04 Apr 1885
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1885
Page
1
The Ames Intelligencer lists pricing for subscriptions including one copy for one year in advance and six months in advance. Also stated are four months in advance and a two dollar annual rate if not prepaid. Out of county mailings carry a two dollar in advance surcharge.
Advertising rates quoted for cards of five lines or more at $500 per year, 32 411 per inch for standing ads, 10 cents a line for first insertion and 5 cents a line for each subsequent insertion. Local notices list churches, fraternal orders, elected officials, schools, and professional services in Ames Iowa with names and addresses.
A long prose meditation on conscience and judgment ends with a domestic pie making scene in a Spoopendyke kitchen full of comic misadventure. Interleaved are notes on West India pepper pot cassareep and a travelogue style explanation of trade winds and an alum test for flour and bread.
In a comic kitchen tableau Mr Spoopendyke extols his mother's mince pie methods while touring his wife through a farcical bake. He mocks her recipe, argues over prep details, and vows to craft a pie that proves his culinary genius. The scene satirizes domestic machinations and family pride.
Curated snippets mix verse fiction with social anecdotes and early 20th century musings. A wry Philadelphia suggestion imagines cooperative kitchens via pipes and telephones, while other notes muse on weddings, flirtation, and social pretenses. The piece surveys home life, romance, and manners with period tone.
A long miscellany piece from The Cornhill Magazine recounts social foibles and literary humor, detailing a woman strategy of misdirection in conversations, a horse trainer’s refined behaviors, and a tale of Vice President Wilson’s modest means. It also includes sketches of newspaper concerns, a stuttering pilot Ben Martin’s clash with a passenger, and a local tall tale about a watch that tells time precisely as per the driver’s count.
A preacher confronts a man in a church setting about gambling in grain after a telegram from Chicago shows a loss of about £14000. The exchange features a stern warning on soul matters and ends with the preacher leaving, while a North Carolina ram in Sandy Creek Township is noted for its persimmon shyness.
An assemblage of light anecdotes and quips from multiple papers including jokes about misheard phrases, a faux dialogue about a bookmaker and a widow, wedding trip anecdotes, dog and fight metaphors, and stray lines on domestic friction. Notable bits reference the Boston Budget, New Orleans Picayune, Chicago Sun, and Philadelphia Call, among others.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.