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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1886
Page
1
Rates for cards five lines or less per year are five hundred dollars for standing advertisements with monthly changes by inch. First insertion priced per line, subsequent insertions five cents per line by contract. weekly changes apply to seo lines at twenty five dollars per week. Fines are twelve hundred dollars and a fifty dollar fee applies. Ames post office class mail entry.
Ames lies on the Chicago and North Western Railroad near the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road about thirty miles north of Des Moines the Iowa state college of agriculture and mechanics arts serves hundreds of students and the city boasts a fine public school system with a large public school building surrounding farmland yields abundant fruits and orchard products
A poem from the Louisville Courier Journal mocks a perfectly modern girl by repeating the word perfectly in scenes from daily life and weather. The verses describe her observations of summer heat winter storms and social scenes with playful irony.
The town lists its mayor recorder and treasury official names and roles. Listed are Mayor Mm. Oc. Jones and Recorder E. Chamberlain with Treasurer W. C. Society, Marshal L. Van Dusen, Street Commissioner Van Chamberlain C. E. Havercy G. H. Maxwear H. Westerman A. Perkins among others.
The notice lists church services every alternate Sunday morning and every Sunday evening with a Sabbath School at noon and a prayer meeting each Wednesday at 7 30 p m Rev J Everly is the pastor.
The G A R S allsworth Post No 30G meets the first and third Saturday evenings monthly in G A R Hall. Commander GEO G TILDEN and Adj M Hemsteet noted. Geddes Camp No 58 Sons of Veterans meets first and third Wednesday evenings in G A R Hall with O S Harley Stuckslager and others listed.
Ames office over J H Pickett Co drug store lists Stevens Hays and attorneys at law with offices in Ames and Nevada and an Ames location above Pickett Co drug store.
D McCarthy attorney at law and collection agent operates from a room in J L Stevens new building in Ames Iowa with offices listed for the firm.
The notice directs practice in all state and federal courts for the Iowa districts and to pursue collections nationwide. It provides Office No. 2 Opera Block in Nevada Iowa as the contact location.
Real estate and insurance collection notice from the Ames area address over Palace Drug Store, Ames Iowa, issued by the justice of the peace.
H L Carrell Estracts and Loans of Nevada Iowa offers farm loans at 6 percent interest with optional payments and abstracts of title at low rates. Correspondence solicited.
Mina Kelsey, a young compositor in Summerville, writes a heartfelt tale inspired by longing and duty. Her story draws praise from editor Mr. Beckwith and a romantic banker, Richard Faxon, who reveals he read her work as the author of A Hopeless Quest. The two exchange letters and begin a twilight romance, imagining how a Bourgeois setting might have shaped their fate.
A Philadelphia North American report describes a Banksburg man’s idea a galvanic battery to fit into a hat sweat band. The device reportedly clears the brain while drinking, using alternating zinc and copper plates and springs to regulate current as the head swells. He claims it will prevent drunkenness and plans to patent and market the invention.
A quip from the National Weekly frames baldness as a joke where tar and gravel roof repairs become a blithe cure. Dallywag delivers the punch line about covering heads with pitched roofs.
A Somerville Journal item presents light verse about romance and propriety. It features a shy maiden, a youthful local admirer, and a playful moral moment set under a shady tree, with a tone of mild amusement about couple interactions.
Adolphus questions Bobby about his father’s attitude toward Maud’s visit. Bobby says the father does not care and would not object if Maud decides to act foolishly, reflecting a dismissive stance. The exchange appears in the Bing hampton Republican.
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript features Mrs F lamenting a failed tea ritual and wishing for common sense. Fogg playfully Fragen whether possessing sense would help her avoid repeating mistakes, as Mrs F jokingly considers remarriage and smarter choices.
The piece argues engagements deserve public notice to curb hasty promises and encourage seriousness. It asserts engagements should be nearly as sacred as marriage and publicly known to deter fickle commitments.
The article recounts the Conway Cabal’s opposition to George Washington during the American Revolution. Generals Conway Mifflin and Gates plotted to arrest Washington, but the plan collapsed after Gouverneur Morris and William Duer failed to rally votes. Washington’s supporters prevailed.
A reflective piece contrasts a lone elderly mother awaiting her scattered children with memories of her sons Tom and Dick and a life on the farm. It laments distance and silence, urging visits before the grave ends the bond and echoes a New York Ledger tone.
A pithy quotation notes justice as impartial, setting aside party ties, friendships, and kinship to act without bias. The line emphasizes the ideal of blind judgment beyond personal affiliations.
Justice Duval served twenty five years on the Supreme Bench from 1811 to 1836 and was a Maryland Representative to the First Congress. He and Virginia’s William B. Giles were close friends, sharing Philadelphia lodging with Mrs. Gibbons and her daughter. Their reunion in Washington during Jefferson’s era sparked fond reminiscence before a tense exchange over Mrs. Duval. The passage also includes a comic exchange from the Chicago News about an inventor and wealthy “gold chain” men who merely improve machines.
A fragment from a stage piece set in a theater where a blunder disrupts a chance encounter between a man and a woman. Dialogue centers on calling, parental introductions, and the theatergoing scene ending with a playful domestic moment as a father retrieves items from under seats.
Dr. J. J. Levick’s address recounts Fox’s 1672 travels through New Jersey and New England. At Shrewsbury an accident left John Jay dead but Fox revived him with an improvised method, then aided his recovery before burial.
The article notes eye arrangements in spiders vary by habitat and behavior. Cave dwellers show concentrated front eyes, web dwellers have elevated eyes to scan surroundings, and traveling hunters have more scattered eyes. It also briefly mentions other curiosities and a remark on a church spire and a claim about professions.
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