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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
1
The Orricia Parer or Story County Terms of Subscription set at $1.00 per year as published by Hudson Brothers in Ames Iowa.
A compact meditation on culinary history from ancient Italy and French court kitchens to modern figures like Napoleon and Carlyle. It laments rush at meals while praising the dinner hour as the day’s pivotal moment for health, wealth, and happiness.
A West End man grows increasingly deaf and misinterprets a neighbor’s remark about a baby. His odd reply about canned babies and cherries creates a humorous misunderstanding observed by a Cleveland Pilot Line dealer.
A witty remark about Du Maurier’s Punch drawings and captions suggests the captions were crafted with effort. The New York Evening Post sees them as groundwork for his later acclaimed novels. An Harper & Bros. anecdote recalls his early collaboration with their magazine.
The Boston Herald notes a witty closing item where Punch proprietors claimed exclusive rights to his services and he replied with a brief quip Man cannot live by Punch alone. Yours G Du M. The duration of his effort isn’t stated but the remark is praised as clever.
A Pittsburg girl quips to a Boston visitor that Mr Northside knows nothing of beans. The visitor replies she has become cognizant that he is deficient in knowledge of legumes.
A playful exchange centers on a father urging his son to say no while the son notes the father himself avoids direct refusals. The humor hinges on indirect wording and the paradox of saying no by saying I'll consider it.
A Portland man named George Brown was committed to an insane asylum by County Judge North after a bizarre episode. Jailer Rosing found him on a curb and arresting officers faced a torrent of abuse whenever anyone asked his name. Brown told a tale of being tormented by people asking his name in Brooklyn and on trains, hotels, and routes, driving him west to escape inquiry. He finally spoke of the harassment, which included being asked his name repeatedly in jail.
A blind girl living in Oak Hill Texas has farmed a few acres by herself for several years earning about two hundred dollars each season. She started with no capital on unfenced land and now has a fenced plot with a well and pump. She waters nightly during dry spells and uses her acute hearing and touch to manage crops, knows vegetables well, and often travels twenty miles to market.
The Prefect of Police bans zebras from Paris draft animal lists, while London wagons use four zebras for a magnate’s carriage. Figaro defends the zebra as trainable and not inherently restive, needing only early instruction for docility. Judge Stevens, appointed referee for Boone Story Green counties, also becomes special river land claims commissioner. He declined the first post and took the latter, with about $300000 paid and $40000 still to be shared among 100 claimants in unsettled cases.
The North American Review highlights Americans' pivotal role in Egypt through tourism, scholarship, and Christian missions. It notes the Egyptian mission of the American Presbyterians with 100 stations, 20 churches, and 97 schools, and recounts an American doctor aiding a passenger on a mail steamer, illustrating broad impact.
The Boston Transcript quotes Briggs and Griggs discussing Mo. Faker as a clever delineator of characters. They say he can distinguish German dialect from Irish brogue, and the programme indicates when he imitates German English or Irish speech.
A review of a United States fish commission report on Pacific coast artificial propagation finds that quinnat salmon bred for Atlantic rivers do not return to sea and die on spawning grounds. Despite vast egg transports to Atlantic rivers, fry disappear and no clear survivors return to the ocean.
The notices list the Knights of Pythias Grand Encampment in Indianapolis from August 22 to 30, the G A R Encampment in Cincinnati September 5 to 10, and state conventions for Republicans in Dubuque August 30, Democrats and allied groups in Tonville September 7 to 8, plus Friends meeting in Oskaloosa September 6 to 13. New coaches and cars offered free to attendees.
Des Moines reports a cooler week with 2 to 4 degrees below normal and dry weather favorable for threshing and stacking. Corn shows variable progress from silk to roasting ears, with most fields ahead of last year and forecasts of frost risk sayings that most of the crop should mature by late September, possibly producing near or above average yields.
A long retail pitch touts fall stock at a leading Iowa dry goods house. It claims forty years of experience, invites readers to request a catalogue with jackets capes dresses silks and dress goods, and promises free express charges on $5 orders and railroad fare for large purchases. A rebate card and money back guarantee are offered.
The Chicago Great Western introduces two new palace trains between Chicago and Minneapolis in green and gold. The cars feature mahogany interiors, diamond shaped glass, luxuriously cushioned seating, and club car amenities rivaling metropolitan standards with a conductor’s room at the front.
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