14 Aug 1890
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
1
The Iowa Republican convention endorses the National Republican platform and Harrison administration. It urges protectionist policies, supports railway control, condemns trusts, backs temperance measures, and calls for stronger pension provisions for veterans. A brief notice promotes St Patrick's Pills with local sellers listed.
The Merwins, poor but brave, find a dropped ten dollar note in their baby’s cradle. Dan returns it after learning the owner is old crank Stephen Murdock who may have left it on purpose. The family fights debt, works hard, and gradually improves, with Molly’s courage and Jamie’s growing steadiness shaping a mortgage-free farm.
The article recounts De Cosmos delivering a twenty six hour speech in a British Columbia legislature to block a land act. Supporters predicted a short session while opponents pressed for adjournment. Exhausted, De Cosmos collapsed at noon as the bill survived.
A New York Ledger note lists popular women names and derives their meanings. Mary is described as the most common, with connections to exalted and gracious forms. other names like Martha Anne Susan Rebecca Lucy Caroline Sophia Emma Margaret Elizabeth Julia Agnes Amelia Clara Eleanor Grace Laura Matilda Phoebe Amanda Isabel Pauline Olive Edith and more are traced to meanings such as purity, kindness, brightness, wisdom, and peace.
A observant note on shopkeepers who presume to know a customer’s needs. The essay cites tan gloves not matching sizes, the refusal to stock tans, and the insistence on browns with a suggested three shillings and sixpence price.
Jewelry writer Galt discusses serpen t ine rings in gold and platinum with diamonds and sapphires, noting multi serpents and four heads as fashion. Silver designs rise in spring with doublets and garnets. prices for gold platinum rings range 25 to 350 dollars.
In 1811 Nicholas J Roosevelt built a stern wheeler named the New Orleans at Pittsburgh after securing permits from Fulton and Livingstone. The 200 ton craft with sails, 138 by 30 feet, cost about 40000 dollars and left Pittsburgh October 11 1811 for New Orleans, marking a new era in the Great West as it rode the Ohio to the Mississippi.
Mrs. Virginia L Farragut widow of Admiral Farragut is reported to draw a pension of £000 a year according to a line in the paper. The item reflects a pension allocation noted by the publication.
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