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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1886
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for Ames locals include five lines or less per year with $500 per inch monthly, 10 cents a line for first insertion and 5 cents a line for each additional insertion by contract. Rates cover 500 lines changeable weekly at $25 and 1200 lines at $50. Entry at the Ames post office as Second Class Mail Matter.
Aves lies at the Chicago and North Western Railroad junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road, 36 miles north of Des Moines Iowa. It serves Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts area with a public school and nearby productive farming lands.
Incomplete OCR fragment lists county officials including auditor, clerk of courts, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, superintendent of schools, surveyor, coroner and related roles. Missing context prevents full attribution or duties.
A Harper's Magazine verse reflects on aging summers and past loves as reapers return at sunset. The speaker imagines the harvest of memory, noting love and happiness once felt in springtime life. Darkening skies frame scenes of romance and fading youth with rich, seasonal imagery.
A seaside scene at a New Jersey resort ends with Ned Denton rescuing Harry Fielding from drowning while Elma Warriner watches in terror. Fielding survives and Denton is hailed as a hero, altering the love triangle as Elma confronts her feelings and engagement.
The list identifies city officers including Mayor M. 17H, Recorder E Cates, Treasurer W C Suockiey, Marshal L Van Dusen, A Richmond, Van Chamberla C E Haverley, G H Maxwell, H Westerman, A Perkins, and other council members. Names appear with unclear spellings from the source.
Church notices list multiple pastors and service times. Everly and H W Wilson lead alternate Sunday services with morning and evening sessions. Prayer meetings are held Wednesdays at 7 or 7:30 o clock and Sunday school at noon in various congregations.
Sydney's letter in New York Times describes Virginia mistresses as strategic managers of large slave households. It credits them with organizing multi‑disciplinary tasks from sewing to nursing, overseeing enslaved workers, and coordinating food, clothing, and grounds, revealing intellectual labor behind plantation administration.
A mixed column reviews women’s manners with a poem about courtship and knitting. It argues American women mix courteous treatment with selfish behavior, cites Denver street scenes and post office waits as examples, and credits men for civil treatment while urging better reciprocity. It includes anecdotes on political figures and a folk tale about an old man punishing his grandson, ending with a rustic WWII era tone.
Gumpson clashes with a neighbor about child training as Mrs. Gumpson retorts with a poised remark during a Philadelphia Press noted exchange. The playful dialogue highlights domestic wit and social tone of the era.
Conversational exchange notes many locals converting with twenty female college pupils pledging to flirt only with divinity students. The remark suggests strong social influence and a playful take on college life.
The Boston Courier recounts a flirtatious interchange where a man praises grand old hymns while a woman subtly teases with musical color and a blush. Their dialogue ends with an implied escalation as the scene fades.
The passage praises men's courtesy toward women in public as a defining American trait. It laments that women do not receive equal public respect, noting a gap between male behavior and treatment of women in society.
A brief, satirical exchange shows a society reporter and a columnist discussing payment for a fashion paragraph about an engagement ring. It notes a character Mamie and a hypothetical $100 payoff. The fragment ends with a quip about Wickipriss and a claim that virtue needs exposure. The text also remarks on family duties versus daily bread.
A Lewiston Journal meditation on a man whose daily happy laughter and kindness brighten home and neighborhood. His radiant presence vanquishes blues, inspires faith, and asks why such joyful strength is rare and needed in every home.
A Victorian style exhortation urges seizing the moment and completing tasks in order. It promises that starting with the first item makes subsequent duties fall into place like disciplined soldiers. The passage Moralizes about work, study, and daily effort.
Quotation playfully compares the world to a piano noting it is filled with sharps and flats, implying complexity and variation in life and experiences. The line uses musical imagery to express the uneven tones of existence.
Analysts argue torpedo boats offer quickest cheapest coastal defense compared with iron forts and heavy gun emplacements. Floating iron clad batteries also lag in construction time, while steamers and destroyers with submarine guns could rapidly swarm harbors and threaten enemy vessels.
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