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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1882
Page
2
Petitioners pressed tobacco tax relief while lawmakers debated a bankruptcy provision, a two cent letter postage bill, and a pension enhancement for wounded soldiers. In the House, consular appropriations advanced as river and harbor plans faced scrutiny amid broad fiscal proposals.
Reports describe Nijilist She killed the Governor in Siberia and Arabi Pasha exiled to Ceylon. Taxes Paehad and others plea guilty in Cairo revolt with death sentences commuted to exile. Fire, storms, shipwrecks, Jew expulsions, and a Spain theater fire fatality are noted alongside Pacific railroad debts, sinking funds and rate regulation debates.
During the week ended December 9 Ataxpann silver dollars issued from the mints totaled 1,189,499 dollars, rising from 394,487 the previous year. The Democratic majority in the National House of Representatives is authoritatively announced to be af eight.
Democratic members of the Eighth Alabama District nominate General Joseph WHEELER to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Lowe. Additional notes report a Cincinnati Common Pleas injunction hindering a school board from using a public school for Sunday services.
Professor Boss reports American observers at Santiago recorded a successful transit of Venus. The article notes a series of political and economic items including railway company settlements, British cabinet reshuffles, a new oil discovery in Forest County Pennsylvania, and various U.S. and UK political and legal actions.
Washington December 10. The Commissioner of Pensions reports for the year ended June 20, 1882. He calls for remodeling Bounty Land laws and reforming pension grades to base benefits on disability rather than rank. The proposal includes granting officers their actual rank and removing time limits on certain war claims. Widows and invalids with rights accruing after 1890 would have time to file, and pensions would date from the accrual of the right. A $5,000 yearly salary for Pension Agents is recommended. He notes only about 26 percent of 2,035,901 veterans have applied for pensions and estimates a surviving soldier population slightly over 1,000,900 for future pensions.
A lady waits at a Broadway bank window while staff pay no heed until she taps the glass with a parasol. She voices her complaint, only to be told the bank does not pay attention to customers at that window as a polite clerk directs her to the next.
A satirical note from the Lewisville Courier Journal reports a divorce suit where a South Carolina man seeks dissolution after discovering his wife is white, contrary to his belief she was mulatto.
A Uscrer at Carlsruhe received eight years in prison for extorting 90 dollars and two calves from a German peasant after offering a loan of 15 dollars.
A skate netted on the English coast weighed more than 160 pounds and measured seven feet in length with a breadth of five feet four inches, reported by local anglers.
A dated whimsical excerpt discusses politeness and eating fruit with odd phrases about oranges on a fork and peeled segments. The text also contains odd remarks about a printer and personal traits, blending humor with fragmented observations.
A massive blaze in Tooley Street and Wood Street destroys Foster Porter Co and nearby warehouses in London’s wholesale district. Losses estimated around 3 million pounds with dozens injured and several firemen killed by collapsing walls. The fire threatens historic buildings near London Wall and the Guildhall, as firefighters battle changing winds and spreading flames.
A buck named Garfield attacked Frank McGrade known as Old Jimmie at Bismarck Grove Lawrence Kansas. McGrade fought the animal for fifteen minutes before escaping through a gate with severe injuries including two broken ribs and lacerations from the horns. The buck was later killed by buckshot.
A London dispatch reports the Glasgow Bank liquidation finished in just over four years. Creditors are paid in full, with 6 million pounds extracted from calls and many ruinous losses for holders. The Assets Company now holds remaining assets and seeks maximum recovery for shareholders who paid in full.
New Orleans dispatch notes the death in Hotel Dieu of Cassie Troy the emotive actress with the Carrie Swain Company. She fell ill after a November 27 performance at Bidwell's Academy of Music with pains and blood rushes, later diagnosed as painters colic and possibly blood poisoning from lead-containing cosmetics used for makeup.
A grouse killed along Pine Creek in Baker County Oregon contained pieces of gold quartz in its gizzard, totaling about fifty cents in value.
Fragmentary exchange shows Mrs D asking Mr M what to do if a wife dies. Mr M replies in curt terms about burial, revealing a methodical stance amid the sparse dialogue.
A Wheeling West Virginia boy under arrest faces incendiarism charges. The source notes the nickname Hotfire associated with the suspect as police investigate the case and gather details.
Turnre is the sole merchant in Atlanta who makes exact change while most places recognize no coin of less value than a nickel.
The present Chief Signal Officer is constantly Hazen the weather.
The report surveys Protestant churches and Sunday schools in U S cities. It cites church counts in Athens and Iowa, notes university discussions on coeducation, comments on temperance in France, and mentions prize decor for college rooms. The International Lesson Committee met in Washington D C with Nashville named for next year.
A collage of pithy witticisms and digressive snippets from period papers. Hints of social satire appear in jokes about dining, courtship, and daily life across urban scenes such as Chicago Austin Norristown and Arkansas Traveler.
The Paris to Vienna chartered express covered nearly 900 miles in 28 cars at about 32 mph, seen as a notable rate. In the US the New York to Chicago run of 975 miles takes 29 hours, roughly 33 mph, showing America not far behind European speeds given terrain.
Cincinnati based advertisement promises easy journalism careers with high pay. Seanerivauhs Society for the Prevention of Crime warns it as a new trap for the innocent. Officials remind hopefuls there is no royal road to journalism and that one must start at the bottom.
Fragmentary verse tale for young readers about children parting in a wildwood autumn and finding their way home. The poem reflects on familiar places and names as they travel separate paths but long for their shared, comforting home.
Uncle Richard teaches Rufus that every person is a wheel in God's great machine. Each boy or girl has work to do, and when one part goes wrong it disrupts the whole world. The lesson: be true to your role, for good wheels help the world run nearer to God's plan.
A reflective piece from the New York Observer imagines each child as a small wheel in a vast mechanism. It argues God may have grand or many tiny tasks for a person, but doing what is right under current circumstances ensures fulfillment of divine intent and true usefulness.
A Cincinnati Enquirer interview recounts a banker’s regrets over passing on patent opportunities. He recalls losing fortunes on elastic ties, Singer sewing machines, Goodyear rubber shoes, and waterproof patent cloths, noting chemistry drives the era and warning about risk in Wall Street ventures.
The Stewart Memorial Cathedral in Garden City nears completion with English stained glass nearly all installed. The burial crypt chapel features open flowing tracery, a bright tomb light, and a central organ while above there are three more organs and a canvas Resurrection painting in the chancel. The windows show many small figures with thirteen large figures around the chancel including the Apostles and Pastor-Bonus, all in conventional attire with gilt bronzed capitals and grape motifs.
The Journal of Nervous Diseases reports that female to male crisis reports vary from one to four across Europe with Spanish women showing higher rates. It notes peak self harm between ages forty and sixty in women, more widows self harming than widowers, and divorce harming men more than women. Prisoners in solitary confinement self harm at 1370 per million versus 350 under the associated system, and post and telegraph workers show the lowest rates while industrial workers are highest.
A practical joker visits a famous doctor and declares he is immune to all diseases. The doctor offers to begin with a cure for chronic incurable idiocy, mocking the patient as indecisive about which ailment to treat first. Detroit Post reports the exchange.
A peculiar old bachelor boasted of a hand feeding trick learned to win a rich widow. He claimed she would be pleased if he could eat from her hand, provoking the widow to balk at such schemes and reject the notion.
In a Vermont squirrel hunt teams of eighteen men counted 13 000 to the losers 6 0. The fragment notes an unexpected lead by one side and a short, unclear result.
A devotional verse celebrates divine provision and protection. The speaker extols God for sustenance corn and wine, guidance by angels, and safeguarding through sleep. The text, marked by reverent imagery, places earthly riches as secondary to spiritual wealth granted by the divine. Burlington.
A Presbyterian Banner critique argues against Hume and Darwin, asserting miracles in the Bible stand opposed to natural law, while infidelity accepts unproven propositions. It condemns Darwinian evolution as unsupported and accuses skeptics of demanding evidence they themselves reject.
A collection of brief religious maxims and quotes from ministers and lay leaders. Topics include God's presence elevating a home, perseverance against large waves, and the value of diligent work in service to the Lord. Notable remarks from Rev. Alden and Bishop Simpson, plus thoughts on humility, charity, and the dangers of inherited wealth.
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