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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1895
Page
6
Poem in dreamlike meditation on a sleeping figure awaiting rest and perpetual peace. The speaker describes a distant journey from sunlit fields to twilight shores and a final mossy shore where sleep remains unbroken by pain or dawn. The verse emphasizes calm, eternal rest and an untouched westward landscape.
A famed windmill on the Loire becomes a rallying beacon for vendenn Chouans. The 25-year-old widow la meuniere defends the Bernardeau mill during a 1755 siege, firing from flour saws and urging no mercy as hussars assault. She dies after refusing to surrender, her bold strike lingering in local memory.
Cassell's Family Magazine explains that tea tabloids are compressed tea tablets free of tannin and other additives. Drop into hot water, stir, and flavor with milk sugar or saccharine for a convenient drink.
Stacy asks about rapid typing speed while Macey argues typewriters are not as fast as people claim. The exchange contrasts expectations with practical limits of mechanical writing.
Carlisle pioneers Indian education under Capt. Pratt teaching trades such as tinner, tailor, blacksmith, and farmer alongside academics. Girls learn sewing, housekeeping, and arts while earning wages. the program funds improvements, with students offering $1,800 of earnings for a new amusement hall. The Carlisle system emphasizes discipline, uniforms, and orderly drills by five companies, plus outings that attract local labor.
Mile. Augusta Holmes, an artist with Irish roots, has earned notable recognition in Paris for her opera. Her rising career on the Lyric Stage marks an artful association worth recording as she gains universal acclaim.
A Paris correspondent notes tiny dogs rival their mistresses in fashion with velvet fur trimmed coats, mackintoshes with hoods, tan capes, beaver linings, and even blue silk umbrellas. Some wear Medici style collars and carry handkerchiefs for post confectionery cleanup.
The opal ring around the statue of the Holy Virgin of Almudena is said to have caused a string of royal deaths in Spain over the past two decades. From Alfonso XII to Queen Christina, the ring's ownership changed with each death, culminating in the ring being placed around the statue to end the chain of ill fate.
The Philadelphia Record notes Bristol township near Germantown nearly became the capital site. Some congress members bought land there in anticipation of a move from Philadelphia. A tied vote among commissioners, four for Bristol and four for the District, left Bristol out when Washington cast the deciding vote for the District of Columbia.
A Scribbler in a stationery and book store argues about a sign reading Dealer in Writers' Supplies while asking for a book titled One Thousand Jokes of the Ancients. The clerk says the book is not in stock.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Grace and George in a staged scene where Grace accuses of persistence while George defends his visits as harmless. The tone hints at social flirtation and implied constraints on propriety within a constrained encounter.
A humorous exchange where a conductor refuses a passenger's Canadian coin, insisting on being more particular. The banter turns to a moral note as a conductor explains divine pruning with a sharp knife and warns that borrowing trouble incurs high interest.
A humorous notice extols Hostetter’s Soloman Sitters as a premier nervine. It claims they calm screng nerves, restore vigor, and bring quietude, even for those troubled by dyspepsia. The advertisement asserts relief from malarmoi, kidney troubles, and constipation.
Francis M. Stanwood, nephew of the late James G. Blaine, starts as editor and general manager of the Boston Journal. The item notes wool weaving began in England in 1331 by Flemish weavers and urges that the golden age lies ahead.
Advertisement argues nervousness stems from impure blood and promises Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Brannock of Williamsport Pennsylvania praising relief from heart trouble and improved sleep after use, urging readers to remember Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
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