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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1895
Page
3
The lines depict soldiers sleeping on the ground disrupted by cannon and drum, awakening to the abrupt clash of war. No pain or bleeding is described, only the sudden roar and the tension of a camp in deathly stillness.
In 1641 at the Palais Royal two magnates, Jehan Armand Duplessis and Cardinal Richelieu, scheme against Orleans and Baradas. They discuss conspiracies, assignments, and the use of Julie de Mortemart as a trap, while Huguet and other agents lurk in shadows. A parallel note hints at a banking world under surveillance in Paris.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a country school visit where a boy explains he comes to school because his mother said he was in her way at home. The teacher smiles and lets the moment pass.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania hosts a premier assemblage titled American Colonial Laws compiled by Charlemagne Towers. It features laws from American colonies and includes statutes from the Danish and British West Indies.
Alfred and Ray Mullen celebrate a birthday in a rural Ohio setting as a gun mishap reveals a hidden fortune. A sheriff escorts foreclosure, but finds the cash Cobb owed tucked in a salvaged gun tube, paid from the deputy’s own pocket. The tale shifts to a French Emperor’s Pupils of the Guard and a peculiar wasp troupe kept by a nearby invalid painter.
Pearson's Weekly describes elephants nursing and guarding Indian babies while mothers fetch water or wood. It notes a child two feet tall riding an elephant to bathe, the elephant supporting the child like a floating island, and the trunk saving the child if he slips. The piece emphasizes the bond and perceived safety in elephant companionship.
An essay argues fear of death is natural and often unhelpful to dwell on. It notes priests facing execution comfort others and compares death to a gentle rising hill, suggesting practical acceptance over dread. The piece concludes that death, though formidable from afar, can be met as a friendly companion.
The London Truth editor recalls a Dufferin diplomacy story about a French plan to stage a Joan of Arc demonstration. Dufferin argued it targeted Burgundians, not England, and offered to participate with a Talbot descendant in armor, prompting an awkward French reaction.
Avon Park and Haines City residents plan a wooden rail railroad laid half in sand with wooden pins and plank couplers. No metal used. rails to be donated by property owners. A steam dummy will provide power. In a few years steel rails may replace the wooden ones for the fruit vegetable and passenger traffic.
A postman delivered a letter addressed to Venus de Milo at the Louvre in Paris. Inside were coupons from an English ad offer for a mounted photograph in exchange for twenty five coupons. The writer misread the address and company name printed on the coupons, leading to the amusing error.
The article notes several cases of babies born with multiple teeth, once seen as an omen. Instances include Tillman Stewart's June 1891 child with a full dozen teeth, a May 1889 birth of Gen Baker's restaurant child with ten teeth, and remarks from A. D. James and Chambers on such births in Australia and South Africa.
The visiting Crown Princess of Sweden and Norway, wintering in Rome, is reported fully recovered and recently paid a long deferred audience with the Pope. The visit recalls an earlier moment when King Oscar greeted Leo XIII with a bold embrace and a two cheek kiss.
Annual snail imports from France reach 230000 pounds valued near 4.50 dollars per thousand at export, underscoring a steady trade in edible gastropods feeding domestic markets and culinary use.
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