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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1885
Page
4
A published table indicates total Presbyterian income in Scotland exceeds £1,000,000 to £5,000,000 with United Presbyterians leading in per member giving and in funding foreign missions. The Free Church contributes about £2 per member while the Established Church gives 13s per member.
A pond grub wonders what lies beyond the water and seeks the imagined dry land. The frog explains air and death, the grub dies attempting to reach the surface, and the nymph emerges as a dragon-fly, leaving loved ones below while clinging to the idea of a better life beyond.
The article condemns a gardening journal promising high profits per acre from fruits flowers and vegetables. It argues readers toil daily and should not be lured by exaggerated claims and easy wealth. Vick’s Magazine declares such tactics discredit horticultural journalism.
A Coventry parson writes to a bereaved Yorkshire widow expressing deep sorrow over the death of her husband, a physician. He recalls their close friendship and offers condolences and spiritual comfort as she mourns his passing to heaven.
Alice and Bertie watch snow fall like white butterflies from a nursery window. A bare maple tree outside is crowded with sparrows seeking warmth as Alice plans to scatter crumbs. The children hide behind blinds to feed the birds.
Mrs Silas Hill shares her method for successful canary keeping. She notes feeding with hemp seed bread and vegetables, social care, and providing water, sand, cuttle bone, and peppers. She recalls a sixteen year old songbird and a year with thirteen birds from one pair, eight singers.
A Yonkers Gazette humorous quote set frames rheumatism as secondary symptoms. Mr Queercase claims the greatest measure is rheumatism in his brother and jokes about sleepless nights bandages lotions and being kicked out of bed. The exchange plays on words as auditors react with surprise.
Thomas Meehan reports beneath the Muir glacier a rapid 100 foot wide torrent four feet deep, flowing year round and forming icebergs at the terminus. He notes glacier lakes, rapids, waterfalls and shifting waterways as ice melts in sun. In Washington the Post Office reports over 2 million dollars taken from letters and a 50 million dollar French indemnity payment to vessel owners. New York savings banks reportedly hold about 1 million dollars in unclaimed deposits.
An eccentric claim notes a large green stone from a cook’s gizzard in Alexander County South Carolina proved to be a $1,900 emerald. The item sits alongside remarks about New York’s handling of funding for a statue pedestal and a playful observation on frosted cream cheese in New Orleans.
In a Pennsylvan ia railway car a four man smoking group faced a cigarette intrusion from a young man with a 10 cent brand. An elder smoker offered a cigar, the youth declined. the cigar man left, citing his dislike of cigarettes. The piece cites rising anti cigarette sentiment with anecdotes from city cafes and theaters, including Joseph Howard Jr and Charles A Byrne episodes, noting stricter office bans may curb the nuisance.
The article discusses germ theory evidence and environmental triggers for hay fever, proposing a germ-filtered sleeping cure and noting low temperatures may blunt symptoms. It also contains a humor piece about presentiments and a mock anecdote from Scientific America.
A Newton woman reads a light verse in the Bee and is moved to tears by a mother’s grief. The poem Yacob Strauss by Charles F. Adams touches on lost children and the echo of their voices, awakening sympathy in a family struck by sorrow.
The Cosmopolitan notes Dr W Rob et al on uars tea coffee and cocoa effects. Some retard chemical processes while others stimulate glands and stomach contractions. Wine injures salivary digestion and wines retard peptic digestion though effervescent wines may aid digestion. Tea in any amount paralyzes saliva and strong tea tannin is harmful. Weak tea is preferable. Coffee and cocoa are injurious in excess.
A Brooklyn tobacco dealer warns that cigarette smoke harms youths and men like opium harms adults. He argues cigarettes use cheap common materials, are mild tasting, and cost little, with white paper bleached by arsenic. He urges smoking stamped out.
Feeble frames and shaky nerves tied to poor digestion are addressed by regular use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The advertorial argues Bitters correct acidity from vitiated gastric juices and bile, regulate digestion, and boost vigor, blood production, appetite, sleep, and muscular strength while easing constipation fever age rheumatism and kidney ailments.
A historical note on witchcraft includes social motives of fake witches and a fifteenth century charm used to cure diseases. It recalls a judge’s offer to release a jailed woman if she shared her spell and describes a loaf and penny charm. The piece also jokes about silence and quirks, such as a Kansas man with a wife wearing one bonnet for twenty-two years.
A playful ad text touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a vegetable remedy to ease constipation and bile, claiming they promote perseverance patience prompt ness proficiency push and politeness. Packaged in glass the product is advertised as harmless and available from any druggist.
Advertised claims tell how Mrs. Kate Sherman of Streator Illinois found relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using Athlophoros. Several witnesses including Rev Samuel Porter and A M Blakney describe dramatic improvements or cures, urging others to order Athlophoros from Athlophoros Co 112 Wall Street New York.
A compilation of aphorisms on aging virtue and memory. It notes respect for gray hairs and describes how love, memory, and self-perception shape character. It contrasts experience with pretension and warns against uniform rhetoric across diverse audiences.
A dated notice advises catching a hare before cooking it and suggests using Red Star Cough Cure to treat a cold. It claims the cure costs twenty five cents.
A religious paper portrays young lovers as causing trouble for theological students. It describes a young brother meeting his girlfriend after a Rev is added to his name, kissing in a lane, then walking to a preacher who admonishes them to be good, spoiling a missionary.
A famed Texas gambler converts to ministry. On a Sunday before service, he is questioned about his hand as he ponders the opening hymn, revealing a moment of lingering gambling instinct. Aleck Sweet is mentioned in the scene.
An old Whitehall Times note promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify and enrich blood before exercise. It also endorses Caswell Hazard cod liver oil as pure and superior, claiming patients prefer it and doctors rate it highly.
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