmsted & Co Cedar Rapids makes Lincoln soap sold only by Nourse Bros Ames. Four bars cost 25 cents four pounds per bar. Try it and be convinced. Also a notice warns residents to clear streets and alleys of obstructions within five days or face action under Ordinance No 59.
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Ames
Lincoln
G. M. Olmsted & Co
Cedar Rapids
Nourse Bros
W. C. Shockley
Brown's Iron Bitters praised as top tonic by Des Moines seller
Cras W Reec of Des Moines extols Brown's Iron Bitters for rapid sales and satisfaction. A Mrs Fry slipped while cleaning and spilled dirty water, prompting a joke about a relocated back bonus. Nourse Bros. advertises grocery size heart and palate items.
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Cras. W
Parker's Ginger Tonic Boosts Vital Energies Amid Worries
The Tribune touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as invigorating food for the brain and nerves, promising restored health and joyous spirits quickly during anxious days.
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Parker
Tribune
Ames Local Notes Chronicle Ca. 1880s Community Bits
Local items report Miss Pearson injury at Congregational Church and Mrs Pearson’s music room near the Baptist Church. Describes visits by Col Scott to Agricultural College, and various society events, thefts, lectures, and town concerns including sanitation, pistol safety, and college trustees meeting.
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Pearson
Congregational Church
Stewart in Franklin Eyes Assembly Bid at County GOP Meet
Mr A A Stewart of Franklin Township visited the city Tuesday to discuss his potential run for the Assembly with the County Republican Convention. A lively race for Representative is expected with strong party support. Cemetery decoration has begun as Mr and Mrs Gault from Pueblo Colorado mourn Merle. Wright chairs the Cemetery Association committee as efforts to beautify the city of the dead proceed.
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A. A. Stewart
Franklin Township
Story
Gault
Pueblo
Colorado
Merle
W. G. Wright
Committee of Cemetery Association
Thieves Enter McDowell's Billiard Hall Steal Cash and Cigars
Thieves gained entry through a back window after removing a pane with chisels marked D F Wiley. About five dollars in money and several boxes of cigars were taken. The story warns residents to heighten security against prowling vagabonds during their spring pilgrimage.
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McDowell
D. F. Wiley
Prompt newspaper subscriptions aid publishers finances
An exchange urges subscribers to honor each payment on time to help publishers. It notes that while $1.50 seems small to most, the total from hundreds of subscribers significantly affects a publisher's cash flow and operations. It compares timely payments to bank note settlements and asks readers to record renewal dates.
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Dell
Union Nat
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Aaiamarretaxi
GR Cio Ecede
Petros
Aee
Eeee
Eee
Black
Ames
B. F. Allen
Story City
Lowa
Rag trade scales and saloon license talk across cities
New York City rag pickers and hand carts move substantial value, while national rag trade totals reach about 30 million annually. Saloon licenses rise to 1000, provoking beer price debates. a broad political mood warns of labor foes and Cobden club ideas as Fox's Illustrated Week's Doings debuts.
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New York City
Des Mores
Rest, politics and a fatal track incident headline a local page
A cotemporary warns rest is found at home not away. A merchant says advertising keeps him rested. A youth near Maxwell lost both legs to a freight train and died next morning. April marriage licenses list many couples. Political fervor rises with mixed public reaction as contests heat up and the author hints at a preferred candidate.
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Maxwell
Mitchell
Married at Willard Morris residence in county
A quiet April 26 wedding at Willard Morris's home joined Chester F. Davis and Ada L. Morris. The bride, a noted county teacher, and groom are praised for their character and future prospects. Numerous wedding gifts from relatives and neighbors are listed, including money, silverware, glassware, linens, and china sets.
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Willard Morris
W. P. Bennett
Chester F. Davis
Ada L. Morris
Davis
Miss Morris
Our County
Morris
Ella Morris
Gertie Morris
L. C. Allen
R. J
Leila Campbell
Dr. Meredith
J. R. Sherman
Miss May Sherman
Nine articles in the May North American Review on current public topics
The May issue features Morgan on Mexico and U S relations, Kirkus critiquing Roman Catholicism, Whipple on Emerson and Carlyle, Adler on secular moral training, Winchell on Communism in America, Clarke on Buddhism and Christianity, Gage on women inventors, Johnson on college endowments, and Sedgwick on extradi tion, with publication details.
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North American Review
John T. Morgan
Mexico
United States
William Kirkus
McQuaid
Emerson and Carlyle
Edwin P. Whipple
Felix Adler
America
Alexander Winchell
James F. Clarke
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Rossiter Johnson
George A. Sedgwick
Lafayette Place
New York
Gov Sherman appoints L S Coffin to Railroad Commission
The State Register comments on Governor Sherman appointing L S Coffin of Ft Dodge to fill the Wilson vacancy, questioning Coffin’s wartime dismissal and suitability for a high post. It notes Coffin’s alleged treason staining his name and questions the wisdom of the appointment. It also reports a deformed postmaster Snider of Sheldahl and his life details.
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Mr. Coffin
Man Coffin
United States
State Register
Register
Snider
Sheldahl
Zoa-Phora praised in Ames letter on curing daughter
A Mrs Sarah Randolph praises Zoa Phora for her daughter’s recovery noting weight gain color steadiness and relief from chest distress. The letter claims a life saved by the medicine and expresses Gratitude. Classified ads list two property sales in Ames and nearby towns with contact names and prices.
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Jerseyville
Sarah Randolph
Lewis Randolph
N. B
Benedict Soaps and local business notices in Ames Iowa
An 1885 Ames sheet lists Butter and Eggs cash prices and a 7.7 office at Soper's shop run by G. H. Runyon. It advertises Benedict Soaps and abstract services, real estate notes, a Nevada Iowa lender, a schoolhouse dwelling sale, and cattle pasture requests by A. P. ConpDIrr.
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Soper
Property Transfers and Deeds in Nevada and Ames
Reported by A E Lucas includes multiple land transfers in Iowa towns Nevada and Ames. Transactions list buyers and sellers such as Wm Hill to John Peck and Madison Evans to Trustees, with parcels like lots in Born's additions, blocks 7 and 8, and various western Iowa parcels. Prices range from $20 to $800 and include sheriff’s deeds and trusts amid several name pairs and property descriptions.
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A. E. Lucas
Nevada
Iowa
Porter
John Sykes
John Born
Mattie Smith
Blair Town
Augusta
Ames
Prchpatrick
Duff's
John Beatty
W H Baldwine
Borrowing the West McGregor News Proves Popular
In West McGregor the McGregor News notes that many exchanges print about curing borrowing habits. The piece extols readers to borrow the paper, comparing it to sturdy tools and praising its long standing popularity among locals who read it even without owning a copy.
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McGregor News
Trowe Reading
West McGregor
Divorce rise alarms legislators across New England and Iowa
The piece notes a sharp upsurge in divorces with about 2000 yearly in New England. It cites Iowa as not far behind with an estimated 500 in 1882 and near doubling in 1883, while eastern states publicize separations more than the west.
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New England
Iowa
Eagland States
West
Prohibition by Business: A Path to End Saloon Trade
The author argues that if major manufacturing firms like the Kansas City Packing House require all employees to abstain from intoxicants, prohibition could enforce itself faster than legislation. He maintains societal intolerance and business pressure would oust saloon operators within a few years, making such orders more effective than a constitutional amendment.
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Kansas City
Money to Loan and Local Notices in Nevada Iowa
Hix and Allen offer real estate or other secured loans from one to five years with town property excluded. They also buy first class notes and operate from Briggs Bank building rear in Nevada Iowa. Lucas advertises Utopia soap and farm sales while Kinsel lists two stud and mare colts for sale near Cambridge Iowa.
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Hix & Allen
M. C. Allen
Briggs’ Bank
Nevada
Iowa
M. E. Hix
Johnson's Grove
Marshs Golden Blood and Liver Tonic Remedy Claims
Advert claims Marshs Golden Blood and Liver Tonic cures liver complaint biliousness loss of appetite and disorders of blood liver kidneys stomach and bowels. Testimonies from Mrs Mary Thomas Jas Wright John G Hill praise the tonic and balsam with Bradley Templeton Ames druggists selling large bottles for fifty cents and one dollar.
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Marsh
Jas. J. Wright
Des Moines
Lona
Mary Thomas
Fort Scott
Kans
Marish
John G. Hill
Kansas City
Bradley & Templeton
Ames
Ads for Shilohs Cure and W ilsonia and farming tools
A compact page of 19th century ads sells Shilohs Cure for coughs and catarrh with guarantees and 50 cent price and nasal injector, Wilsonia claims to cure paralysis and chronic diseases, plus Union Corn Planter Gorham Seeder and two harrows for sale with cash or bankable paper. Bradley Templeton handle sale. A. D. Gaston references Union Bank.
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Union Corn
Gorham
A. D. Gaston
Union Bank
Shiloh
Bradley & Templeton
Wilsonia
Printing Office For Sale In The Intelligencer
Complete printing office for sale including Washington hand press and 9 column Peerless jobber with ample type and equipment. Machinery and type are new and will be sold cheap with part cash and part bankable paper. Address The Intelligencer.
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Washington Hand Press
Tue
New Simple Method Teaches Music by Easy Piano Play
A Chicago firm offers a novel method allowing anyone to play familiar airs on piano or organ without musical knowledge. It promises quick learning of notes, simple instruction for all ages, and mail delivery with four pieces of music for $1.00 from CHicaGo Piano Co.
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Chicago Piano Co
van Buren Street
Chicago
Illinois
Benedict Soaps Proclaimed Best for Plain Use
The hired girl notes metaphorically that Benedict Soaps are the best for plain and ornamental use, asserting quality and versatility.
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Rapid Skin Healing
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the greatest medical wonder promising to cure burns, bruises, cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, cancers, piles, chilblains, corns, tetter, and chapped hands with guaranteed results or money back. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by all druggists.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Ad
Distressed mothers urged to send for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. Claims relief for teething pain, dysentery, diarrhea, stomach upset, wind colic, gum inflammation, and energy boost. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
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RS. WrinsLow
United States
Free Samples of Brown's Expectorant at Barstow’s
An ad offers a free bottle of Brown's Expectorant from Barstow's Drug Store claiming it cures coughs hoarseness whooping cough and early consumption. It promotes the product as a scientific preventive for throat and lung diseases and notes regular bottle prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Barstow
Ames
Dr. King
Pi Ames Drug Store
Shiloh's Cure Sold By Bradley and Templeton
For sale by Bradley and Templeton group offering Shiloh's Cure claimed to relieve Whooping cough and bronchitis immediately.
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Shiloh
Bradley & Templeton
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Shields & Cook
Kelley
Hank McCarthyy
I. B. Frazee
Partey Sheldon
Ohio
Nourse Bros. Parley
M. W. Quick’s
C. F. Wheeler’s
M. W. Quick
George A. Doolittle
Onty
Thomas
Brvenam & Co
P. C. Compton
Libby
J. B. Frazee
Will A. Paxton
W. A
Sutton
M. & A&a. J. Swrenfy
Lapirs
S. S. Paxton
C. F. Wheeler
Bryenam & Co
Nourse Brors
Saix
California
Col. Scott
The
Agricultural College
D. E. Dix
Vouvote Barton
Japier Brapey
Marshalltown
Mrs. Alexander
Geo. H. Maxwell
Mr. A
Huron
C. B. Foster
Keokuk
Parley Sheldon
Cleveland
Tux Dorcas Society
Liste
Ogden
M. E. Church
Hernandez Dramatic Company
Perry
Andrew Mikleson
Mr. M
Marshal Shockley
Ames Yards
Sioux City Journal
Spence
Boone
Onondaga
Board of Trustees
the Agricultural College
Ben Read
8. A. Sheledi
Hutchinson
Kansas
Thomas Warden
Vivaldo
V. V
Mary Johnson
Ontario
Cameron
Mollie
Ep. Sheridan
S. E. Hall
Philadelphia
Fox
Illustrated Week
Metropolitan
Prowler
Mr. Fox
Saratoga
Long Branch
Indianapolis
Joseph Duen
Mary Johndall
G. W. Hoyman
Flora A. White
Knude Mackenson
Anna Fronsdall
Levert Queam
Isabel Michaelson
Paul Peterson
Isabella Bonebrake
Theodore Maxwell
Nellie Moore
Lewis Olson
Betsey Hill
James A’ Blank
Maggie McGlynn
Cary Pop
Barkus
State Agricultural College
Well
W. H. Firenpatrick
J. A. Fitchpatrick
P. D. Pierce
Meriden
Cherokee Co
Deming
Bank
State of
Iawa
U.S
Keeeee Eee
Story County
W. J. Greeley
E- W. Stanton
W. M. Gaxeer
F. W. Srastron
W. Pres
E. RK. Casuberlain
W. Merrata
Ithay
A.D
Dan McCarthy
G. H. Runyon
Benedict Soaps
Benedict White Royal
Farmer’s Bank
A. P. Conpdirr
McDowel
Billiard Hall
West Front
Henry Lightner
Sisson & Gheen
Bishop's
Victoria
Utopia
Daveorrs
R. Pengelly
M. D
Kalamazoo, Mich
Bosworth & Co
C.D. Norman
Ames, Story Co
New York House
Shel
John H. Queal & Co
Solisci
Nichols & Maxwell
Hiram Sibley
D. M. Ferry
Everbody
Merrill
Bucklen
J. L. Bartlett
Boyd Building
Ames, Iowa
Mutual Endowment and Accident Association of
Bath
G. H. Wheeler
David Runsy
A. G. H. Wheeler
N. Y
Capital
W. M. Greevey
E. W. Ye
E. R. Chamberlals
Cashiers
Union Bank OP Ames
Bank of W Lucas
Dam & Rainboit
Lg A
Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
SuiLon
H.C. Wilkinson & Co
Fulton Street
Nanz & Neuner, Florists
Louisville
Peirce
Business College
Kbeoku
Tave & Co
Lars Told. H. Mane
City Bakery
City Grocery
A. HH. Thayer
Choice Family
Bak
Stary County
Muy
Thumber Yard
Ames, Iz
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