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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1892
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows county offices and officials including Auditor Clerk County Attorney Treasurer Recorder Sheriff Superintendent of Schools Coroner and Supervisors with names and towns such as Palestine Franklin Sherman avnes and mayor recorder marshal roles.
Remembrances from across the nation honor James G. Blaine as a premier American statesman and diplomat. Writers from the Quincy Whig to the New York Recorder laud his career and mourn his passing, noting his influence in politics and public life.
The piece lists regular worship times at the Baptist church with Sunday morning service at 1 o'clock and evening service at 7 30, a Wednesday prayer meeting, and Sunday School after the morning service. J M Rickman is the pastor.
The Capital surveys Iowa Republican views on nominating a U S senator at the next convention. It recalls 1891 when Wheeler failed to appear at a pivotal Oskaloosa rally, diminishing enthusiasm as crowds cried Where's Wheeler and learned they had not met the man they sought.
The piece centers on Democratic support for a named candidate against an unnamed Republican field. It argues for strong debate presence and criticizes nominating a governor without a named challenger. It cites Iowa campaign tactics and Lincoln as a historical parallel to bolster a named Republican option.
A thoughtful discussion argues that head covering is universal across climates and cultures. It asserts hats protect the head from weather, support health, and reflect sanitary principles of light pressure and ventilation for the wearer.
A Harpers Young People tale recounts humorous miscommunications by a visiting American in Germany. He orders a room with ease but cannot name chicken, drawing a picture that yields eggs from a waiter. A misused French greeting leads to a startled exchange with a New Yorker.
The piece weighs convict labor for highways as a public benefit and cites a Grange resolution. It contrasts the contract system with public punishment practices such as whipping posts and chain gangs, warning that public familiarity with crime could erode moral restraint and question road labor costs.
The Boston Record notes caustic thugs and a list of twenty three Ingallsisms from the late campaign in Philadelphia. Each claim was said to alter the state of affairs with a single example cited as an Ingallsism.
The Cosmopolitan Magazine offers one thousand scholarships for 1893 to leading colleges or schools in the United States. Applicants must introduce the magazine to neighborhoods. Institutions include Yale Harvard Vassar Ann Arbor Chicago and other Southern and art and medical schools. Scholarships cover board lodging laundry and tuition.
An introduction to Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription claims royal favor and a written guarantee of satisfaction for women. It asserts wide testimonials and suitability for correcting irregularities and weaknesses. A Venice club story about rich young men pledged to marry poor girls appears.
Daily and Sunday editions offered for one year with options including four months Sunday one year and weekly press memberships. Rates listed as five dollars for yearly, with various weekly, daily, and Sunday choices. Send for THE PRESS circular. samples free. agents wanted with liberal commissions.
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