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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1883

Page

2

Diverse 19th Century News Items Across Cities

Reports from Chicago Baltimore Texas and Paris cover a shooting release and pursuit rewards. Insurance losses from cotton fires reach 1.5 million in the Southern States. Paris adopts glass flooring in cellars. Prussia amber fields yield a pound per twelve square feet. Mormon leader John Taylor plans a political social statement for North American Review. Sarah Stockton named physician at Indianapolis insane hospital. Lyons develops a feather cloth made from bird down with waterproof properties.

Atlantic Portrait Adds Hawthorne to Noted Series

Houghton Mifflin and Co publish an excellent Hawthorne portrait in the Atlantic portraits series. It stands as a first class work and a fitting companion to Emerson Holmes Lowell Whittier Bryant and Longfellow.

Houghton, Mifflin & Co Atlantic Monthly Hawthorne Atlantic Emerson Holmes Lowell

Cattle in Kansas Struggle as Cold Rains Hurt Grazing

Central Kansas cattle suffer from a cold wet rainy season that hampers grazing and damages grass but farmers report adequate feed to meet stock needs in an emergency.

Kansas

Cattle King Lon Horn Sells Horn Herd to Maxwell Land Grant for 350000

Lon Horn, a leading cattle king in Southern Colorado, has sold a small herd to the Maxwell Land Grant Company for 350000. The Horn herd ran on the grant for years and became one of the largest in New Mexico. The grant claimants proposed to declare Horn's interest as the settlement.

Lon Horn Colorado Maxwell Land Grant Company Horn New Mexico

Grand Opening Of Canti Lever Bridge At Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls bridge across the Niagara river will open on December 20. Erected by the Michigan railroad, the bridge represents low architecture and will greatly aid travel along its lines, marking a milestone for the constructing corporation and the traveling public.

Niagara River Niagara Falls Michigan Railroad Trav

Cassell's Family Magazine 1884 debut details

The January 1884 issue introduces Cassell's Family Magazine as the first edition. It covers fiction, household topics, cooking, gardening, recreation, inventions, and modern life. The volume promises 800 pages annually with hundreds of illustrations, priced at $1.50 per year, published monthly by Cassell & Co. at 739 and 741 Broadway, New York.

Cassell Cassell & Co Broadway New York

Hus bandry in Colony Times

Edward Eggieston continues in his January Century series on early colonial history with a paper on Hus bandry in Colony Times. He notes silk culture trials in Jamestown and other colonies, the early attempts to find a staple to end New England denial, and also describes beginnings of tobacco, rice, indigo and wheat culture.

Edward Eggieston United States Jamestown Starvaton New England Eggles Won

How to Preserve a Piano for Long-Lasting Condition

Tips on piano care emphasize closing the lid to reduce dust but not for extended periods, regular opening for light to prevent ivory yellowing, and avoiding damp or overheated rooms. Protect with covers, keep away from moths with camphor, and ensure tuning by a competent tuner every three to four months.

Stoves Prove Safe Against Harmful Gas Emission

Professor Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins reports cast iron stoves do not emit deleterious gases. Red-hot metal of even thin thickness prevents gas passage and shows no carbonic oxide under test.

Ira Remsen Johns Hopkins University

Iowa News Items From A Past Decade Highlight Local Happenings

A roundup notes the Iowa Legion of Honor listing 5080 members in 152 lodges, a Clinton pioneer Captain Otis Cottle dies at 75, and various town projects in Dubuque Burlington Muscatine and Algona. It mentions a Des Moines boy killed by a locomotive, Hedrick coal prospecting, and factory counts in Muscatine.

Dunlap Capitol Iowa Legion of Honor Otis Cottle Clinton Byron Township Buchanan County Larry Flynn Des Moines

Death of Ex Governor Ralph P Lowe

Ex Governor Ralph P Lowe of Iowa died in Washington DC on December 22 at about 79. He leaves a wife seven sons and two daughters. Lowe served as Iowa’s governor 1857 and later as a judge and US district attorney. He moved to Washington ten years ago to pursue a five percent claims case against the government and had recently submitted it to the Supreme Court.

Grand Rapids Mich E.C. Hopkins Internal Revenue Morgan Dubuque Madrid Spain Boone County Henry Senate Iowa Francis R. Bennett Octebot Henry 8. Brown Sibley H. P. Duffield Shenandoah Eugene R. Hastings Caroll A. A. Funk Spirit Lake Alfred D. ’ Marwok Clarion Lafayette Ins Atlantic John Morrison Sigm. BR Ralph P. Lowe Washington D. C State ‘‘Register Lowe Ohio Oxford University Alabama Muscatine Bloomington Congress A. C. Dodge Keokuk Wright, Baldwin Cole United States Reve Washington, D. C United States Supreme Court Wright Des Moines Supreme Bench Carridge Gov. Lowe Belknap James B. Ryan Indiana Ryan Gov Hendricks Democratic Party Chicago Board of Trade North Carolina Poe Skinner Sherman Treasury Secretary of the Treasury Richmond Frederick Douglass Register of the Treasury Bruce District of Columbia Col William Murrell Maryland National Convention Supreme Court Jere Black Edmunds McKenney Merrick Ewing Ashton W. H. Smith Bayard Vance Garland Hopkins Freedman's Bank Murrell Freedman’s Bank Republican Congress Chicago al Brewster Washington Dee Agra Wylie Spencer Don Piatt Worthington Don Cary Samuel Fenton Cary Smith Sidney Muel Fenton Cary

Distress in Tennessee and assorted 1884 incidents report

A weekly digest notes severe smallpox in Gadsden Tennessee with 14 deaths among 26 cases. It lists a Temple Texas cotton seed oil mill fire, a Rochester dry goods claim, a Chicago suicide, mine snowslide fatalities in Colorado, drowning near Paris Arkansas, a large St Louis broom factory fire, a jewelry robbery in Waterbury Connecticut, and financial suspensions in Ottawa.

Gadsden Tenn Baggett & Greathouse Temple Texas

Forty Eighth Congress Debates Senate and House Actions

The record details Senate and House proceedings with bills on railroad regulation and court matters, nominations, a DC standard time, and land questions since 1876. It notes resolutions, committee appointments, executive sessions, and adjournments before the holiday recess, plus committee lists and a Washington address of ongoing bills.

Legisature Minnesota Misissippi Callow United States Illinois & Michi Canal Illinois Ingalls Logan District of Columbia van Wyck Scretary of the Interior Supreme Court Senate

Swine disease report urges stronger western inspection

Washington matter reports Walter Evans and officials reviewing hog health in the West. Curtis finds Western swine disease higher than stated, rejects offal feeding claims, recommends two inspectors per packing house, notes Western eagerness for strict inspection and market protection. Also discusses rail and banking legislation and other political items.

Dee Walter Evans Internal Revenue Albert W. Wyman United States Edward O. Graves West Loring Curtis Chicago Ang Poland China Department of Agriculture Cullom Railroad Commissioners Fulton Paulus Odessa Russia State Department Caspian Sea Volga Texas Pacific Senate C. P. Huntington Charles Crocker Southern Pacific Teller Congressional

O Donnell Citizenship Case Analyzed by State Department

The report details Patrick O Donnell s claim to United States citizenship amid questions of his father s naturalization and his own residency. It notes uncertainties over service in the Civil War and a 1876 Ohio naturalization certificate likely irregular, with the secretary s conclusion that citizenship remains unproven but not definitively disproved.

Carey Noah Secretary of States Iean Legation Great Britstance Donnell Great Britain O Donnell O'Donnell Hoppin Mints & Well Frelinghuysen Lowell United States Chicago John F. Finerty O’ Donnell Secretary of State Patrick O’donnell O' Donnell Michael Patrick Elbtuensic Patrick O'Donnell Colorado Lawrence County Ohio Orwell United Stat London Ireland Pate O'Donnelly O Denna Lowe Granville

Disease prevention and treatment for animal scourge remedies

The article urges early treatment to prevent disease in livestock. It prescribes caustic balsam on the throat, ferrum phosphate and potassium compounds as internal doses, with intensified schedules for severe cases, noting recovery within days and high success when treated promptly.

Cats in ancient times worshipped to Paris cat holocaust

The article traces cats’ fates from reverence in Egypt and Turkish kindness to medieval France where cats were killed in a St. John’s Day ritual in Paris. It notes Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu’s affection for cats, yet their affection did not stop mass executions in the Place de la Grève.

Egypt Turkey Mohammed France Paris St. John’s Day Place de la Grieve Cardinal Richelieu Colbert

Mirthen and Recreation in Civilized Life at Hawarden

A report from Hawarden notes policemen attending a Dec 19 prayer at the Hawarden church amid Emigration Committee figures showing 5400 assisted emigrants. most went to the United States with some to Canada. The article blends social commentary on joy and recreation with warnings that monotonous labor harms health and vigor, especially among city children starved for recreation and civilization.

Dudley Chase Haskell Lawrence Kansas Washington Congregational Church Haskell John A Kasson Richard Cordley Jas. Main Geo. H. Scott Hill Cemetery Knight's Templar Congressional Committee East United States Canada Venice

Feeding birds from breakfast crumbs inspires kindness

A city yard scene shows a man feeding hens pigeons and sparrows with table scraps. The piece urges families to care for birds, noting the joy of helping living creatures and urging women not to discard kitchen crumbs.

How to Keep Cool in Tropical Heat

In the torrid belt of South America people stay cooler under high temperatures. A simple, costless recipe suggests cooling baths and evaporative methods to lower body heat before sleep. The text notes dangers from overheated conditions and mentions a man in Paris observing a dangerous episode.

South America Bo i

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