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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1895
Page
7
A fragment shows a speaker urging white readers to act as aggressively as possible toward Black people, claiming superiority and demanding conformity. The crude text frames a hateful stance and demeaning language while urging ruthless behavior. The crude dialect underscores racial hostility present in the snippet.
Parson Tenthly assures a caller that his wife rests in heaven while another man jokes about reform. The exchange preserves a humorous debate on heaven and reform in a concise domestic dialogue.
A mother and daughter discuss a piece on the healthfulness of housework. The daughter bought another copy to read through and finds nothing wrong with the article. The dialogue centers on the value of domestic labor and its fit for health benefits.
A brief remark notes that a politician backing a candidate often draws an emotional but unstable crowd. Opposition inflames supporters but rarely changes their minds, suggesting lingering zeal over persuasion.
Health minded readers are urged to trust Syrup of Figs for gentle cleansing of kidneys liver and bowels. The California Fig Syrup Co markets the genuine product in 50c and 1 bottles with its name on each package and warns against substitutes.
A humorous verse by M L Rayne in Truth imagines a shy woman during Lent. The speaker praises her playful mischief and witty devotion while noting her fashionable appearance and possible romantic intrigues. The piece frames courtship in a season of penance with vivid imagery of violet gowns and Easter bonnets.
A collection of curious statements: infants as contagious disease, tailless cats in Siam, Paris charities, the khedive learning to ride bicycles, Handel composing Messiah in 24 days, Chile’s census, vast number of railway companies, zinc in molasses coloring, lungs never fully empty, Paris cabmen smoking bans, U S quinine usage, plant species count, mind attributes via microbes, Paris crisis reports, London coal consumption.
A Pelham’s Pharmacy claim from 1894 Asheville describes No-To-Bac curing tobacco use in a boy of eight after weeks of use, and in a man of twenty years. The letter by J C Fogleman is vouched for by the pharmacist and backed by a police chief’s testimonial. The piece notes the product’s guarantee to cure or money back and cites Sterling Remedy Co and Lord & Thomas.
Treetop Very good indeed he stood ninety eighth out of a class of one hundred.
A New York World item recalls Dashaway and Cleverton sharing a humorous dream. Dashaway describes riding an elevated road in the dream, then waking to find herself hanging from a chandelier. The playful line ends with the dreamer waking in a perilous domestic scene.
In a playful exchange, Quericus asks what happens to New Jersey mosquitoes in winter. Witticus quips residents use them as ice-picks, a humorous local banter note from the era.
In a sharp exchange the man reads aloud that hard to please a woman. The joke notes Mr Young of Wabash Minnesota locked his wife indoors while Mr Potts of Pekin Wisconsin locked his wife out. Both wives sue for divorce.
Count Tolstoi publishes Priceless Wealth and the Trouble Att ached to It. Scotch bank deposits cut to 1 percent. Siegfried Wagner to premier a Schiller inspired symphonic poem in London. Brussels snow statue exhibit for charity. Bicycle makers in France liable for machine faults. Berlin to host international art exhibition next year led by Anton von Werne. French war office tests hay brick forage. Madagascar gold found near Antananarivo with native miners. Viennese merchant Treitl leaves large sums to science and charities. Dieulafoys elevated to French Academy honours.
A visitor tells the city editor about a coming divorce, claiming McSwigger found the corespondent in his wife's room and shot four times but missed. He says he will sue for divorce, and reveals he is the corespondent.
A Boston man rushed to help a fainting lady and, in error, bathed her face with mucilage instead of camphor. The incident drew remarks about his well meaning but misguided action.
Aunt Eliza and Uncle Hiram wait in the station after arriving from Hayville. He explains paying $2 to a seller who will arrange sightseeing without extra charge, claiming the sky scrapers will be seen freely. The Chicago Record notes their exchange and plan.
A partial World text reflects on race and recognition with a noir reminiscence. The lines invoke Amos Moses Snowball and Ephraim Johnson as figures in a lifelong experience, repeating a personal confrontation from the speaker’s perspective.
The dialogue presents a terse courtroom scene in which a lawyer notes the cross examination has grown aggressive and accusatory, while the other party expresses discomfort with the probing questions. The exchange captures tension between lawyers and respondents in a legal setting.
A sequence of maxims and observations discusses friendship, greatness in adversity, career paths, jury selection, and warnings against vanity. The tone blends cautionary counsel with social critique, noting the value of work, restraint, and pragmatic ethics amid public life.
If you suffer from malaria constipation biliousness kidney trouble or dyspepsia try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The remedy is praised for nervousness loss of appetite and sleep and a general loss of vigor. Emphasizes that eminent physicians endorse it and that the public and press support the verdict. Read it regularly.
The text credits Innocent Ill. with exercising the greatest temporal power among popes, highlighting a historic assertion about papal authority.
Texas coast country vies with California as a profitable fruit area for pears grapes and strawberries. Six thousand dollars worth of pears from thirteen acres were produced in one season. G T Nicholson G P A Santa Fe Route Monadnock Building Chicago offers a free illustrated pamphlet about Texas and mentions low fares to major Texas points via Santa Fe agents.
The statement frames forbearance as the divine invitation to sinners to turn away from sin. It emphasizes that patience from believers mirrors God’s mercy, urging personal reflection and conversion in response to the moral call.
A brief advertisement promises free illustrated cards explaining why men suffer nervous troubles and fail to act rightly. It invites readers to mail name and address to Sterling Remedy Co at 10 Spruce St New York or 45 Randolph St Chicago to receive the package at no charge.
Local note warns that pigs face hardship under a lordly decree and requests that the matter not be printed in newspapers. No further details provided.
The Chicago Scale Co manufactures steel frames for Premium Wagon Scales that will last a generation, making them cheaper than wood. They produce every variant of standard scales and offer catalogs upon request with about a thousand useful articles.
The article notes that iron pavements, now popular and considered new, were employed in London as early as the year 1817.
An assorted clipped page offers cleaning services for fabrics and household items, then shifts to slogans and medicinal ads. Prominent are Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve, Hegeman’s Camphor Ice, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and bicycle scales. Various proverbs punctuate the mixed content.
Twenty San Francisco women form a whistling class led by Miss Gertrude Judd after training with Mrs. Shaw. Admission requires testing ear and mouth formation, and the teacher notes whistling uses the vocal chords with a distinct mouth position. She says clever whistlers must be born with cast iron lungs and perseverance.
A reflective line contrasts paying renters in pews with a biblical scene. It asserts that being in the lion's den with God is better than being outside without Him, framing faith as enduring courage.
A New York Herald account describes a woman dressed gaudily and loudly conversing on a Broadway car near Herald Square. Her escort, about 35, hints at a shared romance as she proclaims her birthday. the conductor and passengers react with restrained laughter at the age guessing exchange.
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