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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
3
A poetic reflection on locomotive life and mountain dawns. The speaker recalls smoke, sunrise, and the chuka chuka of the stack. The man on the mountain train drinks nature’s fountains and misses the whistle bell and furnace drum as the rail line calls him back.
In the Walkden Bridge strike, Tom Boylance faces pressure from Gideon Prowle and union factions as Savannah Morbyn arrives to work at the mill. Reuben Gorringe pressures the crowd with a firm stance, guiding new hands through the gates while Mary Ashworth watches with growing unease. The scene tightens as Savannah’s presence inflames tensions among workers and wives.
A vivid sermon imagines Ezekiel's river Chebar vision mirrored in a modern heavenly tour. The preacher describes a vast temple scene with white garments, rings for contrite souls, harp and trumpet music by David and Gabriel, and tear bottles symbolizing earth’s sorrows. He notes social reversals in heaven and urges repentance to join the blessed.
A collection of terse, humorous exchanges feature unresponsive suitors, money woes, and playful retorts. Lines include Miss Swellery mocked for silence, an Entoma lover's plea, a bachelor habit joke, and a pianist daughter quip, all reflecting urban humor.
Mr. Holman Hunt pursues a new book on English pre Raphaelite movement. A sixpence pamphlet edition of Gray s Elegy sold in London for 370 dollars. An authorized Parkman memoir will be prepared by his family. Yale inherits 70000 dollars for an Emily Sanford English chair. German rumor says Prince Bismarck sold memoir rights for 125000 dollars.
The 1893 iron and steel report shows a 34.6 percent drop in consumption, with production down 44 percent in the latter half of 1893. About half a million workers faced reduced wages and job uncertainty as tariffs influenced mills staying idle.
A flurry of editorials from Iowa to Cincinnati critiques on the tariff reform and Wilson bill. Critics label Democrats as split over bond tax silver and Hawaiian issues, warning of revenue shortfalls and free trade pressures on the treasury.
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