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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1885
Page
1
The speaker recalls waiting by the sea for beloved ships to return under joyous skies. They describe dreams of rich gifts and fulfilled desires, yet endure long waits and thoughts of peril at sea. A sunset reveals a piercing question about valuing fame after a shipwreck of faith and love.
A narrative of two lovers Jaques and a princess on a May river trip in Devon blends masquerade with romance. They confess love, reveal a shared story of wills and fortune, and decide to pursue a future together beyond the Forest of Arden.
A brief Ridiculously clipped Ramble style exchange where Miss De Vere visits Mrs Perkins and is noted as not being in. Miss Porcine remarks on her absence, while the dialogue jokes about social duties and insincerity. The Rambler humorously lampoons social forms.
A light verse exchange of love letters opens a feature spread, followed by humorous vignettes on eye care and artificial eyes. The item then shifts to essays on Emerson and Eskimo endurance, with travel notes on a goat farm in Clifton and a Missouri longevity claim, all in a late 19th century newspaper style.
A quip from the New York Graphic features a bachelor advising a recently married man. The man laments his wife cannot sing while she believes she can, prompting a wry reaction that he should be congratulated rather than distressed.
A fashionable reception ends with two male friends dozing in chairs after the hostess, thinking to joke, leaves them wrapped in wraps as gas glows. They wake at half-past eight, astonished, and flee the scene, later admitting their admiration for her wit.
A reader recalls the growth of private detective agencies in a shopping district. Firms place large front signs and market services aimed at wives seeking to shadow husbands. A sample visit describes detectives tracking a man from morning to night for four dollars a day, with higher rates for two watchers and extra expenses.
John Russell Young contrasts American bars with Chinese tea houses noting no bar rooms in China a dull Sunday. He describes tea houses where patrons drink hot tea and settle their own bills in Philadelphia style while excise commissioners seem absent and stereotypes persist.
The article outlines asbestos as a mineral also called amianthus and names various sources in Europe and America. It highlights its first use as steam packing material, its heat and tear resistance, and diverse applications from asbestos paper to fireproof gloves and textiles. It suggests broad future adoption beyond current uses.
A courtroom exchange shows counsel for the defense denying the defendant was in Boston when the incident occurred and refusing to admit Boston exists without the prosecution proving it. The Times cites the emphatic stance as a test of evidentiary challenge.
The new fad features fir twig pillows with unbleached cotton covers and linen or plush cases. Embroidered fir likenesses or mottoes adorn surfaces, and makers claim these pillows calm nerves and bring dreamless slumbers.
A teetotaler jokes that the temperance lecturer speaks one thing with words and another with breath revealing a silent disagreement.
A concise moral reflection notes that once young men are dyed in pleasure and vanity they will scarcely adopt any other color, implying lasting personal influence of early habits.
A San Francisco Chronicle observation notes that sobriety keeps men more entertaining and sane while liquor can unlock humor from even the most stoic. It cites a man who cannot recall last night, wandering the forest until he followed a hose back to camp.
A Dakota Farmer correspondent explains growing one acre of sunflowers yields enough fuel for a stove all year. He notes dry stalks burn hot like oak and seed heads burn hotter and longer than coal, thanks to oil-rich seeds.
A humorous exchange about animals in city streets and an alderman calling hogs is cited from the Newman Independent. The piece ends with a reflective line on friendship and smiles over frowns.
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