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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1880
Page
4
A Tennessee man Mr Baker uses wit and a wheel bet to free a stalled wagon with six horses. He demonstrates wheel top speeds and outsmarts a boastful wagoner, winning back his own horses and teaching a lesson to avoid betting. The humorous episode ends with mutual respect and a vow to avoid bets.
The article discusses rising wealth in America, focusing on New York’s lavish stores and opulent living. It contrasts American wealth with Old World norms, notes rapid expenditure, and questions whether wealth distribution and taxation are fair while highlighting public spirit from a few donors.
John Gilpin and Ella Sandford wed at Middletown on a snowy last Wednesday. Poor and barefoot, they began a long wedding tour on foot toward Woodbury, aided by a wheelbarrow loaned by a neighbor to carry the groom as they reached the old folks there.
A damaged OCR snippet shows a domestic plant listing including prait trees shrubs and home grown assortments with garbled place names and incomplete descriptors. The readable portion suggests a local goods display or advertisement in a small town marketplace.
In Washington on February 18 the Senate considered a five per cent land bill amid debate on repudiation and debt. The House moved to the Acklen charges and referred matters to the judiciary. Bills on sugar duties and federalization of state court cases were discussed as the House adjourned.
The Senate discussed a special committee on the Inter Oceanic Canal and the five per cent bill after adjournment. Other actions included a mint proposal for St. Louis and a naval history printing bill. The House reviewed rules revisions, adjourned, and supported a land inquiry resolution.
In Vicksburg two young lawyers faced a justice of the peace in a minor criminal case. The defense failed as a revolver slid from an attorney’s pant leg and the judge fined him $25 plus costs, warning he must be more careful in the future.
Promotional notice for New York visitors calling attention to the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot. It advertises 850 rooms reduced to $1 and up, elevator restaurant, horse car and elevated railroad access to all depots, urging careful view of the sign indicating ownership by Grand Union.
The passage discusses how birds exhibit passive muscular action, causing them to clutch a perch purely due to body weight. It notes the need to lift a fowl when removing it from a hen roost, illustrating the point described in the source.
A brief exchange shows Mamie allowing a kitten to nurse on a carpet while a clerk laments it being the animal’s last lap. The scene captures domestic tension and a small domestic moment.
A nostalgic slice recalls New England barns with their doors and hay, farm life, and imagined romance. It contrasts this with travel danger from poor ventilation on trains, stressing air quality and health risks. A Randolf romance endures after Betsy Knight’s death at 85, keeping faith with a long-ago betrothed.
Mr Smale, an ice man diver on the Mo River bed at Belfast in the Colony of Victoria, was attacked by a large octopus. The creature wrapped around his arm and pressed, lifting the water and inflating his dress as he fought for minutes. He finally dragged the eight foot beast ashore, stating no man could have held it down alone.
In a buffalo range approach, a ceremony forms with young men painted and chanting as a central group dances to deter interference in a "big surround" hunt. Buffaloes are driven toward camp for easy slaughter and meat processing. Cured by a Amma tale, the hunt ends with entrails eaten raw or cooked, skulls cracked, and brains consumed. Days after the hunt see idleness and satisfaction.
A reports that friend A has been speculating heavily and, when asked, Jim confirms he made an assignment. The excerpt notes the speculation and the resulting financial arrangement as a notable turn in their dealings.
A home style guide details washing and paring white beans and cooking them three hours with three parts water. It prescribes salt and white pepper, then layering skined bacon on top after four hours of slow baking, adding reserved bean water if drying out, and finishing two more hours.
The scene mixes classroom dialogue on plurals with a stray memory of mice and houses. A widow and two daughters host guests as neighbors react to a death nearby. A wry aside notes skunk curiosity and risky interviews.
A composite note on medical remedies touts Dr. Deen and Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as superior to violent purgatives. It includes testimonials from Hennikietta New York and Lomas Owens praising Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and Wizard Oil for ailments from catarrh to lameness, with a recommendation to gargle Piso’s Cure for sore throat.
Americans traveling abroad will find Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines on sale in principal drug stores and at the London Branch of the World's Dispensary, Russell Street Buildings. Discovery is a blood purifier and cure for scrofula, ulcers, tumors, and virulent poisons. Dr. Pierce's Pellets cleanse and purify the blood.
The advertisement touts Legere Worm Killer as a remedy for worms that are not present. It argues symptoms arise from intestinal digestion issues and warns neglect may cause sickness. The product is said to relieve both children and adults and is sold by druggists.
Dr J Kramers German Eye Salve offered as a positive cure for weak and diseased eyes. Claims of immediate effects with safe and reliable remedy. Send 25 cents or postage to 8 N Smith & Co Dayton Ohio for a box free of expense if not available from your druggist.
Retired physician claims a simple vegetable remedy cures Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and lung ailments, plus nervous debility. He offers to mail the recipe free in German, French, or English to any reader who requests it with a stamped letter to W. W. Sammax, 140 Powers Block, Rochester, N.
An advertisement for Kidney Wort promotes a remedy claimed to aid liver and kidney diseases and constipation. It present it as simple to make, comparable to coffee, and positioned as offering more medicine per package than six dollar bottles of competing brands.
The piece argues medical bills are high with visits costing $3.00 and yearly care for a bedridden patient reaching over $1,000. It claims a single bottle of Hop Bitters, used timely, would prevent that year of sickness and the medical expense.
Wanted. Sherman & Co Marshall Mich seek an agent in this county at once with a salary of $100. The notice promotes Carter's Extract as a remedy for female ailments and menstrual issues, claiming it is nature's remedy. Readers are urged to ask their druggist for it.
The article argues that despite feeding and care cows rarely produce yellow butter, citing flush pasture as the exception. It endorses Wells, Richardson & Co. Perfected Butter Color as a proven additive that increases butter value. It also notes remedies for whooping cough, a horehound and tar syrup, and Pike's Toothache Drops claiming fast relief.
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