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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1891
Page
4
A fragmentary poem about a vanished dream described as a shifting dreamland with talking animals and green roses. The speaker longs to recover the dream and imagines its disappearance as a mislaid treasure, hoping to recall it upon waking.
A somber vignette describes a Scandinavian lakescene with a limpid eyed woman and her devoted black dog. The animal waits by the mole, barking at waves as it longs for its owner, while a stylish English miss offers affection and names. The scene hints at loss and longing beyond the shore.
A London News note discusses probate court arguments over whether witnesses' names written in the margin count as subscribing a will. It cites Lord Campbell and debates if subscription requires signing the name in ink, or if position on the document matters.
Boston’s fast preacher Dr Phillips Brooks drew sustained attention for delivering 240 words a minute at St Paul’s. A line-by-line reader read from a page, while two stenographic reporters compiled a 6000 word transcript and noted the astonishing pace and delivery.
Andrew Yi returning from Alaska observed bluejays feeding on potatoes stored in a hollow tree limb. The birds carried potatoes to the ground and a cache grew, eventually yielding fifty bushels from multiple patches around Astoria.
The Hartford Times describes a trap technique used by Te Cel Oeen to capture muskrats. A half barrel sunk into the ground holds water while carrot bait lures rats onto boards. once the rat enters, it cannot escape. Mr. Candee reportedly trapped six rats in one night.
A Ledyard boy found a woodchuck in a heap of leaves in an old tree on Monday. He pulled the animal out, which lay curled with forepaws over its eyes and would not awaken. The woodchuck remained dormant until placed in a warm room for several hours.
Mr. David Hembree Jr son of Mr. David R Hembree of Crossville District Millen county is 18 years old has lived all his life within four miles of the Chattahoochee but has never seen the river He is described as the best working boy in the district and has always stayed at home to work Alpharetta Free Press Georgia
In Rome the Easter eggs are taken to the parish priest who blesses and sprinkles them with holy water. Nuns then paint and sell the eggs. They are placed on the table with flowers and other decorations and eaten as the first course for the Easter dinner.
A drugstore advertisement promotes an alleged nerve tonic and alterative named Necro Tonic and Alterative. It claims to cure nervous weakness, restore appetite, digestion, and liver and kidney function, offering a 50 cent bottle at L. M. Bosworth's Drug Store.
A four year old rides a rocking horse and muses that getting off would let him ride better. Separately a benevolent woman finds a letter seeking a teaching position to support two children and asks where to buy a one year old parrot.
A photograph caption notes Victoria turning a spinning wheel. The scene captures a moment of domestic craft with a quiet, reflective mood.
Jacob A Riis, author of How the Other Half Lives, was born in Denmark. He arrived in America about twenty years ago, struggled to earn a living in New York, then worked as a laborer in Pennsylvania and New York before becoming a reporter for The New York Times.
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