10 Nov 1883
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1883
Page
1
Local notices announce moving to new quarters next week and a large stock sale. Clothing, hats, dresses, and fur n offerings from Sisson Gheen and others promise low prices, with telegraph line talk and real estate bargains amid Ames market chatter.
Tax Story County Teachers Association meets in Nevada Saturday next. Court in Nevada convenes with Judge Miracle presiding. Four new houses rise in the town. Subscriptions and lectures noted. social events and local commerce covered. Luther’s day commemorated this year.
Sunday the Gobles spent time in Boone while Geo Sargent bought a Kansas farm and plans spring relocation. Mrs. Welch faces a Europe trip after commencement with health concerns from overwork. Several trustees of the I A C attend the annual meeting this Wednesday. Multiple families from Story City Webster City Centerville and Nevada visit relatives in the area. reentries include Miss Ora Hoyt and Mr Pressnall with ties to Kansas.
The Cambridge area faces damp weather hindering corn drying and harvest. William Breezley returns from Colorado badly worn and dissolves partnership there. G W Barrows returns from southern Iowa pleased Cambridge suits him. C Bidwell plans a fine house and possibly a wife to join him. New houses rise this fall. some may not finish if weather stays wet. Local business remains busy with full fall and winter stocks. The saloonist failed to lower the $500 license. Contents list Iowa News Items and many feature sections including Woman Suffrage and Twentieth General Assembly notices.
The I A C Board of Trustees will meet on Wednesday to decide faculty changes only to fill vacancies from resignations. J L Geddes is urged for replacement as a long trusted college steward amid local calls to strengthen the board.
The ad proclaims Bos Lang Syrup as the top remedy for coughs and bronchial issues now offered in two regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar. It emphasizes quick relief and broad availability.
Sam Jonas sent a fine Jersey Red pig to Peterson Iowa on Monday and another to Ames today. The Ames pig, six months old and over 200 pounds, is noted. Eidora Ledger reports a Nevada girl explains a kiss at the door with a scriptural moral. Comrades of Ellsworth Post heard addresses by Commanders Wilson and Mr Rees and plan for Bigelow as next speaker. Arrangements let students at Peirce's Business College Keokuk Iowa enroll for half the usual cost.
Mexican War veterans living in Iowa are urged to meet at Ames on November 20 1883 to arrange attendance at the national reunion in Washington D C December 7 8 and 9. Those unable to attend Ames may report by letter and rail transport is hoped to be provided free as in 1881.
The case against E B Johnson for bigamy in Eldora was dismissed at defendant’s costs after testimony by Mrs Evizasperu Johnson Dan McCarthy and County Clerk I L Smith amid jurisdiction doubts. Advertisements promote a Nov 15 cheap land excursion from Ames to Lincoln Nebraska via Burlington and Missouri River R R offering land opportunities and guides. The town notes poor prospects for a local telephone exchange with only seven or eight subscribers.
Local readers are urged to try Parker's Ginger Tonic praised for curing nervous complaints. The notice encourages belief in the tonic despite prior deception by inferior nostrums.
The district schools begin under Miss Louie Linn and Mrs. Jos H Miller with Dr Hutchins delivering a temperance address at the schoolhouse. A Sons of Temperance lodge forms as six more join at the second meeting. Mayor Sr. Snider takes office after A K Ersland resigns. Local notes mention visits and regional concerns about corn crops.
A new cure for piles is announced by Dr. Deming. One application proves its efficacy, and a sample box is offered free by Barstow Druggist to test the remedy.
An ad snippet touts abstract books in the county and real estate loaning in Nevada Iowa. It also promotes Shilohs Catarrh Remedy and Electric Bitters with testimonials claiming cures for catarrh kidney and liver complaints and general health benefits. Multiple local merchants are listed as sellers and distributors.
An OCR fragment promotes Dr Bosanko's Pills as a permanent cure for all forms of salt rheum and itch, claiming immediate relief after application. It lists price in cents and notes manufacture in Piqua Ohio with Bosworth & Co as sellers.
All residents of Ames suffering from consumption bronchitis cough cold sore throat hoarseness croup whooping cough asthma or other throat or lung diseases may obtain a trial bottle of MARSH's GOLDEN BALSAM free at Bradley Templeton drug store Ames Iowa. Large bottles available at 50 cents and 1.000s of bottles given away to prove merit. Two doses benefit. Also MARSH's GOLDEN Bicop Liver Tonic purifies blood invigorates liver stomach and bowels regulates kidneys strengthens system sample bottle free.
Amestra offers Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and related illnesses with a live guarantee and free trials. Shiloh’s Porous Plaster and Son’s Vitalizer are sold with guarantees for consumption, constipation, and dyspepsia. Bradley & Templeton and Bosworth Co handle orders and sales locally.
Distressed mothers urged to give Mrs Winslow s Sooramine Syrup for teething pain in children It claims instant relief and cures diarrhea regulate the stomach and bowels ease wind colic soften gums and fortify the system The syrup is said to be a prescription of an established female physician and nurses and sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
A medicinal claim promises to cure burns bruises cuts ulcers fevers sores cancers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It is advertised at 25 cents per box and available for sale by Sueweth Co and other outlets.
An advertisement touts Brown's Expectorant as a free sample cure for coughs hoarseness whooping cough and early consumption. It claims a scientific pen design for throat and lung diseases and notes a free memo book offer with purchase.
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