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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1879
Page
2
The December 19 1879 issue of Intelligencer Ames Iowa weighs whether the alleged larceny by the Democratic Governor and state officials will hold in law. The article notes significant questions about nine points in law and the prospects of the accusation.
Government officials alleged to violate sacredness of letters in public mail prompt lottery dealers to seek U S Supreme Court review. The dispute centers on a Postmaster General circular ordering local postmasters to open letters to lottery agents and return them to senders.
Tax members of the Republican National Committee met in Washington and elected Senator J. Donald Cameron of Pennsylvania as chairman. The vote favored Grant over Blaine or Conkling, with Chicago chosen for the next convention. E B Washburn was a second choice, and the date set was June 3, 1880. Delegates were then elected to attend.
The piece argues that peaceful abstention from violence could force a change in land tenure in Ireland. It likens the situation to the Anti-Corn Law agitation and condemns prosecuting speakers for urging public action as repression against free speech.
Senate debate on Indian policy heats up with bills to have Schurz negotiate with Utes over Colorado lands and to remove them from the state. Teller seeks Meeker correspondence and mining camp sites while Hoar pushes Ponca land claims and inquiry into their removal.
The New York dairy fair reports its peak display with Iowa winning first prize for table butter. It notes 13,000,000 milch cows in the country and 1,300,000,000 pounds of butter and cheese produced last year. The U S yields 960,000,000 pounds of butter annually, highlighting dairymen and dairymaids.
The article states the Czar faces surrounding forces and may abdicate. It notes his personal merit earns sympathy and respect for emancipating serfs, while he favored paternal rule and resisted rapid constitutional limits. It argues abdication would not aid Russia amid widespread discontent and recent assassinations, comparing unrest to a plague.
A public debate on the claim that hanging fails to deter murder, with reference to a lengthy American essayist arguing the point. The writer contrasts historic thinkers and notes no recorded case of post hanging murder, while asking what else could deter crime.
The article laments Democratic schemes to seize power through the ballot box. It recalls 1854 Wisconsin Governor William A. Barstow as an example of prior attempts to thwart the will of the people and suggests repeat patterns in Maine.
The article accuses Barstow of using fraud and supplementary returns to win re election. It compares his tactics to Gov Garcelon in Maine and claims the canvassing board plus party leaders aided the conspiracy. Barstow abdicated under public pressure rather than face a court decision.
The author argues farmers lose money selling 3 to 8 month old pigs at young prices. A thrifty 3 to 5 month old pig weighing about 80 pounds could fetch 240 cents? instead he suggests waiting to 200 pounds for about $6. He urges getting 25 to 50 percent more for young stock hogs than for mature ones to improve profits.
An aged couple in Maple Grove township Manitowoc county Wisconsin marked their fiftieth year of marriage on Friday November 28 1879. Jacob Coflisch born 1802 in Couton Graubinden Switzerland and his wife born 1807 in Hochentrins village were wed in 1829 and emigrated to America in 1847. The family gathering included relatives from Iowa Ontario and Dodge counties with a grand dinner and three days of celebration.
A Creston Gazette opinion argues against large westward emigration to Kansas and Nebraska. It extols Iowa as richer in soil climate and resources, claiming farms here offer cheaper, substantial improvements and closer access to eastern markets. It cautions middle aged and settled Lowans to stay, cultivate contentment, and avoid upheaval.
Reports indicate sustained severe cold across Great Britain and the Continent. The eight months ending June 20 were the coldest in sixty-five years, with a remarkable thermometric range expected to be recorded.
The text notes London mean temperatures around 41.6 degrees, lower than any in the 19th century except 1813-14. It cites an authority calling the past twelve months almost unexampled cold dull weather. It mentions predictions from February 22, 1872 by the Astronomer Royal of Scotland based on Edinburgh data indicating a recurring great heat wave every eleven years and a fraction.
A compilation of beliefs held in parts of America about luck and misfortune. The list links nails, epitaph readings, funeral tolls, animal signs, birth and child care, and warnings about mirrors, soldiers, and laughter to future outcomes.
A concise history of the US cent from 1792, detailing its designs from the Washington head and thirteen links to the Goddess of Liberty during the French Revolution era, and the later shift to the classic Grecian Dame portrait.
A Denison Bulletin piece urges personal reform and moral renewal as 1880 approaches. It counsels youths to abandon vice, vows to improve, and appeals to fathers and mothers to guide daughters away from fashionable folly toward virtuous futures.
Parker, a Marshalltown bookbinder, offers higher quality work for less money than a rival in the state. He frequently visits Ames to collect periodicals for binding, and he will call for your work. If you have any binding needs, save them for him.
On December 6, 1879 the Circuit Court of Story County Iowa appointed James Baaviey administrator of the estate of William Bradley deceased. All creditors must present claims to the court for allowance and all debtors should pay the administrator.
The text states the periodical has long offered scholarly discussions and illustrations by top artists, shaping public morality and refinement. It notes that weekly volumes begin with the first issue of February each year and that without a date specified, a subscriber starts with the next available issue.
Harper & Brothers offer subscriptions to Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazar and Harper's Young People with postage free to the US and Canada and discounted complete sets at five dollars and twenty six cents per volume plus freight. Cloth binding cases available by mail. Remittances by post office money order or draft.
The Semi-Weekly Tribune touts its news coverage and correspondents with a special telegraphic wire to Washington. It promotes its extensive book reviews and reliable financial reporting and claims the largest type and best arrangement. The ad outlines Chamber’s Encyclopaedia bundles and Tribune subscriptions, noting staggered delivery starting January 1 and two-volume monthly publication through September.
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