Trains and local notices in Ames and surrounding towns
Freight and passenger train schedules listed for St Paul Des Moines and Chicago lines. Local notices note moves of Frank Lipdple and other residents, sales of horses and potatoes, memorial day plans, and community updates from Ames Cambridge Nevada and Ree Heights indicating gatherings, marriages, and public meetings.
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Montour
Peste Express
BPR
St. Paul
Des Moines
St. Panii
Pogmeooe
Seecds
Chicago
Jones
Funeral of D. L. Bosworth Attracts Many Comrades
A large crowd of Gilbert Post comrades attended the funeral for their late member D. L. Bosworth, illustrating the deep affection and sorrow felt for him by his fellow comrade and former associate.
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Gilbert Post
D. 8. Bosworth
A Kansas teacher Inspires as Flower Seed Prize Sparked Talent
A Kansas school teacher handed out flower seeds to pupils and offered a prize for the best blossoms. The writer praises the teacher as exemplary and hopes for more like her, predicting she would create many young florists and orchardists.
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Kansas
The Ames Intelligencer Praised by Reader Letter
A reader recalls favorable remarks about The Ames Intelligencer and thanks the paper for its kind words. The note likens praise to apples of gold in silver and expresses a wish to balance the debt with generosity in return.
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Story County
Ames Intelligen
Governor considers pardon for Elizabeth Porter
Application made to Governor Sherman requests a pardon for Elizabeth Porter of this county who was convicted of murder. The plea asserts she had no hand in the crime and only sought to shield her two sons after they killed their father.
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Sherman
Elizabeth Porter
Ballard Files Candidacy for County Supervisor
The paper notes the candidacy of R. W. Ballard of Howard Township for County Supervisor pending the Republican Convention. Ballard is a long-time county resident with prior Board of Supervisors service. He is described as a courteous, well‑regarded Republican with sound judgment and experience.
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The
Intelligencer
R. W. Ballard
Story City
May Lith
Howard Township
Ballard
Knoxville Express Argues for Local Printing Support
A Knoxville writer laments business owners who send printing to distant cities for cheaper rates. He argues home papers sustain the town by employing locals, paying taxes, and informing the community, urging support of local printers despite small savings elsewhere.
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Tut
Knoxville Express
Veteran Drake S. Bosworth Dies at Home in Ames
Capt. Drake S. Bosworth died suddenly at his residence on Monday at 11 30 a m after a brief illness of back and chest pains. Born March 13 1823 in Jefferson County New York he served in the Civil War and later settled in Ames Illinois and then Ames Iowa where he lived with his family until his death. The Grand Army of the Republic held funeral rites with a 60 member post bearing the coffin to nearby church and cemetery while resolutions expressing condolence and praise were adopted and published in The Ames Intelligencer.
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Bosworth
Capt
Capt. Bosworth
Drake S. Bosworth
Jefferson County
New York
Empire State
Belleville
Watertown
Louisa Ann Tripp
Wm. Tripp
Rodman
Drake
Co. I 10Th Regiment
New York Heavy Artillery
Co. L
12Th U. S. Colored Artillery
Petersburg
Chicago
St. Charles
Illinois
Ames
Douglas Avenue
Ellsworth Post
E. C. Moulton
Congregational Church
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Ellsworth
Ames Intelligencer
War Department
Washington
Dix
Ford’s
Lincoln
Frederick Seward
Fred Seward
General Grant
Burlington
General Lee
Virginia
Mr. Seward
Fred
Edwin M. Stanton
War
Gen. Grant
Ford
Mrs. Lincoln
Major H. R. Rathbone
Miss Ilarris
Major Rathbone
Colonel Stewart
John Wilkes Booth
Ames Town Weekend Visitors and Local News
Mr and Mrs Haywood visited Ames with friends over Sunday and Monday then left Tuesday for Northwestern Kansas. A bear and its owner attracted crowds Monday. A brain climbing act failed. Mr Felt and Mrs Felt attended the funeral of Capt Bosworth’s relative. Wm Beadle reported a theft of a horse pair harness and buggy Thursday night. Capt Henry Wilson consulted with Department Commander Manning about G A R affairs. Dandy Gold Dust horse, partly owned by Perry Simmons, sold to Shugart and now owned by McCord and Shugart.
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Mrs. Haywood
Ames
Kansas
Henry Wilson
Newton
Manning
Perry Simmons
Mr. Shugart
McCord & Shugart
Mrs Humason and Son Visit Ames Ties
Mrs Humason and her son, former Ames residents, are visiting her sister Mrs Kistler and other relatives in town then plan to return to Chicago. Dr J M Brown of Cambridge and Miss Sarah Gillett were married on Wednesday last. Mr W G W Day of Waynesburg Pa formerly editor of the Waynesburg Republican, an old friend of Mr J H Keigsley of Ames, spent a few days in Ames last week.
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Mrs. Sarah Smith
Chicago
Mrs. Underwood
Cheville
Cole
County
Au. Pours
Rice, Music Co
Des Moines
Ames
C. D. Norman
West
Mary A. Dailey
Tunkhannock
Dr. Kings
Humason
Kistler
J. M. Brown
Cambridge
Sarah Gillett
W.G. W. Day
Waynesburg
Gilbert Congregational Sociable at L Oliver May 19
The Gilbert Congregational Church Sociable will be held at the residence of L Oliver on the evening of May 19. Attendees may view the Gallery of Mysteries and Antiquities. Everyone is welcome.
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Gilbert Congregational Church Sociable
L. Oliver
Trade in farm horses fuels rural exchange in Ames
Over six months fifteen carloads of horses worth about 30000 dollars have been shipped from Ames. Extra farm horses support farmers with essential stock for work and transport. Weight & Richmond offer Park Wagon Courtland Wagon Brewer spring top Buggy and other vehicles for cash or trade a good driving horse and a new milch cow in exchange.
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Ames
We Wight & Richmond
Park
Courtland
Ames School Board Re-Elects Chevalier Principal
At a Tuesday meeting the Ames School Board decided the coming school year by naming Mrs Fitchpatrick and Miss Chevalier and Miss Raynor to positions. Prof Chevalier was re elected principal.
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Ames School Board
Cut away and Sack Suits from BieeLow & HUNTINGTON
Advertises Cut-away and Sack suits from BieeLow and Huntington urging rapid purchase to avoid delay. Emphasizes desirability and fit with confident call to action.
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BieeLow & Huntington
Iowa farmers plant thousands of acres of corn this week
Iowa counties report thousands of acres prepared and corn-rooted as farmers complete early field work. Officials say weather favors a good crop this year and producers expect strong yields across the state.
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Iowa
Story County
Intelligencer
Gail Hamilton on Prohibition in Politics in June Review
A North American Review June issue will publish Gail Hamilton's caustic article on Prohibition in Politics. A literary critic notes Hamilton shows little admiration for the outcomes of the last election and its temperate approach.
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Gail Hamilton
North American Review
Gail
Ready-made Clothing Store Ad Promises Large Stock
Summer sale notice invites customers to inspect an immense ready made clothing stock. Emphasizes easy showing, bright store, and prices to fit the times. Guarantee of satisfaction and a call to visit the shop.
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Proxerr & Co
Real Estate Transfers Week Ended May 13 1885 Nevada Iowa
Transfers reported by H L Carrell's Abstract and Loan Agency show J W Ingram to J S Ingram lot 6 block 8 Zearing railroad wd 1900. C H Balliett to M S Murphy lots 2 and 3 block 2 Cornell's addition Nevada wd 1500. Milwaukee Land Co to A G Armstrong part NE NW 21 82 21 wd 529. John S Holcomb to James Holcomb NE NE 9 85 21 wd 460. Christian Jacobson to J L Tjernagel part NE NW 12 85 24 wd no amount listed.
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H. L. Carrell
Abstract and Loan Agency
Nevada
Iowa
J W Ingram
J S Ingram
Zearing
C H Balliett
M S Murphy
Cornell
Milwaukee Land Co
A. G. Armstrong
John S Holcomb
James Holcomb
Christian Jacobson
J L. Tjernagel
Story County Sunday School Association Holds Maxwell Convention
The Annual Convention of the Story County Sunday School Association will be held at Maxwell on June 2 and 8. Each county school is urged to send two delegates, and all interested people are invited to attend. Schools not yet reporting should do so promptly. ample accommodations and printed programs will be provided. Gro. H. Spencer, County Secretary.
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Story County Sunday School Association
Maxwell
Gro. H. Spencer
Grateful Acknowledgment From Ames Community
A heartfelt thank you note expresses gratitude for sympathy shown after a sudden bereavement. Residents thank neighbors friends and the Grand Army Post of Ames for comfort and friendship extended to the late war comrade’s family Mrs. L. A. Bosworth and Louie M. Bosworth Ames May 14 1885.
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Grand Army
Ames
L. A. Bosworth
Louie M. Bosworth
G A R Plans Iowa North West Re Union
At the last State Encampment the project of re joining old soldiers of Iowa and the Northwest was approved with no opposition. A summer 1885 Des Moines meeting was proposed, with Iowa legislature likely to support. Correspondence invited to organize and hear from every veteran, addressed to Geo H Nichols Com Kinsman Post.
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Iowa
Northwest
Des Moines
Geo
Pocket Cyclopedia advertised by Andrews & Co Chicago
A compact volume titled Look Within for Five Thousand Facts That Everybody Wants to Know offers 75 pages of condensed information across many fields. It features colored diagrams and is sold postpaid by A H Andrews and Co of Chicago for 15 cents in stamps.
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A. H. Andrews & Co
Chicago
The Best Salve for Cats Bruises Sores and More
An old advertisement describes a multipurpose salve claiming to cure various skin conditions including bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, skin eruptions, and piles. It guarantees satisfaction or money back, priced at 25 cents per box, sold by Pickett & Co at Palace Drug Store.
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Pickett & Co
Palace Drug Store
Digeson
Bosanko
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Lowa
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M. J. Smith
Mrs. Daniel
Sisson
Oily Drug Store
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H. Westerman
Prop
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R. T. Sisson
Ketchum
Moline
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Lili
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