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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1884
Page
4
A fragmentary verse line reflects on banishing Mystery and Distrust and declaring joy in personal growth. The speaker invites a familiar, shrine like space to pray and offer the night to a book, hinting at hopeful change and the passage from youth to manhood.
A lyrical poem depicts Walter Buchanan observing the West at sunset. The scene blends labor, rest, and music as a blackbird’s song drifts through thick foliage, while crowds savor the evening’s air and revel in sensory richness.
The article discusses improving home ventilation with movable transom lights, upper sash openings, and fireplaces as air circulators, and warns that modern furnace or steam systems require formal ventilation. It also covers agricultural honors, Holstein cattle merits, corn lister versus planter, stock buying ethics, and Iowa apple culture prospects.
A New Yorker in Virginia City last summer received a spurious offer of government bonds at a discount from a wiry stranger. The tale highlights a banker’s caution as the would be seller’s attempt falls apart when the bank cashier is recognized, leading to a failed investment bid.
Sunday School Times emphasizes thorough lesson understanding as the basis of teaching freedom. It urges teachers to refresh their knowledge before each class, citing Arnold who prefers pupils drink from a running stream rather than stale waters.
A sharp, satirical line notes a paradox in modern schooling where excessive adornment distracts from discipline while the body bears the consequences of overwork and stress on students. It frames a critique of contemporary educational culture.
West earns praise as Burlington Insurance Co leads in prompt loss payments. A Muscatine firm sent a near $300 draft with no sender. Mart Laughlin, now in La Grace Dakota, sent Sitting Bull’s historic queue to Mt. St. Joseph academy. The Turners of the upper Mississippi plan a Burlington gathering in June with Carl Schurtz or Franz Sigel to speak. Rome, Henry county, sees mad dog scares. dogs bite, cows and dogs die. Ww. Lanahan offers $10,000 to city for a fall on Lyons street. Mrs. Wheeler sues for $5,000 over snow clearance. A five‑foot river boat capsizes near Davenport. the boy drowns. An Iowa town of 1,300 supports twelve churches to boost choir chances. Muscatine bears $370,474 debt with $20,000 yearly interest. Phona Bosley convicted for shooting Frank Young. fined $1 and costs. Lewis F. Wilson shows a tax receipt from Iowa Territory dated 1845. Charles City district votes $10,000 for a new schoolhouse. Marshalltown ladies seek city protection from tramps. Grinnell College president Magoun ministers at Keokuk. The Garretty v Clarkson Bros. jury case in Des Moines ends with a disagreement.
The Chicago Herald describes Louis E. Salomon, self styled president of the Black Republic, as a six foot six inch giant with a gladiator build and white hair. His retinue wears military trappings and he signs proclamations from a National Palace in a kingly style. He promises land division free schools national banks and railroads but is portrayed as powerless to fulfill these deeds.
March 27 report details a British cavalry and infantry advance against Osman Digna's rebels at Tamanieb. Lively combat with no British casualties. village burned as troops pressed pursuit. Also notes Pope’s Rome departure and Sargent’s Berlin resignation.
A three year standing offer of 5000 dollars for any care statement published by H H Wagner Co asserts the truth of Warner’s Safe Cure. Excerpts from letters are presented as evidence of value and public conviction in Rochester New York.
Numerous individual notices claim Warner's Safe Cure cures kidney disease dropsy heart trouble and nervous exhaustion with patients from Massachusetts California Ohio New Jersey and New York praising dramatic improvements and even restorations to health after taking the remedy and combination with Safe Pills, dated through early references.
The article discusses moist air from the west winds over oceans and mountains creating heavy rainfall in many regions, notes deserts as the driest areas, cites extreme tropical showers, and records remarkable local amounts such as 5.36 inches in 24 hours in Monmouthshire in 1875 and 30.11 inches on another date. It also includes stray quotes and an advertisement fragment for brain health remedies.
One fourth of the cotton in the country is produced in Texas. Samaritan Nervine is claimed to cure epilepsy in a Cuba resident’s daughter. Advertisements tout Brown's Bronchiwal Traches for throat diseases with immediate relief, sold 25 cents per box.
A miscellaneous old newspaper advertisement describes Carter's Little Liver Pills for relief of headaches dizziness and stomach issues, Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic for dyspepsia and malaria, Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and nasal relief, and various tonics and cures including Carboline hair restoration and Bigelow's Cure for coughs.
A St. Paul man named J. P. Allen drew wide attention for a cure claimed to treat chronic ailments. The article alleges long standing health issues such as geopsia and torpidity of the bile with supposed blood purities improving under his method.
An 19th century lifestyle ad touts Dr Sanford’s Liver Invigorator claiming it cures all bilious disorders and keeps vanity in favor with the user. The copy urges readers to try the remedy and be convinced of its efficacy.
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