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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1879
Page
1
Volume XI notes the Des Moines area Grange will vote in March on a water works project. Other items include a Des Moines fall and injury from sleepwalking, a fatal sunstroke in Missouri, a stabbing in a Dubuque saloon, railroad expansion toward Sioux Falls, and various local and international incidents with dates and figures.
The Congress session reports Baldwin sworn in as Michigan’s new senator and committee changes in naval affairs and commerce. Bills and resolutions span funding, Ute removals, internal revenue, legal tender, and foreign affairs. Several deaths prompt notices and adjournment for funeral honors.
A Wilmington speech by Senator Bayard extols the equality of opportunity as the core American virtue. He praises free schools, religious liberty, open social mobility, and lawful access to wealth and honors, arguing the nation uniquely enables talent and effort to rise. He asserts founders chose birthright opportunity to secure prosperity for all citizens.
An American boy plays a prank on his teacher as she quizzes pupils about February holiday observances. Aiming to explain why Washington's birthday is celebrated, a student quips that Washington “never told a lie.” Another child, five and a half, laments being placed in a corner and wishes rooms were round to avoid corners.
The fragment discusses languid sensations and constant drain that sap elasticity and drive on cheeks, describing a continual strain on vital forces and the resulting weariness. It presents a health-focused reminder of persistent fatigue and its effects on appearance and well being.
The death warrant for Nathan Greenfield after a third Syracuse trial awaits signature. In Oswego a Black defendant Daniel Searles is ordered to hang January 21 1880 for a June murder. Joseph Medina is arrested in Havana with counterfeit bonds and stamps. A Chicago expressman John Connor is shot dead at his barn after midnight. Meeker incident arrests loom as eleven Indians surrender for trial. Patrick Lynch alias Callomer is jailed four and a half years for forgery at Ballston. A sailor John Jefferson died aboard the Cashmere from suspected mate cruelty. Rumors of a McAllen raid by twenty five Mexicans surface with livestock stolen.
A Paris correspondent reports President Grevy alone can marshal Liberal forces to prevent their factions from breaking into confusion. The telegram notes his authority is pivotal in maintaining party unity amid turmoil.
The writer notes Child's Bank in London mirrors Tellson's Bank from Dickens. He recalls Tellson's as old fashioned and dark, famous for a history of deaths tied to its name, and contrasts this with new construction near Temple Bar as the Bar's removal forces rebuilding.
Instructions describe boiling backbone end pieces, making rich pastry, lining a dish, adding boiled bones and broth with salt butter and pepper, and browning. Also explains draining oysters, seasoning, coating, and frying in lard and butter until done.
Lieut Karl Weyprecht reports on polar ice forms from Humboldt Bay to Smith Sound. Icebergs crack and grind under wind and currents, forming vast fields and ridges while glaciers persist in latitude 78.20, and sound travels through ice as ships endure the Arctic night.
A superintendent guides lady visitors to a room where three women reside. The visitors wonder at the appearance of the women, and the superintendent explains they are his wife and two daughters living there because they have no other home.
This excerpt outlines a bean dish using white beans and bacon. It calls for washing soaking or boiling beans in cold water, slow simmer to avoid uneven cooking, and seasoning with salt and pepper. After four hours of baking, add bacon, bake two more hours, adding water if too dry.
A note cites long term use of Bull's Baby Syrup with claims of baby health benefits. The text mentions summer improvements and growth patterns linked to the product's use.
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