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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1877
Page
3
A cluttered page lists goods for sale including wagons planters pianos and lumber. It notes scholarships to Baylies Mercantile College, a nurse surgeon trip to Chicago, and a distant Sabbath School convention in Ottumwa June 1877. Also reports a bridge of misdeeds by Moore the hayseed thief and his unmasked deception.
Mire Wray will open a new millinery establishment in the C Johnson building next week. Her goods are new and first class in every respect. A portion of the patronage is solicited.
Mrs Meredith sustained a fall from a ladder in the barn after a rung gave way. She was found insensible and bleeding but the family later learned her injuries were not serious.
A new locomotive the C. H. Getebell pulled a new coach carrying the officers and directors of the D M M Railway Company and their ladies on an excursion from Des Moines to this place. The run took one hour and ten minutes with three stops and several speed reductions due to stock. They visited the College and its grounds before returning home about three oclock P M.
On the north side several residences see new fences and enhancements. Wan Fleet, A C Thomas, A B Thomas, Jacob Brotherton, B McDowell, Ben Read and others add pickets and wire fences. South side reports P B Butler addition, W M Greeley lawn work, more fencing and spring cleanup underway.
The Ames Temperance Association holds a regular meeting at the M E Church on the evening of the 14th at 7 30. The program includes recitations essays yearlings and singing along with important business to come before the assembly.
The Boone Republican notes a letter from James Hendry of Ames Iowa claiming extraordinary bird shooting with sixty six shot totaling 101 birds in one round. The editorial compares his tale with another century old claim of five hundred birds and a bed tick full of shot to show how truth and tall tales resemble each other.
Robinson and Thomas launch a price war in medicines selling cash with steep cuts. They slash costs on Pierce’s, Cary’s, Wakefield’s, and Boschee’s items, including Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Goldem Medical Discovery, with major discounts to attract buyers.
District No. 6 patrons meet at the schoolhouse on May 6 to plant trees and adorn the campus. The event draws families from all ages for a day of picnics, dancing, and a grand dinner, with students and staff sharing in a community celebration.
Fragmentary OCR shows a schoolhouse yard christened and a Pleasant Hill mention with a May date. Source preserves vague local note with names and places but readable details are limited.
The monthly council meeting discussed two new sidewalk ordinances and presented several bills. Payments included L. Van Danen for street work 23.15, Tooe Wines 1.50, H. M. Kiss.r 4.0, Mr Balliet 0.50, Owen Kearnes 1.00 for sidewalk work during the week.
Mrs. Giles Cook recovers from scarlet fever while Senator Gallup and County officials visit. L Irwin and Nevada's Mr. Maxwell attend Col Ingersoll lecture en route to Des Moines. Mrs. McFadden ill in Geneva with illness spreading to family. Isaac Finch and Uncle Tommy Tompkins gravely ill. Mrs. J J Butler convalesces. Mrs. Bingham returns home from visiting parents. Dr. Allen and wife of Story City spent the week in Ames.
The State Register criticizes the McCarthy vs Goppinger ruling over two fall colts. It recounts the colts straying to Goppinger’s farm, starving after he kept them for pasture, and a $166.93 judgment against him. Neighbors reported the colts’ condition, but no action was taken until intervention by a humane neighbor.
The piece promotes Ehrich’s Fashion Quarterly, a 116 page New York publication by Ehrich & Co. offering fashion plates and descriptions for women and children. It highlights affordable access to city fashions and a yearly four-issue subscription at fifty cents.
The Republican Party of Story County will hold a county convention in Nevada on Saturday June 9 1877 to elect ten delegates for the state convention in Des Moines June 27 1877. Representation totals by township with a caucus set for June 2 1877 place names include Collins Nevada Franklin Grant Palestine Uoward Richland Indian Creek Sherman Lafayette Union Lincoln Warren Milford Washington and more.
An 19th century newspaper excerpt promotes Fogle's Elixir of Life for kidney and liver diseases, claiming cures with safe ingredients. It also covers F. D. Curtis’s note on Barnum’s seven Trakene stallions from Prussian Poland, praised for endurance, uniformity, and suitability for road work.
Town council orders second class sidewalk on Duff Street from Bow Street north to Duff Street. Property owners along route must build within thirty days. Ordinance takes effect after publication in the Ames Intelligencer May 7 1877. Wall paper shop promo follows.
Mrs G F Lods and Fannie J Tillotson offer ladies and children sewing with cutting and fitting as a specialty. Rooms at Mrs G F Lods residence. Also notice Charles B Orser stocking extensive furniture with cash replacement and reduced rates to attract buyers.
On hand and for sale first class Farms Prairie lands and desirable City property at low figures. McCarthy Stevens Uxvenwoon Land Agents and Att'ys at Law Ames Ia.
Ames News Depot announces expanded offerings after acquiring Mr Calkins news business. Daily access to Chicago Times Tribune and Des Moines State Register. weekly copies of New York Ledgerend Weekly Saturday Night Spirit of the Times. and monthly issues of Scribner's Harper's Frank Leslie's among others now stocked.
Urges immediate use of Rosenre'e Geamax Syner to prevent pneumonia consumption asthma and other fatal diseases. Claims three doses cure many ailments and a bottle lasts a winter with sample bottles offered at 10 cents and regular size 75 cents through Druggist J. J. Bosquer.
Notice to unknown owners and all interests that the north half of the southwest quarter of section six, township eighty four, range twenty four, Story county Iowa, was sold for 1871 1872 taxes. Sam Bates held the certificate later assigned to James Hotenisos the holder. Redemption period expires ninety days from service or the certificate terms.
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