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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1887
Page
2
Hon Elihu B Washburn died in Chicago on Monday. He served as a U S Congressman for the Galena district for many years and was Minister to France during the Franco German war. He was a close personal friend of General Grant throughout the rebellion.
The political scene in Iowa this fall shows Democrats quieter than usual and weaker than expected. Republicans appear self-assured, inviting less public uproar as voters approach election day.
The municipal election in Indianapolis produced a decisive defeat for the Sim Coy corruptionists and a triumph for the Republican ticket aided by law-and-order Democrats. The victory is framed as a stand against social ills and calls for swift conviction and punishment of tally sheet forgers.
In Hicksville on Tuesday Governor Foraker rebutted Democratic claims that he called President Cleveland a dog. A loud interruption from a rear-bleacher elf-soldier provoked laughter as he urged that the whistle should stop the insult.
The article lists 3 million working women in the United States with 6000 in agriculture in the cotton South and 640000 in manufactories. It notes 330000 in laundries calling for a China exclusion and 280000 as milliners with 2000 dressmakers. Other roles include 60000 in tailors shops and 640000 as saleswomen teachers and more. There are about 200,000 female physicians.
General Lucius Fairchild notes in The American Magazine that the Order disburses funds directly to needy families of deceased or disabled soldiers. He cites reported outlay of over 253 thousand dollars this year, plus unreported payments bringing the total well past half a million, with sixteen years totaling 1,173,655.60. He argues the organization gives a high share of its receipts to charity, without distributing agents.
The article recalls Ulysses S. Grant's ascent to command of the Army of the Mississippi and later all Union forces in 1864. It notes battles near Chattanooga, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, and the heavy losses and strategic expectations in 1863–64. It also describes life in camp, letters, morale, Red River actions, and the 13th Corps’ reassignment to the 19th Corps amid Morganza and Baton Rouge assignments.
The text describes H M Funson as a democratic senatorial candidate born of a renegade republican switch after Story County failed to nominate his father in law for sheriff. It portrays him as cunning and partisan, with a history of political shifts and alleged betrayals, contrasted with Republican opponent Davidson.
A farmer, after installing new lightning rods on his barn, grows tired. A tramp lights a pipe and sleeps in the hay mow, illustrating the rough edge of rural life.
A guide lists whistle meanings for trains including one long blast for approach, one short for brakes, two long to release brakes, two short to answer the conductor, three long for train parts, four long to call the flagman, four short for signals from crew, and sequences for crossings and rear protection. It notes a succession of short blasts warns of danger to people or cattle on the track.
Swell young men wheel barrows along fashionable streets each evening escorting beautiful young ladies in a chaperoned social fad sweeping St. Louis society with playful novelty and public attention.
Advertorial claim states deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and that local applications cannot cure it. It offers a hundred dollar reward for an uncured case of deafness caused by catarrh, and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, 75 cents, sold by druggists.
Miss Olive Risley Seward, adopted daughter of the ex secretary, will publish in Scribner's Magazine a new chapter on the diplomatic history of the United States. The piece discusses the abortive treaty with Denmark over the purchase of the island of St Thomas.
Dr. Wm. J. Conley a local druggist at Elk Point Dakota says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has given the best satisfaction of any medicine in the market.
The excerpt advertises Wide Awake content and fiction for October including Maurice Thompson’s My First Voyage and Henry Tyrells Catskill Dear story. It highlights outdoor articles by E S Brooks Kant Allens Pitcher Plant Amanda B Harris Indianora Talk and Hassam Barnes Lungren illustrations. It notes serials by Charles Egbert Craddock Mrs Catherwood and Mrs Champneys Indian serials and biographical features on Alice Freeman and Concord Library. Subscriptions priced 2.40 annually.
A letter from A. D. Hayward describes a yearlong leg infection between the knee and ankle with swelling and bruising. After using Vapillon Clarke's extract of flax Skin cure, the writer reports healing and the ability to walk two miles. Advertisements for Papillon Company flax extract and Shiloh's Vitalizer accompany notes on music criticism by William F. Apthorp for Scribner's Magazine November issue.
An advertorial fragment touts Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites as superior for rickets and marasmus, claiming rapid flesh and strength gains and citing a New York doctor. It also mentions Shiloh’s Vitalizer from J Pickett & Co and notes a forthcoming Scribner's Magazine November feature by John B White on the ancient Viking ship Gokstad discovered in Southern Norway.
Advert says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy reliably cures cramp cholera morbus dysentery and diarrhea in worst forms. It is pleasant to take and recommended for every family during summer months with 2 cent 50 cent and dollar bottles available.
A large scale test of fruit varieties is under way at the Agricultural farm in Ames. About a hundred apple varieties, thirty peach types, many plum and pear varieties, and numerous other fruits are being evaluated.
A vintage advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia liver complaints and related ailments. It claims three doses prove the remedy with sample bottles offered for sale. The copy emphasizes health restoration and broad applicability to various disorders.
The Illinois Central will set a one fare round trip from Iowa and neighboring states to the National Batter Cheese and Egg Association convention in Manchester Iowa on November 1 2 and 3. Tickets on sale Oct 41 to Nov 5 with return to Nov 8. The Iowa State Association also meets there. Manchester leads West butter market. Delaware County is banner butter county. Exhibits of cream separators churns and cheese apparatus will run by steam. exhibitors get war fright rates and free return billing to origin.
D A Bradford of Chattanooga Tennessee says a serious cold settled on his lungs and resisted remedies until he tried Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. He claims a cure after a few bottles and uses it for all coughs and colds in his family. Free trial bottles at L M Bosworth's Drug Store.
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy claims to cure catarrh and secure sweet breath with a free nasal injector. Sold by J. H. Pickett & Co. Funds in Webster City seek $3,000 to probe for natural gas, with Chicago expert noting gas beneath the area and city residents offering half the cost to explore.
Advertising copy touts Papillon Catarrh Cure as the best remedy for catarrh and offensive symptoms. It promotes price at $1.40 and prepaid shipment by Papillon Company of Chicago, with endorsements claiming cleansing liver relief and related products. Sold by J. H. Pickett & Co. and Shiloh's Cough and Consumption CureGuaranteed.
A Melon train ran from Valdosta Georgia to Boston last week covering thirteen hundred miles in seventy five hours. The note wryly remarks on melon transport and the unlikely journey and its humorous risk of colic after eating a green melon.
Edward Shepherd of Storrisburg Illinois praises Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for a eight year leg sore avoiding surgery. Rev. Ecx ies clears a conference misstep in Des Moines. W A Baldwin of Boonville Iowa credits Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for cramping stomach pains.
Republican gatherings are listed across Story County for October with venues in Ontario New Albin and Washington and Howard Townships. Notes include speakers Professors L W Dyer Carrell W O Payne and G A Underwood with dates October 2 and 29 in the evening. Local committees to ready meeting places. General Lucius Fairchild to contribute to The American Magazine.
We seek dependable men to canvass for selling nursery stock with good salaries or commission. New and choice fruit and ornamental ties available. Send for our free catalogue of greenhouse bulbs and bedding plants. Address L L May & Co Nurserymen Florists St Paul Minnesota. Dr Sargent will contribute to Scribners Magazine on Physical Characteristics of the Athlete.
110 acres under cultivation with a good house barn and well. Price 30.00 per acre and mortgage 1400.00. Will exchange for suitable city property or merchandise stock. Also 2-8 story brick store building in a good town or best corner lot priced at 4000.00 with 1000.00 mortgage. Will exchange for stock or merchandise. ROBERT CAIRNS Jr Ames.
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