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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1886
Page
2
Classified notice outlines yearly advertising pricing with changes weekly. Rates listed include 500 lines at 25 dollars, 1200 lines at 50 dollars, and per line charges for first and additional insertions. The notice notes second class mail status and post office entry in Ames.
EP Amus sits on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road. It is thirty six miles north of Des Moines Iowa and serves as the seat of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with a public school and a large school building. The farming lands nearby yield fruits and orchard products.
A fragmentary OCR shows a county official roster including Auditor Clerk of the Courts Treasurer Recorder Superintendent of Schools Surveyor and Coroner. Names appear garbled but indicate typical county offices and roles.
The document lists city officials including Mayor M. J. Smith, Recorder Akos, Treasurer W. C. Shockley, Marshal L. Van Dusen, and Street Commissioner A. Richmond with additional names E. R. Chamberlain E Haverly G. H. Maxwell H. Westerman A. Perkins among others.
The notice lists Sunday morning and evening services, Sunday School, and a Wednesday prayer meeting. It notes pastors H. J. Everly and E. C. Moulton with service times including 10:45 am for morning worship and 7:30 pm for evening worship.
A poem by Julia H May depicts a mother’s bond with her child Mary. The speaker reflects on aging and the child’s innocent questions about God and angels. The tender exchange ends with the child kissing the mother and murmuring Mother’s girl.
Grandma Mary Hall opposes her grandchildren’s play and contemplates binding them out. Ebenezer and the children depart for Cornelia Crashaw’s but return when Mary learns she misses them. Her heart opens, reconciliation follows, and love renews the home.
The London Lancet discusses South American hammocks as clean comfortable beds alternatives. It describes Ita palm fiber hammocks that adapt to body movement, argue they reduce sanitation issues, and note benefits for bed ridden patients and hospital use based on experiences in the South American forest and Essequibo.
A Times of India editor Grattan Geary recounts manna-like substance in Kerkook and Bagdad regions, noting its dew-fall, granular form, yellowish white color, and honeyed taste. The piece cites biblical links and reflects on miraculous sustenance versus natural phenomena and moral reflections.
Poem reflects on three women and their roles in society. A bridelike figure, a grieving mourner in yellow asphodel, and a nurturing helper who endures beyond earthly life. The piece celebrates steadfast virtue, devotion, and charitable work as eternal gifts.
A witty old man warns that a young bride may truly love her rich husband yet fear lasting loneliness if she becomes a widow, noting the world would be all too different for an orange than for her in tragedy and memory.
Hobson tells Mrs. Rusk his deep sorrow and love for John as the world mourns a good man. The Judge notes a greater effort ahead and a Providence guiding events in the wake of the minister's death.
Mrs Gummidge reads a Chicago News item noting Mr Parnell is described as a bachelor and in favor of home rule. Mr Gummidge reacts by pondering the implications and sitting on the back door step.
The piece argues that women should study current politics and news to understand modern governance, noting politics affect all and that informed women can influence male relatives. It claims newspapers now present political events in engaging ways and that knowledge remains valuable whether or not women vote soon.
A feature from the workingman urges workers to set a foundation rule of faithfulness in small duties. It advises tidying the workspace, offering extra time when needed, and avoiding quarrelsome punctuality. Indispensability to the employer helps guard against layoffs in hard times.
A collie named Jack in the Sierra Madre Mountains climbs angled trees to chase squirrels. He scales forty five degree trunks with rough bark then descends carefully to the ground, barking at frightened prey as his master watches. The piece ends with a moral remark about temperance and beauty.
A Senate member recalled an Indian cemetery containing many noted Englishmen buried there including George Gordon and Henry Trevelyan baronets. The fragment notes these names among the graves seen during travel.
Washington letter notes two classes in the Capitol. Senators and committee clerks go hatless, while Representatives, with constituents, often wear hats even atop the dome. Senators favor poorer hats in transitions between chambers.
A Philadelphia Call quip contrasts a French Crystal Palace lock offering over 3,000,000 combinations with a home front door lock. Mrs Dusenbury is teased for spending long hours blundering with her key, highlighting a playful social exchange.
A Boston Record anecdote recalls old Mr Adams living near Wayland who quips that the soil is so thin it cannot bear a man endways. Gus Somerby, a Middlesex lawyer, recounts the scene as Adams crawls home after a day in the fields with haying gear and a jug, proving his wit amid hardship.
A fragment notes that correction blinds judgment and equity cannot be judged fairly when the judge is a party. The remark cautions against a biased outcome where judicial impartiality is compromised.
A New York Commercial Advertiser critique urges colleges to prioritize training in the mother tongue. It laments that most institutions neglect English instruction, with few showing improvement and nine of ten offering subpar English teaching.
A cartoonish dialogue about confections prompts warnings on health and the word corn appearing on a bottle. Mrs. Klinks defends a city’s best confections while the husband questions its wholesomeness and glucose content.
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