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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1882

Page

4

Freight Schedules and Rail Lines Shown in Transit Fragment

The fragment lists freight and passenger trains including Atlantic Express Chicago Express and St Paul and Des Moines Express with times such as 7 AM 12 AM and 6:16 AM. It notes no authorities will carry passengers and mentions stations like Claree and Sikwokawe with scattered times and designations.

Atlantic Express Ieee Eere Goeng Houth Chicago Express St Paul & Desioines Expre Ei Sikwokawe St. Prego Essen Cthoritesine Claree

Ames Iowa newspaper notes and local notices

The excerpt locates Ames on the Chicago and North Western at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolia lines thirty six miles north of Des Moines near the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Urbanism. It highlights commencement week reports from the Agricultural College, notices from advertisers Sisson & Gheen and Brown clothing, sales and sewing machines at Frazee's, and community events including a Baptist parsonage dinner and oyster supper. It lists remaining letters at the Ames post office: Mrs. Sarah Thomson, Mrs. E. E. McCall, Addie Valerie, Ole Shistrand er, F. Stamburg, A. Nelson, Isaac Nelson, Avmer Lant, J. A. Johnson, B. Ike, Thena Johnson, C. C. Harris, Mrs. H. Lucas, P. M.

Sarah Thomson E. E. McCall Addie Valerie Ole Sheistrander F. Stamburg A. Nelson Isaac Nelson Avmer Lant J. A. Johnson B. Ike Thena Johnson C. C. Harris Mra. H. Lucas P. M

Local notices and ads from Ames Kelley and nearby towns

Local business notices describe lamp and jewelry stock at H T and EF Co Ames flour mill opening by Haverly and Lanning butter at Creamery Store and Nourse Bros promoting butter eggs apples and bread plus a public auction in Milford Township featuring cows calves and yearlings with cash or bankable note terms. Community church supper raises funds for Kelley Baptist church dedication and class of 82 expresses thanks to contributors.

Baptist Church of Kelley Milford Township Bloomington Intelligencer Baptist Church and Society Christ D. Weaver

Local Retail Notes and Advertisements Roll Through Malaga

A jumble of shop offers and notices. Jewelry stores sell discount gloves for school, Crockery and Glassware lines announce new stock from Nourse Bros and Mas. W. 8. Brapiey. Silverware, lamps, groceries, and farm loan options marketed by I B Frazee and A E Lucas. Shoe patterns and kid leather styles fronted by local merchants. Auction of goods at low prices and practical inducements highlighted by H T and B Co.

Brapiey

Hutchins House contents to be sold at Nevada auction

The largest sale of furniture in Story County announces the Hutchins House contents at Nevada to be sold by auction on Saturday November 15 1882. Also notes bargains at local stores and marriages in Story City Ames and Des Moines with various offerings and events.

Story County Hutchins Nevada Towa Peter Ficcoan Gilbert Sounty A. McCarthy

Electrical Transmission Of Power And Public Reform

A 1882 lecture argues that electrical transmission will transform industry and daily life by delivering motive power and light from Niagara and other sources. It explains dynamo generators, motors, and storage batteries, plus examples from Britain and local experiments, urging capitalists to invest to realize a new era of efficiency and civilization.

W. E. Ayrton Shefferd Albert, Hall London Unus Watt Morse Niagara Wm. Thompson Faure & Plante Perry Nyper Newcastle Ihg Ises Wrrth Thrush Saarotroce Anaece Scien Siemens Ayrton Perry Wm. Armstrong England

Local Vote Totals Reported in Story County

Preliminary Story County returns show Hull 958 Holmes 957 Henderson 913 Stevens 1021 Smith 960 Boyes 988 Ersland 167 with New Albany and Union Two yet to hear from. Greenback in fourteen townships totals 172. High School proposition defeated by about 1000 votes.

Story County Hull Holmes Henderson Stevens Smith Boyes Ersland New Albany Union

Taz Intelligencer edition reaches demand with extra copies

The weekly issue runs sixty five quires or about sixteen hundred copies, about seven hundred more than usual to satisfy demand for extra papers. Orders should be sent in at once. Price five cents per single copy or four dollars per hundred loose.

Taz Intelligencer

Injured brakeman hopes to return to duty soon

A brakeman, unnamed, suffered a severe arm injury while coupling cars. The injured worker had the limb repaired and hopes to resume duty within a few days.

Titcomb Scene Revels in Morning Nature and Family Chaos

In a light domestic vignette Sue teases Timothy Titcomb as the pair stroll through a scenic morning. He clumsily mounts a horse, moons over nature, and meanwhile his clumsy attempt topples a baby's crib, drawing Sue's exasperated, affectionate reproach. The moment blends idyll with comic mishap.

Sue Mrs. Titcomb Timothy Titcomb

Cambridge Chatter on Quiet Election and Local Ventures

The Cambridge chatter notes a very light election with at least 50 voters absent. Nevada High School received 14 votes amid apathy and Union Township residents argue against further local investment. Hawthorn’s ghost from Newton is mentioned. Business updates report Osamanson and J O Johnson buying Ersland and Johnson’s implement store and plans for a large plow and blacksmith shop, plus a forthcoming drug store. Farmers report corn at 35 to 40 cents, oats 27 cents, with favorable weather. A. D. Gaston seeks a $300 coal bounty to open a shaft on his southeast Ames farm, hoping to boost regional coal supply. the Board of Supervisors is petitioned to grant the bounty.

Cambridge Nevada Union Township Hawthorn Newton A. D. Gaston Ames Board of Supervisors Gaston Skunk

Brown's Iron Bitters Credibly Promotes Temperance

An advertisement asserts temperance is not pledge bound but a cure for weakness and nervousness. It claims Brown's Iron Bitters remove artificial stimulants and cure nervous, muscular, and digestive decay, presenting the product as a trustworthy medicine for general health.

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Also Mentioned on This Page

She Intelligencer Official the County Chicago & Northwest usWx Agricultural College Macomber Pickard The State University Germantown Saxony Zephyr Sisson & Gheen’s K. W. Brown Wright & Ives Nourse Bros Baptist Church Mae White Douglas Street Ladies, Aid and Parsonage Society of the Opera Hall BierLow Weaver Evatonia California Me. Hawtey Watentr & Ives Rreen Des Moines Root J. B. Frazer A. E. Lucas Iowa Story Co Nearse Bros Lapres 1. A.C Carpenter Barrow Lowerie Messrs Wells McKinley Savior Reeves Sec Mr. I. 2. Frazee Iowa City Fuller & Wiltse HK. D. Weaver Creamery Haverly & Lanning Department of the Intelligenctee Ae Bingham & Co Mittens Whent & Ives J. M. Lyon W. Brown Sisson & Queen Winson Queen American Singer B. Co.'s Eph Malaga Chas. Thatcher Sussan & Gheen’s I. B. Frazee Farmer’s Bank P. O. Jewelry Store Samuel J. Tripp Mary E. Arrasmith I. T. Miller Tripp Nebraska Story City J. W. Strough Mary E. Johnson Rev. E. Kindle Freeman Republican Organization Democratic Party Tama Jim” Wilson Major Holmes New York Pennsylvania Gen. Beaver Ren. Butler Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Indiana Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Minnesota Missouri Colorado Kansas Congress Washington Township Cliggitt Distri Renton Istricts Bivonessss District Aks Anderson Roe Conte Pat Kelley K.N. Olinger Eis Ohne Recorder Pse Aki Brenneman O’brien Shockley Assessor Wortman Graycon McElyea L. Q A. W H. Woodruff H. C. Johnson Tennyson God Mr. Spencer Postle Jesus Globe John Immanuel Amin Mr. Ingersoll Genessaret Althe Christendom M Ted Church of Jesus Jerusalem Wis Welch Uni Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Congress of the United States Althod Welsh Sir Walter Scott Lockheart Dr. Pickard Chicago United States L. H. Miller Bae Thomas & Soper William Hulett City Bakery City Grocery A. HE. Thayer WS Bradley Ayers Aytra Arer É. C. Ayer & Co Daceeete
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