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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1886
Page
4
A reflective verse notes a creed of contentment over happiness. The speaker describes learning to live day by day, seeking worth in present effort rather than coveting joy or brighter dawns. The piece hints at moral growth and a devout, steady life.
A reflective essay contrasts patience and misfortune with spiritual lessons. It digresses into a zoological aside on flat fish habits, left and right sided asymmetry, and leptocephali described as oceanic idiots. the piece cites Cornhill Magazine as its source.
A fervent plea addresses readers to comfort motherless youngsters, urging gentle, patient care and prayers. The speaker calls for loving guidance, likening care to a shepherd leading souls to a savior, and cites a biblical saying about acts of kindness toward the least.
A narrative recalls Abraham Lincoln's tender care for his dying mother in Carmen Indiana. It describes their forest burial, the lack of ceremony, and Lincoln's lifelong memory shaping his character and resolve. Additional pieces reflect fears of planetary destruction from vast gas discoveries and a childhood reminiscence of a girl named Dotty and a robin named Tootie.
Fragmentary text recalls Lincoln and compares him to Washington, noting devotion and fidelity as guiding traits. The passage suggests a parallel in leadership ideals and moral purpose associated with these figures.
The text argues that taste in dress matters for both men and women and that women should educate themselves in color and form. It stresses that even unattractive women can improve by thoughtful dressing and that grace is a duty, not an impossibility, with a focus on personal improvement over material wealth.
An elderly man who served one day on a jury returns to court and demands two dollars owed for jury service. The judge directs arrest for contempt, but the man quips he will trust the judge and declares the situation settles him with the Democratic party. The tale is recounted by the Arkansaw Traveler.
Town rumor reports widow Snickers fleeing with a barber, described as black as the ace of spades. The joke hints she wore black to preserve dramatic unities, suggesting a bold, scandalous act in a small community.
In Wide Awake Laura Hope Fisher highlights Betty West praising ragged sailors over dressed-up roses. The piece contrasts Betty West’s starry-eyed, shabby appearance with her fondness for simple sailors, noting their appeal as truer than formal posies.
A narrative combines a family's care for a robin named Tootie with the bird's playful antics and affection for the children. It then shifts to a historical note on the evolution of U.S. electoral voting, tracing state-by-state vote counts and shifting power through early presidents to 1880, highlighting New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
A town in Wales housed a portable menagerie when several boys entered the elephant’s yard and fed it crackers then stones. The enraged animal knocked down and battered 65-year-old David Watkins with its trunk, prompting the keeper to flee. Watkins died the following day.
Leo Hartman writes in the New York Star that nihilism in Russia, though quiet now, is not dormant and could trigger a new, far reaching outbreak against absolutism. He warns martyrs’ blood will be avenged, but refuses to explain his reasons at this time.
In Washington a collection of Lincoln memorabilia is described from the National Gallery and Capitol displays. A marble bust by Mrs. Sarah Fisher Ames costs about 2000, Vinnie Ream’s statue stands near City Hall, and a large Emancipation sculpture in Lincoln square weighs 3000 pounds and cost 17000. Relics include Lincoln’s pillowcase, coat sleeve, and a shawl with a witness of his death, held by private collectors. A veteran White House messenger Pendle recalls Tad Lincoln’s cries after the assassination.
The Resident's report on the Sakils of Selangor notes a 700 to 800 strong Aboriginal group in nine divisions led by Batins. They gutta and rattan gatherers, tattoo arms, desert villages after deaths, and live in bamboo huts. They hunt with blow-pipes and a cross-bow like device, eating snakes and monkeys, and work with Malays as traders under protective orders.
An old man admonishes a street boy for obscene language. The boy says his father allows it, aiming for him to become a preacher like Sam Jones. The exchange ends with the elder noting the obscenity was not aimless.
A German geographer estimates Europe’s average height at 974 feet. Switzerland is highest at 4 624 feet and the Netherlands lowest at 31 feet. Spain and Portugal 2 298 feet, Austria 1 698, Italy 1 596, France 1 292, British Islands 714, Germany 601, Russia 598, Denmark 115.
A newlywed learns the danger of assumed affection when a month after marriage the husband notices the grocery bill exposes that his wife’s love was for food. The line between romance and daily expense becomes painfully clear as the couple faces the cost of living together.
A reflective line asserts that even the finest things turn evil if misapplied while the worst tools can yield good when used properly, emphasizing moral cause and effect.
The champion pugilist advises a morning routine of 10 minutes brisk activity and light dumbbell work, followed by a sponge bath and vigorous dry rub. He suggests a diet of poached eggs on toast or steak, coffee, and bread, plus fruit for laxative relief if needed, claiming two weeks will show fitness strides.
Washington letter profiles Taulbee a tall Kentucky congressman with the strongest speaking voice in the House, able to drown other voices and keep listeners attentive. Once a mountain mine helper earning fifty cents daily, he now works in the bill factory earning about sixteen dollars per day, and is said to have surpassed his father in political prominence.
President R R Cable of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway elevates E St John to Assistant General Manager. St John, starting in 1862, rose through the ranks to become General Passenger and Ticket Agent in 1579. The promotion furthers E A Holbrook to General and George H Smith to Assistant General Passenger Agent.
A Washington correspondent notes the transformation of a country town woman into a Congressman's wife. She enters elite society, enjoys fashion and hospitality, and appears sweet and hopeful. After a year she gains power, becoming dignified, patronizing, and elegant, with her vanity or charm sometimes darkened by Washington’s social pressures.
The text extols a medicine as the surest tranquilizer for nerves, claiming it strengthens overtaxed nerves rather than sedating them. It argues Bitters restores calm by boosting nerve vigor to endure ordinary mental strain and cites testimonials from professionals and clergymen.
The English army under General Wolfe attacked the French at the Heights of Abraham near Quebec on September 13 1759. Wolfe led bursts of musketry and charges. he was wounded twice and died as the French retreated, uttering I die happy.
On early symptoms of debility and cough the text urges relief measures and promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a superior blood purifier and strength restorer for weak lungs and spitting of blood. It cites a pamphlet offer for Dr Pierce’s treatise and notes a physician’s account of extraordinary fecundity among Vermont families in Dr Foote’s Health Monthly.
A colored servant girl sick with malarial fever refused medicine and was sent to a negro sorcerer who gave a bottle with a live lizard to place under her pillow. She grew ill. the master ordered removal of the lizard and she took proper medicine. The piece notes that 150 of 365 colleges publish papers.
General and nervous debility impaired memory lack of self confidence and premature loss of vigor are common results of excess indulgence or youthful indiscretions and pernicious solitary practices. Victims should send 10 cents in stamps for a large illustrated treatise from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association 663 Main street Buffalo N Y.
A misplacement of electrical switches leads to repeated problems for a family and nearby users. The article notes safety concerns, annoyance, and potential risks in daily life.
Nothing Like It. No medicine has ever been known so effective in curing diseases from impure blood. 800 VILL'S SARSAPARILLA, OR BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP, touted as universal remedy for Scrofula, White Swellings, Rheumatism, Pimples, Eruptions, Venereal Sores, Consumption, Goitre, Boils, Cancer, and more. Also promoted as a beauty aid, claiming to cleanse the blood and provide lasting skin clarity.
An advertisement claims Wells Health products restore vigor and cure ailments such as dyspepsia malaria nervous debility and consumption. It asserts thousands have been cured and promises further cures for future customers.
An advertisement asserts Wells Heal Renewer cures heart pains palpitations dropsical swellings dizziness indigestion headaches ague liver and kidney complaints and sleeplessness. It markets the tonic as an elegant remedy for adults or children.
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