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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
5
A poem by T. C. Harbaugh celebrates the old fashioned wife as patient and kind, recalling shared life from youth to twilight. The speaker reflects on a long partnership, memories of children, and enduring devotion, contrasting past elegance with simple home life.
In the white hall of the Winter Palace Easter 1853 the emperor consoles Count Apraxin who seeks satisfaction after a duel threat. Apraxin complains a captain insulted his wife and punched him, while the tsar bans fighting and orders the wife brought to the hall for presentation. The scene unfolds amid pomp and imperial authority.
In a dramatic court scene Nicholas I dethrones Count Apraxia after a battlefield report from Alma claims defeat and retreat to Balaclava. The emperor, anguished by the setback, banishes Apraxia to Siberia and later relents, offering exile abroad and a pension, while the couple Count and Countess Apraxia face public scrutiny.
Rev T DeWitt Talmage delivers a Brooklyn tabernacle sermon on Isaiah 63 10 The Lord hath made bare this Holy arm. He argues God created light with a word and will redeem the world with an unsleeved arm, contrasting divine omnipotence with human warfare and warning against Mohammedanism and alcohols ruinous spread.
The excerpt notes Nicholas's death on February 18, 1855 while Apraxia remained abroad. It claims the emperor caused his death by ignoring a severe chill and details the throne passing to Alexander I, Sevastopol’s fall on September 11, and subsequent peace efforts. It adds Count Apraxin’s 1859 return to St. Petersburg and a wartime artillery tally of 9,467 rounds.
An editorial in Ram's Horn urges young men to pledge self discipline by never incurring debt. The piece stresses financial responsibility as a foundation for character and future success.
A preacher declares the struggle between holiness and sin, urging faith in divine power to end oppression of rum and vice. He cites Sedan and Armageddon imagery, calls for prayer and action, and frames the gospel as a victor in human history. The lesson then shifts to Sunday School notes on Abraham and the repopulation of the earth after Noah.
The passage asserts God's love is eternal while human love fades. It contrasts shifting human feelings with unchanging divine gentleness that endures through life changes. It cites scripture promising mercy and enduring peace.
The passage notes that sunlight through a window does not generate dust but makes it more visible. It then states that the Spirit that shines on characters does not create evil but reveals it to observers.
A summary notes Govnop’s musical instruction from his pianist mother, his Paris conservatory prize at twenty one, and his work as librettist for Donizetti's operas though not always per his view. It mentions Lieerhoven’s open air writing habits and a beer at hand, and Frederick Tuk GREAT’s ambition to be a composer with over a hundred pieces now in Berlin’s imperial library, praised as worse poetry.
The article notes the Empress Anna’s diadem containing 2536 large gems and a ruby valued at 400008 dollars. It mentions Turin as a twin emerald crystal, St Petersburg gems, and a seven inch by four breadth emerald weighing four pounds. It cites tax cuts for a machine costing 40000 dollars and a Regent’s project at 25000 dollars over two years. It adds Brazilian diamonds shipped to Portugal totaling 1146 ounces in a year, with prices dropping to five dollars per carat. It notes the Turkish sultan owning a three hundred carat emerald on a dagger handle and claims the sultan’s regalia collection as the richest.
In Sioux City and nearby, a list of warrants drawn by board members or paid to themselves is challenged by recipients who say they received far less than the warrants claim. The dispute has caused a public sensation.
An effigy of J. Conard in Griswold railroad yards was turned into a beam on a table all morning. At noon schoolchildren pushed the table, and 7-year-old Leon Rezner fell through and was crushed by the traveler passing over him, dying an hour later.
In Des Moines a case centers on Enry Loyd who won a judgment against Dr. J. B. Puckett of Runnells for alienation of Loyd's wife. Loyd died and his wife deeded property to Puckett. Friends seek to prove the physician exerts a mysterious influence over women.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirms the death sentence of James O Dooley for the 1892 murder of his aunt Mrs. W B Coons and her daughter Nellie. The June 16 1893 hanging was stayed by Gov Boies, awaiting appeal. the governor must set a new execution date.
A Des Moines frame house owned by Philip S. Hobson burned with Mrs Hobson away. The two daughters aged 2 and 3 perished in the flames before aid arrived. Authorities reported no further details on the room or location of the children at the time of the fire.
The state association of officers of the national guard met at the arsenal in Des Moines and chose Col. F. W. Mahin as president for the year ahead. Lieut.-Col. became first vice president and Maj. Garlock the second vice president. Col. Cook was named recording secretary and Maj. J. T. Hume corresponding secretary.
Believe the end is near and the Adventists are disposing of property at a sacrifice to go out into the world to warn the public. Some members have left behind all possessions and belongings, taking only their robes and worn garments.
A room at the Savery house in Des Moines was robbed. Occupants cited include Ralph Nutting brother of Judge French, A M Lee of Davenport, and B Marx of New York. Thieves took 300 dollars in cash and 400 dollars in jewelry and valuables.
A roundup reports deaths and crimes from Des Moines Boone and Estherville. Rev Father Burke dies in Des Moines Mercy hospital. Boone man killed at a grade crossing. Counterfeit cases in Cedar Falls and Keokuk. train bandits nabbed near Des Moines. Des Moines miners strike 25 percent wage cut. Fire losses at Keokuk hat factory. Authorities probe Ottumwa lynching. A Davenport resident dies from a fall. Fire destroys King Arthur lodge scenery. Long list of local legal and economic cases and incidents.
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