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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1884
Page
8
Market notes from Chicago and Ames show cattle hog and grain prices, with Ames cattle and hog ranges. The piece memorializes G H Gan of Fiiley Nebraska and notes a vandal strike on Miss Dix's window prompting calls for stronger policing.
A Cedar Rapids Insurance agent was jailed on charges from a complainant near Kelley amid prior disputes with Phenix Insurance. Iowa passes a dog tax requiring assessors to list dogs over three months old. tax funds go to compensate sheep losses. Work on the union bridge northeast of Ames advances with approaches complete and the Dye bridge planking removed.
A mixed Ames page lists business promotions from 6 cent prints to groceries and Cultivators, local repairs, and insurance. Notices mention J L Stevens tiling, D W Morr joining Iowa Agricultural College trustees, and rail lines promoting travel to Devil's Lake. Social notes report residents visiting Oakland and Omaha, church meetings, and Memorial Day plans.
C E Turner Esq conducts a general fire and tornado insurance business representing top companies and offering policy options for property protection.
Norman & Loud advertise a fine parlor suit in stock next week and invite friends to examine it. Citizens seeking elegant furniture are urged to visit the store for taste and quality at satisfactory figures. A law now forbids giving pistols to minors with penalties for offenses. As celebrations approach, officers should enforce the statute. Mr. Compton delivers the first volume of Blaine's work to subscribers this week.
Reverend Bennett will occupy the pulpit of Reverend Lamb of Marshall town tomorrow. Reverend Lamb will preach in the Congregational Church in the city tomorrow evening.
Hon Jas F Wilson will receive thanks for a full speech on Inter-State Commerce delivered in the Senate on April 25. Mrs Ebsert, visiting in Kansas, calls Kansas beautiful but Iowa better for general pursuits. Mr Patterson’s house advances slowly and a staging accident fractured a rib from a ten foot fall. A crossing near Paxton’s nursery lacks reach and Duff Street sidewalk remains short. Edgar Allen, son of O D Allen, heads to Nebraska and then Colorado to settle. Marshalltown offers 50000 in certified checks for the state fair location, Northwestern road contributing 35000. Des Moines continues fundraising.
Miss Ella Soper and Miss Belle Ryerson visit Minnesota while Mr Ep Barstow plans an Estherville trip. Congregational Church hosts an ice cream and strawberry festival at Opera Hall on Saturday June 7. Story County Medical Society met in Nevada with Drs Brown Thompson Aplin Rawson and Templeton elected delegates to the State Medical Convention in Des Moines. Principal R M Hunter celebrated becoming a member of the bar with cigars in Wall Lake. Hair Renewer ad promises hair regrowth and scalp cures.
Captain Grover H Nicnors Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction accepts call to Ames to deliver a Decoration Day address. The State Register notes he is an easy and able speaker, at home on war topics, promising a rare treat for Ames citizens.
The Intelligencer invites local news and improvements from all neighborhoods and asks correspondents to avoid personal criticisms. Readers are urged to share notes without airing bickerings as the public’s interest is limited and distasteful to the general reader.
Rail way offices report farmers in northern Iowa well supplied with high quality seed corn planted rapidly. Small grain is sown and emerging in many areas. Soil is in splendid condition and warm weather bodes an enormous crop, the outlook is very promising.
The Lockwood's Cornet Band performed in Ames on Monday and Wednesday evenings last week at the skating rink and serenaded prominent citizens. The article notes Ames plans a reciprocal visit to Nevada, and hints the next trip may be shorter.
A testimonial from M. Guilfoyle of Binghampton New York describes years of cane use and severe pain until Parker's Ginger Tonic healed him. He asserts the remedy is infallible and keeps him well.
Farm mortgage loans offered at six percent annual interest with principal payable in installments. Borrower may choose installment plan. Contact J. A. Fitchpatrick in Nevada Iowa.
A countryside skating tale describes a girl who falls when her shoe breaks during a seven lap routine. She sinks to the cellar floor and dies, with her body buried quickly. her ghost reportedly skates at the rink nightly.
The June North American Review opens with Henry Wade Rogers examining how far the United States may act to suppress plots abroad under international law and the constitution. It also surveys power shifts as Lords of Industry, monopolies, and corporations extend control over production.
A letter from Waymont Pennsylvania describes Pond's Extract as highly effective in treating a malignant carbuncle. The wife suffered four weeks of danger before recovery began after internal and external use prescribed by a leading Pennsylvania physician.
The Earlville Graphic notes its editor endures sharp critique from readers who demand full accuracy and candid coverage. The piece argues editors face accusations of laziness bribery misnaming and cowardice if they fail to meet every expectation or to avoid controversy.
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 over privileges at all points south of Cairo Illinois. Apply to J F Merry General West Pass Agent Manchester Iowa for sleeping car accommodations descriptive pamphlets and excursion bills giving rates and train times.
A promotional remark from H. B. Chandler of Themes New York says Athlophoros cured him of pneumonia after a year and a half of illness. The text frames rheumatism and neuralgia as earlier unsolved conditions before presenting the product claim.
The Continent offers one thousand dollars to readers who name the anonymous writers of a series titled Too True for Fiction. If many succeed the prize is shared. if only one skilled reader is found, that winner claims the full amount. The task invites readers to identify American authors in a collection of short stories published anonymously.
The Illinois Central R A will run a land excursion to Storm Lake Cherokee LeMars Iowa Wayne and Hartington Nebraska May 28 at usual low round trip rates Return tickets valid thirty days Iowa Nebraska pamphlets and excursion circulars detailing rates and train times available from I C Agents or J F Merry Manchester Iowa General Western Pass Agent The new tax law changes tax payment dates and penalties effective after November second Monday Next November half due January one percent monthly interest after April if unpaid Baking Powder from Cream of Tartar and Soda advocated by DeLand Co Maxwell Son sells canned varieties
A wave of testimonials from St Joseph Missouri to Kansas City praise Marsh's Golden Balsam for throat and lung ailments. Eldridge & Son Thayer Kansas report heavy sales while J W Brown Kansas City lauds its effectiveness. Bradley & Templeton Ames advertise Marsh's Golden Balsam and Marsh's Golden Blood Liver Tonic with large bottles selling for 50 and 1 dollars.
My house and two lots one block north of the Congregational church on Kellogg street are for sale at a low price. The home has seven rooms two closets new and well finished with moulding. It includes a cellar a good well and cistern and is described as one of the prettiest residences in Ames. Enquire of Mr. Sisson at Sisson Gheen's store. May 1st. Call to see our stock of Spring Wagons Buggies and Carriages Whieart Ives.
An advertisement promises low mortgage rates by J. A. Fitchpatrick of Nevada. The notice also toutsIron and Wood Pumps from Wright Ives as headquarters and promotes a health product Dough Cure for whooping cough, claiming safety for infants and easy administration, sold by Bosworth & Co. and Ed Barstow.
The Averill mixed paint, trusted for years, is guaranteed by manufacturers to satisfy. Retailers are authorized to honor the guarantee. Sold only by L. M. Bosworth at Corner Drug Store.
Frank Price reports two stray horses taken in Washington Iowa on May 21 1884 a fifteen year old lame horse with rope on neck and a bay mare about two years old with a star on the face and white on the left side of head and feet owners urged to claim these animals.
G2 Wright & Ives offer county’s largest barb wire assortment including Marshalltown Wire at unbeatable prices. Then an advert for Papillon Catarrh Cure promises purification and permanent cure. Available from Bosworth & Co. and Ed. Barstow.
The Bos Anko cough and lung syrup is being distributed free to promote its use for coughs consumption and bronchitis at Bosworth Co Drug store. Regular sizes cost 50 cents and 1 dollar. Farmers may bring horses to the College Veterinary Hospital at 1 pm on weekdays except Saturdays and Sundays. Papillon Medicines deny buying drugs or chemicals. Papillon composes from vegetable matter and is marketed by Bosworth Co and Ed Barstow.
Wright & Ives report the Crown Jewel Gasoline Store is in operation at Maxwell and Son's restaurant. The new venture is being sold locally and noted by Wright & Ives.
Worth & Co Druggists offer a free trial bottle of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung cure for all with coughing asthma consumption or lung ailments. Orders via American Express money orders. receipts given. money refunded if orders lost. Sold at all offices. payable at 6,500 places with tiered rates 4 5c to 2c.
If Bosworth and Co the Druggists fail it is not for lack of faith He offers a free bottle of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Syrup to anyone in need of a medicine for coughs colds and similar affections to prove its value and stimulate trial.
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