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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1884
Page
4
The page records business rates for notices and weather and market quotes from Cattle and Hogs in Chicago and Ames. It profiles G. H. Gale of Nebraska visiting Ames, notes a vandalism incident against Miss Dix, and criticizes insufficient police protection amid depicted crime and property risks.
A. Clark of Cedar Rapids Insurance Company was arrested by Marshal Shoakley on charges by Mr. Whitney of obtaining insurance by false representation. The Phenix Insurance Co. agent is in town with lingering animosity. Clark’s trial was due yesterday amid several serious charges.
A mix of short items notes include Phenix Insurance entering Iowa, a Des Moines death of J W Dovenny a singing master linked to Boone and Story counties, St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba RR promoting Devil's Lake travel, and E Turner Esq offering fire and tornado insurance.
Mrs. C D Norman visits Oakland. J C Kooi now employed at Me guire's. Ben Reap loses a valuable colt. Sewing Society meets May 29 at Mrs A Johnson. Comrades Tilden Bigelow Abbott to speak at Ontario Bloomington and the college. Fishing brisk, a wagon load catches 300 to 400 pounds. Dr Mereprrh attends Des Moines Medical Association. Mrs Meredith accompanies. Marshalltown offers 50000 to secure state fair site. Northwestern road contributes 35000. Des Moines funds still being gathered.
Norman & Loud announce stock next week of a fine parlor suit and other elegant furniture inviting local residents to inspect. The notice urges citizens to visit and be satisfied with taste and quality at fair prices. It recalls a new law banning sale or gift of pistols to minors and urges strict enforcement amid upcoming celebrations.
Mr Ep Barstow plans an excursion to Estherville and announces the trip will depart on Monday. The notice urges residents to remember the schedule and participate if possible.
Baldness may be avoided by Hall's Hair Renewer which prevents hair loss and stimulates renewed growth. It claims to restore faded or gray hair to its original dark color and to cure nearly every scalp disease.
Capt Grover H Nichols Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction accepts call from Ames to deliver a Decoration Day address The Captain is an easy and able speaker and at home in war topics residents may expect a rare treat according to the State Register.
On farm mortgages at six percent annual interest with principal payable in installments at borrower option. J A Fitcher Trick Nevada Iowa.
A poem describes a girl in pink at a skating rink where a fall leads to her death and haunting. The North American Review’s June issue opens with Harboring Conspiracy by Henry Wade Rogers, examining U S diplomacy and constitutional limits in suppressing plots abroad. It also features Henry D. Lloyd on corporate control and other essays. An extract from Waymont Pennsylvania praises Pond's Extract for a grave carbuncle case.
The Earlville Graphic editor defends his approach amid critics who say omissions, blunt naming, or sharp jokes show bias. He argues fairness requires directness and refuses that criticism equates to cowardice or bribery, urging readers to judge by substance.
The Illinois Central Railroad announces an excursion to Martin and Jackson Tennessee Canton and Jackson Mississippi on May 30 1884 at low round trip rates. Return tickets valid 30 days with stop overs south of Cairo Illinois. Apply for sleeping car space pamphlets and excursion bills at Manchester Iowa to J F Merry General West Pass Agt.
A pitch invites readers to identify anonymous short stories in The Continent with all authors named, offering a $1000 prize to those who succeed. The Illinois Central R A announces a May 28 excursion to Storm Lake Cherokee LeMars and other Iowa Nebraska towns with low round trip rates, urging settlers to Iowa and directing pamphlet requests to J F Merry in Manchester.
Local ads praise Marsh's Golden Balsam for throat and lung diseases with testimonials from St Joseph and Kansas City figures. Eldridge & Son of Thayer and J W Brown of Kansas City endorse the product. Bradley & Templeton in Ames sell Marsh's Golden Balsam and Golden Blood and Liver Tonic in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes.
A North Ames property on Kell Street near the church is for sale at a low price. The all new improvements include seven rooms two closets moulded and grained interiors a cellar a good well and cistern. Enquire with Mr Sisson at Sisson and Gheen's store May term.
An advertisement by J A Fitchpatrick of Nevada Iowa promotes farm mortgage funds at six percent annual interest. Also notes Wright Ives as pumps suppliers and touts a cough cure safe for infants, sold by Bosworth Co and Ed Barstow.
The Averill mixed paint has long market life and is guaranteed to give complete satisfaction. Manufacturers authorize retailers to honor the guarantee. Sold only by L. M. Bosworth at the Corner Drug Store.
Taken up by Frank Price in Washington Iowa a fifteen year old lame bay horse with rope on neck and a two year old bay mare with a star on the face both with whaled left side May 21 1884.
Worth and Co. Druggists offer a free trial bottle of Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to anyone with coughs colds asthma consumption or any lung affection. This promotional note invites readers to test the remedy directly.
If Bosworth and Co do not succeed it is not for the want of faith. He has such faith in Dr Bos anko s Cough and Lung Syrup that he will give a bottle free to each and every one who is in need of a medicine of this kind.
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