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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1891
Page
6
A clipped timetable shows train services northbound on the Denver Limited and Des Moines passenger routes. It lists the Night express and freight connections with routes to Des Moines and morning departures, indicating limited service on Sundays.
Mrs. Turner improves while Mrs. Mont Bisbee recovers from fever. A parade of visitors and travelers includes Miss Allie Cole from Marshalltown, Miss Fanny Gilvert in Ames, and many relatives from Iowa and Nebraska. Local events feature the Des Moines U. B. Conference, Kennan Lecture guests, and remarks on politics, prohibition, and the new college area.
Story City host on Saturday October 31 featured Hon. T. McCall W. O. Payne and T. J. Miller. Milford township Pleasant Grove 8 H met Monday November 2 with W. Payne and Ole O. Roe.
A political reminder urges Tuesday voting and civic duty. Local store ads highlight clothing and home goods at Bigelow & Smith. A Des Moines College male quartet performs for Kelley Baptist Church with admission 25 and 15 cents for adults and children. An Iowa Synod temperance resolution is received from Rev J W Henderson. Ames Branch Excelsior Library opens at Westerman & Arnold. The Hardin County Citizen comments on Judge Weaver and local editorials. Epworth League hosts a Longfellow evening at the M E Church. Baptist Ladies Aid plans election day dinner in Ben Read’s building. Kennan lecture praised. attendees travel from Boone Nevada Gilbert Story City.
President Beardshear addressed a full M E church audience on temperance reform focusing on John B. Gough. He emphasized sympathy and heart power over legal measures and shared incidents from Gough’s life to reclaim the fallen. Rev Douglass and Rev Dow assisted with the sermon and choir provided strong music.
E L Taylor died last Friday of heart disease after illness since February and was buried Sunday afternoon in our cemetery. Born in Ohio in 1834, he moved to Illinois at age 2, then to Story county in 1865 with a brief Madrid absence. He lived as a farmer near Nevada for about ten years and was the oldest of nine siblings, the first of seven to die. He married twice, leaving a widow and five grown daughters. A respected Arcadia Lodge Mason, his funeral was at the Methodist Church with Rev. Bohn officiating and Masonic rites at the grave, with 60 Masons marching. Delegates from Nevada, Boone, and Cambridge attended. Arcadia Lodge No. 249 A F and A M issued resolutions praising his fidelity and offering condolences to his family.
Dan'l McCarthy writes from Welshpool in Wales dated December 19 1888 about attending the Smithfield Fat Stock Show in London and comparing English and Iowa markets. He notes cattle sheep and hog prices, laments poverty and liquor sales, mentions Turner McLain moving to town, local lectures, and plans for community events and merchants Bicelow and Smith Goble.
The Washington township Republican Caucus will be held at this office on Saturday October 31 at 3 p m to nominate a township Trustee for a full term.
The electors of Washington township are notified of a general election to be held in Ames on Tuesday November 3. Polls open 9 to 12 mornings and 1 to 6 afternoons. Local notes include Shockley visiting, Storr's Ames trip, Jergerson returning from Des Moines, Wiggins funeral in Wright county, Peterson's Des Moines trip, Grandup silver anniversary, and updates on diphtheria and local travel and visits by Fuller Terpany and family.
The letter urges voting straight for all candidates noting McCall as a strong Senator, Stuntz as a conservative Rep, Miller as well known, Ashford for Sheriff, Reed as capable, Church for Surveyor, Chamberlin as Coroner, and John Johnson as Supervisors. It highlights Bernard Forst's rise from clerk to millionaire oil operator and claims the McDonald gusher produces about 4500 dollars of oil daily.
Local notices list a Ladies prayer meeting with Mrs Hutchison and a Friday afternoon W A meeting with Mrs Stevens. Adams Bros promote goods and teas. Ames lumber firms highlighted for steady reliability. real estate asks for farm property under 600 dollars. Dr E R Hutchins cancellation. temperance resolutions from Des Moines U B Conference reaffirm opposition to licensing open saloons and support prohibition with a firm stance against local option. general conference voting guidance included.
Cris Dale will supply water with well augers and drills as coal shipments expand from this station. New corn is arriving, farmers report good yields, and Frank Gilbert and Ben Livingston have built cattle sheds with car loads of smooth steers on full feed. Jack Galway receives pension back pay, Wm Canaday suffers ear pain from a weed, and Rev. Henderson attends Presbytery as a temperance service is planned next Sabbath evening. The community mourns Mirnie Star of Haywarden with funeral at the C P Church to Ames.
Geo Cameron currently maintains a full stock of No 1 hand made brick at his kiln located 50 yards west of the Clear Creek tile works. The notice emphasizes ready material stock for consumers and builders in the area.
The Charleston News and Courier urges a protective duty on finer imported unmanufactured cotton to keep wealth at home, arguing the South can meet domestic demand. it questions if the Democratic House due next December will grant it. Also notes resolutions from Christian Sunday School mourning John Ives and honoring his character.
Frash celery every week at Hamilton and Co. Have E. S. Downs figure on your lumber. Finest display of beaters in city at Bingham & Co. Best line of coffees in the county at Hamilton & Co. Bingham & Co. are making a great effort to keep ahead of their immense trade in Hardware and shop work. They employ two workmen.
The Toledo letter argues that tariffs do not function as taxes by citing examples such as salt starch and calico. It notes salt costs and duties but remains cheaper for consumers and claims tariffs foster American production and lower prices. The writer urges the governor to name more everyday items to support his claim.
Lowa Center’s L Fitzgerald and Cambridge’s W F Stratton announce auctioneering services for Story and nearby counties. Moderate terms and guaranteed satisfaction. Address above or call.
An advertisement touts Krause's German Oil as a penetrating external remedy for neuralgia and facial skin care. It also promotes Cases Cover Cure as a one minute remedy for emergencies and notes a 20 percent discount on branded watches at J. B. Paxton's.
Petition filed by Carrie Reynolds seeks partition and sale of E Starr heirs property in Story County including east half of NE fractional quarter of section 6 township 5 range 23 and a land strip in NE quarter of section 24, plus two acres in Ames. Heirs named J Newland Starr Benjamin F Starr Vivian A Gossard Benjamin G Gossard. Unless you appear by November term 1891, default will be entered. Attorney Geo A Underwood.
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