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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1893
Page
8
Train schedule details for the Chicago and North Western Railway listing going east and west services, freight and passenger trains with arrival times. It notes trains like Chicago Express and Sterling express, plus Des Moines routes and freight services, with notes about Sunday operations and agent Gro. W. nockeRrs.
Sunday visits and travelers noted across Des Moines to Chicago. Residents of Ames, Nevada, Boone, Jefferson, and surrounding areas are visited by relatives, attend weddings, fairs, and baptist meetings, while missing loved ones return home from trips and the World’s Fair draws locals to Des Moines.
A dry goods department advertises rare bargains with special prices on select items. Readable details indicate limited time discounts aimed at attracting shoppers seeking value.
Grove Bros announce closure of All Summer Goods and offer wood for sale with trade valued as an object you can claim.
Blankets, quilts and winter underwear for ladies and children are needed at the Pom ersy Tornado District supply depot. Cotton clothing is plentiful. Contributions should arrive before September 20. Send a postal card for shipping directions to Superintendent Relief Work, Pomeroy, Iowa.
A local carpet exhibitor showcases a new apparatus that reflects a room to preview carpet coverage, eliminating selling by sample. Elliott adds carpet sales with fresh samples and low prices. Grove Bros. dry goods store also cuts stock and promises savings.
Inquire at this office for a small upright steam engine and boiler. We still sell California canned goods at 15c a can or 7 for $1.00. Buy Grove Bros. old papers at this office. 20 cents per hundred.
On September 1st we notify patrons that their book accounts are now due. Zenor & Son asks to see everyone who owes payments, thanking patrons for past patronage and soliciting further goodwill.
Six fine American bred Shropshire bucks one year old offered cheap. Farmers call at Loughran's to view wagons and plows. Also notices on settling accounts and continuing merchant tailoring in Ames space once used by C M Soper. Aug Carlston invites inspections of tailoring goods and prices. J Pratt yard near Kerr tile yard promotes cheap walking plows and comfortable rooms near elevated station. Adams Bros advertise Brickstein cheese.
Persons are invited to visit west of the Kerr tile yard to view handmade goods and the Yankee plow. The LOUGHRAN MACHINE Co notes the plow line and encourages customers to pay what they can on old accounts to help meet bills.
Retailers advertise full stock across dry goods clothing boots shoes furnishings and groceries under a new system with cash terms and promised lower prices than any house granting credit. They urge customers to give them a chance to show goods and name prices.
Made by Mrs Holdridge on sale at Duff s Orders taken at house 174 Eggs 12e per dozen at Bigelow Smith s All accounts due in 30 days Kennedy s Long Branch crackers at Grove Bros Dry Summer Wood for sale by Zenor Son Do not ask for credit if you cannot pay within 30 days ADAMS Bros Produce of all kinds taken in ex change for goods at Adams Bros store Try our Cerealine Grove Bros Highest market price paid for butter and eggs by Adams Bros Dry Summer Wood for sale by onor Wood for sale by Grove bros
An advertisement bundle promotes painless tooth extraction at C. E. Hunt's dental parlors and fresh Grove Bros. fruits. It features No-to-Bac a claim backed by The Sterling Remedy Co for tobacco habit care with affordable cost and mail order availability. It also urges patent ideas to DuBois & DuBois and offers a one year subscription deal for The New York Weekly Tribune.
Mr and Mrs Duthie greet a daughter born Wednesday August 30. Miller of Stanwood buys and repairs the old Regulator building from Mrs Cook, promising a transformed look. Cambridge Press urges a Chautauqua circle and a dramatic club to entertain locally. Iowa days at the World’s Fair are September 20–21 with one railroad fare. IAC college cadets will attend.
Bertha Charlson 86 died August 31 at her son in law Chris Sorrenson’s home after four weeks illness from dysentery. She was a Norway native resident of Story county 36 years and left four children. burial at Story City September 1. Jane wife of Geo W Louthan died August 31 at 10 AM at home from severe dysentery after recent la grippe bouts. 67, Ohio-born, Iowa resident since 1855, married August 3, 1862, left a 25-year-old son, funeral near Tama City tomorrow noon.
The Ames city page reports Miss Luella Stratton of Ames and Mr. I Golden of Nevada wed at the bride’s home with Rev. H J Everly officiating. A second marriage unites Miss Leda Hicks and Mr. Geo F Tripp in the Christian church. Community prayers, lectures, and church events fill the week with services, union meetings, and youth work updates.
A northbound and a westbound freight collision near the round house collapsed seven cars and damaged a stock car with hogs. The hogs mostly survived, two tramps escaped unharmed, and engineer William Muir and the north train fireman were uninjured. Investigations in Boone and Eagle Grove follow, wreckers cleared the site overnight. Dollars saved by trading with Adams Bros.
The Story county fair begins September 19 and residents are urged to prepare exhibits. The editorial calls for broader county representation, urges participation across departments, and asks readers not to judge the fair by a few displays. It encourages visiting, supporting youth, and overcoming local biases to ensure a successful event.
The Story City Herald notes the September 11 opening of school with NORTH SIDE teachers led by Principal C C Carstens and SOUTH SIDE staff including Clara Tillettson and Harriett Watts. The piece urges parental cooperation to boost school efficiency by ensuring on time attendance and supporting teachers. It also praises the local soldiers reunion coverage in the Herald.
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