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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1886
Page
4
A reading passage recalls a distressed boy hidden in a house and a compassionate stranger who helps him find safety and spiritual solace. The scene emphasizes mercy over punishment and the hymn Gentle Jesus, meek and mild. It also contrasts Hungarian and Roumanian dress, noting rich male attire and contrasting female fashions across regions.
A rustic Cape Cod lad named yan comes ashore penniless and seeks a church. Robert Lenox, a church member, notices him, offers a seat in his pew, and this kindness sparks the lad’s later success. A Detroit Tribune column contrasts brick pavements and ward-robing medical women with anecdotes of charity and Pompeii excavations.
A jumble of quotes on living rightly and pursuing truth. It touches on will power, happiness, duty, and inconsistency, then veers to a stray line about a dog’s love tied to dinner time and temptation. The text lacks a coherent narrative or clear event.
Two former friends, apart nearly two decades, reunite on a train. A light exchange reveals one man rose from corporal to “General” by moving west four times, prompting surprise from the other. Estelline Bell.
Dr Edward Jenner notes signs of rain based on animal behavior. Darwin later observes animals react similarly before a storm. The verses describe clouds, winds, animals, and nature cues predicting rain, ending with the prediction that the planned walk must be postponed.
The article lists plants suitable for hanging baskets including Aaron's beard Saxifraga sarmentosa Tradescantia zebrina and ovalis tropwolides as attractive choices. It notes creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia and musk as good options and highlights Tropwolum varieties preferring poorer soil and ferns like Asplenium bulbiferum as graceful basket plants with ivy geraniums fuchsias and lobelias recommended as additions.
The piece reflects on Plymouth Rock as well preserved after centuries of visitors and orations. It cites Rev. E H Chapin in 1852 praising New York yet urging deeper civic sentiment by metaphorically striking Plymouth Rock and Faneuil Hall like a musical instrument.
A father scolded his five year old son with a crude insult calling him a pig. The boy replied that a pig is a hog's young offspring. The incident shows harsh parenting language amid a misunderstanding.
A reflective line urges parents to model the path for youth by example. It emphasizes leading by personal conduct to guide a child toward proper behavior and values.
A condensed biographical sketch outlines Sir Francis Bacon born 1560, his rise to attorney general and lord high chancellor, and his alleged corruption trial, with death in 1626. The piece also offers practical homemaking tips on textiles, laundry, dressmaking, and decorative crafts including lace, embroidery, basketwork, and table scarfs.
The Cleveland Plaindealer warns that dyed stockings use arsenic, exposing blood through skin. Expert notes arsenic in dyes reflects on artistic finish, with high priced silk enduring stains like cheap cotton. The writer urges women to avoid coloring young feet despite fashion pressure.
A collection of aphorisms and poems touching on wisdom, gender, and morality. It includes reflections on labor, science, and humanity, with a testimonial about a San Francisco man cured by Red Star Cough Cure.
In Paris a conjuring stunt using a bamboo chair and a shawl fooled a party guest. Viscount T staged the illusion with his wife who vanished on cue. He later found himself collapsed from a swoon. the Countess fled to return to her friends, leaving a letter explaining she could not live with him.
A secret society in Tompstone Arizona called the Astonishers purportedly abducts men deemed conspicuous or unwanted. Victims are immobilized with a blanket, have their mouth cleaned with kerosene, exposed to carbon disulphide, forced to drink saline oil, sprayed with eggs, and slid into water filled cellars. They are given two hours to leave town and then released blindfolded into a dark alley where they are told to eat.
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