16 Aug 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1878
Page
1
So N Watts Ames Story County Iowa appeals for reader contributions of news items for publication. The notice invites residents to send in any items of general interest to appear in the paper.
A speaker recalls building a small one room home and adding a timber lot before mortgaging the farm. Hard times, harvest failures, and inescapable law leave the homestead lost, with a white wagon approaching as a last look at the home.
Six men sit by a fire as a winter storm rages outside and hear a tale of a geologist and doctor who find a starving couple in a frontier hut. The dead husband speaks from beyond the grave begging to be aided to life to protect his wife, and the revived husband returns to life to care for his young wife.
An important decision touches legal printing and advertising in newspapers on the cooperative plan in Jersey courts. The owner of the property challenges the proceeding, on ground that the advertisement was not legal.
A record discussion quotes Senator Windom accusing the Forty-fourth Congress of demagogic pretenses of savings while inflated expenditures rose by 25 million dollars. The exchange covers year by year deficits, post poned obligations, and inconsistent economy claims, contrasting Republican reductions with Democratic postponements and deficiencies.
The Tokio Times notes heavy deposits in national banks to guarantee fines for violations. Penalties range from 50 yen for minor infractions to heavy fines and 100 day suspensions for serious offenses. A court declaration of seditious conduct can fine up to 790 dollars and ban publication. State reports are restricted. The Home Department minister may suspend or suppress periods deemed injurious to public welfare.
The Brothers Zsigmondy bore a deep artesian well at Perth now near 1,000 meters deep about 3,300 feet with £40,000 from the city to supply unlimited warm water for municipal works and baths. Water temperatures rise from 161 to 178 degrees Fahrenheit as work continues and about 175,000 gallons are discharged daily.
The article explains how lightning dangers vary with trees and open ground. It advises staying away from isolated trees, using their height as a safe distance, and seeking shelter in woods during storms. It notes rain reduces risk and discusses cattle and sheep under trees.
Henry R. Fick of Allentown believed he suffered consumption but an episode revealed a whitish two inch worm forced from his windpipe. The worm, transparent and active, was described by his doctor as unlike any previous case. The patient has since improved and hopes to return to health.
Antoine Louis Descompt Labadie emigrated from France to Betroit in 1750 with relatives and started a large family. He married Angelique Campau, had seven children before her death, then wed a Native Lautense chief's daughter, producing many more offspring amid tribal ties and church records.
Government postal officials express concern over money transmission by mail and urge reforms to ensure security and reliability of expressing funds. They argue the Post Department should take action to prevent losses and protect customers.
The author notes that individual hens occasionally lay 150 to 200 eggs annually, but with several hundred hens the average drops to ten or eleven dozen. From a 600-fowl operation the daily egg output averages around 130 per year per hen, with some as low as 115. By selective breeding and skilled management, they believe hundreds of fowls can yield a gross per annum.
In a garden a large number of toads are tended and follow family members like kittens. In a cellar over a dozen social reptiles sit quietly, observing the churning, with one old toad perching on the churner’s boot toe and never leaving it.
A vessel from America arriving at Bombay was struck by lightning. The electric current pierced a ten foot hole through the ice, melted about thirty tons, and set beams on fire during its passage. The incident is noted as a rare and striking sign of lightning ships.
A group of five men landed a person at Calcutta and charged him as ex-Rajah, hereditary shrine keeper, who ordered the killing of a native. The suspect was tried for murder, found guilty, deposed, and sentenced to transportation for life.
The former residence of Jay Cooke near Philadelphia has stood empty for four years with no occupants. The mansion shows signs of neglect as grounds are untended and interiors rarely aired while staff or caretakers visit sporadically.
The Job Printing department offers latest type and materials with neat, prompt work. Legal blanks in stock. Bill heads, letterheads, books, pamphlets, posters, auction bills, cards, and more at competitive state prices.
A murky New York Sun excerpt unfolds in a saloon where a man pretends warmth and civility while urging another to drink. The scene shifts as more friends join and one man consumes eight mugs, framing a casual yet escalating social moment around beer.
A garbled collection of jokes and witticisms covers puns on hats beards and eating. tales of a blind man and a puzzled barber. a monk and a lamp anecdote. a boastful Irish boy and a newspaper jab. with stray lines about a newly married man and a French priest. The piece reads as a collage of comic snippets and old-time quips.
A fragment notes how long different Bank of England notes stay in circulation before retirement. It mentions £10 notes lasting seventy seven days £20 notes fifty seven days £30 notes nineteen days and a £59 note with uncertain details. The excerpt references a dated note handed over on September 2.
The year 1877 gross receipts from all railways now open in India, ena and State lines, totaled £11,149 with maintenance expenses of £853,115. The capital at year end reached about £113,500,000, yielding net profit at the stated annual rate.
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