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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
4
College notes detail visits from Prof Beyer and Noble. Alumni and staff travel, marry, or return, with plans for football tours and a San Francisco trip. Mentions include Langfitt at Aermotor, Zern in Wyoming, and Dowell re nominated for Harrison county clerk. Madrid play set for Sept 22 at Ames Opera House.
Bruneaum & Co led by Z Shugart announces a policy shift to cash prices only starting October 1 with no deviation. The note signals a long tenure of service in Nevada Iowa.
All aboard for the South Platte valley Colorado next Tuesday morning September 15 with M Hemstreet of Ames inviting others to join. The trip offers pleasant weather and low costs with possible very low rates to Denver from these lands.
In a letter to Rushford Spectator editor W F Benjamin the aunt of Dexter Iowa explains she would bring Chamberlains Cough Remedy Pain Balm and Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to avoid being without them. The Iowa people have used them for nearly twenty five years and deem them invaluable. Druggists in the area sell them.
Adams Bros tout Newton Wagons as the neatest looking and highest grade on the market backed by Louaghran Machine Co. The White Rose Flour is claimed best in market today with flour sold at one dollar per sack.
All kinds of salt fish at S. G. HAMILTON's. Newman Bros. organs are for sale by J. S. Thompson. For Rent Room suitable for storage. Inquire of Adams Bros.
Scattered social brief items from Clinton Ames Prairie City and other towns. Visits include Miss Gertrude Fairchild a guest in Fifth street and Rev Southwell traveling to Ames to see Bishop Newman. Other notices mention Miss Lillie Vangilder returning to Ames, Miss Della Bell visiting Miss Emma Kelley then Ames, and Mr and Mrs H L Carrol visiting Algona with extended stay. Des Moines items report a threshing bee poll favoring McKinley over Bryan 16 to 1 16, and Prof G W Carver moving to Tuskegee Institute with a $1500 salary. The Capital reports Miss Lucy Beyer entertaining shoo m mates in Ames with a musical program and social array. Add note promoting Cole's air tight heater by Bineaum Co.
Parties considering moving to other states are urged to contact Mr Coull for information about rental and sale options.
Rev. Everly will deliver his closing sermon Sunday before conference. He has served as pastor at Ames for seven years across two terms totaling five to six years, and at Jefferson for five years. If his congregation desires, he is likely to be returned to both churches in the next assignment.
A local shop lists a broad stock including dinner and toilet ware along with toys lamps soaps woodenware tin and granite ware and a fancy china sale inviting customers to call for details and prices.
In Huxley Ames Sherman Center Washington Richland Grant Milford townships voters schedule school meetings from September 17 to September 26. Lists of trustees or inspectors include G W Phillips D J Vinje B W Warrick L Weld E McCall M P Webb H M Funson O B Peterson and others.
The Decorah Republic reports Geo Pfister started with a small package of Flying Dutchman oats, yielding 74 pounds of seed from his first harvest. Last year he produced about forty bushels, and this year on 15 acres he gathered 400 bushels despite worm damage. He plans to sow about 70 acres next year hoping for a large return.
From September 10 to 19 inclusive the North Western Line sells ex cursion tickets to Sioux City at one fare for the round trip with return valid through September 21 1896. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents for tickets and full details. Also notes on heating stoves and locally advertised goods and medicines including Chamberlains Pain Balm available from Druggists.
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