23 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1884
Page
1
A fragmented OCR lists numerous Ames businesses and professionals across trades. Entries mention attorneys, physicians, veterinary, photography, general merchandise, bank, millinery, clothing, restaurant and grocery, flouring mills, hardware, tailoring, hotels, carpenters, and more. The text reflects a comprehensive local commerce roster with many names and firms.
A ceremonial reception in Garfield County honors a prominent woman, with Col Ferguson delivering an ornate toast amid a crowd of admirers. The event reflects local gender progress and praises traditional domestic labor as central to community life.
Rates listed for notices and ads per line per year. Monthly changes and per inch pricing for business locals. Base charge: 16 cents per line. first insertion at 27 dollars each month. additional insertions five cents per line.
The passage describes Ames located on a railroad junction north of Des Moines near Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. It notes a sizable student body, a well appointed public school, a large public and the productive farming lands around the city.
The narrator recalls a well kept young woman on a Washington street car. He describes her clean appearance, simple tweed outfit, chestnut hair, and modest accessories, noting she embodies practical, unadorned beauty and good condition. He muses on simplicity over flashy fashion.
Lilian Whiting notes a class unable to take a joke and argues for genuine humor. The essay reflects on ministers families and the dulling effect of solemnity on character, urging cheerful wit and real playfulness as essential for healthy society.
The New York society of hair dressers adopts three fall designs for women's hair. Directions include wetting front hair, creating Langtry curls, using false pieces, and pin twisting for a tailored front coiffure as well as options for a soft French twist and mixed extensions.
In a large family the duty of each sister to plan the evening fosters pleasant rivalry for enjoyment. The brothers join the spirit and prefer staying home, while parents welcome their presence. The whole family is described as unusually united and devoted to their home.
A fragment discusses economical home care items for parlor and rooms, detailing brushes, dusters, cloths, and methods to dust walls, woodwork, and pictures without damaging surfaces. It notes washing fabrics in cold water and keeping large dust covers ready, with emphasis on practical housekeeping.
The piece surveys domestic inventions like crank egg beaters and self-basting boilers, plus a hinge griddle and paper mache goods. It then recounts a Twain office prank where Mark Twain is given a gift of stolen valuables by boys, provoking anger. A final warning urges readers to beware mining frauds and hire trusted experts.
In Cincinnati Enquirer fashion notes plain colors dominate with ribbed or corded effects and restrained plaids. Large floral patterns trend for wool and silk and seal skin plushes return while Astrakhan furs imitate cloth, signaling a conservative yet evolving fall style.
A special feature in the Institute exposition grants one acre of space to a woman's exhibit. It is run by Boston's leading women, with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe as president and Mrs. H. L. T. Wilcott as executive chair. The display emphasizes home comforts decoration and artistic work and excludes patchwork and preserves.
A former Virginia City printer recalls a 19th century joke played on Mark Twain by The Enterprise staff. Four masked actors posed as highwaymen on the divide near Gold Hill, demanding Twain and colleague McCarthy halt and surrender valuables during a moonlit walk after press time.
The piece profiles seasoned mining swindlers who target eastern visitors at Western expositions. A pair of sharpers smooth talkers lure a tenderfoot over fake ore, plant stories of lucky extensions, and steer him to buy a worthless claim, rarely exposing their scheme until it is too late.
A Bavarian naturalist near Oberammergau uses an electric battery remote camera setup to capture live animal action. He hides the battery distant from the observer, who triggers the slide via a button, prompting an instant exposure as animals react to the soft click.
Poots and a friend joke about luxury and status as Poots reveals he has a bell to summon a valet, not a valet himself. The odd remark exposes pretensions and a playful critique of wealth.
Popular Science Monthly reviews Prof. Thompson's book on the telephone's early history. The work, based on strong historical evidence, details the 1860 61 speech and 1861 demonstrations, and argues the German invention contained core transmitter and receiver principles later used today.
Water power from the Alps could drive electric railways in Switzerland. Converts St. Moritz and Pontresina into an electric line about 4.75 miles long using mountain stream power. If successful, builders plan a northward extension near 47 miles and a southern reach of about 30 miles creating a second Swiss Italian railway junction.
Fragmentary verse describing the north wind bringing mountain breath and icy reach. Images of icebergs and distant surf rise as the wind calls forth strength and exultant motion around the world.
Colonel Tol and Judge Markham spar over Mme Nilsson in Denver as to whether she surpasses Patti and Alice Oates. Tol recalls paying high prices to hear great sopranos while vowing to prefer nocturnes to diva excess, praising subtle emotion in music.
New York Sun notes Atlanta has benefited from a thriving cotton exhibit with steady inflow of people and capital. Real estate demand rises for homes and commerce as a large grain elevator and cotton milling facilities expand. A new oleomargarine factory joins several manufacturing firms near the city, with total capital invested reaching about 1.7 million and roughly 3,000 workers paid annual wages.
The article notes ginseng root as Corea's popular remedy with a reported value reaching up to $10,000 in the market. It highlights the extraordinary price and the plant's status as a sought after cure-all amid local trade.
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