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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1880
Page
3
Various local notices praise Le Grand flour from Nourse and Read's market, announce lectures by Hon. Geo. R. Wendling and Albert Head, report county fair misfortunes, and note business moves and farming profits. Soper & Son advertise and readers hear about weather, sales, and cattle activity in Ames and surrounding areas.
We are located in a new storeroom and busy stockpiling fall and winter goods arriving now. We invite all our old friends and others through the county to call and see us. It is no trouble to show goods and we welcome visitors whether they buy or not.
Thomas Soper and Son invite Story county women to view their fall stock promising satisfaction and low prices. They boast custom fits for boots and shoes and humorously pledge to bargain even if it costs the last tuft of hair off Charlie’s head.
Property listing offers town lots on the southeast corner of the block where L. H. Bingham lives in Block 1 Richmonds add to Ames. Seller offers bargains with terms and prices available from E. R. Chamberlain or at A. E. Lucas, Nevada.
Turner McLain sold ten two year old steers weighing 12 450 pounds total for 4500 total, averaging 1245 pounds per head and 45 per steer. The stock is described as half blood short horn and praised for quality. This sale is presented as evidence that farming pays.
The Sheldahl Republicans heard Col John Scott and his Massachusetts based son speak last Friday. The Journal notes the son spoke first and the Colonel followed. Praise for both speeches appears, seen as good for raising boys and campaign vigor. Col Scott is regarded as a top Iowa campaigner.
Col Hoggatt reports Indiana politics as the main topic with a close race expected between Democrats and Republicans. Col John Scott plans a carp pond and stock, while Campbell the greenback candidate speaks at Opera Hall, attracting few converts as the 1879 voting pattern cited shows low Greenback support in Story County.
The State versus John Dakin ended with a verdict for the plaintiff and Dakin freed after a long delay. He had earlier been found guilty in Marshall County in 1878, but a Supreme Court ruling granted a new trial on venue change. The case links to the murder of Jac K Stough in spring 1578 near State Centre.
Hon Daniel Campbell campaign speaker for Greenbacks will address residents at Story City on Tuesday evening October 5. He will speak at Iowa Centre on Wednesday October 6 at 1 pm and at Cambridge Wednesday evening October 6. By Order of Committee.
The piece notes profitable advertising for major papers like the Chicago Tribune New York Herald and New York Daily Tribune, then details Northwestern road’s plan for a new two story depot on East Fourth Street Ames with 24 by 80 feet building, 28 by 150 freight room, side tracks, round house, and a broad east sidewalk. It lists varied notices about temperance meetings in Story County and other local business, including millinery, insurance, farming crop prospects, and ads for medicines, coal, and Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.
October 1880 weather will be generally pleasant with warm days and light rains. Storm periods cluster around the 1st 3rd to 5th 7th to 8th 10th to 18th 15th to 17th 18th to 20th 22nd to 25th 28th to 29th with a notable 18th or 19th storm. Aurora periods occur on several dates and barometer readings affect interpretation.
A historical home remedy explains boiling logwood in vinegar, adding carbonate of iron, and applying a dye to fabrics. After washing, sponging with a saleratus solution sets the color so it resists rubbing, with careful drying to prevent wrinkles.
The passage extols hospitality as heart over cost urging hosts to welcome guests with warmth. It cites Emerson noting that simple generous deeds and sincere bearing reveal the soul more than lavish meals. True hospitality comes from the heart, not material display.
A historical note describes chapping from late autumn winds and frequent wetting. It recommends Borax Water wash, then a glycerine-rich ointment using melted Mutton-tallow or suet, glycerine, and sweet almond oil with spermaceti and wax. Apply at night and warm hands before sleep, then wear old gloves to protect bedclothes.
Advertisement seeks 500 bushels choice Peach blow Potatoes 400 heads of winter Cabbage 800 Hubbard Squash 60 bushels Turnips and 50 bushels Sweet Potatoes. Apply to C. C. Nourse at Sign of the big T.
The Albany Journal lauds Major Bundy's Garfield biography as thorough and engaging, praising its personal and public life detail, frank language, and clear campaign value. It highlights currency and government issues, calls the work a near perfect text for voters, and notes four edition styles priced at 50 cents to 2.50 dollars.
Weather observations suggest a cool autumn ahead as high barometric readings persist from the Missouri Valley to the Alleghenies with cooler temperatures in August. The pattern mirrors historical ties between high pressure and cooler seasons, signaling below average temperatures and reduced precipitation from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast.
Clinics held every Friday afternoon at the Agricultural College hospital offer free advice and prevention for farmers. Farmers with diseased animals should bring them at two o'clock on Friday afternoon for examination. A small charge will be made for medicines and surgical operations.
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