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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1880
Page
4
In 12th century Thuringia, Louis of Thuringia faces noble oppression after a grim forest encounter with a knight. He summons a national council at Eisenach, condemns abusive nobles, and orders harsh, symbolic punishment by plowing the Field of the Nobles. The tale cements his legacy as the “Iron Landgraf.”
The Paris Figaro reports the Aude assize court recently tried a 15 year old lad for murdering a four year old boy on Oct 12 1879. Adrien Saucey vanished after leaving home in Quillan. Blood found near an outhouse led to the confession of Radoude, who strangled and mutilated the child then buried him. He is condemned to twelve years in a house of correction.
Fashion advice warns that tightly binding veils obscure sight and irritate eyes. It notes cases of nervous distress linked to the practice and urges women to discard semi transparent eye-bandages for safer vision.
J makes advances in factory operations and becomes a supplier for Co De. The quality is said to equal their best, signaling expansion and improved production standards for the firm.
A survey of historic court language clarifies that a dog is not a person and a widow retains action for homicide of a spouse, with rulings on license definitions for druggists, trade meanings, and contiguity. It also covers auctioneers, pants terminology, and the interpretation of several.
A vivid reminiscence portrays Natalie Sumter, adopted sister of Aaron Burr’s daughter Mrs Alston, as a refined New Orleans figure. The narrative recalls a stately home, a conservatory, and an invalid lady with intelligent dark eyes, highlighting Sumter’s connection to Revolutionary General Sumter and his famed wartime legacy.
An old fashioned district court clerk in a Harper’s drawer recounts a trial moment. A bumptious rural witness refused to remove his hat on oath and the German clerk sharply admonished him to take off his hat before swearing before him and Gott. The anecdote highlights strict courtroom etiquette.
A historic recipe describes stewing two cups of apples in two cups of molasses and adding two eggs, two teaspoons of soda, four cups of flour, one cup butter, and one cup sour milk. The apples should soak overnight before stewing to prepare the cake filling, with directions to fold in the apple.
Debates span extended time for completion of Texas Pacific and pension bills, with Blaine proposals to widen penalties and inch toward conscription poll taxes. Senate backs Arctic expedition, while House advances naval appropriation and land office measures. Indian policy debated, cadet appointments discussed, and district and telegraph regulation motions considered.
In central Mississippi peaches are nearly full size. Rail traffic shows year over year gains on several routes including Lake Shore, Age and Northwestern, Milwaukee and St Paul, St Paul and Minneapolis, and North Wisconsin. Canada Southern earnings for March hit a record $430,000. Grand Central Depot and Union Hotel are mentioned in transit notes. An Honest Medicine Free Charge advertises Dr King s New Discovery for consumption, colds, bronchitis, and more with a trial bottle offer. Barcama touted for kidney and liver relief with a physician listed in Pennsylvania.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and ads from 1880 includes Bull's Cough Syrup breading slumber cures, Laycock's Worm Killer lauded by doctors, Acre Conqueror for fever and ague, Wells Richardson Butter Color for dairy, and Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure hailed by retailers and physicians. Also promoted are Ekhart buggy wares, Pratt's price list, and Kidney-Wort tonics as cures for debility.
An assortment of patent medicine and household remedy notices claim cures for skin eruptions fever sores and tass illness. Prominent items include Arnica Salve advertised as universal relief, Hop Bitters praised by a Pittsburgh physician, J Monroe Taylor's Gold Medal Soda and Saleratus touted as safe for weak stomachs, Frazer Axle Grease sales, Philadelphia Lawn Mowers praised for long service, and Hunt's Remedy advertised for kidney and nervous issues.
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