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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1880
Page
3
A long list of local items, with updates on businesses, people, and happenings in Story County. Awnings, dress goods, corn shipping, new patterns, sales, travels, illnesses, correspondence, court notes, building, brick work, and farm matters fill a crowded community page.
The piece notes a demand for Senator Voorhees' Exodus Committee in Boone Iowa to investigate charges from this week's Republican. It cites political impact of colored votes boosting local Republican majorities and shaping county influence on the state ticket.
Deputy McCord arrives from the penitentiary with convict Dakin, tied to the Stough murder case. Supreme Court grants a new trial, district court setting last day of next month, likely in Story county. Dakin proclaims innocence, vows acquittal amid costly proceedings for Marshall county taxpayers. Sterling pumps sold by J C Mitchell Nevada.
News agents on the Chicago and Northwestern railway must be clean and neat in attire and polite to passengers. Only one agent per train, limited announcements, and restrictions on handling papers. Agents may not open sales goods during travel, and conductors must limit visits. Papers capped at five cents. no prize packages or gambling devices.
The freight department announces refrigerator cars for 1880 season. Cars depart Council Bluffs Mondays and Wednesdays at 8 10 a m and Boone Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 35 a m reach Chicago at 12 30 a m Wednesday and Friday. Cars also leave Boone and Cedar Rapids on same days for shipments of butter eggs fruit and perishable property to Chicago and beyond. Way station shipments must not use these cars.
A State Register excerpt discusses the 36 barb per rod rule for legal fences, with two of four wires barb-ed, post spacing, and height limits. It argues legality, not quantity, protects small farmers against neighboring stock damage and notes manufacturers must adapt to the standard.
Northwestern Iowa sees a surge of newcomers in spring as the Iowa Railroad Land Company reports large land sales. The article notes migrants from Kansas and Nebraska relocating to Iowa seeking rich soil and rail access, with Story County highlighted for investment potential and future population growth. It also recounts a fraud case in Grand Junction involving J. H. Dronberger selling sulky attachments and notes on road-building and town-site debates in Hamilton County.
Mary Dudley teaches in district four while F W Foster talks to farmers about Cedar Rapids Insurance. Giles Aylesworth visits Valparaiso relatives. Wm and Simon Beadle return from Kansas after their father’s death. Ed Crane works on draining Story and Boone counties to aid farming. George Ashton leaves J A Smath to run his own agency. Rain wagon sold by J O Mitchell Nevada.
Veterinary clinics will be held every Friday afternoon at the Agricultural College hospital. Farmers with diseased animals are requested to bring them for examination at two o'clock Friday afternoon. Advice and preemptions free. A small charge will be made for medicines and surgical operations.
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