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29 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1891
Page
1
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Mrs Yarner is improving. Mrs Mont Bisbee is slowly improving after fever. Chas Pitser rests at home. Mrs H Alberts returned from Des Moines. Miss Allie Cole of Marshalltown visits relatives. Miss Fanny Gilbert stays with friends in Ames. M E Crozier of Dexter visited Ames over Sunday. Geo E Baker happy with mother’s visit. Mrs Kate Cook returns from Tecumseh Neb. Mr and Mrs Carey Kegley welcome a new arrival Tuesday evening. Mesdames Wood Mills H C Boardman and C E Smith in town Monday. Mrs E S Little returns from Tecumseh. Mrs J P McDonal and Mrs D M Haverly visiting in Ames. Mrs David Maxwell and granddaughter Mildred to Illinois for a month. Mrs James Coulter of Dawson ND visiting parents. Mr Milo Manning of Crawford NE visiting relatives with view to settling nearby. N L and Ellsworth Taylor of Rochelle Ill in town for uncle’s funeral. Mr John Loar and wife of Colfax Ill visiting relatives. R T Sisson tours to Dubuque to study Arkansas prohibitory law. Des Moines U B Conference in session at U B Church. Dr C W Allen and O B Peterson visit from Story City for Kennan Lecture. Then and now what Daniel y Esq wrote in 1388—goes on about Gov Boies and Democracy. New buildings nearing completion many nearly ready for occupancy. G A Underwood’s new house on Point Pleasant. A Republican near Ames hints at promotion and an addition to the depot lunch room. W P Goon brings corn showing odd kernels. New line of silk dress Bedford cards and novelties by Biestow & Spare.
Story City hosts gatherings Saturday Oct 31 with Hon T C McCall W O Payne and Tide Miller. Milford township Pleasant Grove 8 H hosts Monday Nov 2 with W P Payne and Ole O Roe.
A period of civic calls to vote on Tuesday plus local events. Ads invite shoppers to Bigelow & Smith's for flannels blankets underwear and hosiery and note a Des Moines College quartet concert for the Kelley Baptist Church with admission priced for adults and children. The Ames Excelsior Library opens at Westerman & Arnold's, and Local temperance resolutions from the Iowa Synod are discussed. Epworth League holds a Longfellow evening at the M E Church Friday Oct 30.
The Baptist Ladies Aid Society plans a dinner and supper on election day in Ben Read's new building with all invited. Bigelow & Smith advertise new goods at popular prices. The Kennan lecture last Saturday drew a large, attentive audience from Boone Nevada Gilbert Story City and nearby towns.
President Beardshear spoke at the M E church on Sunday evening focusing on John B. Gough and detailing the temperance reformer’s life. The talk emphasized sympathy and heart power over legal measures, with Rev Douglass and Rev Dow assisting and the M E choir providing fine music.
E L Taylor died last Friday of heart disease after years of illness and was buried Sunday afternoon in our cemetery. Born in 1834 in Ohio, he moved to Illinois at age two and later to Story County where he lived except for a Madrid absence. A longtime farmer near Nevada, he leaves a widow and five adult daughters. A respected Arcadia Lodge member, his funeral at the Methodist Church featured Masonic rites and music, with over 60 Masons present from Nevada Boone and Cambridge. Arcadia Lodge 249 AF and AM adopted resolutions praising his fidelity and fellowship and offering sympathy to his family.
Dan'l Mcwarthy writes from Welshpool Wales describing the Smithfield Fat Stock Show in London and Iowa’s superior sheep and cattle. He condemns liquor shops as a cause of poverty, hints at local politics, and notes community events and new stock of goods at Bier Low & Smith with church and charitable notices.
Washington township electors are notified of a Republican caucus at the office on Saturday October 31 at 3 PM to nominate a township Trustee for a full term. A general election in Ames township will be held on Tuesday November 3 with polls from 9 AM to 12 PM and 1 PM to 6 PM.
Will Shockley of Ames was in town last Sunday. Fred Storr traveled to Ames on business last week. Martin Jergerson returned home Friday from Des Moines where he studied. Wiggins died at his Wright county home Friday. P A Peterson made a Des Moines trip on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Grandup celebrated their silver wedding last Sunday. Diptheria is the go now days. Oran Fuller and Frank Terpany returned from a Mudlake hunting trip. Harry Terpany visited his brother Frank last Friday and Saturday.
The writer urges voting for all candidates, praising T C McCall Stuntz Miller Ashford Reed Church Chamberlin Johnson and John Johnson for Sheriff Surveyor Coroner and Supervisorship. It also recounts Bernard Forst as a Bradford PA clerk turned oil millionaire tied to the McDonald gusher producing about 4500 dollars of oil daily.
Local ads tout Adams Bros coffee at 30c and stock of new teas with a guarantee of superior quality. Also notes eggs at Bigelow Smiths and a tradesmen claim for steady daily reliability from J H Queal & Co Ames lumbermen. Community notices include a WSA meeting with Mrs Stevens and a prayer meeting with Mrs Hutchison. Des Moines U B Conference proclaims temperance and condemns licensing of saloons.
Cris Dale supplies wells and drills for water. Farmers report good corn yields and large coal shipments from the station. Frank Gilbert and Ben Livingston build cattle sheds and ship smooth steers. Jack Galway receives pension back pay. Wm Canaday injured by weed in ear. W L McKee returns for winter school. Rev Henderson and C P Church attend Presbytery. Gospel temperance service planned. Mirnie Star dies. funeral at C P Church then Ames burial. Geo Cameron sells brick from kiln west of Clear Creek tile works.
The South backs a protective duty on finer imported unmanufactured cotton to keep millions of dollars at home. The Charleston News and Courier argues the domestic industry should be protected and questions whether the Democratic House, meeting next December, will grant it. Also notes subscriber notice, Sunday School resolutions for John Ives, and a heater display at Bingham & Co.
The Toledo letter argues Governor Campbell’s claim that the tariff is a tax is false. Using examples like salt starch and calico, the writer contends duties raise prices for imports but do not tax domestic goods, noting that competition among American makers lowers costs and consumer prices.
L. Fitzgerald of Lowa Center and W. F. Stratton of Cambridge announce readiness to handle auction sales across Story and adjoining counties. Terms moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. Address or call as above.
L. M. Bosworth, a druggist, advertises Krause's German Oil as an external remedy for neuralgia claiming it penetrates the skin like oil and tastes as it is rubbed on the face. Sold for twenty five cents a bottle.
The notice urges keeping Cases Cover Cure as a ready remedy for sudden illnesses like croup or whooping cough. It stresses preparedness and presents a sales pitch by L. M. Bosworth, with 20 percent off watches from J.B. Paxton's on Elgin, Waltham, Springfield, Hampden or Columbus.
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