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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1883
Page
4
The Intelligencer notes daily strawberry deliveries by Nourse Bros. and highlights Mrs. Sisson and Mrs. Perry buying a fresh line of New Millinery including the Sea Shell. G. W. Phelps of Fairfield In. recommends Brown's Iron Bitters as an excellent family tonic.
An elegant Line of Millinery new in stock offered at cash prices. Pattern hats solid for sale at reasonable county prices. Also Gauze Vests Corsets Hosiery Hoop Skirts Bustles from M and A J Sweeney. Parker's Hair Balsam promoted for hair growth and color. House and Lot for sale south of railroad with shade trees and fruit. enquire Mrs J W Shultz for details.
Miss D E Dix long associated with Mrs L J Hawley in this city has moved to Ames Story County Iowa and started her own millinery business. She has many Aurora friends who wish her success and praise her taste and conduct.
A dense mix of local notices from Nourse Bros advertisers. Prominent items include butter pricing to encourage good butter making, piano sale at $900, screen doors at $1 to $1.50, new millinery arrivals, Wringers, and a tailor shop open in Ames. Also notices on School Books at B and T, and a candidate card for Oley Nelson seeking Representative.
J Jerolomon of New York City credits Parker's Ginger Tonic with ending eight years of severe dyspepsia that halted his work and left him near a skeleton. The tonic rebuilt his health and returned him to full function.
West completes a fine new porch for his hotel while Miss Beit Bentley from Des Moines visits her aunt Mrs. Duncan. A Sunday evening choir concert is announced at the M. E. Church. Mrs. E. W. Stanton praises a professor on campus as the mother and faculty prosper. Dr. Lewis Schooler says he is not a candidate for Representative and is esteemed in Story County.
The Ames School Board met and renewed Prof Chevalier and Mrs Fitchpatrick for another year. The board plans to hire remaining teachers next week and reemploy the current corps if they wish. City finances push Onondaga Street improvements to macadamize the road and install stone gutters to drain floodwaters.
Prohibition gains strong backing across all officers from top to bottom and appears popular in Story County. The Intelligencer endorses D A Bigelow for Senator, cites his education, business experience, and temperance support, while noting McCarthy as possible rival. Primaries urged as citizen-led, anti-corruption reform.
The College Trustees will meet on Tuesday next. Gov Kirkwood will not be present. Gro A Doothrie offers words to the farmers this week. The Busy Bees and social of the Congregational Church meet with Mrs Meredith Thursday afternoon and evening. All are invited. The Carpenter campaign is not being fought again in Washington Township. Squire Underwood has two briefs in press signaling prosperity and strong legal ability. Pare of the Representative praises a recent Agricultural College visit as proof of its grand work for the State.
Charley Butler, who laid out parallelograms in this office for weeks, has departed with the Hernandez Dramatic Troupe and will devote his talents to the stage.
GEO SHOCKLEY sells out to prepare for a move to Dakota. The piece expresses hope he reconsider and stay within civilized borders.
Treasurer Mills and Auditor McCarthy toured Ames streets on Wednesday shaking hands with friends. Residents praised their character and efficiency and no opposition was seen in the convention vote.
A newspaper note states one column of remaining advertising space will be allocated to home business men. It promises strong returns through targeted ads and announces shifting foreign ads to inside pages while reserving the first and fourth pages for domestic advertisers.
A satirical remark targets a Cincinnati lawyer as a prospective prosecuting attorney for the 11th Judicial District and mocks an incumbent. The writer adds a jab about Eldora having a candidate for the Home for the Feeble Minded.
An anonymous note from the college says the man fined ten dollars for improper manners was not a student but a farm hand. The piece questions where he obtained his whisky and refers the issue to the mayor for comment.
Mayor Watts writes a representative that surface water flooded T. K. Soper’s cellar due to a single sewer running the town and closed at points leaving drainage poor. Prof Bessey notes 1.96 inches rainfall on Sunday. Skunk River overflowed banks turning low-lands to lakes. Weather improved Tuesday with dry spell hoped for weeks of favorable corn weather for Iowa.
Quarterly Meeting services will be held in the M E Church the 19th and 20th inst. Preaching Saturday evening and Sunday at 1 o'clock by Rev Curl. Love feast and sacramental service Sunday at 3 o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to all Christians to the afternoon service. E Kendall, Pastor.
The Erriington city council has appropriated 300 dollars to defray expenses for the semi centennial in June. The county board will also provide funds, with large private subscriptions expected to cover most costs. Rumor says John Watts may become Ames postmaster with Georges Davis as deputy at Boone.
The thirteenth annual Story County Sunday School Association meeting is set for May 31 and June 1 in Story City at 7 p.m. Superintendents should submit last year’s school reports and all Sabbath School supporters are welcome. Boonsboro Post’s Decoration Day speaker is L. S. Coffin of Fort Dodge, despite his dishonorable dismissal from the U.S. Army during the rebellion.
The Intelligencer praises Benjamin Brenneman as a gallant soldier and generous neighbor, noting his candidacy for Sheriff and plan to seek Republican backing from Washington Township. The paper favors retaining the current incumbent for now and expresses hope Brenneman might run again in two years.
The council ordered Duff Street fence moved to proper place and lowered valuation for Duff's add lots 4 and 5. Barb wire ban proposed. Road tax one tenth perch and poll tax three dollars or two days work. Street tax four mills. Mayor to clean Onondaga Street and sewer inlet area. Auction note for Black's 3rd add Ames selling a dwelling with cash down and long-term terms.
The notice extols Chas. A. Pillsbury & Co. flour for its superior bread yield and moisture needs. It also promotes Kansas Winter Wheat Flour brands Sunny Kansas Rose of Kansas Imperial, with bulk purchasing and low prices. Additional items include life insurance agencies, farms for sale, seeds, and a cure-all claim for WILSONIA with a reference to an advertisement.
An advertisement touts Dr Deming’s new cure for piles and a free sample box from Barstow Druggist. It also promotes Marsh's Golden Blood and Liver Tonic and Marsh's Golden Balsam as remedies for cough, biliousness, and lung issues with testimonials from Des Moines and Fort Scott. Bradley & Templeton in Ames sell large bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Abstracts of Title offered by J. A. Fitchpatrick of Nevada Iowa. He has the county's only complete Abstract Books and provides abstracts at low rates. Money loaned on real estate.
Mr. M. E. Allison of Hutchinson Kansas saved his life with a trial bottle of Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption. He later bought a large bottle which fully cured him after doctors and climate failed. It cures asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat and lung diseases. Free trial bottles at Ames Drug Stores large size one dollar.
An advertisement claims Witt can be cured of dyspepsia and liver complaint with Shilon's Vitalizer, claiming guaranteed relief for the reader. The notice markets a patent remedy and urges purchase as a health solution.
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Catarrh Remedy promising cure for catarrh and improved breath. It notes the product is 0 cents and includes a free nasal injector, sold by Bradley and Templeton.
The piece links Jefferson and Rousseau to the idea that the governed are sovereign and cites Jefferson’s debts and actions at Monticello. It traces repudiation in U S history to Jefferson, Jackson, Monroe, and others, framing financial mismanagement and personal dishonesty as core causes of state repudiation.
An old time advertises a skin cure claiming rapid relief for burns bruises cuts ulcers salt rheum fever sores cancers piles chilblains corns tetter and all skin eruptions. Guaranteed to cure or money refunded at 25 cents per box sold by all druggists.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims quick relief from crying and pain, aids digestion, calms the stomach and bowels, and softens gums. Promoted as pleasant tasting and prescribed by a renowned female physician, sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
Claiming thousands cured, advertises Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for Bright's Disease diabetes weak back and urinary issues. Promises blood purification bowel regulation and direct treatment of diseased parts. Each bottle guaranteed and sold for 50 cents by all druggists.
A Jerseyville, Illinois letter praises Zoa-Phora for restoring health to a daughter, noting weight gain color improvement steady nerves and chest distress gone. It includes a testimonial from Mrs Sarah Randolph and an offer from H C Wilkinson & Co in New York promising earnings from home.
Patent medicine note promotes Shiton's Viranizer as a remedy for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and dyspepsia symptoms. Advertises prices at 50 and 75 cents per bottle.
Call at Barstow's Drug Store for a free sample bottle of Brown's Expectorant. It claims to cure Coughs Hoarseness Whooping Cough and Consumption in early stages and is described as a scientific, pleasant harmless preparation for throat and lung diseases. Regular bottles priced 50c and $1. Taraxine memorandum books also free.
Advertisement claims Shilohs Cure instantly relieves croup whooping cough and bronchitis with quick results and no side effects. It presents the remedy as a universal cure in a concise medical patent medicine style.
Ex mayor Wickham urges private philanthropy to aid young workers in New York. He proposes an evening club for salesmen and bookkeepers and the creation of storehouses for coal flour and other essentials in small quantities to curb middlemen and high costs that burden the poor.
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