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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
4
The piece recalls authors who cannot finish works, citing Dickens and a Bonner era New York Ledger episode where a man’s story stalled after four weeks. Bonner sought to encourage the writer, who finally abandoned the tale, leaving the rest unpublished.
Washington correspondent Amos Cummings of the New York Sun pressed Secretary of State William H. Seward for information. Seward balked at first but Cummings asserted the three parties to the interview: Seward, the Sun correspondent, and an American citizen who demands respect. Seward invited him in, and the Sun secured both the news and a landmark interview.
Chauncey M. Depew recalls Ward's Mor mons lecture at Albany. The initially unresponsive audience erupts after Ward’s joke, revealing the psychology of association and laughter.
John Sherman near to Senator Sherman recalls the first Kodak picture of him after a Philadelphia Academy of Music speech. He notes newspaper artists captured him in many attitudes and the senator remarked that the press now knows him as he is a caricature of his own self.
A nervous commuter races for a train when a boy shouts that he has lost the shine from yesterday. The man counts his bundles and learns the boy jokes about the missing shine offering another for a nickel. The moment captures busy city life and a humorous street encounter.
Fragment mentions Cork city not covered in Noahs flood and a quip about Ph being everywhere. no clear event or date given. Chicago News style note hints at flood discussion with character Dinny and Larry.
Archibald Forbes recounts a humorous incident in West Chester Pennsylvania where a black cabman offered transport to a lecture and requested a lecture ticket for payment. Forbes gave tickets for himself and his wife, only to learn the driver sold them for cash.
A man senses a follower on a dark road home and flees toward a graveyard and a mausoleum. He confronts the pursuer who explains he is destined for Mr. Browns with a parcel and was told to follow him to locate the correct house.
A flat dweller found a card reading Miss Mary X. Chisholm under her door on a Thursday afternoon. Her maid, returning from an outing, explained the card as left by a white friend of hers. The note’s engraving was described as irreproachable, with the maid stating the sender wished to meet the resident.
A copied letter from a Georgia candidate discusses a mixed white and colored vote. The writer claims the settlement swears by him and can read write and count. He offers to deliver the vote if the candidate wants it and implies knowledge of who will vote otherwise.
An Atchison Globe quip notes that leisure reveals forgotten desires as a man seeks to do what he longed for while busy. The line reflects on self reflection and the gap between plans and idle time.
A proverb notes that luck can arrive in a shabby vehicle, suggesting prosperity may come disguised. The saying underscores patience and discernment in recognizing opportunity when it appears in modest surroundings.
New York state lists nine thousand three hundred twenty officials on its regular payrolls. The disclosure highlights the breadth of state and local employment.
Otto Korb of Boonville Indiana promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as soothing delicate skin and healing stubborn ulcers with certain good results. The ad claims it cures piles and skin diseases and warns against imitation products from L M Bosworts.
Advertisement claims Banner Salve quickly cures running sores ulcers boils and pimples with no rival product. TiLpen and LOUGHRAN endorse the salve as the best healing remedy available.
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