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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1886
Page
4
A devotional poem appeals for divine guidance through trial and temptation. The speaker seeks God’s near presence, protection from Satan, and calm endurance in storms and sorrow while awaiting the heavenly home prepared for believers. The author is credited as Prederick Merrick.
The author cites Rev. C. H. Spurgeon condemning false humility that claims unworthiness as a reason to distrust Jesus. He argues true humility does not excuse disbelief and urges faith despite sin.
The Century urges Americans to insist that every job from cook to president carries an obligation to act honorably and selflessly in the employer’s interest. Without this common virtue, the nation risks ongoing troubles and distress far beyond past dangers.
A European tale tells of a poor man confined in a cold dungeon with only a small sunlit patch on the wall. He chisels with a nail and stone to reveal a crude carving of Christ, proving faith can create light in a restricted life and guide a personal calling.
A reflective piece urges Christians to go beyond donations and offer personal care to the homeless and neglected. It contrasts a wretched Arab begging for help with the Christian ideal of touching and guiding the vulnerable as part of spiritual duty.
An elder Washingtonian extols Henry Clay as a great statesman and man of action. The tribute fronts his leadership in the Senate, his role in shaping tariffs and the Bank, and his enduring influence from 1810 onward.
Before dying, Napoleon compares Jesus to other rulers, declares Christ founded an empire on love, and says Jesus is God. He notes the vast difference between his own fate and Christ’s eternal Kingdom, and implies Bertrand erred in doubting Jesus’s divinity.
A visiting lady at an asylum for friendless orphans consoles a hurt toddler with a kiss, then asks if anyone ever kisses them. A saloon keeper and a reporter debate free liquor, quoting constitutional and libertarian views as the man abandons a drink rather than violate his principles.
The New York Nation cites Dr Stainer advising against early singing for girls. Curwen and Mme Sherrington advocate gentle early vocal use to build rhythm and hearing. It notes puberty rest for boys and warns that noisy street life harms lower voice development, arguing moderation rather than suppression.
A South Side girl reads a paper and calls out ignorance after a civil service exam in Georgia. An applicant claimed Shakspeare wrote Gray's Elegy, prompting father and onlookers to correct him that Tennyson was the true author.
A comic verse from Wide Awake describes ants listening to a long sermon during a sunny day. The speaker and sister Madge endure a dull, tedious hour in a cramped pew while the preacher speaks at length and the ants dream of birds and open air.
A Peck's Sun quotation discusses growing wisdom eroding youthful arrogance. It warns that many people mistake knowledge for wisdom, stressing humility and self restraint. The text contrasts aspiration with reality and urges modest self appraisal and restraint.
Miss Emily calls for a glimpse of a battle in the garden as two ant colonies clash amid flower beds. The narrator kneels beside a cracked edge, noting the tiny combatants biting and tearing at each other in a grim, picturesque scene.
A London News feature recounts the postal service’s romantic and perilous past. It highlights guards battling highwaymen, a Windsor Park key reward, Grizel Cochrane’s dramatic post raid, and COVID era heroism with two fallen letter-carriers tying bags to a road post for recovery.
The piece humorously notes Reginald breaking his leg while riding a bicycle, leaving only one whole limb, the middle finger of his left hand, as the household bristles at his athletic pace.
An experimental Georgia farm reported 200 bushels per acre from corn varieties brought from Africa. The quote from Montaigne cautions against dishonesty for those lacking memory.
An excerpt describes the moon’s surface with tall mountains crater rings and lack of color due to no atmosphere, noting Doerfel Casatus Curtius and other features. It shifts to a Chicago Herald report of seedy men at a South Clark Street auction room as a country man asks about pay and a pigeon asks about grub amid hard times.
A Salem boy asks what he would be if his father left and his mother became a grass widow. The piece uses a child’s curiosity to illustrate a proverb about marriage and parental separation.
An exchange from the New York Sun shows Dumley accusing Brown of reporting he lacks knowledge. Brown denies, saying Robinson misquoted him and that Dumley does know something. The men clash over past statements and truthfulness.
Lord Ronald Gower recounts travels in New York and other cities, praising American civility, refinement, and equal treatment of women. He contrasts civility with British behavior, noting Americans welcome strangers, avoid snobbery, and treat shopkeepers courteously. He admires Americans as educated, well bred, and superior in general courtesy.
Dramatic exchange shows Ahasuerus lamenting taxes and a burst water pipe as Pittburgh Chronicle Telegraph cites a mock scene. The passage then extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters highlighting liver health, digestion, and relief from bile-related symptoms. It claims improved appetite, sleep, and vigor, casting it as a universal health restore.
The Boston Post notes a machine that shaves wood pulp to 750 thicknesses per inch far finer than ordinary paper. Cutting knives stay sharp by whetstones continually at work during operation, a unique grinding setup enabling extreme fineness.
A Springfield Union line riffs on reporters labeling unclear events as shrouded in mystery with playful coinages for the winter season. The paraphrase entertains how press language handles unresolved stories and puzzles.
A fragment of sensational advertisements touts medical tonics and tonics like Walker's California Vinegar Bitters and Jones' Red Clover Tonic as cures for stomach kidney and liver troubles. It also lists Hall's armor wash Bigelow's Positive Care and a Pay 5 cent bottle cure. The piece ends with a note about the biblical Goliath’s pebble ending the first fatal age in records.
A historical method describes dissolving alum in hot water, cooling in a jar, and suspending grasses to crystallize alum on them. It details drying grasses, repeating immersion if needed, and coloring crystals with indigo saffron or dyes, noting best use of Prussian red.
Grant recounts in the first volume that Taylor avoided a uniform for comfort and explored the field on horseback with little staff. Scott, by contrast, wore full dress, issued advance notices, and led with a full staff in prescribed order.
Up names for girls such as Gladys Elfrida Wilfreda Enid Ethel Clarice Rosabel Christabel and Claribel are again fashionable as 150 babies rehearse in a chorus for the popular play Petit Poucet.
The essayist frames a question about the role of women and dismisses a gendered premise, arguing the world relies on women and alluding to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a supposed universal remedy for female ailments.
Advertises the Danville Route as the fastest way from Chicago to Nashville and New Orleans with a single car change to reach all Florida points. Highlights the Evansville bridge, palace buffet cars, and superior speed to attract Southern travelers. Requesting a two cent stamp to William Hill for a copy of the illustrated work Florida A Story.
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