Ames Des Moines Line Promotes Growth Amid Agriculture College
Ames sits on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at a junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road, thirty six miles north of Des Moines. The Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts nearby hosts a well appointed school and a sizable public building. Surrounding farming lands yield abundant fruit and orchard crops. Readers are urged to notify of visitors and local happenings for broad sight in the west half of Story County.
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Ames
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Imea
Iowa State College of Agriculture and “Mechanic Arta
Iowa Woman Suffrage Society
Baptist Church
8Th and Locust Streets
Friends of the Cause
General Assembly
Margaret W. Campbell
Matilda Hindman
Narcissa T. Bemis
Pres
I. W
Mary J. Coggeshall
Ames and vicinity offered items from farms to flours and lamps
Local notices advertise farm for sale in Nevada Iowa and Ames area. G H France reports completion of flouring mills and offers loans Iowa money at fixed interest. Jewelry stores list items and a concert troupe to perform in Ames. Potatoes and other produce cited with market prices.
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Ames
Arex & Lanning
Armes
de E. Lucas
Nevada
Iowa
Good Bread Flour Wins at Miller's Inter National Expo
Fleur from every state exhibited at the Cincinnati exposition where Washburn's Gold Medal was the top award for bread flour. Nourse Bros. named sole agents for Story County to supply this flour.
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Cincinnati
Fleur
Washburn
Nourse Bros
Story County
Wood and footwear sale ad with varied items
Dry Harp Wood, Dry Soft Wood, Brave Wood and all kinds of wood sold with delivery city wide. K. W. Brown offers LaApres shoes and a range of kid and goat shoes in various styles. Hand made French calf shoes praised for price, durability and style. Motto promises good food at lowest prices.
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K. W. Brown
LaApres
R. H. Ditzler
M. D
Fort Scott
Kans
Beck & Rankin
Allerton
Lowa
Kansas City
Marsh
Atchinson Kan
W. H. Delissa
Bradley & Templeton
Fuller & Wiltse Close Out Lumber Sale at Cash Discounts
Fuller and Wiltse announce a 30 day cash sale to close out lumber stock. Kelley notes the notice is dated October 24, 1882.
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Fuller & Wiltse
Kelley
Bradley opens vast Honipay Goops line at City Drug Store
Bradley a tuathrox completes additions and repairs on their store providing ample 100m for business and unveils Ames most extensive line of Honipay Goops. Visit City Drug Store to see the display.
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Bradley A Tuathrox
Ames
City Drug Store
Intelligencer
Northwest
Public Auction Notice and Farm Sale Details
The undersigned offers at public auction on November 21 1882 at 10 o clock a m at residence Milford Township one mile east of Bloomington the described farm stock including cows four yearling heifers and spring calves with cash or notes terms and one year s time on larger amounts The owner has rented the farm and will sell machinery including Reaper Hay Rake Plow Harrows cultivator Bob Sleds and cows The advertisement also notes the local grocery store has added Stevens Open Pan Double Refrigerators and will stock Butter Oysters Celery Game.
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Milford Township
Bloomington
Reaper
A. D. Gastow
Nourse Bros
Ames Advertiser Teems With Local Goods and Notices
Local notes urge shoppers to inspect Frazee and Quick stores for clocks tinware and cutlery. Real estate and insurance services appear with Ames Mills flour plans and Kansas wheat. The issue reports politics and community events including a minstrel show and Baptist Festival.
Young Boy Gatie Brown Recovers After Eye Operation
Nine year old Gatie Brown son of Mr and Mrs K W Brown underwent a successful strabismus operation performed by Dr Hazen of Davenport on Wednesday. He is rapidly recovering from the operation and is praised as a hero.
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Gatie Brown
Gatie
K. W. Brown
Dr. Hazen
Davenport
Worst Family Flees After Sudden Departure and Liabilities
Philip Worst and relatives vanished abruptly leaving debts running into hundreds. He had worked for P. L. Porter and rode to Nevada with Porter's team before taking a train for further crimes. The Davenport Gazette notes the brutal murder of Samuel Porter a well known county figure. Samuel Porter was brother to William Robert James and Finley of Scott County Joseph of Avoca and John of Grinnell. Robert Porter received a telegram Saturday reporting the murder and that evening James William and Finley left for Story County.
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Philip Worst
P. L. Porter
Nevada
Porter
Davenport Gazette
Samuel Porter
Davenport
William
Robert
James
Finley
Scott County
Joseph
Avoca
John
Grinnell
Robert Porter
Story County
County High School Proposal Voted Down in Story County
The High School proposition failed by 1565 votes across Story County with Nevada the lone county seat voting against. Story County boasts strong educational options and its graded public schools may suffice for college admissions. J L Stevens of Ames receives strong local support and high county-wide endorsement.
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Nevada
Shiretown
Story County
Agricultural College
State University
Lyons resident visits daughter in Polk City area
Mes E Buews of Lyons Iowa visits daughter Mrs A D Gaston. Robert Hanne TM, longtime resident, moved family to Wall Lake last Tuesday to work in milling. Mr A Frazer returns to hotel business moving into Polk City Hotel last Friday. The baby of Mrs Stubbs died Saturday. community shares in her sorrow. Sheldahl Cyclone.
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Mes. E. Buews
Lyons, Iowa
Mrs
A. D. Gaston
Robert Hanne
Wall Lake
A. Frazer
Polk City
Stubbs
Farmers Speak Up for a Healthier Neighborhood
Farmers share local happenings and neighborly activities in a concise rural column. They outline plans for improvements this year and note community efforts to boost business and livability in Sheldon and surrounding areas.
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Intelligencer
Baptist Sociable at Kelley Church This Thursday
The Ty ladies of the Baptist Church of Kelley host a sociable at the new church on Thursday night November 23. Each lady prepares a lunch basket for two and gentlemen buy a numbered basket to share with the host lady. Proceeds support the new church.
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The
Baptist Church of
Kelley
New Church
Tragic Boonsboro Well Death Of A Garrison Child
A Boone family visiting Boonsboro last Sunday lost a five year old girl who wandered away and was found dead in a disused well near the old church. A piece of bread found floating on the water helped locate the body, indicating it had been in the water for some time.
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Boonsboro
Boone
Garrison
Boon
Local notices and anecdotes from The Intelligencer issue
The piece gossips about Bro Weaver and The Intelligencer forces, notes Willie McTavish moving the Cyclone to Maxwell Times, and praises advertising firms. It also mentions Bob McBride turning rancher near Planquinton, and recounts Ottumwa Democrat on Engler, a Melrose night operator who suffered a broken thigh but kept calm as he was helped down.
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Willie McTavish
Sheldahl
Maxwell
Lowa Centre
Maxwell Times
Willie McTarvish
Willie
Times
Bob McBride
Eldora Ledger
Firesteel
Dakota
Bob
Planquinton
Eldora
Ottumwa Democrat
Engler
Melrose
Ames Intelligencer Praised By Nearby Papers
Column quotes praise for the Ames Intelligencer edited by J. E. Duncan noting its improvement to a nine column sheet. The excerpt includes an extreme North Dakota wheat field description and warns of the hardships of starting a wheat farm there.
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Ames Intelligencer
Ames
J. E. Duncan
Ture Intelligencer
Story County
Boonsboro
North Dakota
Red River
Mr Jacob Horton Receives Delayed Back Pension
Mr Horton gains back pension of about 31000 after long delay. Mr David Reap dies at his brother's residence in this city on Thursday night. Reap over sixty years old. death from consumption. His daughter reached Ames Thursday afternoon. Funeral held this afternoon at the residence of Mr B F Read.
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Jacob Horton
David Reap
Reed
Ames
B. F. Read
Iowa State Work Praised By Renowned Education Expert
Prof. Rupp from European industrial schools endorses Iowa Agricultural College progress in industrial education. A Ackley incident reports a boy killed when a conductor spanks him after a near train jump, prompting a grieving mother’s threats. Community notes cover local arrivals, trades, marriages, meetings, and a November suffrage meeting invitation in Des Moines.
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Rupp
Iowa Agricultural College
Deferred Cambridge Letter Details a Successful Methodist Festival
The Cambridge piece notes a well attended festival at the Methodist church with Mrs. Jarley's wax figures, a hearty supper, and more than 50 dollars raised for church improvements. A nearby derailment near Elwell shook engines but caused no injuries. Local house news mentions Mr. Bartlett’s nearing residence completion and a new literary society formed at the schoolhouse.
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Cambridge
Methodist Church
Mr. Wells
Sarah Wilson
Elwell
Bartlett
Merril's Ingenious Method for Playing Music
An advertisement touts Merril's Ingenious Method as a simple piano and organ teaching system that allows anyone to play familiar airs without prior study. It promises learning the notes easily and offers mail delivery with four pieces for $1.00 from Colhacco Piano Co in Chicago.
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Merril
Polk County Savings bank opens with capital of fifty thousand
A new bank in Polk County begins operations with fifty thousand dollars in capital. The International Sunday School Convention is slated for Burlington. Ten divorce cases are scheduled in the Des Moines district court term amid issues of desertion, drunkenness and demis try.
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Polk County Savings Bank
Burlington
Des Moines
Oh My Back Iron Tonic Claims Swift Cure
An advertisement touts back pain as caused by many conditions and urges prompt attention. It promotes Brown's Iron Bitters claiming it purifies blood, strengthens foundations, and quickly cures illnesses including kidney, liver, rheumatic, and nervous complaints, endorsed by leading physicians and clergymen.
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St. Anthony’s
Ayer
Brown
Wm. P. Marshall
Logansport
Indiana
Browny
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Snviag Machine
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Berpine Rock
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Litta
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Seasy
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Quick's
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Intel
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M. W. Quick
G.H
Kansas
Polk County
Opera House
P. O. Jewelry Store
P.O. Jewelry Store
Dvserve
Real Metate and Insurance Agency
G. A. Merideth
Warden
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Thos. Warden’s
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Tama Jim
WM. Clark
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Mas. Holmes
New Orleans
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E. C. Doolittle
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Ame
J. L. Stevens
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Sheldon News
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Intelliger
Ackley
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H. A. Cook
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Webster City
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Illinois
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R. P
Perry
J. G
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Glenwood
I. B. Frazee
Iowa City
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A. M. Thompson
Frazee
Mrs. van Chamberlain
Marshalltown
Board of Trade
Manchester
Dr. Warrley
Emmetsburg
Ontario
Oxtra
James Foster
Independence
W. M. Dudley
Woodbury County
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Philadelphia
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Colfax
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Pettifogger
Campridge
OLD Ironsides
Polk County Woman Suffrage Society
7Th Street
Morgan House
Rock Island
Linda M. Hartzell
Josephine A. C. Woops
Story County Real Estate Trans Res
A. E. Lucas
Lend and Loan
G W Vowler
Edward Os Walt
Collins
Aaron Pollock
J H Sinclair
Warren
Milwaukee Land Co
Sarah I Bosworth
Eliza Land Leo Frank
Penelope Gillespie
J C Mitcheill
J & Sinclair
JC Mitchell
Howard
JH M Posten
G D Southwick
Canada Wood
M McCall
William Handbacker
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Manson
Knute Apland
C O Larson
J B Kepple
L A Sebastian
Stark
Elogram
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Union
Paxton
J A Hotzell
Washington
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C D Norman
Marion Vauthrin
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Richland
Oliver
Ruddle
B Allen
Wm C Pritchard
C C Stevens
Mary K Gibbonse
Eveline E McGee
F A McLain
A E Conrad
W H Mayersw
Louis Hummel
John W Jarnagin
I N Smith
Andrew Donahoo
W Wood
Oliver Hanson
James Fields
Joseph King
Lot
G W Ketchum
Sarah J Banta
Catherine Pierson
David Hawkins
JJ Thorne
JS A College
Squaw Creek
Harriet N McElyea
Orson Childs
J A St Clair Et Alto
Daniel Cramblit
E J Bisbee
Daniel Cramblil
Duff
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Bisbee
Duffs
Wm E Hiatt
George E Ward
EG Richardson
S J Snyderer
Zearing
Oliver S Ruddle
Cooper, Baldwin & Maxwell
Thor Olson
Kent Michelson
Baldwin & Maxwell Co
W H
L D Ozman
John Peck
Adam Ruxton
Fredrick Andrus
Erna
Rossert
Joseph Brubaker
John H Gamble
Joseph L. Brubaker
John Gamble
Elizabeth Porter
Frazier
Nene
Charles Shelmedine
John Hopkins
Wm Pearson
Peter Rupp
JH Apple
Elizabeth Kuhns
Iowa Railroad Land Coro ML Deale
Eliza Kingsbury
Geo Hanna
Geo B Frazier
Ole Normens
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Brubaker
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Milwaukee
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Amos W Flora
Elvira J Stewart
Thomas
Il Ames
Milwaukee L and Co
Goldaberg
Oral Applegate
KH Mitchell
Mary
Stoughton
United States
Ad Munn & Co
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Scientific American
Broadway
New York
Handbook of Patents
Vanderbilt
Chicago & Northwestern
Rivest
Abe A
Mie
Perl
Pie
Tere
Uis
A. HE. Thayer
Choice Family
Phayer
WS Bradley
Ene
Dewar
de Rees
Chicago
William Hulett
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