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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1884
Page
3
In Chicago last, cattle five dollars, hogs five twenty six, wheat eighty seven eighty eight. In Ames Friday afternoon cattle four dollars, hogs four seventy five, wheat seven zero, oats two five, corn thirty, butter ten to fifteen, eggs ten.
A Memorial will be delivered in Opera Hall in a week with Ellsworth Post backing. On May 30 services will be held there and at the cemetery to honor men who fought the rebellion and died or were wounded. The tribute honors those who answered Lincoln's call and maintained the Union, with comrades recalling their sacrifices and reverence for their memory.
Venus has become the most conspicuous object in the sky, rising as the evening star in September and rivaling Jupiter. For six weeks it has eclipsed the giant planet in brightness, drawing nearer to Earth with increasing angular distance from the sun.
The report describes pleasant country scenery and good crop progress with corn planted and cereals growing amid improving farm activity. It notes a serenade by the Nevada Band for Miss Nellie Fuller’s dean in Ames, and widespread repairs and property improvements as many residents restore fences paint and overhaul premises.
Miss D. E. Dix offers gauze underwear for ladies and children with corsets hosiery gloves and fine neckwear. GF Nourse reports a fishing haul of 12 pounds of fish in pails at low cost. Frazee s Jewelry Store promises short notice repairs with warranty.
Local notes mention street work progress on East Onondaga street and several residents and visitors in town. The wind damaged a shop window at Sisson and Gheen. A young man ErNest Weeman died at his father's Nevada residence on May 9 at age 22. Maxwell and Clark are assembling another car load of fine horses for Minneapolis after a recent shipment.
Gilbert and Mrs Elias Gilbert plan a six week visit to his Wisconsin home. Judge Miller improves after a paralysis scare. Rev S McCall leaves for the General Assembly in Pennsylvania for three weeks visiting his old home. A A Stewart in Chicago for Wool Growers’ Convention. Central Association attendance wanes due to rain. Mrs Charles Graves and children visit locals. McCready attends a funeral in Nevada. no school Monday. Nellie Needham hosts a birthday party. Mrs Barker returns from Illinois. Farmers nearing corn planting completion. prospects look good. Lizzie Macintosh visits Ames. The old saloon sign is covered with a restaurant sign reflecting local sentiment.
A grand temperance meeting at the Sheldahl school house on May 10 organized the Permanent Temperance Organization of Sheldahl. Resolutions and committees aim to enforce the prohibitory law, promoting law as supreme and warning against defying it. Saloons are gone. druggists must act openly to avoid public criticism.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway plans a March 30 1854 through train from Chicago to Huron via Tama Marshalltown Ames Jewell Junction Eagle Grove Hawarden and Cedar Rapids with palace sleeping cars between Cedar Rapids and Hawarden. For schedules contact E D Hortister or a C N W ticket agent.
A promotional passage urges readers to trust Pond's Extract as a constant, faithful family remedy and notes Golden Specific Co of Cincinnati advertises a covert drinker’s cure.
A Sunday May 18 gathering of the Young People’s Association convenes at 11 a m in the M E church. The program features music I Was Glad scripture lessons from Eccl 11 and Matt 13 43 prayer readings selections and solos by Grace Smith Nellie Dearman Frank Haverley Alice Alderman Stella Bartlett Connie Brooks James Perkins Mark Brumagin Carl Little and others with Make Me More Like Thee among the hymns.
Advertisements praise Marsh's Golden Balsam for throat and lung diseases. Testimonials from Chas F Lee of St Joseph and J W Brown of Kansas City endorse its efficacy. Bradley & Templeton in Ames sell Marsh's Golden Balsam and Marsh's Golden Blood & Liver Tonic in large bottles priced 50 cents and 1 dollar.
The Illinois Central R A plans a Land Excursion on May 28 to Storm Lake Cherokee LeMars Iowa Wayne and Hartington Nebraska at low round trip rates. Return tickets valid thirty days. For Iowa Nebraska pamphlets and excursion circulars contact I C Agents or J F Merry General Western Pass Agt Manchester Iowa.
House and two-one block north of the Congregational church on Kellogg street for sale at a low price. Seven rooms two closets with new improvements, moulded and grained finish, cellar good well and cistern. Described as one of the prettiest residences in Ames. Inquire of Mr. Sisson at Sisson and Gheen's store.
In a state effort ninety two Grand Army Posts urge Congress to grant 160 acres to all honorably discharged soldiers. The piece opposes the plan noting Gen Grant receives retirement with full major general pay and argues the rank and file deserve real acknowledgment beyond land.
Plenty of money on farm mortgages at six percent annual interest. Wright & Ives are headquarters for iron and wood pumps. Grand Detour Plows and Cultivators at Shields & Cook's. M Hemstreet has for sale first class farm and city property at a bargain.
A Rochester man bought a pound of beef and persuaded a butcher to supply dog meat. He ordered his wife to cook part for dinner and take the rest back, claiming she had bought all the family’s meat elsewhere. The scheme failed as the husband got his money back.
A State Agricultural society report claims one million dogs in Iowa with a tax plan of 50 cents on males and one dollar on females aiming to raise 629000 to reimburse owners of injured animals. A farmer asked about next month’s weather and the editor quipped that it would resemble a unsettled subscription bill.
G Shields & Cook advertise wire and implements sold as cheap as possible with special 6 percent annual interest option and extra payments noted by A E Luca Nevada October 23 83.
The ad urges readers to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla to prevent scrofula and build a healthy constitution for future generations, implying lasting benefits for offspring.
Prof Bupp and wife narrowly escape when Mazeppa the horse panics on the way to town, overturning the buggy but causing no deaths. Damages are quickly repaired.
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