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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1881
Page
2
The Intelligence notes a stormy January and reports over thirteen thousand immigrants arriving by sea in the month, signaling a high, potentially record-setting year for migration. The forecast suggests 1881 may surpass previous years in immigrant arrivals as January did.
Two weeks from today General Gar field will be inaugurated president. In case of no accidents we think most people will know on the day following who will compose his Cabinet. Iowa people are anxious to know because cabinet appointments may create a political ripple in our state. It may require the making of another state.
Fernando Wood, longtime New York Democrat and former mayor, died this week in Hot Springs Arkansas. He began in Congress at 29, served a term then returned in 1863 and remained a member except for the 1865 term. His death marks the loss of a handsome elder statesman of the party.
The report notes surprise over Thomas Carlyle being buried in the Dumfries churchyard where he was born rather than near Haddington. An American visitor heard the sexton recount Carlyle’s quiet visits, kneeling at his wife’s grave and kissing the ground in reverent memory.
The piece argues Georgia wrongly excluded 11 electoral votes for meeting a state rather than federal voting day. It urges conforming state law to national practice, notes unlawful votes should not count, and compares to Wisconsin delays and a hypothetical New York result affecting Garfield and Hancock.
The article criticizes racial prejudice in Congress and public policy, noting protests over Indian rights and pension payments for educated Native soldiers. It highlights government actions to withhold funds and the temporary dismissal of issues like Poncas, Utes, and Big Snake, depicting a pattern of white officials controlling Indian affairs.
A retrospective view notes Garfield’s election as president, a new political era, and the decline of old leaders. It predicts a national policy focusing on material welfare, a rebirth of Southern industry, and a generation of younger Republicans shaping the party beyond Civil War loyalties.
The New York Observer notes placing boxes in a warm room near a southern window accelerates garden sowing. On mild days boxes can be carried outside if protected from cold wind, yielding an advance of several weeks for open garden planting.
Iowa weather data describe January 1831 as very cold and dry with westerly winds. Mean air temperature 8.5 degrees below normal, only three colder Januarys on record. Snowfall persisted with limited thaws, sleighing excellent, and snow cover protecting winter crops from northwest to eastern Iowa.
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