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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1886
Page
3
Local items include a musicale at the Baptist Church by Miss Nona McFadden, a building lot for sale in Ames with payment options, a missing pillowcase with girl’s clothing, and a Ladies Sewing Society meeting for church reorganization. Also listed are grocery promotions and fall fabrics from Tilden's.
A fragmented timetable lists train segments and times for Going West and Going South routes with arrival and departure times. It mentions Night Express No 51 and Freight for Des Moines along with North and West directions and station agents.
The ad promotes Jos Work performing all types of printing at the office. It highlights new stationery in fine and coarse varieties and declares prices low enough to keep the business profitable. Call for job printing.
The notice urges subscribers to settle accounts in the first full month and take advantage of the low advance rate. It states One Dollar a Year for prepayment and no delay, otherwise the $1.50 rate will be charged. It asks every patron to avail the advance rate.
A baseball game between Eagle Grove and Ames Clubs is slated today on the local grounds. Eagle Grove, known for strong pitching this season, may challenge the home team, with a likely large crowd expected to witness the contest. The field is in good condition after recent showers, while wells remain dry and rainfall is needed to replenish watercourses.
The piece extols Madison as a premier western city perched on high ground and ringed by water. It lauds civic beautification, notes the marble capitol with a flawed but vast design, and praises the capitol park. It calls Madison a growing summer resort destination in the West.
Monday session convened the Circuit Court at Nevada and Tuesday the jury was sworn in across a list of 20 named jurors including George Larson Oliver Hill John O Johnson Anson White I H Craig J Briley J M Storm D J Whitaker E P Ellicott Haskell Hall T B Keeney E F Scott H J Harrison Samuel Rich Asa Banks M N Whitney W R Haslett J F Sanders W H Fitchpatrick E N Erickson. Local ads note 2.25 bars of soap for $1.00 at Hamilton Co Grocery and 3 pounds Good Tea at Tildens for $1.00 with other groceries and flour brands advertised. A reader inquiry asks why Bro Payne did not enlist in the Union army and whether he visited Canada during the war period. The paper touts Empire Mills flour brands and other sale items as well.
Milton Noses, veteran actor, served in the 11th Wisconsin Infantry as Col Harris’s orderly. Mayor Keyes welcomed 11th and 23d Infantry veterans to Madison's hospitalities. Mr Nobles spoke with ardor and eloquence, drawing enthusiastic applause from the regiments.
Miss D E Dix now stocks a full line of fall millinery including hats feathers ribbons velvets plushes and astrakhanes and invites ladies to call and inspect goods and prices.
Two good houses offered for rent on the north side. Each features a cellar and cistern with ample well water, appealing in the current dry period. George G. Tilden signs the notice.
Mrs Saloma C Jones wife of Orin A Jones died at their home one and a half miles east of Ames on Sept 17 1886. Brubaker was her maiden name born Story Co Feb 6 184... She married Feb 3 1884 and funeral was held at the Baptist Church last Sabbath at 3 PM conducted by Rev Evyerley with community sympathy.
The firm announces readiness with a full dry goods stock including clothing boots shoes hats caps trunks valises carpets blankets gloves and mittens and other items. They pledge to meet all prices quoted by competitors and focus on dry goods and related lines while avoiding groceries.
A collage of short items from Story County residents includes Mr. Foster and wife from Chicago visiting Mr. Cole’s family, Lanning and wife trips to Dakota, S. L. Loughran appointed Chief Inspector of Paying for North Des Moines, and multiple town visits plus upcoming events. Local meetings in ZeNorville and Ames Opera House entertainment with Miss Cope and Miss Merrill headline are announced. Weather and farming notes mingle with school and church news across Nevada and Ontario sections.
The article notes Congressman Conger will speak at Winterset this evening. It also covers local school prize awards, a death and funeral in Ames, and publishing rates for the Intelligencer. Weather mentions heavy rain and vivid lightning Monday night. Ames irrigation and penmanship praise follow.
The excerpt notes a discrepancy in column usage between two papers for the last Board of Supervisors session. It asserts no fraud regarding the page allocation, with the Tue INTELLIGENCER using one and one-eighth columns while the Nevada Representative filled two and a half.
An old fashion spelling school is held at the Congregational Church Friday evening October first. Everyone is welcome and not required to spell. Admission is ten cents.
Boone Republican reports George E Bisbee purchasing the Beers restaurant stock in the Opera House block and inviting patrons. It notes a Bert Harte narrative starting in October and advertises the Bank of California serial. It also covers Nimms damages suit against Boone County, its new trial in Nevada, and prior $1,500 award reversed by the Supreme Court.
The piece urges residents to support local merchants and tradesmen, warning that shopping elsewhere harms the town’s growth. It notes many families cannot recall birth dates, parent names, or ancestral details, highlighting a broader neglect of family records and history.
An exchange notes Democrats in multiple districts importing Greenback party candidates to oppose Col Henderson in the third district and to run against Fuller in the fourth. The eighth district pits an ex Republican against Hepburn. The sixth repeats Greenbacker strategy while the seventh and tenth districts surrender to the Knights of Labor and the second district fires threats against the Knights candidate.
Harper's previews two military articles on the National Soldiers' Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers tracing its 1865 origins and its vast five-branch system. It covers the Eastern Branch near Augusta Maine Southern Branch Hampton Roads Northern Branch Milwaukee Central Branch Dayton and Western Branch Leavenworth outlining equipment operations and veteran aid.
The Ames public school is full to overflowing with over eighty pupils in Mrs Fitchpatrick s room, prompting division into forenoon and afternoon classes. Will Hicks teaches penmanship, and the school serves as a prep path to the Agricultural College.
Sleepy Eye Herald reports Empire Mill Co of Brown County Minnesota won first premium for flour at the state fair. The article lists their brands Fancy Patienti White Lily Beauty Cream Straienr Little Crow Garfield Golden Eagle Fancy Bakers Snow Flake Minnesota Choice and notes Hamilton & Co’s in Ames Iowa are sole agents.
Readers urged to economize during tight times by choosing Dr Bigelow's Cough Cure over pricier remedies. The ad claims a fifty cent bottle provides substantial benefits for throat and lung troubles and lists J J Vickels & Co as the seller.
E J Cole spent Sunday at the college C F Curtiss visited Nevada Fair last Friday E M Miller who left school two weeks ago has returned Prof Budd is in Dakota to study horticulture Mrs Phillips of Des Moines visited her son J F Aldrich of Boston guests over Sunday Scott Bradford holds 79 after sick leave The Haviland boys formerly with 86 visited college friends W E Rickard left school Banks settling his estate W C Gamble C A Baker and L C Tilden toured Marshalltown and Burlington last week Prof Bayard Hainer and mother visited from Aurora Neb He later pursues a Drake law course G W Sturtz and J Hennan vacationed see Boone Co fair Bart and Dobbin unite F Y Locke with us for a few days He is a bridge contractor at Ottumwa E L Ericson left to lead Story City schools and will do lab work Saturdays Hayseed party returns from eastern trip plus Y M C A benefit entertainment drawn about 25 toward singing books for chapel use
W D Sult of Bippus Indiana testifies Electric Bitters cures rheumatism after six bottles. Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio praises it as the best selling medicine in 20 years. Thousands endorse the drug for liver kidney and blood conditions sold at L M Bosworth's Drug Store.
Abstract lists transfers by H L Carrell agency with numerous parcels between buyers and sellers in Nevada city Fairfield and surrounding townships. Notable deeds include Hartzell to Abel Helvig 650 dollars Curis to Burkland and Os Manson 1200 dollars Lahman to Norris 15200 dollars Porter to Stevens 2250 dollars plus several other lot and section trades. Also endorsed is a promotion for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with I Westerman selling.
On September 22 1886 the Circuit Court of Story County Iowa appointed Indiana S Samar as Executrix of the estate of Benjamin Frane deceased. All persons indebted must pay and those with claims must present them for allowance to the court. September 1886 Indiana Samar Executrix.
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