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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1885
Page
1
Emma Lazarus contrasts four world powers through imagined prayers for wealth beauty power and truth. Each quest yields stark outcomes from opulent ruin to immortal intellect, tracing the costs of pursuit across civilizations.
Colonel Simon Whitney keeps two pet lions Czar and Khedive and Eva Loudon, his ward, as nephew Tom Whitney visits. A staged clash turns dangerous when Tom provokes the cubs during a scuffle, nearly costing Whitney his life. Tom saves Eva from the lions by shooting one and scattering the other, but the ordeal ends with a wedding between Eva and Tom at Castle Dangerous.
Dr. L. H. Watson advises light, frequent meals for the aged and suggests sipping coffee with dry toast upon waking to prevent faintness. He notes early rising, recommends noon and early evening meals, and proposes bed side bouillon and crackers for night hunger to improve sleep.
A Philadelphia Call quotation notes a man’s claim that love is not blind and jokes about a young woman not loving a man who dyed his whiskers. The dialogue explores perception of love through a witty exchange.
Poem in a playful Western voice contrasts grand, fantastical desires with a modest young maid's restraint. It frames yearning for power and loud expression against gentle, everyday femininity. The speaker imagines epic feats to impress a distant audience, then settles into quiet longing.
A reader lampshades domestic strife with a quip about "my domestic relations" being fine while it's the wife's kin who cause trouble. The exchange playful exposes family friction in a humorous, newspaper voice.
A traveling man asks about a death after seeing crepe on the door. Mrs B’s husband and her pug dog were ill yesterday but the undertaker hasn’t called. She is crying at the window, leading to uncertainty who died.
At a Fort Worth ball a fashionable but homely woman boasts to a friend about a rich young man hailed as a catch. He promised the first dance and fulfilled it, while another remark casts him as impulsive, liking to finish disagreeable tasks quickly. The pair has not been seen together since.
A collage of 19th century musings on women’s motion and dress, Washington drinking culture, Napoleon III’s elusive grandeur, aging and tears. The passages mix social commentary, biographies, and reflections from Whitehall Review and Washington correspondence. Key figures include Pendleton, Napoleon III, Phidias, Praxiteles, Victor Hugo.
The article explains that French women dress to fit station and occasion, avoiding flashy outfits. Morning wear favors simple day dresses, while lavish morning toilettes exist for receptions. Evening dress matches the toilet with satin slippers and silk stockings, and gloves and chaussure remain impeccable.
Excerpts reflect debates on women’s roles in society and state, citing remarks from political figures and newspapers. Emphasizes the moral and civic impact of women advancing toward equal influence, elevating home life and national character alike.
A Russian case reports a woman leaving 1,000 rubles for her dog Gypsy, with a friend to manage the income after death. When Gypsy died another woman claimed the money, arguing the dog’s heir. The tale suggests expanding animal legal rights, a topic Mr Bergh may push.
A Chinese tale recalls Han who cried after a bamboo beating by his mother who admitted past harshness. He explains he weeps not from pain but because she is no longer strong enough to hurt him. The moralist notes the story’s poignant insight. Juvenile Missionary Magazine cites nails usage trend.
A detailed look at pottery firing in greenhouses where ware dries before firing. The piece describes materials, biscuit kilns, saggers, and the careful process of stacking in ovens, with heat controlled by skilled firemen for long shifts.
A collection of brief, punchy clippings from various papers recount humorous encounters with odd customers at a cheap Catham Street restaurant and a French harp joke at a barber shop. The Bear and Wolf fable ends with a moral about friendship and loans, underscoring prudence.
A Pall Mall Gazette sketch recalls Gray's Inn as a five hundred year old lawyers’ enclave. It notes Jacob Tonson publishing Addison's Campaign, Bacon's Novum Organum, Thomas Osborne buying Harleian Library books, and famed nods from Hawthorne Dickens Pepys and Lamb to the inn's gardens and revels.
A Pennsylvania Sunday school sent nearly 600 doll babies and clothing to an Indian mission school. The ship carrying the gifts sank, and a new subscription is being raised to fund a second doll shipment to replace the loss from the wreck.
A Houston Caller essay critiques the idea that man is lord of creation. It argues boys cling to mothers, young men worship women, and adults are ruled by children with loud lungs. The piece portrays men as increasingly insignificant as they age.
A collection of brief maxims notes Raleigh on fortune and God, Tillotson on silence, and a statistic claiming a million in gold weighs less than two tons while a million in silver weighs thirty tons.
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