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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1891
Page
2
The Rural New Yorker editor reports a simple method to kill the rose chafer without harming plants. By spraying hot water from a cyclone nozzle at 120 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, groups of beetles on magnolia flowers die within a minute, while foliage remains undamaged.
Contractors uncover in the San Antonio fortress cellars twelve iron chests and sixteen sacks containing 70 million old Spanish dollars in gold plus a leaden box with papers. A receipt shows 20 million gold dollars owed to King John V. A Jesuit list ties the treasure to expulsion era hides. Dispute arises over ownership among republic, Portugal, Jesuits, or contractors.
Pall Mall Gazette reports new evidence to settle Becket bones dispute. Notes from Pauls Cross sermon indicate the bones were buried under a central Canterbury cathedral tower, countering claims of burned relics. The find in the British Museum strengthens the case for peaceful rest of the saint.
Western Union adopts new telegraph blanks with printing on the back moving all writing to the message side. The change aims at preventing use of blanks as memorandum paper and stops reporters and others from taking pads from counters.
The Paris dispatch notes a Vatican appeal for funds after the Rome explosion causing about £32,000 in damage to the Vatican and St. Peter's. The piece covers university statistics at London and an engagement of the Duke of Argyle’s daughter to a Quaker Lancashire spinner named Emmett. It also reports Voltigeur’s death and cautions on sun exposure to horse eyes. Detroit Driving Club records and John Logan Jr. Colt details are mentioned. The Chicago Horseman comments on money in horse breeding and quality stock.
Captain Edward Reeve reported a dramatic encounter while beacon duty near Greenport Maine. He described a massive shell backed creature with horned head, sea spray, and powerful flippers that attacked his skiff before he reached shore aboard a rock and noosa as the creature swam off toward Gardiner's Island. The Boston Herald noted the sighting as a sea turtle of enormous size.
The article notes caseine from milk is transformed into lac tit es a gelatinous mixture with borax or ammonia then mineral salts. evaporated to produce lac tites that can be molded and colored to imitate ivory. A company named Lactile Limited begins manufacture in Cheshire, England.
London Truth reports rising religious fanaticism among Turks. A Turkish official cites fanatics rising from 10 percent after the Crimean War to 50 percent at Abdul Aziz’s death, and 90 percent now. Four Christian bulb collectors near Smyrna disappeared and were found burned, with no trials.
Dialogue recounts a negotiation over a summer cottage claimed as furnished. The agent clarifies the absence of carpets beds or dishes while the buyer expresses surprise at the mismatch between expectation and reality. The exchange underscores miscommunication in rental listings and market norms.
Luther Holt of East Exeter Maine died when a large overturned tree trunk rolled back onto him after workmen felled the trunk while unaware of his presence. The incident occurred in a woodland near his residence and he died before help arrived. A May festival at Lincoln Nebraska featured an Oratorio society under Mrs. W M Raymond. For five years she has trained all choruses. A two day old colt fell into a 140 foot mineral shaft at Dubuque Iowa and was rescued, though it ran around the lot after being drawn out. Mrs. Leland Stanford donated 100000 dollars to aid San Francisco kindergartens. The origin of the word sulky is traced to the idea that only a sulky selfish man would ride in such a vehicle. Yale 91, a horse bred by Colonel W E Simms, ran at Chicago after Simms's sons William and Edward Simms graduated from Yale in 1891.
The piece reviews Jesus at Jerusalem during a Jewish feast healing a man on the Sabbath and facing Jewish opposition. It emphasizes the Father Son oneness, Jesus' works aligned with the Father, eternal life through belief, future judgment, life from the Father, and the hour of resurrection and judgment. It closes urging believers to abide in Christ and do God’s will.
The Right Rev Innocent Wolf born 1843 in Schmidtheim Prussia became a monk at St. Vincent’s Abbey PA at 11 and joined the Benedictine scholasticate at 13. He was ordained at 23 and studied in Rome for four years. His benediction as abbot occurred March 21 1877.
Eagleswood near Perth Amboy New Jersey once hosted radicals and was home to Marcus Spring Geritt Smith Wendell Phillips. After John Brown’s capture Mrs Spring rushed to Virginia to aid the wounded and vowed to bury Stevens and Haslett at Eagleswood. Their graves lie unmarked behind a dilapidated fence on the decaying estate.
Alice Belknap, daughter of the secretary of war in 1876, is named the most beautiful of Washington’s young set by her admirers. Described as tall and stately with golden hair and brown eyes, she combines classical charm with cultured travel and accomplishments.
Rev Dr Adoniram Judson Gordon a Boston preacher and compiler of the Service of Song was born April 19 1836 in New Hampshire. He graduated Brown University 1860 Newton Theological Seminary 1863 and served Jamaica Plain Baptist Church before 1869 accepting the Clarendon Street Baptist Church post where he remains. He authored Grace and Glory and The Ministry of Healing among others.
A compact set of maxims about life and human behavior. It reflects on how actions shorten life, the solace of women, the value of strangers, and truth in storytelling, paired with a note on friendship and enemies. It ends with a quotation from the Atchison Globe.
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