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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1884
Page
2
Ballot listing for Vice President John A Logan of Illinois and Presidential Electors including Meta Yai Valkenberg John McHugh Milis H. D. Vail and D. Gani Earley with initials and incomplete names appearing on the ticket.
Por Judge of the Supreme Court dH Roth Rock Congressional and Judicial Por Congress 110th District A J Holmes of Boone County For Circuit Judge Lth District re D D Miracle of Hamilton County For Clerk of the Courts I M Smita For Recorder H L Boyes For Supervisor Anthony Hale
Gorera asserts England remains firm and Utah stays safe as part of a Democratic outlook. The remarks frame foreign and domestic strength while presenting a unified political stance.
The article contends that Republicans appear poised to win ten Iowa seats in Congress as the election draws near, highlighting party momentum and regional support.
A New York Sim staff correspondent reports from Pennsylvania that the state will deliver Blaine with a 100000 vote majority.
The defection is described as tipping Ohio voters away from the opposing side toward Republicanism, advocating honest laws and stronger protection.
Democrats in the West Virginia crowd proposed cheers for Jeff Davis as Blaine paused at a local stop. The moment captured a partisan gesture amid the campaign event.
A Clark county farmer exchanged his dog for another man's wife in a recent deal. The incident reflects ongoing schemes to swindle farmers, with a pattern of questionable exchanges reported nearby.
The Republican majority in Ohio for Congressmen stands at 19 518. Flickinger the Republican candidate for Board of Public Works has a victory margin over 17 000.
Democrats and Greenbackers from principle condemn the Iowa fusion movement and declare support for Blaine as a political realignment unfolds.
The Ohio Democratic press shifts stance from praise to harsh critique calling Germans traitors after a period of favorable treatment. The piece notes Germans in Wisconsin and Iowa will face similar scrutiny in about two weeks.
Gen Marmaduke a Democratic candidate for Missouri governor says he was is now and always expects to be a rebel. The party notes a substitute ready if Hendricks is removed from the ticket.
The item criticizes a Democratic journal line about Mr. Blake and Bright's disease, noting it is a weak tactic and that Grover Cleveland is not the target of the attack. The piece implies Republican readers dislike the chosen jab and questions its merit.
The Democratic mayor of Muscatine tried to halt Republican celebrations after the Ohio election. He had a man arrested for firing a small cannon which enraged the crowd, leading them to hire a full battery to salute in defiant style.
The text argues that within six months 152 Democratic congressmen supported a 20 percent wage reduction for glass factory and iron mill workers. It questions why business shows paralysis during a campaign while fearing the sworn enemy's rise, implying political risk to business interests.
Some voters oppose the seven Democrat electors and will back six Greenback electors plus the Greenback state ticket. The published names of Greenback electors are Daniel Campbell, A. S. Hunter, Geo. Carter, H. B. Wilcox, J. L. Brown, J. P. Hatton.
A Tennessee Democratic speech excerpt quotes Governor Bates condemning the Confederacy and his own Civil War role. He says he would rather be buried facing hell than with his back toward heaven, signaling a sharp repudiation of secession in the campaign rhetoric.
Gen Jos B Weaver fusion nominee for Ninth District Congress Judge McHenry fusion nominee for Seventh District Congress Hon Dan Campbell fusion elector at large Hon J R Hatton fusion elector Ninth District and John F Duncombe president of the last Democratic State Convention all voted for and spoke for the Prohibition Amendment Verily democracy is making some progress.
In a recent letter Mr. Tilden praises noble historical traditions of the Democratic party the Tribune questions what they include. It asks if slavery secession copperheadism opposition to reconstruction ballot fraud the Morey forgery and other issues are part of those traditions.
The text argues that reform aims to free government from corruption rooted in prolonged power. It notes this as a distinct allusion to cipher dispatches referenced by critics and underscores Democratic calls for change.
Samuel J Kimxwoontestifies Blaine is an honest man. He recalls serving four years in the senate with Blaine, later in Garfields cabinet, noting Blaines integrity and condemning Democratic slander as a disgrace to politics.
A notice promotes The Iowa Road Manual by John Scott president of the Iowa State Road Improvement Association. It outlines the manual’s purpose and the association’s drive for larger road districts and township control of road funds. It notes the manual is seventy six pages and can be obtained free by sending two two cent stamps to Col. John Scott Nevada Iowa.
Geo H Simmons Republican candidate for county supervisor is praised for a long Civil War service. Enlisted at 17 in the 1st Michigan 90 day unit, fought at Bull Run, re enlisted in the 4th Michigan Cavalry and served until 1865. He helped capture Jeff Davis at Irwinville and earned part of the $100 000 reward.
An advertisement touts Parker's Air Balsam as a non oily non dye hair dressing. It claims to stop hair loss restore color and grow hair long thick and glossy for women who envy others.
A survey of language shifts critiques inflated diction in newspapers and books while praising rustic and idiomatic speech. It notes political tensions between Democrats and Greenbackers, a medical ad, counterfeit coin warnings, local science on atmospheric blue cast, and a Kellogg wedding in Washington Territory with Judge Kellogg as a pioneer Story County lawyer.
The writer laments sweltering heat across New York while noting saloon fronts promising comfort with cold drinks. He visits a Bowery side street novelty, an ice floor dance hall advertised as the biggest thing on ice. A manager boasts three days of operation and warns of deaths if customers linger in the cold.
The article details various frog preparation methods for hind legs including blanching soaking, egg white coating, and flouring before frying in olive oil. It suggests serving with lemon pepper brown bread and butter and notes options such as curry batter frying and butter wine stews while praising the dish as a delicate, velvety entree.
The city nears completion of a major water program adding 10 million gallons daily to the Croton system already at 98 million. Water from Rye Lake fed by springs fills a 260 acre reservoir, with a four foot diameter iron pipe spanning over fifteen miles to Croton mains.
Philadelphia Call reports Mr. Blank-Well has become famous, with a portrait published in the Stumptown Bugle under the heading Men of the Hour. The exchange notes the caption possibly cites the hour as 2 a.m.
An exchange unfolds between a nearsighted gentleman entering a store and a sarcastic young man. The man asks for linen dusters while the youth belittles clerical status, implying the errand boy role and mocking the clerk’s duties amid a blunt life philosophy.
The Chilean cruiser Esmeralda achieved a mean speed of eighteen and a quarter knots on sea trials, surpassing the former fastest Isis at eighteen knots. Esmeralda is a case-mated monitor type with high freeboard, light armor, and powerful armament including ten-inch breech-loading guns, six-inch rifles, revolving cannons, and automatic weapons.
The ad text extols Hop Bitters, praising cures and urging trials. It also details an October 29 1884 public auction in Harrison township listing cattle horses hogs hay oats and farm equipment with terms, buyers and sellers named Hovnanian Bowden and Tom Mowekson as auctioneer.
Mrs Wimas of Newton Iowa reports a long severe cough lasting twenty five years. After trying many remedies she used Dr King’s New Discovery. The first bottle relieved her and the second cured her completely. Trial bottles offered free at Henr Westerman's Drug Store. Large 31Ze DI.
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