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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1883
Page
4
The Intetticencer Office announces relocation to new commodious quarters in one week. Readers are invited to call and see the newly arrived goods and offerings at the new location.
A wide array of Ames area items covers real estate sales leases church services civic notices and social updates. It notes Prof Macomber likely leaving the Agricultural College to practice law, several sales and trades, upcoming meetings, and local personalities and addresses in Story County.
Settlements sought from persons indebted on book accounts by the 20th inst. A. H. Thaxby offers bound books of 500 for sale at 75 cents each, 3.50 per half dozen, or 6.60 per dozen, available at this office.
An exchange notes A. E. Lucas advertising six per cent annual interest with optional payments. It mentions Christine Nilsson owning twenty nine trunks of good clothes and questions what will happen to her when cold weather arrives.
Mrs Usher shows health improvement and can walk with crutches. Mrs Perkins health has greatly improved in the past week. Mrs Lou Shull has been ill but is regaining health.
We have received a new invoice listing coarse and fine stationery including Japanese paper for posters and dodgers. Also infant and square statements, programs for entertainments, Crane's Linen Packet Note Heads, wedding stationery, envelopes, colored papers, and more.
The excerpt recalls Horace Greeley’s warning about editing a blackguard newspaper and creating content free of foul language. It notes that barroom loafers and fish-women trade epithets, while printing a decent paper requires both heart and brains and avoids causing readers to blush.
At Nevada on the 29th alt Mr R A Wilkinson of Galt Illinois and Miss Kittie E Vincent of Nevada were married. Also that day Mr John Fultz of Humboldt and Miss Hulda E Golden joined in marriage. College commencement week activities begin with hard study and thorough drill as faculty and students devote time and effort.
Weather shifts to clear and bright as the wet spell ends. Farmers expect 2 3 weeks of sun to dry and harden corn, enabling better pulling and cribbing. The crop is not large, so every ear must be gathered in good condition.
Burlington citizens and the YMCA lead a drive to halt the sale of obscene publications. Dealers are urged to destroy stock with potential prosecutions if sales continue. The Clinton Herald cites a nationwide reference guide and notes the American Newspaper Annual 1883 as a valuable business resource. Price $3.00 carriage paid from N. W. Ayer & Son.
A Western paper rants about city newspapers neglecting home news and local notices. It presents an egg problem: two men buy eggs at different rates, the grocer quotes five for two cents, yet total receipts show a one cent loss, prompting a puzzle about how the math adds up.
The writer comments on fall weather boosting spirits and business, recounts a pair of overfilled carts toppled on a street corner, and notes plans for a winter in Des Moines. They praise Col Fenn and Rep. Story County prospects, mention John R. Hays filling a Wright County post, and urge participation in the Road Convention while announcing a new signature BLISTER.
Weather is described as pleasant and business growing with grain firms ordering cars to ship oats to Chicago. Several local notes mention house construction by Orson Child, lumber supply concerns from L Oliver, corn shelling completed, and deputy county auditor F M Barnes visiting. Family arrivals from Grennell and Layne, and a surprise social for Aliie Needham. Neuralgia remedy advertisement ends the item.
A. Forchpatrick of Nevada Iowa advertises as the sole complete abstracts provider in the county. He offers money loans secured by real estate and promotes low rates for services in preparing abstracts.
Money to loan in any amount with real estate or other good security accepted. Terms from one to five years on real estate loans and from thirty days to one year on other security. They will also buy first class notes. Office with M C Allen in Briggs Bank building Nevada Iowa. M E Hix M C Allen Johnson's Grove Nevada.
An advertisement for De Bosanko's RAM a topical remedy claiming to treat piles and related skin ailments. It notes a cheap price and lists the Dr Bosanko Co of Piqua Ohio as the source, with Worth & Co as sellers.
Free sample offer for Marsh's Golden Balsam a cough remedy. Anyone in Ames with throat or lung ailments can obtain a trial bottle by visiting Bradley and Templeton's drug store in Ames Iowa. Large bottles available later at 50 cents and 1.00. Also MarsH's Golden Blood and Liver Tonic promoted with a sample bottle free.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for biliousness blood issues and general debility at fifty cents a bottle. It lists Shiloh’s Porous Plaster for back pain and Sulor’s Cure for consumption with a guarantee and other remedies with 50 to 75 cent price points.
Bradley and Templeton advertise Shilohs Cure for immediate relief from croup whooping cough and bronchitis.
Distressed by a crying sick child at night, this ad promotes Mrs Winslow's Soorate Syrup for teething pain and fits of diarrhea. It claims immediate relief, soothes gums, and stabilizes the system. The bottle is described as pleasant tasting and prescribed by experienced female physicians, priced at 25 cents.
An advertisement touts a guaranteed cure for burns bruises cuts ulcers skin eruptions and assorted conditions with a 25 cent price per box. It directs buyers to Bosworth & Co for purchase and claims sales through all data outlets.
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