18 Apr 1885
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1885
Page
1
A montage recalls Mrs Gilbert on a palace car, fashion tricks, and a vivid warning about tight lacing. The piece links stage life, feminine bravado, and dangers of corsets with a lurid postscript about a maid found dead in her laced attire.
Colonel A. G. Sharp discusses why trusted post office workers steal, citing Brugge man case and a dream of theft. He explains the lure of quick money over judgment, and describes criminals losing conscience as thefts increase. The remarks bridge public astonishment with Iowa period views.
A rhymed narrative recounts a snowball’s misadventures from yard to street. It encounters a boy who uses and throws it, a milkman’s car, a man who smashes a window, a thrifty housewife, a younger brother with a dog, and a dog’s bite. The snowball fades as it melts while recalling the joy of knocking a tomcat off a fence.
In Leigh Manor a stormy arrival of Maud Armitage sparks an affair that tests Carleton Leigh and his wife Lillias. A jealous confrontation leads to Lillias's decline, Maud flees, and Leigh devotes his life to atonement through unwavering care for his invalid wife.
A Frenchman named Lamotte, famed for memory, visits Voltaire and questions a borrowed scene in a new play. He recites the fourth act’s second scene from memory, prompting Voltaire to concede he wrote it as well as the rest. The exchange shows Lamotte’s remarkable memory and Voltaire’s amused pride.
A Kentucky tailor asks a customer if he wants one or two hip pockets and whether he prefers pint or quart size pockets in a humorous exchange adapted by the New York Sun. The brief vignette highlights tailoring banter and consumer preferences.
A Baltimore man supplied eleven oysters that filled a quart measure in a curious display. The note ends with a curious line about speaking softly if one speaks love.
A tale rewrites the classic cupboard visit as Old Mother Hubbard sews a worn robe into a dress for her girl. The outfit dazzles briefly on the street before fashion laws label it innocent and ban the wrap.
A fashion magazine excerpt extols tight lacing and the benefits of well fitting corsets while warning against abuse. A separate Detroit Free Press item humorously portrays a street case where a man seeks damages for a busted elbow, debating legal steps and sugar settlements with a savvy grocer.
An Indian man newly released from prison on the St Lawrence speaks to a passerby about his experience. He endured no starvation or cruelty, only being forced to wash himself, leaving him with a distressed, anguished appearance. The Toronto Mail reports the exchange.
A child recalls a Sunday school lesson about a camel passing through the eye of a needle. The brother jokes that the camel would need to dump itself. A St. Paul Day remark warns that gifted men misusing abilities pose danger to the commonwealth.
Nelson sought royal permission to provision his fleet during the chase of the French. Lady Hamilton appealed to the Neapolitan queen, obtaining an order to supply water and victuals to the British ships, enabling the pursuit to continue.
A historical note recounts the 1789 election and inaugura tion of George Washington. It details the New York City scene at the old City Hall, the debate over his official title, the ceremonial open boat journey, and the grand reception that followed at St Pauls Church. It also mentions a statue in New York commemorating his oath on Wall Street.
The Pittsburgh Letter to the Philadelphia Press reports gas heating replacing coal across industry and homes within fifty miles. 15 to 20 million cubic feet daily fuels iron and steel puddling and boilers. six city mills and seven western plants use gas, with more plants and breweries converting. Domestic gas use expands with hotels and households adopting gas for stoves and hearths. safety inventions curb risks as towns like Butler, Freeport, Clarion, Tarentum, Kittanning, Oil City, Wellsburg, Apollo, and Murraysville convert.
The excerpt contrasts terms for crimes based on wealth, labeling rich arsonists as pyromaniacs and a rich thief as kleptomaniac, while a poor drunk or thief is simply called drunkard or thief, highlighting class biases in labeling.
A young man leaves a wrapped roll at a tiny theater. The janitor sternly asks for the manuscript samples, only to realize the package contains wallpaper samples for the upper galleries. The man retorts that he is not merely a dramatist.
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