13 Aug 1891
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1891
Page
1
The text praises Miss Farley for her prolific editing at The Offering, noting its 4000 subscriptions and strong profits enabling family support. It recalls the magazine's wide influence, a London edition in 1849, and Lowell's lectures to factory girls in Lowell Hall, who avidly note takeduring lectures and later held notable social roles.
The passage notes vast U S gold output and railway tech advances, discusses Britain's seven year parliament and the 1886 to 1893 timeline, and mentions Chicago sparrow cull and soot prevention. It also announces two prizes by the American Composers Association for a native cantata and a part song to be awarded next winter, aiming to spur American music growth.
A collection of period observations on fashion arguing against the waistline and praising flowing lines. It notes a young woman’s apparent lack of a defined waist and includes a reflection on the unpopular half dollar and its circulation issues. Also described is a new post office directory effort to reduce dead letters by providing a Street Directory of Principal Cities.
General Baum argues pensions will peak in 1893 but likely not reach 150 million dollars. The disability act provides six to twelve dollars monthly for disabled veterans, eight dollars for widows, and two for orphans. He notes pension costs per capita and compares debt before and after the war, urging national gratitude for Union veterans.
Dr. Charles Eastman, once Elaine Goodale’s husband, drew eighty students who tried to eject him from campus. He opposed them with a revolver and dumbbell, and despite the confrontation, he was not removed. Charley Gibson, a Maryland ex congressman, rumored to coach terrapin cuisine, is described with a gray beard and military goatee as a culinary authority.
Allerton lowered his mark to 2 13 in Independence Iowa on July 4. Hal Pointer boosted the half mile track pacing record to 2 14 at Mansfield Field.
A proposal to link a museum with a school offering drawing and lettered instruction aims to showcase models across arts and crafts. It would feature goldsmithing, enamels, ivory, leather, wood carving, silverware, metalwork, pottery, textiles, wallpapers, and tapestries, illustrating art applied to industry. The Decorator and Furnisher notes a similar, extensive museum at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
The San Francisco Call notes California fruit growers like Ase Hatch show massive profits. Hatch farms 800 acres in Solano county with 400 bearing trees and 400 young trees awaiting production. Last year net profit on the bearing 400 acres reached 109000 after orchard costs, a bit over 290 per acre, with stronger yields expected as conditions improve. The piece also mentions advances in photography aiding astronomy, where dry plates capture faint nebula details beyond naked eye visibility.
A mare owned by G W Young at Lake Creek Thursday night became stuck in a wood trough and pulled her tongue free at the roots. Despite the alarming injury the animal can still eat and is expected to survive. Also notes brief items on diamond color change and Civil War veteran Justice, plus Captain Hains’ Cunard Ocean service.
Miss Sarah Fenner-Lee daughter of James Fenner-Lee the Brazilian legation secretary leaves a first winter after coming out. Her education completed in Vienna with Cosino von Heussen staumm. Cockerill biography notes his Dayton birth in 1845 and success building The Post Dispatch and The World.
A. E. Turner of Cumberland Presbyterian College Lincoln Neb is described as likely the world’s youngest college president at age 28 after becoming president in 1888 following early academic advancement. Dr William Rainey Harper, elected University of Chicago president, was born July 26 1856 and earned his PhD by age 19 then joined Yale as professor of Semitic languages.
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