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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1895
Page
4
A Des Moines to Nashville to Chattanooga excursion outlines election scenes in Nashville, visits Belle Meade Stock Farm, and recalls Civil War battlefields at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Lookout Mountain. The piece praises northern visitors and Confederate relics, notes education gaps, and cites regional monuments funding.
Ames Iowa council meeting notes routine acts approved last meeting minutes read tax remission for Lucy A Cox widow of a soldier and Mary Liddle second installment. Electric light plant commencement read and filed. Bills listed with various payments approved and warrants drawn. Ordinance No. 108 passed first reading.
Mr and Mrs C Mills spent time with the Gossards. A Wortman hired surveyors for a project Monday. C A Crane moved into the house vacated by R W Crane. Mrs Mary Savills returned home due to her husband’s illness. Lou and Isaphene Gosard visited Nevada over the weekend. Kathrine Wise grew very ill Sunday but shows improvement. George Rosenfield traveled to Clinton to bring his daughter Minnie back home. The Y P S C ER will host an oyster supper at W P George’s residence on Thursday evening Oct 24 with all invited. The California Introduction Company exhibit car was sidetracked in Ames yards. townsfolk viewed wines praised by experts. An agent promoting a Chicago University extension circle gathered names of prominent ladies who later doubted the scheme and withdrew. investigators advise caution before action, though the benefits are evident to those involved.
A large Ames audience heard the Tennesseans present Jubilee and camp meeting songs at the M. E. church on Wednesday. Hagerman’s bass drew repeat crowds and the event proved financially successful for the Epworth League.
The Darlington Journal endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy noting it stopped severe pains on two occasions and could have saved a life. The piece urges every family to keep it at home and mentions other local dry goods and wagon sellers, coal orders, and farm supplies advertised by local merchants.
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