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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1887
Page
3
Ames schedules a pigeon shoot with live birds and clay targets. The column laments social skeletons, lauds workers, and lists a long round of local visits, autumn scenes, and community happenings across Maxwell Kelley Ontario and nearby towns.
A cautioned reflection warns that spending time in drinking dens and gaming, while avoiding serious reading, leads to becoming a nobody. It notes many young men drift toward saloons, risking becoming a drunkard or professional gambler as the path to insignificance.
The Intelligencer urges Ames residents and investors to back new manufactories to provide employment, drive housing demand, raise rents, and boost local prosperity. It links employment to greater circulation and merchant benefits, and urges concrete action toward industrial initiatives. The issue also previews multiple early autumn weddings and social notes from Ames.
Captain Lincoln explains the failure of a promised field day in Ames Iowa after officers of the 1st Regiment agreed to attend a camp event in October. Citizens donated generously, yet the planned activity did not occur as expected, mortifying locals and prompting praise for Col Davis Capt Terry Lieut Wright who kept their pledges.
A visitor to Chicago is given a letter praising Rev. D. D. L.L. D. as a ripe scholar and personal friend. The letter asks Chicago merchants to watch him, bail him if jailed, and to charge high prices for goods since he travels deadhead and can pay. The tone suggests caution about possible deception.
The article notes Mount Tacoma as the United States tallest peak beside Mount St Elias in Alaska and discusses an ascent to the north side of the mountain. It also describes the region as wild and volcanic with a lonely, savage landscape and includes a frontispiece Hendrickson's Parish.
Settled weather invites hauling winter fuel as blizzards loom. Corn gathering began Monday morning and workers face frosty mornings. Miss Belle Cook visited home, Olive Smith heads to Guthrie County for weeks. H A Cook buying grain, J A Hotzell seeking West settlement. No Sunday meeting. a load reached Ontario safely. Western Union business dominates town life. Calamity and Laddy feature in local supper events. oysters welcome visitors. Three farmer excursionists report fine country but poor crops.
Notice to all persons interested that the final report of L. R. Jones administrator of A. G. Jones deceased is on file in the Clerk of the District Court. The final hearing is set for November 21, 1887, at Nevada Iowa. If no exceptions are filed by noon on the seventh day of the next term, the report will be approved and L. R. Jones discharged. Dated October 24, 1887.
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