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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1885
Page
1
The poem cautions Jack about valuing gold over love. It contrasts a wooer’s pursuit of hair and gold with steadfast, honest service to win a true heart. Wealth may fade but true love endures, urging virtue over vanity.
Ola, raised by parish hands in Norway, leaves for America after Birgit inspires him to “change his skin.” He returns five years later with a royal license, confronts Birgit’s fiancé Thorger Sletten at a church wedding, and wins Birgit amid Jens Oestmo’s anger and a dramatic standoff.
A New York Graphic feature riffs on women roles from infant to old age, tracing shifting social views of widows marriage church life and the stage of female life. It portrays seven parts from baby to grandma to the final pallid decline with vivid, period style.
Angelina questions padding of coats and notes softness of William's coat. Conversation leads to the breaking of the engagement with references to Martin and John. The Rambler reports a domestic dispute stemming from fabric comparisons.
In the Lowell Courier the wo mans column notes Mrs M enjoys correspondence with her sisters. She believes sharing thoughts on earth will help them know each other better in heaven and asks for a knitting pattern for white cotton tidies.
A weary man laments life and his failure to reach a five story house with a mansard roof. He converses with Miss Henrietta who cites the Bible saying nothing was made in vain. The exchange ends as he fails to grasp her point.
A San Francisco Chronicle column muses on widows embracing fatness, arguing marriage leaves women with the “best of” men, and reflecting on stage widow stereotypes as comic commentary on love, loss, and social expectations.
Col Snort editor of the Crosby County Clarion recalls a proverb about silence being golden. A prominent local, worth over $40 000, paid $200 gold to keep quiet about an affair with a married woman.
A Philadelphia News comment cites a theory that a woman’s affection can be alienated while a man’s love remains eternal, claiming it rests on a belief in female fickleness and male constancy. California spends 40000 dollars on a Yosemite travelers inn as Russian nobles reportedly use their names to saw wool.
The piece argues women deserve a voice in church affairs, noting their majority involvement in evangelism yet facing clerical limits. It then surveys Mexico’s nominal Congress since 1813, describing its Senate and Deputies, composition of elites, and orderly decorum as observed by Harper's.
A inspection of shifting marriage norms notes rising female participation in church affairs and household governance. It cites urban bachelorhood trends, later marriage ages, and the belief that women will seek independent roles as social structures evolve.
Witty quips from several papers mock romance and courtship. Quotes lampoon lovesickness, dowry, and marriage with a mix of humor and cautionary notes. A Philadelphia Call line taunts court contempt while other dailies poke fun at love letters and dowries.
A traveler asks for cool water at a toll gate and is warned off by a keeper who carries water home warm. A Detroit Free Press piece recalls honest and dishonest reactions to lost wallets, noting many women return wallets while temptation tempts others.
The editor of the Glenwood Echo in Colorado uses the skull of Ute war chief Douglas as a paperweight reflecting a controversial display in the newspaper.
A survey notes Japan's ancient crafts, handwork, and national character, tracing origins to China and Korea and highlighting modern export prowess. It then shifts to Villard's grand New York mansion, detailing Italianate design, Sienna marble, mahogany interiors, a St Gaudens relief, and the collapse of the estate amid debts.
In a humorous exchange, Schoeppenstedt dismisses mind reading as a fantasy, challenging anyone to read his thoughts. His wife remarks on scientific advances, mentioning a microscope with vast spacing capabilities, while a lighthearted aside about a sailor’s fate follows.
Reading from Spiders of the Sea by C. F. Holder in St. Nicholas, the piece notes hermit crabs sharing shells with sea anemones and aiding their relocation, a second Mediterranean hermit crab using anemones as decoys, and decorator and glass crabs bearing seaweed or remaining nearly transparent to evade predators.
Dr Daniel Drafur reports ozone is a destructive form of oxygen that inflames lungs and can cause pneumonia. Summer resorts warned they must consider ozone levels in advertisements to avoid deterring visitors.
In a playful exchange, a Stock ton friend notes unusual post dinner behavior that resembled drink effects. The respondent insists he was sober, attributing his actions to caper sauce from a friend's meal.
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