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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1894
Page
7
Verse recalls the seafaring life of Appledore with imagery of waves, curlews, and fishing boats. The poem honors a singer and her son as memories endure in every breaking wave around the village.
Audrey, Lady Latimer and guests linger by the harvest moon at Ashton Firs and Lortons Cray. Colonel North wins favor with Lady Latimer while Captain Fleming grows as a trusted protector. The narrator, worried, watches love blossom unseen by others, fearing the danger of unrequited desire.
Brown plain James Brownbut, a six foot one inch resident of Bellington West Virginia, sports a mustache nearly seven feet four inches long that trails to the floor when he stands. His enormous beard is also noted as part of his remarkable appearance.
A grand Paris lawn tennis club is planned with eight courts eight, two covered for winter play. It will include dining rooms dressing and bath rooms. Two annual tournaments to invite English players and an English professional to manage courts and coaching. Subscriptions set at 150 francs for 100 members and 200 francs thereafter.
A London Judy quote shows an applicant for a staff proof reader position claiming to take responsibility for any errors in the paper. The exchange features a confident reply about understanding the job requirements and shifting blame to the reader if needed.
An exchange between editor and publisher reveals a plan to place bread in iron boxes with ten newspaper coupons granting a starving person use of a key. The dialogue hints at a charitable but provocative method to aid the needy.
Long discussion on charity and women’s work in the South includes a portrait party idea for entertaining and fundraising, plus a critique of how men neglect thoughtful conversation at home. It advocates simple, elegant costumes and guiding roles for guests and a Mississippi focus on improving women’s employment through Miss Taylor’s Distaff.
A writer compares Cossack horseback feats to West Point drills noting bareback riding, vaulting, and shooting from moving horses. Describes Dshigits as a select cavalry subset and Russian war regulations promoting acrobatic skills for practical combat use.
Miss Taylor uses her Southern upbringing to connect skilled needle workers with New York demand for fine sewing items. She coordinates materials and sends work to careful seamstresses in the old South, supplying centerpieces doilies handkerchiefs and linens to Northerners at lower cost than imported outfits. Her efforts empower Southern artisans while attracting attention from Northern customers.
A poem from Chambers' Journal reflects a aging couple whose hair whitened and voices faded yet remain devoted partners since marriage. They face dull November and bright May together through hardship, time, and distance, hoping one grave will keep them lovers still.
A recipe for poached eggs with a cream sauce. Boil water with vinegar and salt in a clean pan, poach eggs gently, drain well. For the sauce, mix cream with flour and butter, simmer briefly, add minced parsley salt and cayenne, then pour over eggs and serve immediately.
The passage explains using a broiling pan when coals or heat are unavailable. It instructs heating the pan, salting a one inch steak, cooking two minutes per side for a total of ten minutes, turning every two minutes, then serving with salt and pepper.
One quart of boiling milk, two quarts of bread crumbs, three eggs, melted butter, salt, soda in water. Soak bread ten minutes, beat to smooth paste, add yolks, butter, salt, soda, and fold in stiff whites.
A well dressed man aboard a Broadway car at Forty second street reads a large square letter. He smiles at friends, then tears the note to pieces as the conductor rings in. The vivid mood shift reveals nervous collapse and deflated composure, ending with his inability to proceed.
An elephant at the circus taps the tiger’s cage with a trunk and asks if the tiger knows they are in winter quarters. The tiger responds slyly and the elephant remarks he could be mistaken for medicine, then blows dust into the cage.
A light piece discusses traditional church etiquette for wearing silk hats in worship. It notes that solemn Britons avoid straw hats or derbies on Sundays and describes the problem of placing tall silk hats during service without getting dust or being stepped on.
The South contains over 200000000 acres of forest land and more than half of the United States woodland. It offers vast variety in quality with nearly 6000 saw mills employing over 78000 workers. Planing mills produced about 22000000 dollars in 1890.
Dialogue reveals Tom Bankins criticized patriotism and a speaker defended the United States as the greatest country on earth, prompting a request for justification. The exchange highlights differing views on national loyalty.
A quirky exchange features a self styled healer and a physician promising results for two dollars. The dialogue hints at confidence tricks or novelty therapy as the patient seeks a quick transformation.
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