21 May 1891
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered names such as MITCHELL and CAAMBEREIN with unclear context and no complete event or date to establish a full news item. The readable words offer little to identify a specific incident or report.
The notice lists Sunday morning worship at an unspecified time and an 8 06 evening service. A Wednesday evening meeting is announced with Sunday School after morning services. Kristian Endeavor meets an hour before the evening service. Pastor W. L. Moore leads.
Advert shows Illinois Central Railroad lands offered at low prices with claims of orchards yielding 300 to 500 dollars per acre and farmers earning 150 to 500 dollars per acre, some up to 1000 dollars. It urges buyers to invest and improve lands, noting rail access to Chicago and other markets and naming land commissioner Ppa E P Skene.
The Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota offers fertile soil and growing values with farms paid from crop proceeds. It notes towns, markets, schools, churches, railways, and cheap lands, urging readers to contact F. I. Whitney of St. Paul Minnesota for details and free publications.
The week's property transactions include George Barrick and Edna Templeton paying 3200 for lands. Frasier and Pink, Hemstock and Templeton engaged in several deeds. Van Auken to Poe 7200. John Cook and Scanlan 1600. Campbell groups and McClure interests. multiple parcels in Se Ne and NW regions. various city lots conveyed in Story City Collins Zearing and New Philadelphia. sums range from 1 to 7200 dollars with several lot and block descriptions recorded.
Real estate transfers reported for the week ending May 2 1891 list numerous conveyances in Ames Nevada Maxwell and Blair's additions. Buyers include John M Peepee Marvick HJ Howe Wm Houser and others with prices ranging from 30 to 5000 dollars for multiple lots and tracts across sections and townships in Blair's Ad Ames Maxwell Nevada and Cole.
Cedar Rapids Business College in Iowa publishes a Souvenir with one hundred alumni portraits in lucrative national positions. The book aims to be an artistic keepsake and shows the school’s strong training in Commercial, Bookkeeping and Banking, Shorthand and Typewriting, English and Penmanship. Free copies available by request.
The article profiles David Dudley Field born February 13 1805 as a leading United States jurist. It notes his Williams College graduation in 1825 his long reforming work and his influence on legal codes studied worldwide. Also includes unrelated humorous anecdotes and brief notes on other stories.
Herbert Spencer, famed for his evolution and sociology writings, was born in Derby on April 27, 1820. A natural philosopher at sixteen, he also excelled as a mathematician and civil engineer before becoming a prominent philosophical and political writer with a long history of influential works.
John E. Parsons of New York is believed to have received a record fee of 400000 dollars for organizing a famous sugar trust. He is described as a premier English speaking lawyer, about sixty, and active in the Presbyterian church.
Guglielmo Sanfelice di Acquavell, long viewed as a papal throne candidate, born 1836, was consecrated archbishop in Naples in 1878 and became cardinal priest in 1884.
Charles N. Felton of California is profiled as a Republican who rose from Erie County New York born 1882 to join the 49er rush at seventeen. He built wealth in business before entering politics and served in Congress from the Fifth district 1885 to 1889.
Perkins the practical joker performs a street scene with bold quips and misdirection. A pompous observer is halted by a cool rebuke as Perkins proclaims city ownership is collective and unfinished. The vignette captures his audacious humor in a brief street performance.
A New York Weekly item notes air ships offer a twenty minute dash to San Francisco versus express trains that take four days. A humorous exchange discusses booking, travel speed, and a possible future book about American travel by rail or air.
A belief in India holds that if a sleeping man is marked by Shesh Nag with a hood over his face, he will be fortunate. The idea is linked to Ida Ali of Mysore rising from a common diet, as noted in American Notes and Queries.
A New York Journal description explains a powder sprinkled on coal to bind upper fuel, forcing the fire to burn from the bottom and heat the room rather than rising up the chimney. The Indiana note claims only a dozen men are millionaires, with at most two worth 2 million each.
Mrs. Cooper Ockley presents a divided skirt designed for cyclists. It resembles a light serge walking skirt with a Vandyked tab, styled with embedded panels and embroidered openings. Air circulation is limited but the garment is deemed safe and modest in accidents, endorsed by Mrs. Behrens and Viscountess Herberton for a national dress exhibition.
The New York World notes an imitation tile that resists water but not fire. It recommends English tile paper for cheap bathroom refreshment with nursery designs or bluebell blue blocks, pasted like wallpaper and sized with thin glue, then varnished for a splash proof finish.
The article reviews Israel's fall to Assyria, citing 1 Kings and prophets. It condemns national idolatry and hidden sins, urging believers to reject vanity and maintain obedience to God. It notes Hezekiah's reign as a contrast and closes with society and women's club updates.
Mrs Mary E Miller Miss Carrie Carter and Miss Alice Smith have been ordained ruling elders of the Cumberland Presbyterian church in Stoddard County reflecting Missouri’s stance on gender equality within religious leadership.
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