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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1879

Page

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Big agricultural stock trade and city heating works

Breeders in town total 150 to 200. Dubuque Steam Heating Co lays pipes for city heating. A life of 107 ends as Bannister Bond dies near West Grove Davis County on August 13. J K Thompson 17 will represent the Sixth District at West Point. Six escape Polk County jail by tunnel on Aug 23.

Dubuque Bannister Bond West Grove Davis County J. K. Thompson Albia West Point Polk County Love Keokuk Arizona Phoenxi McCloskey John Laboon John Keller Monahan

Global dispatches detail unrest and policy shifts

From England and abroad, reports describe agricultural hardship in the UK amid imports, political changes in India and Austria Hungary, Russian peasant unrest and court martial rulings, Quebec bank failures and unemployment, and Balkan tensions with Bulgaria and Servia. Also noted are U.S. bond steadiness, Pope mail threats, and German trade line proposals.

Man asks for cricket song as he pleads through Pawtucket night

A man near a Providence Journal Pawtucket station tells an officer he once heard a cricket song under a door mat and seeks the same music again. He imagines grand visions, coins granting power, and a dream of ruling, while the sergeant calls the moment mere buttons on a coat.

Providence Journal Pawtucket Athirst

Advertisement for Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup

A nostalgic note praises Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup as a relief for a crying baby. It suggests consumers can buy the product at all drug stores to ease distress.

Dr. Bull

Sugar from maize and sorgum heralds revolution in trade

The Indicator notes a potential sugar revolution from making a rich article from maize and sorghum at two to three cents. With the United States importing bio 000,000 of sugar annually, the discovery carries considerable importance for trade and consumption.

United States

Praise for Hop Bitters by Washington D.C. resident

In a letter, a Washington correspondent commends Hop Bitters as a meritorious medicine trusted by physicians and used for family health. The writer denounces quack remedies and urges others to endorse remedies proven effective. The testimony reflects broad public support in favor of the product.

Goldsmith Maid's Fame Centered at Trenton Fashion Stud Farm

Near Trenton New Jersey on the Millham road lies the Fashion stud farm owned by H N Smith of New York famed as the home of Goldsmith Maid and other trotters. The 150 acre estate features four bright stables a track for training and about 130 head including stallions Jay Gould and Gen Knox with records from 2 14 to 2 26. Goldsmith Maid is the famed mare followed by Lucy Belle Strickland Rosalind Idol Western Girl Lady Mayes and others. New facilities are under construction to house the growing stock as Mr Smith visits nightly from New York.

New York Sun Trenton Millham Road Fashion Stud H. N. Smith New York Goldsmith Maid Rty New Jersey Agricultural Society New Jersey E. K. Riddle Smith Mr. Smith Jay Gould Rysdyk Baltimore Prospect Park Gen. Knox Vermont Lady Maude Camers Gilbraith Knox Peaceful Plato Phil Sheridan Messenr Knox Harry Spanker Knox Tfoot Lady Knox Barbara Knox General Washington Lady Thorn Riddle Barus Goldsmith Lucy Belle Strickland Charles E. Leon Harry Harley Narnsett Park Rosalind Idol Lady Mayes Daisy Burns Commodore Vanderbilt Tidy Lé Blonde Lady Wallkill West Mr Smith

The State of Franklin and Its Failed Independence

A historical account of the brief State of Franklin born from North Carolina cessions after the American Revolution. It covers its capital Greenville, leadership under John Sevier, Major John Tipton’s rivalry, militia and judicial issues, and the collapse of the state after 1788.

Tennessee Congress of the Confederation North Carolina Congress Franklin Ce ‘Ss U S Washington, Sullivan and Greene Jonesboro Washington Co Benjamin Flin State of Greenville State of Franklin Freeman of Franklin Sevier John Tipton Campbell Fanklin Tipton

The King of Catfish and an Amazonian Home

A remarkable Sunday Creek tale describes a giant catfish found after a rock collapse, estimated at thirteen feet four inches and 375 pounds, with many companions weighing fifty to eighty pounds. The piece then shifts to an American Home on the Amazons, detailing Mr. Rhome and the Baron of Santarem’s plantation, hospitality, and advances in milling and sugar production.

Cincinnati Sunda Creek Courts of Justice Sunday Creek Amazons Scribner Brazil Lres United States Armer R. J. Rhome Amazon Highlands Valley Ainst Aperinha Aperinha Seems Like A Haven of Rest. Mr. Rhome Tropics Rhome Santarem Erere Pernambuco Rhone

Graham Biscuit Recipe and Chester Ocean Mineral Find

A historical fragment describes Graham biscuit making with wheat flour batter, resting, and baking in a large pan, plus a note about August 4th news from Chester Ocean. It mentions a workmen finding a rich sand and miners certifying richness, causing town excitement.

Chichester Ocean

Fashions in Jewelry and Dress Dominate Paris and Philadelphia

The article describes current jewelry trends with strong interest in quaint designs such as lizards owls and Christain names in silver. Holbein enamel pieces in Paris gain favor with colored square and oblong forms. Diamonds pearls sapphires emeralds remain prized while bracelets pendants and brooches shrink in size. Boots shoes belts shawls mantels and cashmere chuddah shawls are noted fashion items.

J . Philadelphia Times Christain Holbein Paris Paniels India

Cattle Exports From Southern Ida To Cuba Rise

A feature of the export trade in live cattle shows small cattle shipped from Southern Ida to Cuba. Tampa Bay and Charlotte’s Harbor serve as shipping points. Employment ranges from two to four steamers and about as many sailing vessels. The note ends with a stray line about a lady with a new bonnet and a clergyman praying for rain.

Ida Cuba Tampa Bay Charlotte's Harbor

New England Sabbath Principles in Sunday Activities

The Springfield Republican argues the New England Sunday should remain a day of rest and moral elevation. Public excursions and entertainments should aid church access and home life, while rail transit should serve churchgoers within clear limits.

Springfield Europe

Making Thimbles: From Silver Ingots to Market Ready Pieces

The article describes making thimbles from bright silver coins melted to ingots then rolled to thickness and stamped into disks. The disks are pressed into thimble shapes inside a bottomless mold, then finished by lathing polishing and decorative processes, with final cleaning and packing for sale.

Stadion

Blair County man faces charges over Pittsburg riot bill

Jesse Crawford of Blair County Pennsylvania must post bail to answer charges of corrupt solicitation of Legislature members and perjury tied to the Pittsburg riot bill.

Jesse Crawford Blair County Pittsburg

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