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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1895
Page
4
Local miscellany covers Adams Bros fresh dried fruits and hardware priced for winter. Edits mention Thurston Graham dining and Lockwood elevator loads of corn, plus Harp coal and Northwestern Tanks. Community notes include a baby birth, a church confirmation, a funeral procession, and social events at the M E church Elliott building.
In this excerpt the author argues that most remedies vary in effectiveness, while a universal cure for pain remains rare and surrounded by mystery. The passage suggests pain cures rely on guesswork and are uneven in success.
A local patent remedy claims rapid, wide range cures with many testimonials. Sold by D D Bales and J M Bosworth pharmacists plus Judisch Bros in the area for 50 cents. Advertises rheumatism sprains scalds bites and various ailments and warns of imitations with a circular notice.
ELocuionary entertainment at the U B church on Friday evening November 8 by Ella A Hopkins and local talent under Y P C auspices. Admission 25c with 15c for children under 12. All are invited to support a good cause and enjoy an evening of entertainment. A Watsons offers a line of street hats. Ames laundry resumes family washes at 4 cents per pound with careful care of flannels. Drop a card and the wagon will call.
J. H. Quear & Co. advertises Flint Plaster as the strongest easiest applied and cheapest plastering material. The copy claims builders finish faster saving a month by using the product. It urges readers to give it a trial.
Wort of 60 cent spot cash for two ply wool ingrain carpets offered by Bierstow and Smith. Dressmaking services one block west of U B church. Mrs Lucia Cox and Lenora Alfred advertise reliable sewing and carpet options.
Gen Drake wins the Iowa governorship by about seventy thousand in a day marked by broad Republican gains in multiple states. Story County leans, New York shows a 75,000 Republican majority, Ohio and Pennsylvania post strong results as local jurors and a Nevada court term set the political backdrop. The notice also lists local election logistics, a county board canvass, and a store advertisement.
The piece notes Kentuck elected a Republican governor and Iowa shifting Republican, predicting William B. Allison will win 150000 votes for president in 1896. It claims Iowa's legislature is two thirds Republican and Allison to return to the U.S. Senate and shape national governance, while describing a Republican victory mood and dismissing anti Drake threats from Methodists and prohibitionists.
At Breetow and Smith a display of jackets with prices between five and fifteen dollars draws shoppers. The no-duplicate line emphasizes style and affordability without fancy prices.
Bargains on stoves ranging from three to thirty five dollars offered by Thurston and Graham's in a home goods sale. Limited stock and prices advertised to attract shoppers to the store.
An Ames plasterer, after a heavy intoxicated episode, was placed behind the city jail by Night Watch Quick. He ignited a fire in the building stating the bed had bugs, but the flames were extinguished with no material damage.
Bert Cramblitt visits from Boone Sun day at his city home. J. P. Alderman and wife leave for Polk county relatives. T. Lenox returns from New York Phrenology study. Will Watts and Harry Bryant visit from Canier Bros shoe store for a Friday dance. Charley Lincoln back from Fort Omaha on furlough. N. W. Bailey hosts his father from New York. Mrs. S. J. Ferguson Edith Carl and baby Marie travel to Terre Haute Indiana. Percy Gill returns to Prairie City to vote for Gen. Drake. Rev. Geo W. Thomas reports safety after three months West tour and praise for outdoors.
Tax Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church met at the home of Mr and Mrs J K Hester last Thursday afternoon with sixteen present. They stayed for lunch and enjoyed prairie chicken from Mr Hester who hunted near lakes in northwestern Iowa. Rev Thomas Ure of Logan will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening.
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