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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
6
Medina New York Presse correspondent recalls a craftsman story about an Irish worker who claimed to be Jem Mace’s boxing partner. The narrator plans a prank spar, is knocked out by the Irishman’s unseen counterpunches, and doubts the teller’s veracity after a long nap.
A hungry, ragged man approaches a businessman seeking employment. He claims little work is available, but insists it would not take much to keep him busy. The exchange highlights rising unemployment and distressed job seekers in the era.
A passenger declares ownership of his home every Tuesday while a second passenger replies he owns it on Thursdays, joking that Mary Ann's afternoon out explains the schedule. The exchange, attributed to the Indianapolis Journal, reads like a light, regional humor piece about habits and real estate talk.
Lieutenant John C. W. Brooks recounts Bombshell the dog guarding a big gun parapet and, just before firing, leading him away from the weapon to uncover two unsuspecting children buried in sand. The dog prevents a danger by alerting and guiding to safety.
The piece traces early views on fire and air relations from classical and medieval thinkers. It notes experiments like burning a candle in a closed vessel and air’s role in combustion, referencing Boyle and Bacon, nitr such as nitre, and Cardan with metal heating. The Scottish Review summarizes how oxygen and air’s gases feed flame and rekindle ignited points in metals.
A writer notes the Gulf Stream originates in the Gulf of Mexico and travels northeast along the U S coast to Newfoundland. It crosses the Atlantic to the British Isles, splits toward the Azores and north toward the Atlantic, with speeds rivaling major rivers. The warm current rides over cold bottom water, losing only about four degrees from Mexico to the British Isles.
The Rev Thomas P Hughes argues in Forum that if pastors denounce immoral plays they will vanish from the stage as churchgoers abandon works condemned by their ministers. He says ministerial courage can curb the stage and protect the nation’s moral well being.
In Germany public opinion shifts toward a quicker painless death for criminals. Dr E Duhlemann proposes using carbolic acid gas released into a cell to cause instant lung paralysis and unconsciousness, leading to death without pain. The method aims to surpass the perceived certainty of other execution forms.
The text argues praise reveals personal standard more than condemnation. It notes many avoid praising, cites 1890 figures with 562 blast furnaces and 224 in Pennsylvania. It adds graphite suitable for lead pencils is found nearly worldwide.
Captain Thomas Smith of East 124th Street tried to decipher Chinese characters on Chang Lee's Harlem laundry tickets. Weekly deliveries left him puzzled by hieroglyphics until Chang Lee asserted the writing simply meant Captain and his name.
An installment firm uses a tracer to locate delinquent buyers who move to avoid payments. The tracer leverages janitors and his network of movers to recover debts, making avoidance unlikely. A New York World note leads into a Kentucky church story about a minister warned by a wealthy member before teasing sensitive topics.
The late Dr Thomson then bishop of Gloucester suffered toothache and used narcotics. After a night of pain he avoided the doctor at his wife’s plea. Reading a postman’s official envelope in the street, he learns of his appointment to York. Zoe! exclaims he, then she gently scolds him for the narcotic haze.
A Mississippi man near Maben touts frugality by claiming he has saved money on matches for nearly 40 years. He says he brought his “fire” from the start and has kept it alive, never spending a cent on matches since moving to the state.
A London Spectator anecdote recalls Bishop Wilberforce filling first class seats with papers to secure a private carriage. When asked if seats were occupied, he would answer yes occupied and fade away with a whispered but not engaged.
A Napoleon Mot reports that upon Nicholas I congratulating him on the throne Napoleon III called him “my friend” rather than the usual “my brother.” The emperor remarked that friendship is chosen while relation is not, calling the gesture flatteringly selective.
A Clevelander recalls a long romance shown through letters that go from loving notes to a final practical request to return all writings. The collection reveals a humorous arc from affection to practical reproof as the beloved asks for the letters back.
A fragment describing ancient divination using dolasses or knuckle bones called astralgi. It notes these bone dice lack numbers but bear small incised pictures and cites Bent in Ruined Cities of Mashonaland as describing them.
English experiments drop a solid iron ball into liquid iron. The ball sinks with the fork, then rises and floats as it heats, melting later. Discusses density changes and heating expansion. Also mentions Nemesis, George Eliot, and the Cydippe insect with paddlelike legs. The Venus fly trap’s juice is a deadly poison.
The Story county Republican caucus calls electors to meet at Nevada Court House on March 7 1896 at 11 a m for selecting fourteen delegates to the state convention at Des Moines on March 11 1896 and to the seventh district convention in Des Moines on the same date. The representation allotted to the county by precincts is listed.
The fragment names J. F. Reep as Chairman of the Republican County Central Committee and Fred C. McCall as Secretary, indicating a party leadership roster.
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