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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1878
Page
2
Local readers urged to send in news items
Citizens are invited to contribute local happenings for publication. Readers may submit short notes of interest, events, or items of general concern to the newspaper to share community news quickly.
The Stone Mill Lone Milner and the Grieving Grandfather
A narrative poem recounts Mossy and gray Stone Mill where Groff the miller despairs after May the beloved granddaughter dies. Years pass, the mill stands silent, children mourn, and Groff finds faith and kindness, telling them of May’s beauty to comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Mill
Arethusa on the Car and a Country Bride’s Resolve
A late autumn rail trip reveals a dwarfed groom and a sad bride Arethusa, Felicia Mallows, who longs for home. Miss Mallows counsels the unhappy wife on choosing happiness over misery, urging her to honor her marriage and seek to enrich her husband’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mallows
Alon
Biddy at the Photographer's In Connaught Heath
A humorous scene recounts a photographer testing a captive audience with a sly boast and a slate trick. Two men, likened to pirates, argue over a bird and a price as a girl portrait is revealed, culminating in admiration of Miss Mary L. Sniffin in Scribner's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connaught
Heath
Mary L. Sniffin
Scribner's Magazine
Spring Gardening Tips and Odd Household Quips
A quirky New York Graphic sample mixes gardening notes with odd lines about birds, cats, and household items. It jokily urges sowing shirt buttons, setting out sardine cans, and scenting Olive branches, ending with a tongue in cheek remark about landlords and rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentra Geos
New York Graphic
Paragon Husband Quits Drinking After Threat of Separation
Mrs A tells Mrs B that her 7' husband stopped drinking two months ago after she warned him she would leave if he drank again. Mrs B notes another encounter where he said he would go home once sober. Their street encounters now carry cold tension like thick ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicia
Mrs. Dalrymple
Felicia Mallows
Miss Mallons
Sally
Mrs. No
Jed Ts
David
Goliath
Papa
Harper's Bazar
Paragon 7
Mrs. A
the Tribune
F. M. Heaton
Muscatine
Iowa
Robert Miller
W. M. Nelson
Council Bluffs
Nelson
Miller
Creston
Contai
Josefh Harsaway
Des Moines
Ren Proctor
Maggie Catling
Warren County
Hathaway
Proctor
Bedford
Gem
Express business scale and capital investment noted
The report states 18,000 men in the express business, 3,500 horses employed, and 8,000 offices with a capital investment estimated at 30 million dollars.
Farmers’ Corner Brims with Practical Tips and Oddities
Curated notes on orchard spacing, paint for tools, and rabbits kept at bay with lard, plus a farmer’s anecdote about sour cider taming a violent sow. Connecticut politics praised for pragmatism, with advice on hoof care, planks and chisels for hoof trimming, and a curry eggs recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Commission
Avonzo Crafts
Connecticut
Moore
National Republican Congressional Committee Formed
A Republican caucus in Washington appointed a National Congressional Committee with members named by state delegations. Names include Hale New Hampshire Rollins Massachusetts Burnside Wait Hiscock Linnickson Campbell Jorgensen Ben Rainey Spencer Sexton Allison Cameron Page Dunnell Mitchell Phillips Romero Jacobs Kidder Corlett. Delays included states with no Republicans Delaware Georgia Kentucky Texas West Virginia Utah Arizona Idaho Montana. The caucus approved resolutions urging the President to rescind civil service participation restrictions and directed committees to confer with the President and with Republicans in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Washington
Conkling
Blaine
Hale
Representative
Conger
Maine
New Hampshire
Rollins
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Burnside
Ecticut
Wait
New York
Hiscock
New Jersey
Linnickson
Pavania
Campbell
Irginia
Jorgensen
North Carolina
Ben
South Carolina
Rainey
Alabama
Spencer
Mississippi
Indiana
Sexton
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Dorsey
Michigan
Hubbell
Ida
Bisbee
Iowa
Allison
Wisconsin
Cameron
California
Page
Minnesota
Dunnell
Oregon
Mitchell
Kansas
Phillips
Nova New Mexico
Romero
Washington Territory
Jacobs
Dakota Territory
Kidder
Wyoming Territory
Corlett
Delaware
Land
Georgia
Kentucky
Texas
West Virginia
Utah Territory
Arizona
Idaho
Montana
Sargent
Civil Service
Edmunds
Congressional Committee
Representative Price
House
Funny Mark Twain Speech at New York Banquet
The Bayard Taylor banquet in New York featured Mark Twain delivering a sprawling, satirical address. He wove jokes about diplomacy and science and teased American and British figures while defending liberty and advancing his wit against political and social pretensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Taylor
Fragmented Jumble of Quotations and Snippets
A collage of quirky phrases, light quips, and fragmented notes. Dozens of odd lines touch on fashion, psychology, printing, and social norms with playful, sometimes nonsensical asides. The item reads like a scrapbook of miscellany from a late 19th century column.
Household recipes and cleaning tips from an old paper
A section lists practical notes including molasses ginger bread, black lace preparation with borax, yeast cake making, lemon custard crust, ginger syrup with soda, stain removal for pique dresses, and glue preparation with nitric acid. It presents era style instructions with measurements and steps for home crafts and cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Odd Habits of Geniuses and Makers of History
A historical collection notes famous minds and their quirks from Napoleon to Stephenson. It recalls Napoleon fearing cats, Elliott's Gibraltar fame, Porson’s secret drinking, Cavendish’s dislike of women, Garrick’s vanity, Thiers and Scott at rooms, and others. It ends with a suggestion that rest aids thinking and a strong circulation benefits the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Gen
Elliott
Gibraltar
Johnson
Porson
Douglas Jerrold
Cavendish
Garrick
Rousseau
Bulwer Lytton
Marlborough
Thiers
Alwa
Scott
Moliere
Bacon
George Stephenson
Wheat Raising In China Lets Wheat Supplant Rice
Chinese returnees introduce wheat farming to replace rice as Asia’s staple. The article claims yields under forty bushels per acre with careful cultivation and very low labor costs, bringing about a profit of about 25 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Enduring course under gossip and calumny in voice
The text urges ignoring slander and gossip as foolish to credit. It compares engaging backbiting to opening a hive for stings and argues wisdom in saying little of internal losses. It emphasizes letting false remarks pass and focusing on steady progress.
The Good Boy at City Hall Hat Exchange
A well dressed boy about ten stood at City Hall in Raguci with a hat in hand, offering to trade or give it away. The scene depicts a small act of generosity as residents observe the polite gesture and community vibe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Edison
Mas
Chme
Dio Lewis
Solomon
Samson
Washin
Cincinnati
Raguci
Job Printing Offered With Fast Service and Low Prices
The Job Printing department of this office offers the latest type styles and materials. Orders will be executed with neatness and dispatch. We can do as good work and as cheap as any printing establishment in the state. Legal blanks in stock. Bill heads letter heads books pamphlets posters auction bills cards etc.
Fragmented verse fragment and violence fragment
A garbled fragment from a page mixes a poetical lament with a graphic scene of violence. The text references a cut man and a staged display, with stray mentions of a spring lay and a Burlington Hawk.
Care for Rheumatism and Noted Healer in Philadelphia
An old Irishman in Philadelphia touted a remedy for rheumatism. He recommended a heated mustard garlic vinegar poultice near the feet for sweating, followed by two thirds of a wine glass of iodide of potassium in water three times daily, plus four bottles of medicine, diet care, and rest. He claimed success for many patients and was a well known local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
North
Tur Davenport Gazette
Laxz
Buena Vista
Sioux Rapids
Hamburg
Renee Railway Company
Wapany
Webster City
Council Burris
Indianola
Martin Jackson
Marshalltown
H. L. Monat
Minneapolis and
St. Louis Railroad
Central Bar of Iowa
J. B. Grinnell
Hicks
Boyer
Buckner
Clifton
Louisa County
Epward
Donis
Cedar Rapids
Leuque
Warenr
van Buren Township
Lee County
England
C. N. Rose
Delano T. Smith
Tuomas Hamiuton
William Meikle
Mason Township
Taylor County
Denmark
Keosauqua
Iowa Crry
State University
Slagle
Howe
Law Department
Carmarrine Susser
St. Mary’s
Gxvorce W. Daxyrens
Muscatine County
Dayton
Ohio
Charles H. Phelps
Des Moines
Dewitt C. Richman
Philadelphia
Jieohange
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Anythinall
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Tod Fey
Mr. Lenox
David Dalrymple
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New
New Haven
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Rina
Orphan Asylum
Sata
Wen Oak
Mr. Parker
Cheshire
Miss Parker
Parker
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Patunxet
Coleymere
Liam
Myron
Bia
Fess
Bie
Sree
Sut
Sena
Paragon
Husband
Poor
Brat
Republican Caucus
Funny Mark Twain
France
Brother
Adam
Eaube
Perdition
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Manchester
Sioux Crry
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Boston
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