18 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
1
Advertising rates for five line cards per year set at 500 dollars for standing ads with monthly changes per inch. Local business ads cost ten cents a line for first insertion and five cents per line for subsequent insertions under contract. 500 lines changeable weekly at twenty five dollars and twelve hundred lines at fifty dollars. Entered at the Ames post office as Class Mail Matter.
Ameste lies on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road thirty miles north of Des Moines. It is the seat of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with annually several hundred students and a well appointed public school. The surrounding farmland yields abundantly of fruits and crops.
Incomplete OCR line shows a string of personal names and initials including M. C. Jones, M. Smith, E. R. and C. E. Haver among others, with scattered punctuation. No event or context is readable.
Methodist Episcopal services every Sunday morning and evening. Sunday School at 12. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. Congregational sing at 10445 and evening at 7 30. Sun day School immediately after the morning service. E C Moulton, Pastor.
Poem reflecting on aging and the moment of noticing the first gray hair. It contrasts perception of youth and aging, noting how weariness and questions about life arrive with age while vitality may linger in the eyes. The verse likens gray strands to a quiet milestone on the journey forward.
Harry Somers a turner in a furniture factory falls in love with Hettie Wheeler. Their hopes for marriage hinge on his rising pay and his talent for writing. Pushed by cousin Frank Newton, Somers earns $25 for a story, gains fame, and plans a double wedding with Kate.
An up-town father gave his 10-year-old son a $5 bill to buy essentials for the Fourth. The boy bought a 35 cent pair of shoes a 15 cent hat and $4.50 in fireworks. Also notes the London Zoological Society reports 2 609 animals at year end 1586 including 777 animals 1 429 birds and 403 reptiles with many bred in the gardens.
A collage of social satire contrasts American and British fashion and manners. It notes New York society’s habit of luxurious dress and late mornings, then examines how American girls alter speech and style when a suitor appears, questioning authenticity.
In a dialogue from the New York Herald a wife and her sister discuss vanity and aging. The second wife mocks wrinkles while recalling her husband John will accompany her to buy a bonnet and may insist on a cheaper choice.
A St Paul woman, famed for her beauty, defers marriage to Earl until fashion shifts to lower hats. She tells him she loves him but will wait for a hat trend change, predicting a reaction against high hats next spring.
A Philadelphia News quote argues men trade inclination, health, and honor for wealth while women selling marriage face social stigma. It contrasts a male clerk’s service for pay with women marrying for security, praising economic choices within societal bounds.
The piece contrasts women’s changing roles with men in earning bread, noting how today women seek work beside men. It highlights frequent stories of loss of male breadwinners among applicants and reflects on enduring economic realities behind these hiring efforts.
Reading through the fragments, the piece contrasts a high society New York woman's ritual with a detailed historical account of Lima and Pizarro's cathedral, its looting after 1879, and relic-hunting. It shifts to Civil War vignettes including a starving march, a nurse named Cora, and a mule rescue, then surveys veterans’ notes on flags, Streight’s raid, and Forrest’s pursuit, ending with scattered proverbs and humor.
Soldiers and sailors recount battles with bullets bayonets and boiled beans in stirring tales of solid shot and battlefield courage.
Charles B. Dean recalls Senator Zachariah Chandler riding into a Fourth Michigan camp near Washington. Chandler publicly vented about war policy, joked about franking stationery for soldiers, and distributed envelopes marked with his name to raise funds before paymaster arrived. Soldiers nicknamed him for the charitable gesture and the sergeant's sermon on pay.
A wedding notice mentions only carp in a cryptic line causing concern at a men's club. Friends fear the note hints poker play will be barred, sparking speculation about rules and social plans.
A fragmentary note mentions Acer and a spring chicken amid references to colorful guls. No clear event or persons are established from the readable text.
An advertisement proclaims the Intelligencer as the best and as cheap as the cheapest, invites readers to call and view samples.
Reading from a 19th century tone, the piece links nail shape and upkeep to national traits and character. It discusses American and English hands, nail dryness, diplomats, nail biting, Chinese nails, and creoles, concluding that onyx color signals "pure blood" in octoroons.
A farmer relates a morning clash between a rat and a snake near his stable. The rat attacked, dodged bites, and grabbed the snake by the tail biting it severely. Wounded, the serpent retreated while the rat sniffed the area, then returned to the crib as if scenting for the foe.
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