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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
7
Expine Goble reports in Des Moines Iowa on September 13 1898 about unseasonably cool weather last week with lower than normal temperatures and light frosts causing no damage. Rainfall was adequate and pastures improved while soil remains moist for fall plowing as wheat and rye sowing continues and corn matures ready for frost.
Telegrapher Ed Graves from Colo visited Ames on his way home after doing newspaper work for the Nevada Journal. Also recounted are local health tips praising Dr Pierces Pleasant Pellets for constipation and a Newton clipping about Rev Huffman’s windmill accident. The report notes Ralph Baker’s army service and a sanitary complaint about care in Omaha, plus local business news on blankets from Cooley & Jones and a Louis Metz cello solo in Webster City.
The notice invites dental work at reasonable prices with early appointments emphasized. It states Boone on September 23 24 25 and Nevada on September 19 20 for sittings that may be limited due to high demand.
The notice extols Barkhurst’s photography citing posing light effects and finishing judgment. It invites testing his work and notes he will satisfy customers and be called again for the best there is in photography. Also mentions a judge overruling a motion for a new trial in a Ames case and advertises Miter Kooser grocery.
Letter from P. E. Barrier of pack-train No. 3, written in Santiago de Cuba on July 23, credits Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for enabling urgent ammunition and rations deliveries. He recalls rushing to keep troops supplied and notes personal relief after stocking the medicine in Tampa before departure.
Black yearling male mare strayed from O. D. Mathers pastures. Finder will be paid for trouble. Leave word at this office or notify Jason Brttinas.
Dec. 198 James A. Baker advertises loans on farm lands at six percent interest for long terms.
Notice notes Dr. W. E. Harriman relocating to new rooms above Thurston's hardware store in the Hamilton Block. The item also mentions a flour shipment to local firm and visits by Wilkinson brothers from Sterling Illinois to Ames, reflecting long absence and changes since 23 years ago.
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