22 Oct 1885
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1885
Page
1
Rates for five line ads and standing advertisements are listed. First insertion 10 cents per line with subsequent insertions at five cents per line. Contracts offer 500 lines changeable weekly for 25 dollars and 1200 lines for 50 dollars. Post office Ames second class mail matter.
Ames lies on the Chicago and North Western Railroad with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road. It sits thirty five miles north of Des Moines the state capital and is near the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The city has a public school and a large well appointed pul ue school building amid productive farming lands.
A historical notice lists county officers including County Auditor CG McCastey Clerk of the Courts L Smrru Treasurer H H Motvos Sheriff O Oseta Coroner J I Hostetter and Board of Supervisors Anfenersland J Q Burgess Anthony Hale with roles across the county government.
The text lists Baptist church services including Sunday morning and alternate Sunday evening worships, a noon school, and Wednesday prayer meetings at 7 30. Pastors named include f erly G H Stahblng and E C Moulton with morning and evening services and Sunday School timings.
Geo A Underwood, attorney and counselor at law, handles cases in all local courts and the U S District Court. Office located over Union National Bank in Ames, Iowa.
A nostalgic poem recalls a girl from earlier school days. The speaker remembers her nut-brown curls and shared childhood treasures from gum to candy. Now in college, their reunion brings formal greetings and reflections on a past romance.
In a northeastern town a young woman Hester Marks rejects a hardcase suitor, chooses patience over impulse, and befriends a dog named Fox who reveals the cruelties of her would-be fiancé. She later rejects a second marriage, while a moral note about the Great Seal of the United States closes the piece.
A collection of gossip and essays on women’s rights and the female barber, praising female agency and protest. It argues women can reclaim influence in homes and public life, citing Ada Sweet’s pension case as an example and urging peaceful, determined self-assertion for equality.
A Providence Journal account recalls Nathaniel Hawthorne avoiding an after dinner speech at Bowdoin College’s commencement. President Leonard Wood Jr. praised him, Hawthorne slipped away under a tent canvas to avoid speaking, and the crowd laughed at the retreat.
Jonours Mruter claims no one writes well on an empty stomach. He notes many believe he is a great faster and imply that hunger shapes literary output.
In a heated exchange the elder accuses the younger of bluntness and lack of flattery. The other defends her artist husband, joking that the elder’s portrait would not have been hung if he had not flattered her. Their friendship ends.
A young woman tells Mrs Sniverly's boy she plans to visit his mother soon, noting the mother would welcome someone who did not come to collect a bill. The visitor recalls the mother saying she was glad to see anyone not bearing a bill.
A historical note recalls Miss Carey who rose from telegraph operator to agent at Wayzata. She supported her three sisters and brother, trained relatives in the trade, and supervised trains and Lake Minnetonka steamers. Her success challenged views of female incompetence.
A wide, period voice survey describes the Turkomans as wandering people in Armenia and Asia Minor. It notes their tents in place of towns, strong horse culture, independent women, and the harsh, mobile life of families living in carts and roaming steppes as a travel narrative discusses their manners, dress, and endurance.
A collage of short wit excerpts and mismatched jokes from diverse papers. It features quips about Caesar, a bank president, church attendance, gas meters, and humorous exchanges, concluding with a verse on death and an Undertaker note.
In Boston a depot scene prompts Deane to praise the street urchins for witty talk. Two ragged boys fight in mud as she diffuses the scene and one boy quips with a drawled warning about freezing the mouth and a sleigh ride of the tongue.
Reported reminiscences recount grasshopper swarms blocking trains in 1871 and burrowing 20 foot deep over encampments in Kansas. Brokers recall nights of darkness, mass piles, and tunneling out with powder and blasting, illustrating a dramatic revival of grasshopper lore.
A historical guide outlines glue production from animal parts including hides horns furrier pelts and hooves. It covers digestion in lime water washing pressing extraction boiling skimming settling refining and drying into square cakes and slices for sale. It notes testing quality by texture color and clear appearance.
A recent Atlanta, Georgia bridegroom name and details appear in a short society blurb as he marries Miss Carrie Damm. The item notes a young couple and their wedding in passing.
A husband explains to Anderson that his wife saved money from her allowance to fund a summer trip, but delays left them unable to go last year. He wonders if he will repeat the tactic now that he is older and reads her as a shrewd saver.
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