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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
3
The Intelligencer notes small main line timetable changes for the St. Paul northbound at 6 12 and southbound at 8 40. A cool Monday follows a 90 degree Sunday as Iowa weather swings from sweltering to freezing.
Mr Georgie Childs led a group of Nevada residents to Mrs Lockwoods lecture Tuesday evening. Ads note Mowers at L M Co and Richmonds card. Publisher’s Dept and Sons of Vets dance announced. Pasturage near town via W G Wright. Post society meets Saturday. Straw hats at Bradley and D A Bree Low Co. W R C meeting May 13. Sweet potato sprouts for sale at A M Bingman. Cedar posts barked for railroad line. Machinery for sale: Minneapolis Twine Binder Rotary Drop Corn Planter riding plow. Material of Story City Review bought by Allen and Peterson who will issue a Republican paper.
A shop notice touts a simple yet useful patent umbrella as a pleasing purchase. The ad invites readers to inspect the umbrella and consider buying, highlighting its value to customers regardless of immediate need.
A roundup of moves and visits across Ames Iowa with names including T. J. Loughran Prof Wynn Lydia Bigelow and others. Regional notes cover measles recoveries, travel to Des Moines and Fremont, postings about grave markers for ex soldiers, and farm and weather tidbits as spring advances.
C F Curtiss attended the convention Saturday evening. Dean of Polk County visited last week. D W Mott spent Sunday at the college. Felt earns reputation as baseball umpire. Several residents visited Mitchellville and Des Moines. The college band improved with notable music at the convention. Faculty-Junior baseball game saw Juniors lose 48 21 with standout plays from Professors Bassett Hainer Osborn and strong hitting. Mock National Republican convention drew crowds with Blaine Allison Sherman and Conklin nominated. Miss Gilchrist and Miss McCusky honored. A German farmer insured a dilapidated barn for five thousand dollars and faced a brick barn in the payout. a life-insurance agent’s suggestion led to a humorous misgiving about marrying an American girl.
Bradstreet notes wage gains since 1885 across farmers boot makers blast furnaces iron mills coal mining and paper lumber and copper sectors. Boot and shoe strikes cut hours and wages but overall employment and pay improve with more routes to higher pay. The report signals improving times and a hoped revival after extended depressions.
Judge Miracle presides as the grand jury includes E Sparrow as foreman with A McFarlane C Tichenor M D Sheldon M W Templeton W C Murphy and W N Stevens. Trials yesterday featured Schooler v Mc Cracken Oswald v Oswald and Norris v Hix.
Elder J H Painter preached at the Christian chapel last Sunday. Mrs Flare Foster attended her sister Flora Freed and J Antes wedding in Mapleton. Mrs Baughman returned from Des Moines after weeks away. Frank Coffelt is in Nebraska on business. Frank Wilkinson left for Nebraska after visiting here two weeks. Miss Daisy Foster has recovered from the measles. Elder Ames of Des Moines will preach at the Christian Chapel with a view to being hired for the year.
Transfers from the Land, Loan and Abstract Office document deeds in Nevada Iowa. Entries include Thomas Porch to Jacob M Stark for 4 3 4, Grace E Gardner to Annie E Giddings for 60, Nancy G and J M Stark to Annie Giddings for 600, and multiple other deeds with dates and prices ranging from 20 to 2100 dollars. Names appear with parcel descriptions and locations in sections and townships.
An advertisement warns against mercury in remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It asserts internal use and action on blood and mucus surfaces and notes a 75 cent price sold by druggists.
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