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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1882
Page
5
A reflective poem fragment contrasts aging memory and familiar voices with the ache of lost friends. Bells and evening light frame the speaker’s longing for the past and the steady, unchanging chorus of familiar phrases. The speaker waits for a future reunion beyond death.
The memoir recalls childhood in Vermont and New York, a circle of cousins led by Hildegard, Mina, and Adele, and a planned New Year reunion. Harry Fenton returns, declares Hildegard his wife in a heartfelt speech, and the group toasts a bright future in a festive New Year.
Professor J. P. Sheldon voices concerns in Prairie Farmer about deception in dairy products. He singles out oleomargarine and counterfeit butter and cheese as misleads, urges fair labeling and public protection, and predicts a purge of inferior goods as quality dairymen prevail.
An Italian village stay reveals a hospitable old woman torn between saving cute chickens and feeding guests. She recalls thirteen living children, a son who died of heart disease, and a pension from the Pope as she shares memories while cooking and guiding her guests through dinner.
A fragment from Leigh Hunt praises sleep as a cloak that wraps a sleeper. It describes the pleasurable moment of lying in bed as fatigue fades and consciousness dims, likening the mind to a child drifting toward dreamland with a balmy lid closing over it.
A fragment from the Boston Post notes a South End woman keeps only one servant instead of two, saying a single worker can do the job of two while friends express loyalty and help when ten are left alone.
An 19th century dairy advisory urges farmers to sell off poor milking cows and feed and shelter the good ones. It argues that only productive cows pay for the herd costs and that keeping non producers wastes forage, labor, and profits. The advice stresses timely culling before the milking season and using the meat value of culled stock.
A critic argues that wearing pointed-toed shots and skin-tight trousers signals a defined mental illness. The remark, attributed to Hebert Spencer, draws attention to clothing as a social cue and prompts discussion on public perception.
The Live Stock Journal explains buttermilk as a nutritious feed for pigs and calves. It notes buttermilk supplies nitrogenous matter, with flaxseed or cottonseed added to prevent constipation and improve digestion, boosting weight gain in weaned pigs when fed with careful management.
An 19th century.Youth's Companion recounts a pioneer settlement that forms after misfortune and a broken axle. An English hunter reaches cabins protected by a girl sentinel, a cellar fort, and a self-reliant frontier women’s defense. The narrative highlights pioneer self-reliance and adaptability.
The piece urges farmers to shelter livestock during winter and to avoid burning wheat straw. It notes many neglect to fix sheds, wasting feed and reducing animal condition come spring. It criticizes replies of lack of time and highlights forethought and simple repairs as financially beneficial.
Recipe for stuffing a roast turkey with stale bread, butter, salt, pepper and savory, moistened with oyster liquor and oysters. Includes roasting times for seven to eight pound and larger birds, with frequent basting. Also notes the Pensacola yellow fever epidemic death toll listing 197 names.
A country editor becomes the victim in a diamond robbery as his opponent is said to have stolen the ace of the suit from the pack.
Con C Hensert of Forest Park Restaurant St Louis Missouri reports being entirely cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil in the St Louis Post Dispatch.
In a crowded parlor a sister’s suitor asks a private question while her brother Tom departs on a midnight train for a trip south. The exchange hints at a missing newspaper and a planned check before May, leaving a young lady possibly hoping for recovery.
An advertisement urges readers with chronic pains and weakness to try the “never failing cure” for dyspepsia at once. It claims the formula includes Yellow Dock Sarsaparilla Juniper Iron Celery Calisaya and is the prescription of an eminent physician.
A Missouri woman after a lecture missed her train with her daughter and tried to ride a freight train. Unable to board as passengers, she demanded transport as livestock and, with no rule against it, was issued wet tickets. They were billed to a consignee as cattle.
A public notice by Hop Bitters Manuracter the Co warns against frauds selling bogus bitters with hops. They state they pay only the genuine Hop Bitters and urge victims to beware counterfeit claims and settle only with the authentic product.
A Philadelphia News item notes that some women, seeking new bonnets, signal their desire by whistling. The quirky habit is described as a social cue used to request purchases, reflecting era norms and fashion culture.
The piece cites anemia as a poverty of blood causing weakness and disease, listing scrofulous sores, debility, lung issues, and consumption risks. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a nutritive blood enricher and cure. It also references a New York Brooklyn joke and endorses Kidney-Wort as a remedy for dyspepsia bilious attacks headaches and habitual constipation.
Advertisement claims Dr Cy Benson's Celery and Amomile Pills cure headaches neuralgia nervousness paralysis and other disorders without quinine. Sold by druggists at 50 cents per box or 2.50 for six with postage free. Dr C W Benson Baltimore Maryland. Then a note about Mrs Langtry's birth year and age.
The advertisement touts Dr Prence's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as sugar coated in glass bottles to preserve virtues for long periods in any climate. It claims freshness and reliability, warns against cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes, and urges purchase by druggists.
A Citizen quips that even earth or a ripe tomato share tenderness, noting a playful comparison of a woman's heart to produce.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as unparalleled for debilitated women, urging purchase from druggists. The brief promotes a patent remedy and reflects period medical marketing language.
A note warns that autumn leaves signify melancholy days and are the saddest of the year. It urges people, especially carefree girls, to avoid them and not treat the leaves as festive symbols.
Wells Richardson Co of Burlington Vermont advertises sending colored samples of all Diamond Dyes for five cents, including directions for use.
It argues that when a team nears forcing a collision the fault lies with the driver, not the horse, and that striking the horse with a cane is unfair.
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