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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1883
Page
7
A humorous verse about four marrying maidens summering and their catches. Jane claims a college man despite no money but brains. Sopny Ann lands a rich but brainless beau with blue blood. Louise reunites with a journalist whose future wealth seems tied to his brains. Nan notes she had no time to fish and caught a cold instead.
A Germantown Telegraph republishs a meat curing recipe using water salt sugar and potash with boiling guidance and notes on curing time and cleanliness. The column also covers fruit tree fertilization overload pruning methods and farm safety urging careful storage of fire risks and avoidance of careless habits.
An obituary portrait condemns George IV as vain and self serving. It recalls his lavish display, false charm, and harsh treatment of others, noting his death on June 5 1880 after a sudden bedside collapse with Lady Conyngham nearby and Sir Wathen Waller present.
Local curiosity follows a cryptic exchange overheard as a wife quotes a Biblical line and a husband replies with a playful boast. The fragment hints at a domestic moment set amidst a Cedar Rapids scene, mentioning a large sum of forty thousand dollars in unusual phrasing.
A 26 year old Austrian count in Chicago outlines a two year leave to hunt across North America, India, China, and Africa. He travels with rifles from Austria England and America, aims for tiger and lion in Asia, bears in America, and will return via Constantinople to Vienna in 1885. He intends to meet Marquis Morres in St Paul and hopes to hire local hunters for a grand expedition.
Church groups in New York employ soap bubble parties to raise funds. Ladies sell lunches by auction, with baskets tied to bidders, sometimes leading to humorous outcomes. Baskets feature elaborate coverings and ribbons, while luncheons include two sandwiches, celery, cake and fruit.
A farmer questions a tramp about his abilities and the tramp claims he can outwork anyone at sitting in a cornfield to scare away crows, despite saying hard work doesn’t suit him. The exchange frames a humorous portrait of rustic banter and petty labor lore.
Poem recounting a waiting woman who endures a long year of isolation and rumor before a final telegram brings news that the beloved is found alive and well. The speaker grounds meaning in the relief of verified outcome amid fleeting, dreamlike scenes.
A Chicago tale follows George W. Simpson and Minerva Stiggins as passion ignites on a veranda amid autumn winds. He pleads for a secret elopement while she weeps, then years later she, now his wife, confronts a quiet domestic tension in a wealthy boarding house.
An editorial from Topics of the Time in the December Century warns that regular moderate drinking erodes self-respect ambition and hope. It cites Sir Henry Thompson on alcohol’s harm to body and mind, detailing diminished mental power, moral tone, and a murky life atmosphere.
A fragment describes boiling io belia in water to extract strength and applying hot cloths to a sick person while claiming cheerful weather aids recovery. The text is incomplete and nonspecific with unclear references and likely health folklore.
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