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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1882
Page
16
Local items note train times and passenger service on the line. Advertisers boast assorted goods from shoes to jewelry and wood stoves, with regional shops in Ames and Webster City. The Hutchins House contents are to be sold by auction in Nevada on a Saturday.
A fragmented Story City Herald page lists notices, ads, political tickets, store promotions, medical notes, and local events. It mentions Jim Watts and others on a township ticket, a carload of rags, several store offerings, a cancer treatment update, and a Bergen surgeon’s eye operation on Mrs. Berkow.
A series of 1882 Ames notices announce Fuller and Wiltse auctioning lumber at cash discounts for 30 days to close stock, C F Wheeler moving into Chaney’s brick near the post office, and endorsements from Haverly and Lanning about a new flour mill. Also advertised are butter at the Creamery Store, Perry’s fur and hats, heating stoves, farm machinery for sale, Nourse Bros paying cash for produce, and wholesale mitten pricing at H T & B Co.
Report lists local political ambitions and campaigns. mentions J F Stockley planning Ogden business, urgent county votes, and a push for a 1000+ majority. Includes community notices of auctions, religious activities, and local personalities across Story City and surrounding areas.
Nichols and MAXWELL shipped a carload of fine horses to Minnesota last week. Our northern neighbors praise the splendid lot from the Hawkeye State. Reynolds and Brotherton advertise winter millinery with low prices and children's hats from 2½ to 50 cents. Mr Cons B Ross of Farmer Little Co's was in the city. he is connected to Ames through family. The Watchman notes local politics while Major Holmes and Captain Lucas address a crowd at Ames Opera House praising a coming congressman and energizing supporters. Ontario notices sickness and travel, social events, and church union plans. a Sunday meeting aims to unite two schools for winter. dated Ontario Oct 30, 1882.
A collection of items includes advertising rates for Local Business Notices, a report on Parley Sheldon’s nomination for Supervisor by Democrats, a Nevada visit by local residents, a review of a college oratorical contest winner Aggie West, Cambridge political remarks, and a long travel diary from Omaha to Ogden with terrain, towns, and notable landmarks.
The INTELLIGENCER thanks Mrs. R Simmons for a bountiful apple supply with twenty varieties and notes eventful Ames street life as two itinerants fail to secure lodging and a joke about lacking a cooler. It also advertises Millinery stock from M and A J Sweeney with trimmed hats and low prices.
The Bb and O red book of Iowa elections, edited by J G Pangborn, compiles official 1876 1880 presidential and state election returns with county totals and party gains. It notes district changes from redistricting and offers free copies by mailing T H Dearborn 8 Clark St.
Sam Porter, a farmer near Iowa Center, vanished October 20 and was found shot in the back on his farm. A coroner’s jury charged Mrs Porter and two sons with murder amid reports of past family violence. preliminary examination set at Cole today.
A wedding rumor surrounds Mr. and Mrs. Ogram with family changes near Franklin township. Ogram sells property to James Bevington and buys a farm near Laverne. Charles Mathews sells land to Mr. Childs, who moves in with 160 acres nearby. A political meeting occurred with O. O. Roe speaking on the high school question. Coal shippers face car shortages while Chicago and Northwestern plans loom.
The Republican County Central Committee apportions political meetings at listed times and places. Members must arrange local logistics. W D Lucas and J L Stevens meet Saturday Nov 4 at Story City. S F Balliett and C G McCarthy at Zearing. Col Scott and Geo W Dyer at Collins. M D O Conner at Nevada Monday Nov 6. all evenings unless noted.
An advertisement promotes Merrill's Ingenious Method teaching beginners to play familiar airs on piano or organ and learn music elements. It claims accessibility for all ages, promises no prior knowledge needed, and offers mail delivery with four pieces for $1.00 from Curiaco Piano Co. Chicago Illinois.
Editors and physicians vouch for Marsh's Golden Balsam as an effective cough and lung remedy. Testimonials from R H Ditzier of Fort Scott and W H Delissa of Liberal, among others, endorse its efficacy. Bradley Templeton druggists sell large bottles at 50 cents and 1.00.
The butcher and grocer Nourse Bros announce weekly Thursday price changes for butter common and choice dairy per dozen, onions per bushel, turnips per bushel, beets per bushel, apples per bushel, cabbage per hundred, paper dozen, and honey per pound in various box sizes.
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