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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1887
Page
2
The ticket shows William Larrabee for Governor and John A. T. Hull for Lieutenant Governor. Gifford 8. Robinson is listed for the Supreme Court, with Henry Sabin as Superintendent of Public Instruction.
A Beacon dispatch notes a contentious stance that a state majority should not force saloon suppression, while a county majority should have that power delegated to decide locally.
WhiStam Walter Phelps argues that a tomorrow Republican National Convention would nominate Blaine by acclamation. Congressman Bayne of Pennsylvania expects a Blaine vs Cleveland rematch. Bartlett's death leaves R. W. Waterman as California's new Republican governor.
General William Tecumseh Sherman, president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, told the Detroit meeting that the group is composed of men who did not send substitutes to the army. He warned against misinterpretation linking him to Cleveland.
A wealthy father's daughter runs off with a colored coachman. he vows to shoot the man on sight. The city buzzes as authorities weigh what steps the family will take next.
A General Belknap native pursued clerkship in a Washington department but was urged to take an honorable job elsewhere. He became a railroad brakeman and remained in the field, rising to the position of assistant superintendent of the road.
The text notes Henry George increasing his income from 10 000 to 350 000 annually and living richly. It adds a Lincoln quotation about fooling people over time.
The Curiaeo Times agrees with a correspondent who says the Grand Army mutual self glorification societies are degrading. It hopes for a day when the last beggar of the Grand Army is buried and the last old Confederate is dumped, covered by rock.
Joan Hurrah, a New Jersey resident, twice asked the Legislature to change his name but was refused. The author condemns the decision as a manifest injustice harming his business and reputation, noting the humiliation of having no steamboat or sleeping car bearing his name and even risk to his wife.
U S consumers spend about 50 million annually on chewing tobacco, boosting total tobacco expenditures to roughly 256.5 million. The text notes tobacco outlays compare to sugar, coffee, and tea, and says tobacco spending is about two and a third times public school outlays, with liquor and tobacco combined near 1 billion.
The Des Moines Roetster argues Iowa towns with existing rail access should spend 50 000 to 100 000 to improve roads year round rather than vote more rail lines. It says highway and manufacturing questions promise greater gain and prosperity for towns.
Sioux City Iowa hosts an October corn jubilee celebrating the harvest with a corn palace and arches built from grain. Nebraska Minnesota and Dakota fields send exhibits while parades prizes and fireworks highlight daily events in the agricultural show.
Chicago details a major encampment with drills, sham battles, massed bands under Captain McCosh, and 6000 sheets of music by C M Currier. European contingents and grand displays, Niagara falls fire effects, and war reenactments promise a largest ever civilian military pageant.
The New York Republican convention nominated Colonel Fred D. Grant for Secretary of State Jesse Lamereaux for controller James H Carmichael for treasurer and Major James A Dennison for attorney general The convention was one of the largest in state history Ex Senator Platt captured the State committee with Fred Grant nominated unanimously The platform attacks Cleveland and civil service non enforcement and backs protection high license local option and veteran support
A health warning urges avoiding cheap imitations of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It advises insisting on the genuine medicine, claiming relief for throat lung and chest affections, with trial bottles free at L M Bosworth Drug.
An exchange muses that asking a girl about belief in love in a cottage should be backed by a tangible deed. The playful suggestion urges carrying the deed to prove the setting as a curiosity.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded, price 25 cents a box.
An 1887 retrospective describes the May 19 and 22 assaults on Vicksburg, the heavy casualties, hospital conditions, improvised field care, and the eventual Confederate capitulation after a 46 day siege. It notes evacuations via Yazoo boats, the return of supplies, and postfall city scenes with soldiers from both sides mingling.
A Chicago man recounts betting on Hall's Catarrh Cure to save a dying friend. He offered $100 if it failed or $10 if it worked, three months ago the friend recovered, the claimant near ruin but saved the hundred while the other paid ten. The tale is quoted from the Dubuque Times.
Mr D L Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Kentucky credits Electric Bitters with curing chronic Phthisis and diabetes after six bottles. He gained eighteen pounds and believes he would have died without the remedy sold by L M Bosworth at fifty cents a bottle. The piece notes progress in sanitary science links polluted water to disease and city measures to protect water supplies.
The removal of revenue stamps from Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup lowers costs for consumers and home manufacturers. Bottle sizes increase by one fifth while prices drop thirty six cents per dozen, with 10 cent sample bottles unchanged. The remedies remain top sellers for dyspepsia, liver complaints, cough, and lung troubles across towns and villages.
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