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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1886
Page
4
A reflective meditation on enduring faith opposing modern theological shift. The speaker affirms the primacy of Christ and predestination, declaring lifelong allegiance to a Calvinist creed anchored in the Cross and divine grace. The text contrasts old beliefs with newer views and emphasizes personal devotion as essential to a Christlike life.
A preacher who funded a church and preached for twenty years without asking for money finds no converts. The piece argues churches must rethink aims and methods to lift society and engage working people, urging broader reform across denominations. A Caudle lecture item follows a quarrel over a missing hat between Mrs Caudle and her husband.
The Religious Herald warns that many Christians neglect secret meditation and prayer in favor of external work. It stresses that active service must be underpinned by spiritual power. The piece defends external methods to win souls while urging true inward life.
Gen. Mawry, US Minister to Bogota, earned fame as a dead shot after challenging a French nobleman in Alabama. Three shots missed before Mawry fired again, ending the duel as the Frenchman died from a mouth wound that pierced a metal plate under his vest, with Mawry’s bullets near the heart.
A diverse slice of anecdotes mixes a neighboring city stove exchange run by manufacturers and poker games with a mountain spirit tale of a stonecutter who becomes prince and sun. The piece also includes a first person reminiscence of a railroad dispatcher's dangerous duties, recalls disasters on the Panhandle line, and highlights the risks of miscommunication and faulty watches.
A poem fragment from St Nicholas June issue presents extracts and titles including Robin's Return and A Leaf from Baby's Diary. It quotes Edith M Thomas reflecting on a robin’s memory and a pineapple tree motif, framed as children’s literary pieces.
A maple in a large park grows vain as autumn colors bloom. She boasts of her beauty and crowds ignore a nearby larch. The maple’s pride hides the larch until a lesson quiets her vanity.
A fairy blesses a plain larch to stay green while a maple fades. The larch endures winter with bright needles, cheered by passersby who dub it an evergreen. The tale highlights perseverance and quiet resilience.
A piece on the value of a pleasant voice and refined speech from Annie H. Ryder’s Hold Up Your Heads Girls. It argues medium pitch, calm tones and restraint in public places, warning against shrill talk and overuse of slang.
The Atlanta Constitution warns that within ten years thirty nine girls may face marriage, widowhood, and death, predicting eight of them will be lost to illness or misfortune while others scatter to distant places. The piece uses somber imagery of Old Maid fate and mortality to critique societal expectations.
The article notes new buttons made from large polished wooden balls with visible grain. It mentions using beans and seeds as buttons and describes etched ivory buttons with intricate designs.
The fragment notes a place filled with sighs and grief where it inflates a man like a bladder, portraying a vivid, symbolic image. It presents a terse, atmospheric description without clear context or names.
Monterey fishermen use large fires on boats to lure fish into half circle nets. Nets are pulled ashore as boats center the blaze, gathering hundreds of pounds per haul. The method, developed by whalers and perfected in Monterey, allows multiple drags per tide with varied fish sorted after catching.
A Scottish geographer recalls serving the King of Uganda as court physician. He describes mandatory self dosing and giving medicine to others, with scrutiny over deaths. A trick by Mtesa shows the king tampering with a drink to test effects on the doctor and companions.
A compact statement emphasizes education as the correct use of youth and a lifelong guiding purpose. It urges sustained learning as a defining duty shaping personal growth and societal progress.
In Cincinnati Times Star a doctor from Lebanon discusses cocaine’s dangers, claiming it wrecks kidneys and liver within months, worsens than morphine, and that treatment combining Warner’s Safe Cure with private methods has aided many patients. He cites authorities Hall Neil Wilson and others, and notes the need for organ restoration before cure.
A St Paul Globe quotation recounts an experienced traveler arguing that upper berths in sleeping cars beat lower berths in all seasons. He cites better air circulation and comfort, noting lower berths heat up in hot weather and stay cold in cold weather, while upper berths stay warmer and cooler as needed.
The Vienna Fremdenblatt relays an anecdote about Greek ex Premier Deliyannis showing a softer side. While crossing from Piraeus to Constantinople on an English steamer his beloved dog fell overboard. He begged the captain to stop, but was refused. He then leapt in and swam to save both dog and owner, prompting the English sailor to halt the ship and rescue them both.
A Teras Siftings quip recalls Artemus Ward failing his Mormon panorama in Louisville due to poor lights and a tired liver. The item shifts to hair care, recommending bay rum with quinine dissolved for dandruff, with twice daily washing and thorough cleansing before application.
The advertisement claims narcotics should not be used for nervy unrest, blaming indigestion as the trigger. It touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a supreme tonic that steadies the nerves, aids sleep, calms dyspepsia, and reduces mental unrest, with benefits to liver and kidneys and relief from neuralgia rheumatism malaria and kidney troubles.
A collage of quotations and notices on health fashion and travel. Includes Arnold on German heritage and Puritan discipline, Dr Foote on wool clothing for lungs, a blurb for the World’s Medical Association, and an ad offering a December California excursion priced at 80 dollars with six months stay, via the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
A faded advertisement-style notice claims thousands can avoid poverty by home work with no capital. It promises earnings from five to twenty five dollars daily, with appeals to both sexes and readers across locations. A second line touts remedies like Rough on Rats and Rough on Corns available at druggists.
The Youth's Companion announces its sixty first volume with strong subscriber interest. The weekly illustrated paper offers diverse attractions and a yearly subscription of $1.75, good through January 18XX.
Classified ad promoting Rough on Fitch Itch cures for skin conditions including itch rash and ivy poison. Mentions jars and uses period tone as a consumer remedy note.
An excerpt notes a remedy labeled Rough on Catarre claims immediate odor relief and use as gargle for diphtheria sore throat and foul breath. The text references chronic cases and widespread use as a disinfectant aid.
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