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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1893
Page
6
Schedule notes the Chicago and North Western timetable for September 21 1893 listing east and west trains with various designations including express limited and freight. It notes specific departure times for named services and notes that most trains carry passengers except Sundays with Gno W. nogers listed as attendant.
Mrs. Prof Franklin and Mrs Henry Boyd hostesses blend with county fair chatter at Nevada. Ames and Story City residents travel, visit, and attend the world’s fair while students and teachers join in local events and health updates.
The Baptist Young People's Union of Ames organizes a fall and winter lecture course. Next Thursday evening features Dr Henson as the starter. Despite high prices, he is a fine speaker and expected to draw a full audience from Ames and the college.
Residents report trains blocking the Kellogg street crossing for 18 minutes one morning and 12 minutes another, with crews refueling and taking breakfast at the tank and lunch counter without breaking the train. Calls go out for indicting the road to keep crossings open fairly well.
The Des Moines flyer carrying the governor and staff reached Ames on time at 8 20 with two day coaches and a chair car but no governor. Very few passengers rode the train, and it did not look like a paying institution. The governor and staff later rode the evening train in a sleeping car attached to the six o'clock train to Chicago, while several ladies and gentlemen paid respects at the depot.
Names of letters advertised include Anderson Oxet Kennett John Foster C Jenks Irene Kibby Newbarn Reiner Chas Persons and others. Recipients Burrow Cora Davis Addie Holverson Tom Kennedy Lillie Mosier Pheonix Olsen Janga Reardon Jerry and more. Communication advised by E Duncan to claim at once.
On October first Grove Bros announce cash sale of goods to the public. They will continue to take farm produce in exchange for goods and invite patrons to settle accounts. If unable to pay in full, buyers may give a partial payment and note for the balance.
A clutter of local ads shows highest butter and egg prices paid by Adams Bros, Sisson buying potatoes, and Zenok Son cash sales. Several merchants tout bargains on school shoes, dry stove wood, cheese, tea, coffee, sugar, and dry goods. Promotions invite customers to trade eggs and potatoes, examine goods and prices, and settle old accounts with 30 day terms.
Early Tuesday Ames buzzed as the special train carrying Iowa State College cadets and local riders departed for Chicago to join Iowa's World’s Fair immersion. President Beardshear led civilly with Gen. Lincoln guiding the regiment. S B Jones aided passengers. Train reached Chicago nearly on time amid lively depots and hopeful chatter.
An old ad lists clothing items including hats boots and shoes with cash prices. It mentions Bigelow and Smitit and oddly notes selling potatoes by Sisson as a side line.
The Ames Drug Company opens in the former Cramer Bros clothing room. The store is clean and well painted with goods kept under glass showcases. Pharmacist M. O. Waterbury, Dr. B. Chaffin, and M. Algren join as associates, promising friendly service and support for local customers.
Faglор, The Leading Photographer offers old papers for sale at this office. Odontunder and aging issues promoted with a notable price of 20 cents per hundred.
W H H Grave, an elderly Franklin township resident and farmer, vanished after telling family he would tend a wind mill. Neighbors searched water tank and surrounding fields but found no signs. His recent loss of a grown son weighs on him. little hope remains he will be alive if found.
A promotional blurb touts No-to-bac as a safe, free risk tobacco habit remedy sold by druggists with a mail option from The Sterling Remedy Co. Indiana Mineral Springs Ind. Also advertises Hebra's Viola cream and DuBois & DuBois patent attorneys offering patent advice from Washington, D. C.
The North-Western Line announces harvest excursion tickets for August 22, September 12, and October 10, 1893, to Northwestern Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah. Round trips are at low rates with return validity within twenty days and stopover privileges on the going trip. Subscriptions to The Int el Licencer and Des Moines Weekly Register offered for 1.50 a year.
District court convenes next Monday in Nevada for a three week September term with 1838 cases on the docket. Eighty two civil and six criminal matters are listed, including a serious homicide case tied to a death at Roland. Ames parties recur in civil listings, with potential sensational trials. Grand juror from Washington township is James Hutchinson. trial jurors include Mayor Sheldon, Wm. Deal, Amos Hurst and F. C. Hunter.
A letter from a Chicago resident describes 100 girls living at Woodlawn Avenue with a single wash stand and a small mirror. She plans to rent a room so several can dress separately, highlighting cramped housing and shared facilities among the group.
The Iowa Central Railway offers very low rates on excursion tickets to Clear Lake Spirit Lake Lake Minnetonka Okoboji Lake White Bear Lake Detroit Lake Devils Lake Moose Lake and more in the northwest and Colorado resorts. For tickets rates and information contact Iowa Central Ry agents or General Manager Thomas P Barry or Traffic Manager A F Banks.
Willie Reynolds, just 22, died after a railroad incident near Maxwell and Son's in Ames. The coroner found no inquest. The exact cause remains unclear with two theories: he was struck while attempting to board a starting engine or while crossing in front of it. Reynolds, born in Richville New York, moved to Ames in 1877 and worked as a compositor before his death. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm from his home with Baptist and Congregational ministers officiating.
J A Kerr appointed as Story county agent to sell lots in Frasier town Boone county Iowa. For maps and prices see him. Acknowledges W J Freed and son A D for this year’s corn sample. If prices are favorable they can afford cash purchases despite store keepers cash system.
The notice lists a subscription price of two dollars per year for the Orange Judd Farmer and Tue Lyrellicencer publication, indicating a standard annual rate for readers.
A historic praise of Cosmopolitan highlighting its World’s Fair style art and articles by Harrison Halstead Hawthorne Besant and other eminent writers. It notes McMaster Smalley Stead and Frances Willard sketches, essays on wildcat banking, prairie life villages, the Ferris Wheel and the silver issue, praising the magazine’s breadth.
Iowa Central Railway announces excursion tickets to St. Louis and return at low rates from Sept 6 to Oct 21. For tram times, rates, and information contact Iowa Central Railway agents or Thomas P Barry General Passenger Agent Marshalltown Iowa.
An early 1894 promotion markets the Campaign Des Moines Leader weekly edition for one year at a price of 1.50 dollars. Iyreciicencer is also offered for the same period. The notice targets readers in Des Moines seeking steady weekly political commentary and related periodical access.
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