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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1881
Page
7
Poem fragment depicts a speaker lamenting a departed beloved. The lines describe burning tears, comforting angels, and a childlike grief soothed, while the speaker recalls a sweet curl and a head once near now far away. The mood is mournful and reflective.
A story follows Hilda Reynolds once an heiress whose fortune collapses and forces her to seek work. She endures hardship, becomes a hospital nurse, earns respect for steadiness, and forgives a dying magnate who repays her with a generous bequest. Her insight teaches caution toward insincere friends and the value of service.
Dr Wood explains a day to day puzzle on perception and nerve activity. A friend fails to answer to a first greeting but responds to a louder second call due to neural impulses reaching the brain and triggering awareness.
A misread name at the event raised questions about the planned ceremony. Organizers noted the absence of the expected figure and pledged to confirm arrangements ahead of the date.
The St Louis Republican notes it rarely endorses patent medicines but speaks favorably of St Jacobs Oil after individual tests. It describes the remedy as excellent and recommends it as a beneficial treatment.
The text describes Venus approaching Earth and passing Jupiter and Saturn in geocentric longitude on Feb 22. It notes the Milky Way’s March orientation, Neptune near Saturn but invisible, and star groups east of Neptune including Pleiades and Hyades. It highlights Orion with Rigel Betelgeuse Bellatrix and Sirius, Canis Major and Canis Minor, Castor Polyx Capella and Leo’s Sickle with Regulus Uranus nearby. The Earth’s path past Regulus and Uranus occurs March 1, 81.
The column reports on accident insurance shifts affecting risk groups, mentions President Gonzales of Mexico aiding Mata Moros distress with a $500 contribution, and recounts a man who killed his twins with opium. It also cites Galveston News praising St Jacobs Oil and notes Jewish recognition of George Eliot’s services in London.
The Toledo Chronicle reports a favorable State Insurance Co of Des Moines notice from the Register praising the company. Readers note its $3,000 policy and rapid Nevada Iowa fire loss payment with an on-site adjuster. The endorsement extols honesty, liberal dealings, and prompt settlements.
William F. Dalrymple, of a renowned Dakota grain farm, states the 1880 clear profit exceeded $250,000. He grew over 500,000 bushels of wheat on 24,000 acres and sold the crop in Buffalo at a profit of fifty cents per bushel.
Wealthy Chicago citizens led by N. K. Fairbank George W. Dunlap Perry H. Smith George C. Walker Bert Dexter Henry W. King John B. Lyon and others move to organize a new technology company intended to operate independently of the Western Union consolidation.
The column names questionable remedies and advertisements for patent medicines warn readers to beware quack rostrums and costly cures. It cites Hop Bit, Dr Halliday products, Carboline, Reddine's salve, Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, and Green's August Flower with claims of cures and dubious efficacy, urging skepticism and shopping at druggists.
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