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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1885
Page
1
A playful verse recounts Ann, an old maiden who seeks marriage in the Island of Man but finds no match. She adapts to Mull where marriage seems unlikely until the Man in the Moon appears in a June encounter and they wed in a whimsical bargain.
In Armitage two dentists Paxon and Parker chase patronage as Miss Lovica Brownell arrives for dental work. The men clash over her, while the narrator Dr Sage endures his wife Nettie’s jealous suspicions and a comical farce of mistaken romance centered on the alluring patient who provokes competition, flirtation, and a costly denture saga.
A man sets a trap on his potato bed after many thefts by a neighbor. He fires a currant loaded charge at an approaching thief, injuring Jo who shouts about the scrape. The tale ends with Jo grateful for a so called medical rescue and no further potato thefts.
A humorous verse piece presents two suitors to a maid, who deflects both suitors with playful refusals. The Maiden defers to her father for consent, while emphasizing the saucy, era voice and performative charm of a street scene.
In a Boston Courier report a lawyer asks a female witness her age. She refuses saying she cannot swear to it and notes she cannot speak on anything she does not recall, even as she admits being present at her berth. The exchange ends without further questioning.
In a refined morning scene Imogene visits friend Cicely on a pleasant walk. They discuss mantles and trends with playful jabs about style and market timing, illustrating light social friction among women.
The Chili street car managers employ women as conductors inspired by wartime needs. Young mixed-race women in blue flannel uniforms ride with bell punches, issue yellow tickets, and return change with spotters tallying riders to deter theft. Monthly wages run $25, while police assist with troublesome passengers.
The passage notes few women devote much time to hair care beyond light combing and brushing daily. Washing is rare, with stated customary cleaning methods limited and informal.
Frank N. Stockton notes the Swiss Guard at the Vatican with its medieval uniforms designed by Michelangelo. He recalls their role as trusted guards, describes their striking dress, and notes the change to Italian guards while preserving the old name. The piece references Quentin Durward and Parisian usage of “The Swiss.”
The aging farce writer Madison Morton, creator of Box and Cox, dies poor at Charter House. Once popular for Haymarket comedies, he earned only five pounds for Box and Cox, having produced his best work when drama paid poorly.
A preacher who shook hands with a girl in Illinois caused her arm to break. Meanwhile Tur Shamrock is growing scarce in Ireland.
The piece describes a mountainous European country bounded by France and Switzerland with the Alps Jura range. It notes perpetual snow and ice, large glaciers feeding major rivers, mild valley climates with fig and grape, and heavy snowfall on higher slopes. It mentions limited grain production to support the population.
A Saturday Review anecdote recounts a quiet gentleman with a basket labeled a mongoose. An inquisitive traveler learns the mongoose is an East India animal that kills snakes. The basket is for a brother in law fond of tanglefoot whisky who may imagine snakes, real or not.
A humorous Harpers Bazar vignette describes Mr Smith dropping in to settle an account. The editor offers a chair and instructs a boy to fetch Mr Smith's balance as he admits coming to pay a little visit.
The wealth of Bonanza Mackay is estimated at 180 million dollars. Wealth figures are cited as a marker of large-scale ownership and business success.
A collage of quips and light verse from several papers includes ditty lines about patience, manners, and love, plus jokes about gas and brass, a sofa of editor humor, and brief anecdotes from the Norristown Herald, St Paul Herald, and Detroit Free Press.
Hon. John Bigelow writes in Harpers Magazine that Lord Houghton’s curiosity spanned all humanity and even the morally dubious. The essay lauds his defense of the underdog and his paradoxical, tolerant muse, noting his place among English poets of his era.
Squildig forecasts bustle in Massachusetts politics as Someli ladies vote for school directors amid unusual rules, triggering curiosity and pre election chatter in Pitts Chronicle.
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