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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1884
Page
3
Market notes list cattle hog and grain prices for Chicago and Ames. Local notices mention Miss Nona McFadden concert, Mrs Brown illness, and social visits in Ames. College events include graduation week, civic education discourse, and a decision on faculty resignations amid Trustees meetings. Palace Car Excursion offers Chicago to New Orleans teacher travel with rates and deadlines.
The piece extols pleasant fall air as healthful and energizing in Sunny Iowa. It mentions Drs. C. W. Allen and B. F. Allen planning to move to Story City and notes D. G. Ives hobbling on crutches after an alleged incident with a stump and a boot.
The Congregational Church hosts ongoing meetings with rising attendance and deep devotion. The writer urges all Ames denominations to unite in earnest prayer to awaken church members and expand the outreach, noting the field is large and will need joint effort to bear fruit.
A rumor about barber Miller from the south side, widowed after his child’s burial, claims he attempted improper acts with a girl staying at his house. The enraged father traced him with a pistol, Miller fled town, and his current whereabouts are unknown. Locals debate punishment and propriety.
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors two days this week published. County vote tabulation to appear next week. I A C board met, adjourned to December 3 due to member absences. Hats Bonnets and Hoods offered by Mrs. R T Sisson for women and children.
A county medical society meeting in Ames was scheduled for Thursday but most members were too busy to attend and no session proceeded.
Notice states demand for settlement of ledger accounts by cash or note before January 1, 1885. Biertow & Huntington. Mrs. M. J. Atpricu of Cedar Rapids will speak at the Congregational Church Monday evening in support of the W. C. T. U. for God and home and native land.
The article notes a Nevada gathering with optimistic plans while Cleveland boom politics may fade by then. It lists speakers Prof Wynn of the I A C and Prof Chevalier of Ames Public School addressing the State Teachers Association in Des Moines on December 22. It also records local social and church notices, dance profits, and a house fire loss near Nevada of about 500 dollars.
The marriage of H J Cozine of Iowa City to Lilian Miller took place at Grandma Miller s near Ames on November 6 1884 officiated by the bride s father. Cozine a former New England Conservatory student and former director at Iowa City s State University Conservatory later traveled with the groom s family to Iowa City and Chicago. Card notes home in Boston after November 20 1884. Also notes real estate transfers for the week ending November 11 1884 and a train schedule change for the C N W R R with Hawarden train now to Marshalltown.
The Pall Mall Gazette lauds The New York Independent as a highly distinguished weekly with a magazine quality, featuring eminent contributors from both England and the United States, including explorers, novelists, and notable American writers. It notes translations from Russian and praises multiple departments, urging readers to request a free sample.
John B Alden announces improved quality and lower prices for standard works. Guizots History of France now eight octavo volumes with 426 full page illustrations priced at 7.00. Rawlinson Seven Great Monarchies offered with maps and reduced from 18.00 to 2.75. A 100 page descriptive catalogue lists titles from two cents to nearly 20.00, free upon request.
A recent product of The Literary Revolution offers a handsome monthly magazine of over 300 pages yearly for 25 cents. Each issue features selections from noted books including Prescott's Spanish Inquisition chapter. A specimen copy of The Book Worm is sent free. publisher John B. Alden, 393 Pearl Street, New York.
On December 9 1884 a grand excursion departs Chicago for the City of Mexico California and Honolulu via the Chicago Burlington & Quincy. Round trip tickets good six months from date priced 11700 for Chicago to City of Mexico and return 11700 for Chicago to San Francisco and return 11000 for San Francisco to Honolulu and return Special rates from points between Chicago and Kansas City Tickets and information at 54 Clark St Chicago
The Equal Suffrage Society met with Mrs. Ena Stevens last Saturday. Mrs. Wynn was elected chairman and officers were chosen. The group adjourned to meet next Saturday at 3 p.m. with Mrs. E. C. Wynn. An invitation goes to all ladies supporting Equal Suffrage. T. Maup Benson, Sec.
Grain buyers and commission merchants can find 300 in a book for sale at Bosworths and Westerman drug stores Ames at The Intelligence office.
The wings who look after customers now secure the sale of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup which cures coughs colds chest pains and lung affections. Price is in cents and 31.00 samples free.
The Pandora visits Disko Greenland and a lively ball draws ship crews and locals into a warm summer night. Eskimo girls in Disko dress dance in red booted boots and topknots while maintaining modesty and Christian virtue in a quaint icebound port society.
The Story County Board of Supervisors met November 10 1884 in regular session with Slate Ersland and Burgess present. They canvassed township election returns and declared I L Smith Clerk of Courts H H Boyes County Recorder and Anthony Hale a Member of the Board of Supervisors, adjourning to 9 oclock the next morning.
The November 1 1884 meeting records tax remissions for 1883 1884 and 1881 on several parcels and lot sales. It appoints D C Michael as County Farm Steward for a year from March 1 1885 and authorizes county printing bidding rules. Officials approve poor fund stipends and warrant issuance for claims.
The advertisement touts Parker's Tonic as the best scientific blend of vegetable ingredients that act on the stomach liver kidneys and blood. It claims unique efficacy with no imitators and says it continually cures those who despaired of recovery for you your wife and children.
An 19th century style advertisement offers a salve by Henry Westerman boasting cures for cuts ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and corns with money back guarantee if not satisfied and price noted as two cents.
A New York Journal item ridicules the era of stylish coachmen for marrying families. It urges replacing frail, handsome coachmen with a winded automaton horse drawn Apollo on wheels that would explode if a young lady attempted to elope.
Advertises a home treatment guide for sexist diseases. Claims prevention and cure with at home methods. Notes 10 000 copies sold and price 50 cents postpaid. Postal notes accepted. address NuNoDA PUBLISHING Co. Nunda NY.
Trade offer from C F Mount of Clear Creek Tile Works for all kinds stock. Tile exchange sought in partnership with hogs cattle or horses. Bargains offered for a limited time.
The Old Man accuses Prof Wynn of authoring a recent Ill editorial in the Intelligencer. The Nevada Watchman states Wynn did not write it and has not contributed to the Intelligencer for over a year, aside from possible obituary or marriage notices.
Notice lists sale by Star County Supervisors of old bridge material on the grade east of Ames and the old bridge across Skunk River northeast of Ames to the highest bidder for cash on Wednesday, Nov hth at 1 pm. A. Ersland signed notice.
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