24 Apr 1890
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1890
Page
1
The Intelligencer announces subscription rates from editors H. and S. K. Wilson. One year in advance costs 50 cents to $1.50, six months also in advance, with higher annual rates if not prepaid. No paper mailed outside the county without advance payment.
In the Douglas Woods frontier, Caleb Trevor wounds a feud with William Harvey over Alice Trevor. Alice and Harvey secretly wed, Trevor drives her out, a pit collapse exposes a drowned woman, and Harvey seeks revenge before Alice reveals the truth. Peace ends with marriage and reconciliation, but the unknown woman remains a mystery.
Two poor boys in a Boston Globe vignette pore over a cigar display. They plot to buy a two cent cabbage leaf cheroot by forming a stock company with one boy as captain and organizer while the other acts as investor and eventual smoker.
An impoverished boy at a cheap restaurant earns a stern lecture from a wealthier man about eating with a knife. The exchange spurs an elderly bystander to defend the boy and condemn slurred judgment. The piece then shifts to a moral essay on misers and social belonging.
A reading notes J Macdonal Oxley’s tribute in The New England Magazine on Miscou Island in Baie des Chaleur. It recounts Governor Deny’s fountainlike fresh water, Champlain’s Gougon a womanlike sea monster, and local fear of its depredations told by seafaring witnesses. The piece links legends to early exploration and native accounts.
A boy learns habit from mother and struggles to recognize a casual acquaintance. In Scranton George W. Cable faced silence at a lecture, then used a gentle rebuke and created a noise to engage the audience, thanking them for their applause.
In 1849 a rare ice jam on Lake Erie blocked the Niagara outlet for hours. A warm spell loosened the ice then a west gale drove it downriver piling at the falls. Water below the choked outlet ceased, revealing the dark rocks as rapids roared in a rare sight.
An authors reading in Boston for a working girls club drew laughs as attendees misidentified speakers. One worker mistook Mrs Maud Howe Eliot for George Filiot's wife, revealing gaps in knowledge of living American authors versus English novelist George Filiot.
The fragment mentions a house alert and burglar alarms with an exchange between a lady and an agent. It references F. M. Z. Jory of Alpharetta, Georgia, and a claim about killing twenty four blackbirds and firing a few days ago.
A detailed guide outlines steps to obtain copyright protection through the Librarian of Congress, noting required notices on copies, the need to file two copies within sixty days of publication, and renewal rules. It also discusses newspaper articles, pooling, and enforcement against infringements.
The Iowa Senate failed to vote on a late amendment to a tearac tshane sale ban near schools after lengthy debate. The House advanced an Australian ballot bill by party lines, detailing public funding for ballots and voting booth procedures. Senate and House passed numerous appropriation and infrastructure bills amid educational and districting disputes. a governor’s reception followed, with the Capitol illuminated for the event.
Edmun Gosse begins a tour of his father Philip Gosse the famed naturalist. Andrew Lang plans a visit to this country while Mrs Amelie Rives Chanler in Europe expects a Newport summer. The New-York Times hints at a weekly Digest. The St Nicholas features Stanley and Africa notes. The issue notes various authors and theater items with mentions of 19th century literary figures and publishing plans.
A London paper recalls Count P a learned French noble visiting London famed for a revolutionary reel. The device uses a 75 000 metre silver thread and magnetic needles on a glass mounted reel. By mental command the machine moves without touch though success varies with the operator. Rabinkorff noted only strong will could guide it consistently.
Ten people each put ten cents on slips numbered one to ten. Slips go in a hat, monkey draws one, winner takes ninety cents. After each draw the slips are destroyed. A young man won about two cents per night but shared no winnings. The game ends when the monkey’s pick exposes a trick and arrests follow.
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