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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1887
Page
3
Local items describe bee hive depredations feared to escalate to violence. Obituary notes Moritz Wilkinson, eight, buried in Bloomington. Ames leaders address sermons, senatorial convention date, and city improvements including sidewalks, building adds, and central town growth prospects.
An editorial account from The Horseman praises Rodman a 16 hand stallion bred by M Fortune Ames Iowa. Rodman is a royal grandson of Rysdyk Hambletonian praised for form and contour. Recent sales include two colts to Chicago for 2500 a filly to Omaha for 900 and a gelding for 400.
The Ames delegation to the National G. A. R. Encampment will consist of A Bingman J F Kintsley and Henry Hodgson. Also noted are numerous social visits and local happenings including travel plans and community updates across Ames Des Moines and surrounding towns.
The Band of Hope members teachers and officers deplore Mrs Best removal from Ames. They thank her for tireless temperance youth work and extend warm wishes for her future home and labors. A copy is sent to Mrs Best and published in the Ames Intelli gencer. Ames September 12 1887.
The Boone district assigns pastors and superintendents to towns including Ames Tobe Bagley W F Laidley Cambri Maxwell W H H Smith Carro Cyrus Smith Charden Cole Coon Rapids J H Elliot Dallas Center W Stevenson Dedham T J Brown Gilbert Ambrose Ostrander Gliddon Grand Junction R K C Grantham Gray J S Throckmorton Jamaica Jefferson H J Everly Jefferson Circuit M Manning E M H Fleming Minburn J E Nichol Mineral Nevada A T Jeffrey Panora Geo Clammer Rippey West Boone L W Archer Woodward C C W Anderson and others noted as To be supplied where unsettled.
The New York Independent recalls Stonewall Jackson as a praying man yet notes his persistent advocacy of killing prisoners. It cites Dr Dabney's Life of Stonewall Jackson and contrasts Jackson with other Confederate generals, accusing him of urging executions on the battlefield.
A genealogical ad copy notes Papillon a flax extract marketed as a skin cure, with Clark's extract of flax credited. The claim appears in a historic trade notice, reflecting era marketing language and limited medical validation of the period.
All kinds of School Supplies at the Palace Drug Store of J. H. Pickett & Co. M. Morrison is now at home and will take photographs as usual. Will be absent the four first days in October.
Harper's October edition will present a refined collection of drawings by Abbey Reinhart Frost Fenn Gibson Pyle and Du Maurier along with paintings by John Sargent. The feature credits a brilliant group of authors including James Field Stedman Woolson Davis Rives Howells O'Meara Curtis Warner Hurst and others.
The text notes warmer weather aiding harvest, thrashing nearly finished in the area, and local social notes including Miss Minerva Berry visiting Flora, Mr. E. E. Foster’s brief return to Fletcher, Iowa, Kelley family at the county fair, and Belle Cook in town. It also advertises mobile photo galleries offering portraits of best girls, urging morning shots before grooming.
A lively verse describes a housekeeper and spouse named John as they tackle chores. The wife sings and the husband fixes furniture, hangs pictures, mends a chair, and assembles items while planning dinner at the end of the tasks. The tone reflects domestic, workaday life.
A reflective piece urges readers to examine their own faults instead of judging others. It compares a tale of two bags to self awareness, urging focus on making one’s current home better, happier and purer rather than fixating on the afterlife. It cautions against neglecting the earthly home while transporting piety.
An eminent physician lists treatments for insect bites and stings. Direct hartshorn or vinegar on wounds, ipeocac poultices, and internal stimulants may be used for wasp and bee bites. For snake bites carbonate of ammonia, hot alcohol friction, sweet oil, and carbolic acid in careful ratio are noted as effective measures.
The railway announces round trip fares to Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota. Tickets go on sale Tuesday August 30 September 20 and October 11 at a single fare good for return within thirty days. For details contact Chicago & North Western Railway agents or E P Wilson General Passenger Agent Chicago.
The Bar of Boone County Iowa adopted resolutions thanking Judge Weaver for his able patient and impartial conduct of this term of court. The group expressed deep obligation on behalf of themselves and the people of the county and ordered the resolution recorded in the court records.
A poetic plea for cool weather and a snowstorm to end a hot spell. The speaker asks time to reverse, yearning for icy relief and rest from burning heat, sweaty labor, and worn collars, humorously framed as being put on ice by a mother.
Omaha real estate man C E Mayne spent 400 to 1000 dollars weekly on ads and cleared a million in four years after arriving in Omaha with 1.50. The column cites ads as highly profitable and notes village gossip about Germany and selling a cat for a rabbit in a humorous Tid Bits snippet.
Gilbert notices correct a last week item stating a minister was paid for the year he has only been paid to date. Mrs A Liddle returns from the East. A A McFarlan is home briefly before resuming Missouri railroad duties. Slater shows growth with no natural gas and many buildings moved from Sheldahl including stores and shops. A M Jenks plans a hotel, Gamrath repairs his meat market, Hatfield buys land to move in. John Larson and O M Johnson travel to Boone and Nevada respectively.
The text rebutts Democratic support for land grants to railroads, noting 43 grants totaling over 32 million acres under Democratic administrations between 1890 and 1861 and mocking the party’s loyalty claims. It also mentions an illustrated piece on Popocatepetl by Arthur Toward Noll in The American Magazine.
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