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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1885
Page
3
The section repeats the local business notices rate of ten cents per line per week and five cents per line per week under the heading Business Brevities. It notes no rate variation except by yearly contract and continues the standard pricing schedule.
A mixed Ames page lists train schedules including Pacific Express and St Paul Des Moines freight, with West and Northbound services. Local items note residents visiting Des Moines, marriage and birth notices, property data, tax figures, and a 1855 Sabbath meeting agenda in Grant Township.
Mr. Kisser of Kansas buys cattle and has already sent several car loads to Chicago. Nevada business houses will close on Memorial Day from 1 30 to 5 p m Saturday next.
New assortment of parasols and fans shown by Brice Low and Huntington. Mr and Mrs W W Allen of Story City visited Ames guests of Giles Cook. Giles Cooks brick block rising. brick and carpentry progressing. Sanford of Marshalltown delivering lectures for I O O F benefit. Mrs Vanscoy south of Ames suffers broken arm from accident last week. Ladies Sewing Society of Congregational Church meets next Thursday with Mrs Will Paxton. Willis Clark went to Elmore Minnesota as route agent for the express Co and Mrs Clark to join him soon.
Mr. Ole Nelson will represent his people in the Scandinavian Conference to meet in Farmington Minnesota next month. Mr. Thomas Cooper bought machinery from W. D. Lucas formerly owned by Mr. Dearman and will manufacture butter tubs.
A classified notice lists second hand Corn Plows Spring Wagon and Lumber Wagon from G H France. Miss Athearn to give a musical recital at the College this evening with a choice program. A union temperance meeting at Baptist Church tomorrow at 8 pm with Rev. Everly. Also a clothing ad from BieLowe and Huntington and notes on campus garden improvements. Maxwell Tribune reports a pig born with eight legs three ears and two tails.
Miss D. E. Dix presents another invoice listing hats ribbons flowers and related summer millinery items plus ladies silk gloves mitts gauze underwear handkerchiefs collars and related accessories for the season.
Mr HeMSTREET contemplates a possible trip to the National Encampment of the G A R in Portland next month. He would attend if wealth allowed.
Will Gattrell, who had fingers badly cut while coupling cars in Ames yards a few weeks ago, is expected to be ready for business soon. Rev W H Dorward, financial agent of the Central University of Iowa, visited the city and noted he formerly served in the 29th Wis Inf. Mrs Huntington, mother of H C, traveled to Rochester Vermont with a companion. Mrs Bennyhoff offers for sale or rent her half of the Thomas Bros Store building. The ladies sewing society of the M E Church to meet Mrs Judge Miller Thursday at 2 PM with cordial invitation.
All parties with 1884 accounts unpaid and all notes due to the undersigned should settle by June 1 1885. Last notice. Mrs Smith sister of Mrs Underwood returned to Chicago last Saturday with Frankie and Louie Underwood, and their Grandmother, expected back today.
The fragment shows scattered census labels with numbers and gender counts for Story County Maxwell Union Nevada. It includes male and female tallies, plus cryptic codes and stray figures.
Miss Sarah Gillet Holmstead of Keota wed Dr J M Brown, noted for his large practice, at the bride’s mother’s residence. Mig Waldron of Minneapolis to M G Rodearmel of Cambridge to wed May 20 at the Waldron home, 324 First Ave N Minneapolis. A rumor cites D W C Beck and Barbary Malloy obtaining a marriage license.
The June issue claims the largest circulation and strongest contributor list in its history. Fourteen writers discuss seven public interest topics including currency demonetization, justice delays, prohibition in politics, the swearing habit, and French spoliation claims.
In La Fayette township farmers report finishing corn planting and beginning cultivation work while warm weather is hoped for a strong crop. The note also mentions school attendance, typhoid irregularities, and speculation on county offices with Mr Roe favored for County Superintendent, and postmaster succession discussions highlighting L R Larson’s long-standing tenure and potential replacements Swartout or Hamilton amid Democratic house cleaning talk.
Moses Kings new edition of the Students Sones has sold over 30 000 copies. The six ty songs and full music are fresh copyright material used in colleges and glee clubs. Editor William H Hills Harvard graduate publisher Moses King Cambridge Mass also known for King s Handbook of Boston Starvard and its Surroundings.
A fragmentary Harper's Weekly piece recalls a man’s memory of his wife and a neighbor. He reflects on homecomings, shared grief, and the hope of reunion at heaven’s door as he plans to stay near his farm.
A New York World tale notes a fad for yellow colored cabs spreading through the city as owners and drivers cover vehicles in bright yellow. The piece pivots to Artemus Ward's Africa graveyard tale and suggests color as a lure, predicting cabbies will keep the trend.
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