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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1885
Page
3
The Intelligencer lists local business notices at ten cents per line weekly, with a reduced rate of five cents per line for continued notices under the Business Brevities heading. Rates apply unless a yearly contract is signed. no other variations are offered.
Terse local notices list prices for potatoes onions and butter, with traders in Ames and Boone county. Items include eggs and rubber bargains, plus short items about residents and visitors such as Tully returning from Des Moines and Prof and Mrs Welch wintering in Corning Iowa.
The notice lists Going East West and South routes with times for Avantic Express, Des Moines freight and Des Moines passenger trains. It shows arrivals at Hawarden and Des Moines, morning and evening times, and identifies Jorns as agent.
Announcements show closing examinations on November 5 6 9 and 10 and a series of events including Baccalaureate on Sunday November 8 and class-day exercises November 9. Commencement day is November 11 with a trustees meeting and graduating exercises and a college reunion.
A county newspaper row denounces a polished speaker Gen Weaver for eloquent falsehoods while attacking a local publisher for inflated subscriber numbers. It rails at the Ames post office list and Story County advertisers, noting misrepresented subscriptions and public mockery of the rival paper.
On July 9 in Dakota City Iowa Mr G W Cragg described a severe camphor and hot dre attack. He took two doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and reports it stopped the illness. He notes no cost as it is sold by all druggists.
A J Graves attended the Field Brothers short horn cattle sale in Blackhawk County last week and bought several fine additions to his herd.
An advertisement from Geo. G. Tilden promotes a large stock of 54 inch Tricotts plain and plaid dress flannels of top quality offered at very low prices.
Former local resident Lyman Pierce died in Frisco California two weeks ago Tuesday, aged 77. He was father of Mrs. J A Fitchpatrick. The item notes a local ad for Mince Meat at Hutchinsons describing it as high quality.
Mrs Pheteplace and children of Des Moines arrived back in their city Tuesday after brightening the home and hearts of Mr Parkhill and family for a week. A Jersey cloak or jacket ad offers a fall and winter fit. Col Bupp drew a large audience at Opera Hall Saturday with a temperate address, followed by Col Clark. The Nevada band supplied good music.
To the ladies of Ames and vicinity we extend an invitation to inspect our latest purchases in Jersey cloaks jackets and caps. We are prepared to show the neatest assortment ever displayed over any counter in Story County. An early inspection is solicited. Biertow Huntington.
Last Friday afternoon the High School of Ames with grade school pupils staged a pleasant musical entertainment. The event was enjoyable and the audience’s satisfaction should encourage a future performance.
The advertisement touts Tea Buds tea as pure and highly fragrant import, guaranteed by the Perfection Tea Can and Perfection Process ensuring uniform quality. It credits George G. Tilden as sole importer and asks readers to support The Intelligencer by sending new subscribers as a contribution to the paper’s success.
I sell men's odd coats at cost. Red wool shirts 50c drawers 50c. Knit and fulled mittens 25c. Knit double goat faced mitts 40c. Overcoats and suits boys suits and overcoats proportionately low.
The Homestead reports hog cholera tearing through the Agricultural College herd and spreading to Catalpa Grove and the Creamery herd. Authorities urge rapid action to sell healthy stock before infection spreads, avoiding market with infected animals and dispersing remaining herd components.
A historical catalog note lists multiple chewing tobacco brands available at Maxwell & Son. Brands include Andes, Gold Head, Acorn, Woodcock, Climax, Army Navy, Bullion, Checkerboard, Keystone, Check 7-20-8, and Premium Fig. pieced together with old pricing and shorthand.
The craftsman has moved to the Barrell building behind A. W. Rogers and offers all Jos Work in Wood. He provides scroll sawing bracket work furniture repair including chairs and tables, children's wagons repair, and saw filing as a specialty. Located in Ames, November 3, 1885.
Week ending November 3 1885 reports by H L Carrell show transfers from Geo Friend to Jinx and Allen for $8250 to M D Livingston to H A Detwiler for $5000 to Geo Rosenfield to Henry J Nelson for $1500 and other deeds. Listings include Olive J Foote to M W Wilkinson Jennie Harris to Torkel Walker John Roemer to Frederick Snider Henry K Brubaker to Chas Brubaker Freeman Walters to Chas Horton and R H Mitchel to Maria C Horton with small parcels and prices noted.
E P York of Des Moines has recovered from illness and returned to ship his furniture home. N L Blackman class 88 left for a theatrical troupe. W C Peterson and B F Watson go home to Northwood Iowa. Ella Johnson and Sara Hutchins of Des Moines visited over Sunday. C E Davis class 86 left for engineering corps work all winter. Rev Dr Miller of Des Moines preached last Sunday. A large audience attended the Saturday night oratorical contest with Nevada and Boone and Ames well represented. J E Durkee won first, W B Hunter second. judges were Chas Foster, Dungan, and Welch. Is your life worth 25 cents A bottle of Chamberlains Diarrhea Remedy.
Captain J. H. Pickett leads a staff including First Lieut. Geo. W. Pitsor and Second Lieut. E. J. Loughran with council members and staff officers. The camp will meet weekly at the G. A. R. Hall and aims to enlist all veterans. Halloween bells and a low rate Ohio excursion are also mentioned.
The full vote from Washington township on Tuesday lists totals for candidates including E H Gillette Wm M Steer and James Mickewall for positions such as judge supervisor and treasurer with several figures like 426 and 139 accompanying names and roles. partial line breaks obscure some entries.
The weekly INTELLIGENCER reports three weeks of senior class standings in studies attendance and punctuality. Grades use 100 perfect 90 good 80 fair 70 poor with 15 for perfect attendance and minus one for each absence. Tardiness marked by 9. counts show the number of tardies.
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered names such as Lillie Brown Alice Thomas Carrie Chevalier Marion Benton Walter Gibbons and various unreadable numeric records or scores. No coherent event or context is identifiable.
A whimsical verse recounts a bumblebee recounting its misadventures as it wandered the hall and unsettled the wife and maid with its sting and tale. the playful narrative frames the insect as a storyteller in loose garments.
Arcadia Lodge members celebrate Capt. Lincoln rising to Master Mason with 32 visiting brethren from Boone Boonsboro Jewell Junction Moingona and Wheatland. After commendations the group enjoyed a grand Raynor House supper then returned home by night and morning trains. Illinois Central offers final Northwest excursion November 11 1885 from Ackley to Storm Lake Cherokee Le Mars Wayne Pendleton Hartington.
Free distribution of sample bottles of Dr Bosanko's Cough on Lung Syrup, touted as the cure for coughs colds and consumption, draws crowds. Regular bottle price 50 cents. Wright & Richmond also offer the celebrated Hard Coal Stove SPLENDID, noted for its quality and appointments.
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