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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1880
Page
3
The column lists shop ads for Moory organs and Braphy goods, a grocery offer by MecGuire, and yarns at Bigelow Huntington Tilden. It notes tax work on a sewer, school term progress, and upcoming fairs with weather optimism, plus local visits and transportation updates.
Bosworth Co offers cigars rosaries crockery and glassware while Bigelow Huntington Tilden promote trimmings and lamps. A council meeting is set for Monday night and Ames C T Union members are urged to attend a Saturday Literary event. C F Haut to speak Monday Oct 18. janitor from south side schoolhouse dies at county infirmary. Selz boots sold exclusively by Thomas Soper Son in county.
An Ames Reading Room event on Saturday October 9 1880 invites all to attend. Hart & Patterson successors to Geo Shockley announce a first class grocery and bakery opening early next week with M B Martin, a popular local baker, joining them. The visit of Mrs G Surxcertanv and Mrs E R Shaw, related to Wesley Slingerland, is noted.
The notice invites readers to visit the Ames Reading Room for political religious temperance and notable literature of the day. It states the room opens daily including evenings with special attention to Saturday evening access.
Miss Nett Bicetow remains seriously ill after two months with doctors holding a council Wednesday afternoon and yielding little hope for recovery. Tuomas Soper and Son advertise clothing before fall and winter stock is reduced with sharp prices.
We never sell more ladies furnishing goods than we buy and never advertise beyond our stock. We sell all we buy at the lowest prices to be found. An immense stock is on hand now and is moving quickly.
A local retailer touts the largest stock of dress goods and prints yet carried and thanks patrons for past support enabling broader service in the mentioned lines. Resp y Tuomas Soren and Son.
The Marshall Canning Company prepares a large brick structure on recently purchased grounds in the southeast city quarter. They aim to complete quickly to operate next season and stock one million cans of corn and tomatoes, surpassing all previous business.
In Opera Hall speech Blaisdell blamed voters in two old parties for sticking with their allegiance and missing the greenback faith. The writer argues Blaisdell overreaches by assuming all party knowledge and belittling home talent.
Work on the artesian well stalled as the drill remains stuck 140 feet deep. Contractor Wier hopes to overcome the hindrance and complete the 500 foot hole per contract. In a separate note, a young girl in the Lambertson family vanished after leaving quietly on Monday night, with little to explain her disappearance.
All persons interested in high class poultry are asked to meet at the office of C. F. Boyd in Grand Junction on Tuesday October 10 1880 at 10 o clock for organizing a poultry association. Counties include Story Hamilton Boone Dallas Guthrie Carroll Greene Calhoun and Webster. Papers in said counties should give notice. By order of Committee Ogden Iowa Sept 28 1880.
Thomas Kane and Co publish a 40 page Manila bound Music Book for day schools at 248 Wabash Ave Chicago. It offers bright cheerful music designed for teachers who can sing but lack teaching ability and promises wide sale as a cheap useful collection. Specimen copies mailed for 10 cents.
In a formal statement Lorriz E. Sweeney refutes a rumor of partnership with M and A J Sweeney. He emphasizes their businesses are separate and notes a personal need to support his family. The passage also lists various Iowa public and private schools including numbers for districts academies and professional schools.
The writer condemns western land schemes and railroad land companies for luring farmers to arid Kansas and beyond. He notes widespread destitution, failed crops, and the need for charity as irrigation remains scarce. He argues abusive promotion harms settlers and slams policy that pushes families westward for profit.
A Chicago Tribune telegram from Sioux City reports Northwestern Company demonstrations on the Little Sioux upper valley seeking a line from the Algona Branch north of Webster City toward a corridor between Illinois Central and Chicago and Milwaukee routes. Marvin S. Hughitt, Northwestern manager, visited Sioux Rapids undercover as a Granger buyer, stirring town excitement along the claimed railway path.
A distemper outbreak in horses spreads from Boston to eastern cities disrupting transport and travel. The piece notes issues in horse cars and freight, and offers a treatment recipe using chlorate of potash and water, plus guidance to feed and water as usual.
At a Monday meeting the Ames School Board chose Block No 20 original town of Ames as the site for a new Union School and appointed a committee to purchase it. The district will pay $600 to Town Railroad Land Company, fence and beautify the lot, and prepare it for the building.
A peaceful man found on a downtown sidewalk kneeling in apparent distress seeks a pin for his concealed revolver. The piece argues for stricter enforcement of laws against concealed weapons and urges disarming those prone to violence to reduce bloodshed.
Saturday afternoon last Mr. Clue of Niagara County New York and Mr. J. A. McFarland of LaFayette township visited the office. He extolled Iowa and Story County, praised the college grounds and building, and remarked on the institution’s complete appointments after touring the grounds. He had been in Kansas and Texas seeking available fields.
A Monday forenoon report notes a planned joint debate at Opera Hall, between W. D. Lucas and Baltimore greenbacker Blaisdell. Blaisdell failed to impress. Lucas challenged him with important questions, leaving Blaisdell deflated as he caught the westbound train.
The Kelley Summer school ended Oct 1 with declamations singing and spelling in the final afternoon. Two young speakers Miss Litlie Penner and Miss Myrtie Gossard impressed. a list honors punctuality and good conduct includes Lillie Louvie Stephene Gossard Florence McCoy Bertie Stevens Jessie Bale Jennie Wiltse Fred McCoy Charley Stevens Nels Nelson Hans Nelson Albert Bale Geo Bale Willie Wiltse.
Secretary Joan Warts of the Independent District of Ames Story County Iowa invites bids to furnish coal for the ensuing year. Bids due by 8 pm October 11. Coal to be delivered to the school house from Hutchinson Bros. or Jno Clemen's mines.
Bromoline sold by all druggists in Chicago with high local support as a blood and liver tonic. The piece notes thousands of bottles sold last year and urges use when appetite is gone and fatigue appears.
A historical advertisement proclaims Shilohs Consumption Cure as the best cough medicine, promising cures for common and chronic coughs bronchitis croup whooping cough asthma and consumption with guaranteed results. It lists prices of ten cents fifty cents and one dollar and endorses Shilohs Porous Plaster for chest back and lung issues sold by D S Bosworth & Co.
Local merchants Bosworth & Co advertise Shilohs Vitarzer with a money back guarantee to cure indigestion sour stomach liver complaint and constipation. The promise is sale priced at 75 cents to relieve distressed stomachs and dispersia for townspeople.
Notice is given that a written instrument purporting to be the last will of Fredrick Albert, late of Story County, deceased, is on file in the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Story County. The court sets Monday November 8, 1880 at 1 PM to prove said will. Witness I. L. Surra Clerk of Said Court.
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