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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1892
Page
1
Iowa subscription notice lists the Ames paper issued on Thursdays by HH and S. K. Wilson with a yearly rate of 1.50 payable in advance.
The document lists county officers including Auditor Clerk District Court County Attorney Treasurer and Superintendent of Schools. It also notes the Board of Supervisors Franklin Two Palestine Two and Sherman Two, and mentions Mayor B He Cutcunen and Marshal Ada Lothin with office titles unclear.
Methodist Episcopal and Baptist congregations announce weekly worship times. Methodist services Sunday morning and evening with Sunday School and Christian Endeavor sessions. Baptist services Sunday morning and evening with Wednesday meeting. United Brethren frames Sabbath prayers and weeknight events. Pastor names Byron Clark and M Rickman given.
Church notes list Sunday morning services at 11 o clock and a Sunday evening fellowship. A Wednesday evening prayer meeting is announced. Pastor J. Dow leads the congregation.
Charles F. Crisp born in England in 1845 and raised in Georgia rose from Confederate officer to U.S. Congressman from Georgia serving from the 48th to the 52nd Congress. Charles H. Fowler born in Canada in 1837 became a Chicago minister and editor, later elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church with residence in San Francisco.
Mrs Crisp wife of the speaker was born in Ellaville Georgia near Americus. She raised two sons and two daughters and endured the death of her eldest son soon before her husband became speaker. She has stayed in Washington during all congressional sessions.
A Chilean soldier, General Canto, led the northern theater for Balmaceda’s faction after arrest and exile. He previously commanded the congressional army that defeated Balmaceda’s force Balma Plexion. The civil war broke out to provide him leadership in the north.
At Mount Troy Allegheny City Pa a red brick house serves as the shrine of St Anthony and home to Father Mollinger the priest physician. His cures have drawn crowds with over 15000 attending on St Anthonys day. The German born priest is described as about 50 years old with a frail appearance and has aided many nervous, blind, lame and halt individuals. He is noted as a surgeon and priest who testified to Crimean era service.
Grove and Zenor announce a new corner store in the opera house block offering a large Dry Goods department with wool dress goods suitings and cloakings for the spring trade. The shop showcases carpets rugs and curtains at tempting prices to draw customer attention.
The department will be kept fully up to the standard stock carried by J. J. Grove. Readers are invited to visit the new quarters to examine the goods and arrangements.
The committee of the Society of the Army of Tennessee accepts General Grant and unveils a new site in Lincoln Park Chicago at a reunion. Two years passed due to a defect in the original casting.
The article notes a large group of children in St who earn salaries with about a hundred earning notable sums and highlights 11 year old Flossie Ethyl in her first speaking role as Moth in Love's Labor's Lost. Her early recitation seemed mechanical but she aims to improve, signaling a promising acting career ahead.
Long excerpt recalls Governor David Meriwether of Kentucky who lived until a very old age. Born in Louisa County Virginia he moved to Kentucky as a youth and served thirteen terms in the legislature. He held office in the United States Senate and later lived on a farm near Louisville with family ties to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s era.
Discussion on how cannon discharges travel twice as far as thunder and how natural elevations affect sound. Notes that without air sight would reach to the stars as in daytime, as at night.
The write up surveys a diverse mix in a salon style, noting John Ruskin’s Modern Painters influence and a gallery of social figures. It highlights Mrs Jack and Mrs Carleton as notable social delegates, with Louise Michel and others featured among observers and readers in a reflective, critical tone.
A woman's hidden assets valued at over 90000 dollars were found in Lyme Connecticut. Bankbooks showing about 30000 dollars and 60000 dollars in cash were discovered in the house of the late Mrs Jane Kingsbury wife of Major Kingsbury and mother in law of ex Governor Buckner of Kentucky.
In England a telephonic chess match between the British Chess club of London and the Liverpool Chess club used a nickel plated granular mouthpiece for long distance moves. Two games were played at once. London lost the first, drew the second after adjournment and a dinner hour, while Liverpool declined both offers. A return match is planned with a twelve move time limit.
Fragmentary text describes zinc chloride soldering and a “new metals” facility involving resin materials. Mentions qualification boosting value for namo machinery apparatus and notes resistance work in electrical apparatus.
J Mercer near Burden reports a rare wet corn with ears about long and sharp grains. He planted two quarts seed in a mound resembling ancient Illinois Ohio mounds, over 1 000 years old. Samples sent to friends in the East and to Washington officials.
A letter from Blakely Hall in Eagle describes beggars on New York streets during severe cold. A woman near an organ froze while soliciting pennies, two hours passed before assistance arrived, and a hospital transfer followed by a child's death illustrates the harsh urban misery of the season.
The United States Navy veteran George Sirian died in Portsmouth Virginia. Born in 1817 on a Greek island he survived massacres and became a homeless youth before enlisting as a gunner. He served in hard fought battles and learned gunnery from Lt Randolph and Mr Marshall.
A brief wildlife incident describes a hawk swooping near a scene where a large snake was sighted. The bird struck quickly, gripping the snake with talons as the creature was pulled from danger, then flew away.
The World's Columbian expedition under Prof. F W Putnam and Warren K Moorehead documented 26 mounds with 9,239 plus items including 7,239 flint disks a 16 pound ax a Pacific coast stone bowl 7 platform pipes 2 300 sheets of mica 50 copper spool shaped objects 5 000 beads 900 pearls 10 altars some nearly intact 50 wolf bear and panther tusks 120 human skeletons and vast miscellaneous items.
A pile of lumber collapsed on Horace Wilkins of Lushton Mills on Friday. His fellow workers thought he was dead, but he was extricated alive and unhurt though unconscious. His first words after waking were It’s lucky for me that wasn’t ward wood.
Mrs. William Kelley of Dyer Brook tends a calla lily two years old that stands six feet tall and measures eleven inches around the base. The plant may be the county’s largest, if not so, the owner says. The rest is a garbled note on fashion and clothiers from Bangor and period dress.
A sermon analysis on Jeremiah and Jehoiakim, detailing the king's destruction of a divine roll, the prophet Baruch's role, and the fate of Jehoiakim. It contrasts faithful reception of scripture with rejection, urging steadfast adherence to the Bible and warning of judgment for those who burn or ignore God's word.
A style note calls for white or pearl kid gloves at evening functions with ladies in full dress. It notes umbrellas fading as fashion imitates silvering, and finest accessories now crafted from wood sticks without ornate decoration.
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