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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1891
Page
3
Fragmentary timetable listing directions East and South with merchant or agent names obscured. Readable bits show directions and notes possibly for travel or accommodations. Names and places are illegible, limiting full reconstruction.
Mrs. C. E. Turner remains seriously ill. Jessie Wilson of Gilbert visits Ames for a week. Mrs. O’Brien improves after illness. Numerous locals host friends and relatives from Chicago to Boone and Nebraska. John F. Moore marries in Ames. Rev. Smith and Rev. Douglass host social gatherings. Des Moines couple Mr. Hale and son relocate to Hemstreet property. community welcomes them as a central town.
Local notices report health updates and visits from Rev Wm Stevenson to Ames for the District Conference in November. Beardshear hosted an At Home reception for college faculty and Ames friends. O A Brown and family move into Stevens Block to open a furniture stock. Also noted are caucus announcements for Washington and Grant townships, farm yields, and church services with Dr Bunce assisting.
Annual meeting of the Des Moines Conference United Brethren Church to be held in this city from Wednesday December 28 through Sunday. Attendance expected around 125, challenging private homes for lodging. Mrs Clara Friendly Peterson, sister of Boone county Clerk J S Friendly, reported dead at Stanhope Iowa.
Capt. K. W. Brown will address the citizens of Gilbert and vicinity next Sabbath evening on the subject Our Nobler Citizenship. The Representative calls it a grand lecture and urges Ames students and the public to attend to support high reputation speakers for the college lecture course.
Willie M Wakefield and Mary M Chapin of Ames married at the Congregational parsonage on Oct 14 by Rev F J Douglass. They will live in Ames and begin housekeeping on the south side. The Central Association of Congregational churches will meet in Ames next week with sessions Tue and Wed. Mrs E H Slocum of Toledo speaks on Tuesday.
L Fitzgerald of Iowa Center and W F Stratton of Cambridge announce ready to handle auction sales in Story and adjoining counties. Services include moderate terms and satisfaction guaranteed. Address as above or call on them.
George Kennan to lecture at the College on Saturday evening October 24. His Century articles on Constitutional Life in Siberia have stirred sympathy and indignation. Kennan’s vivid word pictures and harsh portrayal of political exile in Russia promise a powerful address.
A short notice mentions a red calf with a right ear crop and two slits to be left at this office or with J F Beymer. It explains a boiler flue leak caused a delay in issuance. The note also thanks Mrs R J Davis for sorghum made by Mr Davis.
Sheriff Woods travels through the city with three prisoners from Judge Stevenson’s sentence to Ft Madison for grand larceny and mortgage property disposal. The Des Moines papers report the 23rd Iowa Infantry will camp in Ames next year provoking local anxiety about notable figures including Congressman Hull and Co. Treasurer Miller.
Last Friday evening the I A J lecture association hosted Miss Chapman whose readings impressed a large town audience. Her graceful carriage and performance of The Rajput Nurse and Comforting the Sick showcased her impersonation skill and the Louisiana selection drew close attention. The program, five short pieces followed by one long Hodgson Burnett excerpt, was a notable success.
Miss Mary Goldsmith resumes dressmaking services on October 15 1891 inviting former customers and new clients to call. Rooms over printing office guarantee satisfaction.
The Aurora reports a historic year for I A C with record growth in enrollment and facilities. The piece urges steady growth and criticizes outside interference while calling on students and staff to stay focused on learning and farming.
Burglars entered Daniel Bros & Herman store through the rear window stealing boots shoes and gloves. Local thefts are linked to known town visitors amid a string of break ins including a freight car theft. Reverend A L Hunt former M E pastor of Glenwood Iowa died from La Grippe related lung trouble leaving a wife and two children. A Nevada family mourns after a son Andrew Dunahugh was fatally shot on a Nebraska hunting trip and funeral was held Tuesday. Mrs L H Powers promotes Excelsior Library Bureau in town seeking twenty new names with two books per member and renewals at 2.50 initially and 1.50 on renewal. Books to be kept at Westerman & Arnold. canvass aims to finish this week.
The program outlines Tuesday and Wednesday sessions with devotions, sermons, organization meetings, and missions addresses led by ministers and lay speakers. Activities include Exegesis of Romans, sermons, missionary talks, and collections for ministerial relief. Daniel Bros. and Herman promote calf and kip boots for the fall and winter trade.
Improvements continue with a harness shop, a blacksmith shop, a barber shop and a furniture store planned. Arkanna residents buy farms north of town. T. C. McCall and A. L. Stuntz spoke Friday on politics. Milt Templeton and Sam Mangus suffer broken limbs. Mrs. W. B. Needham of Boone visited relatives. A Gospel Temperance Service is set for next Sabbath at the C P church.
The capital city of the county enjoys a prosperous year with new homes under construction and many improvements. A large Presbyterian church will be dedicated November 29 with a 500 seat capacity and a memorial window for the pastor’s late wife, reflecting the town’s rise to city status.
The advertisement from Baker's Watches and Des Moines druggist Will F Crawford praises Cases Coventure and claims a patient with chronic bronchitis found instant relief. Other druggists L M Bosworth also endorse the remedy for lung troubles. A separate county notice seeks proposals to hire a Story County Poor Farm steward for one year starting March 1 1892.
T C McCall of Nevada Story County Iowa advertises affordable prices and favorable terms for renting farms yearly and selling residences and about fifty town lots in Nevada. He offers to loan money at low real estate interest rates and invites anyone wanting to buy or sell property to call.
An old advertisement touts Krause's German Oil as a penetrating external remedy for neuralgia and skin conditions. It claims the oil is harmless when rubbed on the face and emphasizes its accessibility at twenty five cents per bottle from L. M. Bosworth, a local druggist.
A farmer notes Dr Brooks at work on a drove of hogs with suspected cholera. He claims a 90 percent recovery rate and offers his medicine to hog owners, accepting payment only when called away from coal mines.
Program at Keltner's School House on Sunday includes 10:30 Song and Praise led by T. J. Kelly, 11:00 Teachers Experience by A. Wortman, 11:30 Personal Christianity by K. W. Brown, 12:00 Dinner, 1:30 Praise Service led by E. A. Wood, 2:00 The 8S 8S What it is by R. Shehey, 2:15 Self consecration in 8. S. led by I. J. Kegly, 2:30 Teachers difficulties by Dr. Hunt, 3:00 Past present future of the 8. 8. led by County President, 3:30 Question box by Dr. Beverly, 4:00 Benediction. Story City.
The notice mix promotes Fresh celery at Hamilton & Co and Grove's famed coffee. It touts E S Downs lumber pricing and new Mason fruit jars, Oregon Red Cedar shingles at Munn's yard, and heaters at Bingham & Co. A full silver line at Baker's and watches at J B Paxton's with 20 percent price cuts. Includes Underwood sale on Oct 20 for cattle and calves, Grove groceries, Caniel Bros shoe boots, and brick supply at Geo Cameron's kiln.
G A Underwood to sell at public auction Tuesday October 20 at one o clock his herd of short horn cattle cows heifers calves and bulls and a lot of horses and colts at his barn in Ames Iowa See bills M and A J Sweeneys advertise new pattern hats in latest designs and market notices.
Cash Money Only advertising 25 percent discount on wallpaper and borders for cash. Stray heifer from Morgan Keltner farm to be claimed at office or with John McDonald. George Underwood announces public sale October 20 1891 featuring Short Horn cattle horses and colts. Empire Mill Flour car arrives with four top brands and special ten price lots for winter supply.
L. M. Bosworth, a druggist, urges parents to keep Cunes Coven Cure on hand for emergency pediatric ailments like Croup or Whooping Cough. The copy casts the product as a one minute remedy to counter sudden illness.
Mrs J W Lytle visits her brother in Danbury Iowa and plans a trip to the Corn Palace before returning Chas Harris spent a few days in town last week Many young people attended a musical concert at Slater Saturday evening Mr Glenn Crane attends a business college in Des Moines Miss Sadie Cook returns from Polk county N Williams plans to build a new blacksmith shop
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