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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1892
Page
1
Hon. Thomas F. Gilroy who was born in 1840 in Ireland was brought to New York at age seven. He trained as a printer for five years before completing law studies and passing the bar but did not practice law. He held various city posts and served as commissioner of public works at his mayoral nomination.
Horatio Winslow Seymour born July 29, 1854 in Cayuga county New York. He moved to Racine Wisconsin at nine, learned printing, worked as editor. In 1873 he joined a local paper, 1875 moved to Chicago Times, 1883 joined The Herald, 1887 became managing editor.
A twelve year old named King Paul relinquishes his hereditary throne as the Gilbert Islands are annexed to the British Empire. The last monarch appears to consent, making the islands another province in Britain’s growing empire.
Germans in Chicago reveal a bronze Alexander von Humboldt statue in Humboldt Park. The Berlin sculptor Rauch made the original, and F. J. Denis gifted the Chicago memorial after admiring Berlin’s square statue. A precise bronze copy arrives as a fine ceremonial parade marks the day.
A wry comment on elusive prizes and the dream of progress. The text likens the top prize to a greasy pole always slipping away and calls the human goal an arduous benchmark often beyond reach.
In Fort Pickering during a New South Memphis vote on town incorporation, women real estate voters were allowed in. Two widows cast ballots amid a rowdy crowd, receiving respectful ground clearance from both black and white men as others followed suit. Twenty-five women voted, all for the anti tax economy side. Harriman elsewhere grants municipal suffrage to women.
New York World advises on reviving stored furs after summer. Ermine and sealskin respond to soft flannel with flour, casual spot cleaning, and thorough brushing. Short haired furs like mink clean with warm cornmeal. long haired furs require ripping and removing lining and stuffing.
Dorothy Maddox notes a trend where women feature their birth month flower as a personal mark. Flowers appear on letter paper and embroidery, replacing traditional monograms on hosiery and linens. The violet and rose are cited among the popular choices, with each blossom guiding decorative paper colors and motifs.
A duchess faces a difficult fate as she vows to marry an Englishman and spend nearly a million dollars of her fortune to restore his estates, a costly pledge shaping her future and standing.
The sultan of Morocco, seen as temporal and spiritual head, dismissed the mokaddum chief trustee of the university. A three day uproar followed his move to control church matters. He then claimed a dream of his father urged reinstatement, and the mokaddum was restored. He has since stayed out of university affairs.
German medical journal cautions against long use of weakly carbonized preparations 3 214 or 2 percent on skin and extremities. It attributes damage mainly to destruction of blood cells, causing vasomotor effects and stasis in capillaries leading to impaired nutrition and hindered waste removal, risking dry gangrene.
While staying in Naples Renan is approached by a hotel servant asking him to pick a lottery number. She says a saintly choice will be lucky and a diabolic one even more so. He smiles and selects a number but never learns the outcome.
Flow er and Tree section reports on keeping flowers by stem in hot water. It notes a tulip bulb sold for 2200 dollars in 1635 amid tulip mania. Also cites a Moselem farmer with a 5 foot 7 inch Irish potato stalk bearing a bushel at roots. The world’s oldest chestnut at Mount Etna is 213 feet in circumference and at least two millennia old.
The lesson covers the Jerusalem council over Gentile salvation by faith not circumcision. James declares the decision after Peter and Paul Barnabas witness God’s grace among the Gentiles. The letter to Gentiles urges abstaining from idolatry and certain foods, while stressing faith in Jesus and unity.
The symbol cwt traces to the Latin centum meaning a hundred while wt comes from the first and last letters of weight. This contraction forms the shorthand for hundredweight used historically.
A Berlin chemist claims a method to reproduce natural colors in photography. Outing’s writer notes landscape negatives often show sky occupying two thirds. Peary’s Greenland photos inspire lantern slides for a science academy report. A chemical formula for intensifying photographs is shared with steps and precautions.
A cache of 19th century notes describes Franco German war losses, a three pound cannon ball, the Royal Sovereign battleship with 800 electric lights, Fort Sheridan telephones for firing range communication, British tobacco imagery to recruit soldiers, and comparisons of German Lebel and English rifles noting wound severity at long range.
A prisoner at a Bohemian reformatory completes a running straw watch described as no larger than a shirt button. The device reportedly keeps time with a straw-made mechanism and demonstrates remarkable miniature craftsmanship tucked inside the facility.
A reflective meditation on happiness as contentment with duty and virtuous living. It contrasts constant pursuit with the quiet prosperity found in steady moral effort and the hopeful ideal of Excelsior guiding the striving mind.
A collection of curious claims from antiquity and modern landmarks. Corsets on mummies. place name spellings in Allegheny regions. Nineveh’s ancient dimensions. Philadelphia hall’s clock. sulfur fumes detectable from Colorado springs. a Nero gem by Costanzi. Salt Lake City organ pipes. year round ice at the Notch near Stony Cave in the Catskills.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy promising $500 for an incurable case. It lists symptoms such as headaches nasal obstruction weakness and debility and claims cure with a price in cents. The text also notes astronomers who claimed a big comet struck Earth last Wednesday should present proof as the Earth remains unchanged.
An advertisement urges early heating equipment purchases for 1892, promising first work without payment until due, and notes desire to keep workers busy all year. It invites readers to visit at 105 West Locust Street Des Moines and to request a catalogue and patron list.
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