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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1883
Page
2
A San Francisco informant describes ex Secretary Blaine planning a memoir with an eastern publisher. The work would cover Lincoln to Garfield, defend his diplomatic record, and include a strong Oregon section as well as views on Britain and Napoleon era deals.
An article notes Washingtons cheap luncheons near the Treasury with a milk dairy, wicker chairs, and modest prices. It mentions Secretary and treasury clerks visiting, the 7 to 14 cent lunch costs, and the idea that a cabinet officer’s salary could buy many unbuttered biscuits.
The article discusses France as a major recipient of emigrants surpassing the United States in share of newcomers. It cites M. Leroy-Beaulieu’s figures showing rising alien proportions since 1261, with Germans and other foreigners flocking to France due to capital abundance and unfilled trades. It contrasts French youths' alleged preference for lighter occupations with Germans and English filling skilled trades.
The article outlines four government land acquisition methods HomeSteading preemption timber culture and purchase. It details timber culture entitlements 160 acres plus additional 160 by homestead or preemption with yearly cultivation and planting milestones, penalties for destroyed trees and entry costs.
At Appomattox Court House a distinguished Indian ally of Grant stood among the generals. Gen E. Parker showcases a surrender relic, the Lee surrender pen, while a rogue ex-confederate absconds with the Confederate Constitution parchment. The tale recounts war's end, torn towns, and looting scenes near Columbia and Charlotte as the Confederate cause collapses.
Gen Brisbin outlines Montana and western cattle prospects in a Chicago Tribune interview. He cites high profits, English capital, and joint stock ideas while stressing range beef and range slaughter to cut costs. He warns beef prices may rise before easing as western stock expands.
A vivid portrait of Daviess courty Kentucky’s famed jurist who died at Tippecanoe. The eccentric hunter lawyer balanced court and woodcraft, often appearing in deer skin attire. His charm and oratory made him a beloved figure in state lore.
The French project to flood parts of the Sahara resumes attention as M. de Lesseps surveys Tunis borings by Commander Outlier. If stone must be removed, the plan may end. if only sand is excavated, de Lesseps remains confident, though many scientists disagree. The scheme dates to 1869 with debates over sea bed, cost, and military value.
The New York Sun reports interiors of statues and old buildings revealed housefuls of residents. At Hyde Park Gate a statue arch hid twenty people including the janitor and family and six policemen. Somerset House and the Winter Palace discoveries noted beggars cranks and even livestock dwellers in roofs and cellars.
Col. Pat Donan denounces the admission measure and urges Dakota to seek independence. He laments lobbying for federal action and asserts Dakota's vast resources and population justify self rule, claiming pride in a powerful, intelligent, and self-sufficient state.
Researcher M. Dareste studied how shocks during transport affect the egg germ. Using a device at 120 blows per minute, tremors produced monstrosities in unfertilized eggs, and the altered germ persisted after rest, unlike some other temperature or shell changes.
A Boston tale recalls a once-wealthy man who misused health, later suffered gout and rheumatism, and sought a distinction. A laborer narrator offers a blunt reply that rheumatism is simply the original pain wearing the same pain as the patient groans.
Pall Mall Gazette notes Tsarist authorities finally acknowledge prison crowding. A St. Petersburg prison administrator reports deplorable conditions and mortality, with 1,352 escapees amid disorganization at the notorious Lithuanian jail.
A seasoned observer advises staying away from four feet to the left of a woman who throws a bottle at a hen. The remark underscores caution in handling unpredictable animal and human actions.
The San Francisco Bulletin argues rail lines like the Mexican Central open vast mining districts from El Paso through Chihuahua Durango and Jalisco. It notes liberal Mexican mining laws easy foreign land titles and advances in US mining gear could trigger a wave of investment and cross border trade as treaties tighten and mining details become widely documented.
Ida A. Harper argues against publicity and display in funerals and sermonized eulogies. She notes rising discomfort with public notices and advocates private, meaningful farewells spoken by loved ones or chosen friends, calling for simpler, just and right customs.
In Logansport a young engineer named Bill Schaeffer, famed for his beauty and skill, handles a dangerous runaway box car on a steep grade. A mysterious male engineer rescues Bill and reveals she is actually a woman, Clara, wife of the fireman Charlie. The two reunite amid public astonishment, explained as a secret life on the rails.
The reminiscence portrays Mr Stephens as a frail yet sharp witted Georgia figure in Washington. He survived obituary false alarms and a legendary appetite, remembered names and faces with uncanny accuracy, and kept a long friendship with Maine statesman James G Blaine, whose memory is noted as equally remarkable.
A Buffalo scientist explains an esthetic method for cracking a butternut. The technique involves an incision at the osseous endocarp near the placental sutures to strike the seed laterally, contrasting with breaking the shell with a flat iron and removing the fruit with a hairpin.
The New York Herald reports growing horror at unusual funeral rites and reformist ideas. The paper warns society may fear a future speaker who exposes a hypocritical prominent man beside a grave.
A biblical note cites II Chronicles seventeen hundred for the line where Asa, in the thirty ninth year of his reign, was diseased and did not seek the Lord but the physicians until his death.
A Stockton mule suffered fractures of the fourth to sixth neck vertebrae and faced slaughter until a veterinary surgeon aligned the dislocated vertebrae with slings and a head rope. Despite the repair the animal remains in danger from rear-end weakness and instability.
Washington reports detail a lavish Colorado hotel wedding marked by scandal and satire as guests balk, a priest objects to coverage of divorces, and sensational rumblings of a senatorial ceremony amid questions of money and publicity.
A Baltimore theatre night delivers real battle spectacle as a Roman soldier hurls himself at Forrest. The overbearing fight scene ends with chaos and a fallback in the orchestra as the master super confronts the star. Meanwhile ministers debate the Passion Play and a street scene in New York shows a child with tobacco’s grim reach.
A Washington portrait notes the president’s staged public appearances in a ceremonial coach and the era’s courtly manners. It recalls Mrs Washington’s reception presence and Gouverneur Morris’s bold wager gesture ending in Washington’s silent stern glance.
In a fragmentary note the text touches on unknown delicious sweetness and a beckoning grove scene. It also mentions Corea and a common cure all ginseng root, with top specimens fetching an almost fabulous price of ten thousand pounds in times of scarcity.
A cold, hungry tramp consoles a tearful street dog on Cass Avenue. The man shares his misery saying he has not had a meal for a week, then the dog bites his leg and takes a rug as the pair part.
The piece cites Lord Brougham’s view that the first four years nurture insatiable curiosity and wonder. After four, familiarity hardens the mind and deflects eagerness to learn. It notes older children often resist new knowledge in subjects like arithmetic geography and grammar.
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