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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
9
Ames Local Paragraphs report visits and travels of residents including Henry McCarthy in Des Moines and Dr Priestly in Ames. Notices of property work, auctions and improvements follow, with staff changes at local schools and churches, plus wartime guard and camp happenings.
Algona council visits electric light plant with Ames and Boone officials. engineer Foster to advise on public works. Projected Algona plant costs about 12000 dollars with bids for engines and dynamos to follow. Also reports on Woman's Foreign Missionary Society convention in Boone and a Saturday orchestra concert at the M E church with local performers praised.
The week in the war with Spain features ongoing censorship and uncertainty about the Spanish fleet, which last located near Curaçao. Reports discuss a potential third fleet including the Oregon and Newport class ships, the Charleston sailing to Manila, and the Alabama launching with twenty guns.
W. P. Coon advertises the sale of 75 bushels of Iowa King seed corn. Local notice notes the quantity and variety offered for purchase.
An old advertisement touts De Witts Little Early Risers as a remedy for constipation and stomach and liver troubles, promoted by Judisch Bros.
I am prepared to do dress making. Charges reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Mrs J A Campbell offers custom sewing with reliable results and a guarantee of customer satisfaction.
Bin On You offers a full selection typical of a first class grocery with staples, fresh produce, and household goods available at Miller and Kooser for convenient daily shopping.
A partially legible notice advertises Adams Bros Farm for sale a 120 acre well improved property located 814 miles south of Ames. It invites calls or letters to Mrs. E. Persons and mentions related agricultural offerings and poultry netting from Swank & White. Some lines reference fuel and potatoes and shopping at Adams Bros.
A call meeting of the Ladies' Cemetery Association is set for Saturday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at Mrs. Ben Read's home. All members are urged to attend. The M. E. church concert last Saturday night drew praise for high quality music and strong performers. The church orchestra, a point of pride, performed six selections to an appreciative audience. Mr. Hedge of Story City sang four solos, and the college quartet and ladies quartet received encores for their fine talents. The critic notes potential for a repeat concert to attract a larger crowd.
Mr. Montgomery of the Boston Art School exhibited several paintings in Margaret Hall last Friday afternoon after returning from Omaha where a picture was placed on exhibition. J A Bishop 90 and Miss Margaret F German announce their marriage with plans to reside in New Hampton Iowa after Sept 1. Mrs Mabel Owens Wilcox of Bozeman Montana is a happy mother. Work on the college sewer and drainage improvement, contracted by Mr Black of Boone, has begun. Chas Atkinson of Atkinson Bros Marshalltown visited the college Tuesday to oversee the carpenter shop building contract their firm secured. Construction starts early next week. The college music department will give a concert in the college chapel Friday afternoon under Frank J Resler. Mrs Resler will assist as pianist, Mrs Belknapp of Des Moines will sing soprano, and Miss Carrie Belle Scott will play violin.
Farley of Liberty Hill Ga touts Chamberlains Pain Balm saying it relieved a severe back pain and endorses it for backache rheumatism neuralgia swellings sprains bruises burns and scalds. The ad notes it is sold by druggists and mentions a shipment of Seal of Minnesota Flour by Mitter and Kooser.
William E. Curtis cites James Shepherd of Atlanta police proposing to enlist all of the "bad men" in Atlanta into a battalion of professional fighters to rid the city of its most undesirable elements. The plan would arm a force of Black men described as desperadoes for government use.
In Sedalia Missouri during a sermon Rev J S Myers read a telegram announcing Commodore Dewey's ships won a great naval battle at Manila and destroyed the Spanish vessels. The congregation rose cheering and sang My Country Tis of Thee after the news.
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