30 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1884
Page
1
A crowd gathered at the gate as friends welcomed the fallen, one crying that he would return if seen, another praying for strength to stand and do right. The scene centered on the spared form, fate shaping the moment into a quiet tribute.
Frank Bellew argues caricature is the highest form of pictorial paragraphing and cites a public debate over art, economy, and publication value. A Philadelphia House of Refuge report details picnic-based reform, band labor, and disciplined, hopeful youths amid walls and moral guidance.
In the preface of J B Talts new work The Cattle Fields of the Far West Their Present and Future published in London ex Secretary Blaine recalls a Europe trip to negotiate a property sale. A folkloric Pat tale appears as a humorous aside about letter writing and daily meals with Irish speech.
In Cattlettsburg Kentucky sport anglers report a new jugging technique. They tether lines to corked jugs and drift with the current to lure big catfish. A Missouri Osage river fisherman used multiple jugs and a downstream skiff in a similar jug fishing practice.
The article compares geographic size to population for major cities. It cites New York at 41 square miles, Paris at 284 square miles, London at 122 square miles, and Philadelphia with 800000 people covering 120 square miles, noting area exceeds London’s.
Canestrini, a French scientist, cut off the heads of flies, ants, grasshoppers, and butterflies and observed that decapitated insects retain senses for a long time. Flies rubbed their bodies with their legs and acted normally. Butterflies flew for eighteen days while grasshoppers kicked thirteen days after decapitation.
An Ohio man, born and raised in New England, denounces California weather saying it harms family life. He claims the so called glorious climate makes children lazy and urges staying where there are four seasons a year.
A Sun column examines reactions to female horsewhipping of men, noting public sympathy for the woman and the dilemma men face. It recalls a local incident where a young man fled, and mocks reporters facing threats, arguing any male response sparks ridicule as cowardice or aggression.
The cassowary catches fish by wading into water and spreading its ruffled wings to stay still. The bird mistakes its feathers for weed and swims among them, then closes its wings, shakes off water, and dines on the fish.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls how lake side villas on islands near Lake Erie tempt owners with cheap timber and fine views but grow tiresome after seasons. It cites Cleveland travelers, villa costs around $2000, and eventual sales as owners seek Europe or to exit the pattern. It also notes William Garrison’s Lorng Branch mansion, once valued at $125,000, now unoccupied with a widow seeking sale.
An excursionist asks a bootblack about sights near Detroit. A bogus quarter and a green watermelon trigger a chain of comical chaos with a man, a woman, two boys fighting, a horse bolting, and the crowd reacting as a startling scene unfolds.
Spectators at an ocean house pavilion watched a man in a white shirt snatch at a keg near the water. He narrowly escaped breakers several times, finally being knocked over and pulled to safety as another cresting wave sent the keg rolling. He exclaimed relief at reaching solid ground.
Discussion in The Continent about a unique island plant used chiefly for cattle fodder and sometimes as enclosures. The six to seven foot stalk is repurposed into walking sticks as a curiosity for tourists.
A reminiscence recalls Camille de Cavour arriving in Presinge with his brother Gustave in 1816. The mischievous boy, in a red coat, pressed his demand to dismiss Geneva postmaster and sought an audience with the syndic, charming officials with quick bows and bold grievance.
A father and his four year old visited a shoe store and bought new shoes. At church the shoe dealer collected the contribution, and the excited child shouted from the pew that the shoemaker was coming, stirring more excitement than the rest of the offering.
The opinion gains ground among metallurgists that an alloy is preferable to pure metal for mechanical strength. Iron tends to crystallize, hindering its value in items from large guns to ship cables, a tendency that can be reduced by adding other metals.
A commentator laments rampant slapdash decoration cluttering homes with cheap porcelain imitations. He cites a 260 cask December import and warns that fast furniture and racks tempt misuse of bric a brac. He notes porcelain interest waning as mass market ceramics flood the scene.
In England tombstones often use a cement similar to asbestos but climate limits its use in America. Painted and galvanized iron tests fail quickly in the atmosphere. Bronze proves durable and is used for busts and panels. Horace Greeley’s monument in Greenwood County, New York, features a bronze pedestal surmounted by a bust cast from old type metal.
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