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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1890
Page
3
The schedule lists GOING EAST and GOING NORTH train times with freight and passenger services. Notable times include 6:47 PM and 10:00 PM departures northbound and a passenger service cutoff stating no other trains carry passengers except Sunday.
County Attorney Dyer seen on streets Monday and many visitors drop by town. Miss Emma Kegley returns home from Madrid to visit uncle Mr. Kegley. Rev. Snider and son visit from Helena Ontario. Ada Cook resumes teaching in the local school. Miss Westerman heads to Omaha to organize a class. Mrs. Fairchild hosts a large reception. Manning and wife arrive from Crawford praising local prospects.
Revs J B Ford and Pinckney hold meetings at Evergreen church. The Christian Sunday School hosts a box sociable at Hicks residence Thursday. Story County Fair extends due to rain today. P B Butler of Ames dies. burial in Oskaloosa. W A group adjusts meeting day to Friday. Agricultural society issues cabbage head passes. fair Sept 16 17 18 under Maxwel and Curtis. Ames public schools open with 260 students. town grows with new bank block storehouse barn and elevator. Equitable Life visits for expansion of Ames policyholders and potential local branch.
Over seventy five friends gathered at Dr and Mrs Beverly’s Ames residence Monday night for their fifth wedding anniversary. E B Stevenson directed songs, Rev Stevenson presented gifts, and speakers from Ames Boone Chicago Zearing and Cedar Rapids offered remarks. A lavish repast followed and valued gifts including hall tree tables and chairs were received.
Fairfax suffered a five thousand dollar blaze last Thursday night as fire destroyed parts of the town. Authorities report several properties damaged while firefighting crews battled the flames through the night.
Our schools started last week with good attendance. Principal is Mr Veneman, a former college student. Miss Richardson travels to Washington for health. Wm Dayton moves into the Bonney house. Mrs D C Adams just returned from Cedar Rapids with her New York aunt. Rev Throckmorton went to conference and hopes to return for another year. The railroad bridge east of town work resumes. Mrs John Brougiard visiting her son and friends. plans to move to Nebraska with her daughter. Mr and Mrs Niskern visiting in Minneapolis. Eddie minds the house alone. Mr and Mrs Stahl and children from Kansas visit William Houser. Simmons couple visiting old friends. sold Mitchelville home, uncertain where to locate.
A traveler from Ames recalls visits with Miss Blanche Granger in Randolph and praises Boston during encampment week. He notes friendly reception, vivid civic scenes, humane efforts by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the charm of local life, with anecdotes about people from Maine to Washington.
A collection of notices and wry quotes includes details of a 90 acre Washington township farm known as the Moyer farm with timber, an inquiry to administrator W H Johnston, and miscellaneous observations. It also notes projections on electricity for locomotives and political commentary from scholars and newspapers.
Local merchants report full departments after market with a large dry goods stock. They invite the public to inspect the assortment and promise very low prices.
Snow fell in North Dakota last Friday morning while cholera was reported in central Ohio. Northern Pacific fires rage in Washington and the Grand Lodge of the L O O F meets in Topeka. Rumors place ex president Cleveland moving to Massachusetts as Clarkson plans winter in Paris. Ericsson’s body landed in Stockholm after ceremony aboard the Baltimore. Missouri Pacific wreck injures twenty. six seriously. Giant powder blast at Shohola Glen kills three and injures others. Knights of Pythias tighten rules on insurance and many associations plan closures. Rio Janeiro reports a pivotal general election on the 15th under Pedro II exile decree. unrest and violence loom. The world’s fair commission in Pullman building debates a director general between Hastings and Davis.
An advertisement claims Shiloh's Cure cures hacking coughs quickly and guarantees relief. The copy from Westerman and Arnold targets sleepless nights caused by coughing and presents Shiloh's Cure as the remedy for sufferers.
Uncle Sam's Condition Powder and Uncle Sam's Nerve and Bone Liniment sold by all druggists. A second hand piano described as in good repair for sale cheap can be seen at Henry Barnes residence in Ames. Story County Bank of Ames offers long term real estate loans at 6 percent with annual interest and prepayment options.
Central Station Des Moines Iowa reports the week was slightly cooler than normal with a 10 degree deficit and a cold wave ending in frost across the state. Sunshine was average and rainfall below average overall with some southern counties seeing excess. Corn yields are estimated at 24 bushels per acre for sound merchantable corn, about 80 percent of the ten year Iowa average. Local notices advertise Tildens new clothing and boots for sale with a humorous exchange about a clock.
The note describes a charming little book detailing how a whole neighborhood planned to attend the Corn Palace. It notes the farm life scene is true to life and should appeal to farm families in Illinois and Iowa. The Illinois Central Railroad passenger department offers free copies by mail, addressed to F B Bowes in Chicago or J F Merry in Manchester Iowa.
A black silk bag containing a purse and a handkerchief was found. The owner may claim it at this office by paying for notice.
The Chicago and North-Western Railway offers weekly through Colonist cars from Chicago to San Francisco with first or second class accommodations and $4.00 double births. Cars depart Chicago Wednesdays at 10 30 P M and reach San Francisco Sundays at 10 45 P M. Tickets and details from agents of the railway.
A collage of local ads lists farm for sale 45 acres 44 miles northwest of Gilbert Station with easy terms, dental services in Ames, travel and banking offers, insurance tombstones, health tonics and cleansers, animal and horse remedies, and patent medicines. Various merchants including Westerman Arnold Bosworth and L M Bosworth promote Shiloh products, Spavin Liniment, Dr Jaques Worm Cakes, and Vitalizer with prices and guarantees.
Advertises a series of railway excursions to Minnesota North Dakota Iowa Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Idaho and Montana with tickets at half rates one fare round trip available through Chicago and North Western Railway Company agents. Also promotes Shilo h’s Porous Plaster for back side or chest with a 25 cent price from Westerman and Arnold.
Notice from Story county district court announces ANN Kersey admx of Henry Kersey deceased. All creditors must present claims for allowance and debtors pay the estate. Dated August 23, 1890. 8-28-3.
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