02 Jan 1890
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1890
Page
1
A meditation on life as a journey along a smooth canal where low bridges test us. The speaker urges bending the head, easing through moments of adversity, and learning to bow before obstacles to reach our appointed fate.
A messenger tale follows Harry Elmore visiting Clover Dale and Aunt Jerry. He courts May Martin, faces a sharp rebuke for past remarks, and receives May’s note to his mother ending the country romance arc.
A young man meets a absent minded pastor at a village sociable. The minister invites him to join the Bible class next Sunday and pressingly asks him to attend. The young man reveals he has attended for nearly a year without joining or professing religion.
A Chicago Times interview recounts Ann Eliza Young and others who joined Brigham Young. Amelia Folsom, Eliza Snow, and Zina Huntington are profiled with notes on marriages, proxy wives, and religious beliefs. The piece blends anecdotes with period views on polygamy and Mormon customs.
Edward W. Bok reviews Gladstone’s extensive reading habits noting his wide library, passion for travel and politics, and pursuit of truth through books. The statesman reads deeply, values religion, and keeps diligent notes via secretaries, with American literature a particular interest.
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes appears alongside an Iowa pension list with many unreadable entries. The page mentions a letter from a Mr. Henry about a proposed statute replacing Prohibitory law and lists various names and places in the pension roll context.
An incident involving delegates to the Marine Conference shown in a Washington Post report reveals cross cultural differences. A young female performer faced unexpected applause when elderly men stamped feet for encore, misread as disapproval. The audience apologized as foreigners learned how foot stamping differs between the United States and Spanish American countries.
The piece notes Montana Indian customs shifting away from placing dead on trees to other practices under federal influence. It mentions old platform cemeteries surviving in solitude of grassy plains and explains wolves and weather as drivers of traditional burial methods. The Crow and Blackfoot kin are cited as having done their duty in burial.
A Somerville Journal note asserts bashfulness can hinder a young man seeking boarding. It urges overcoming hesitation to secure housing and social approval in local life.
Bangor politician William Engle is cited as a self made man who rose to business and political ranks. A hay fraud tale recounts Engle buying subpar hay, later discovering it was misrepresented by a seller, and resolving the dispute with the honest Lockwoodsman Davis through a peculiar juryman led settlement.
The article surveys diverse origin stories for the first woman from Phoenician and Greek myths to Norse, Madagascan, and American Indian traditions. It notes creation by deities or magical beings, sometimes with moral overtones, and cites Moslem and London Tablet perspectives.
A Kirriemuir farmer's wife feeds lean meals to farm hands. A waggish plowboy feigns blindness at breakfast claiming he cannot see butter on bread. The master tests him by giving bread and cheese, and the lad proclaims his eyes are better now able to see through the cheese.
In a playful quarrel Mrs. Baldwin admits superstition kept her from moving into a new house on Friday while Mrs. Rambo urges rationality. The dialogue shifts to a humorous note as a wart on a knuckle becomes a target for bizarre home remedy talk involving ham rind and ink.
Conversation aboard a ship reveals a stowaway running away from home to join the voyage. He explains his sister began music lessons and scales on the planet, hoping no pianers were aboard. The captain consoles the boy, noting a musical sister too.
A fragment shows a sharp exchange about wardrobe and lawsuits. The speaker mentions four livel y libel suits while listing suits and calling another editor poor, highlighting a legal tension in a Chicago context.
A column from the American Commercial notes that courtesy yields high returns, arguing polite conduct benefits business and personal dealings beyond immediate cost. It emphasizes long term gains from courteous behavior in commerce.
Chicago journalist Paul Hull visits Louisville and, after introducing himself at the Courier-Journal office, asks an editor if it is time to take a drink. The editor agrees to accompany him as he plans to write a few lines.
A Chicago Tribune exchange features a wary investor and a company official discussing natural gas. The official explains boring a ground pocket and piping gas to homes, asserting land ownership and a strong title reviewed by lawyers who hold stock.
A columnist recounts a comical encounter with railroad bureaucracy in New York. State Attorney Mitch ell laments red tape while a trip to a summer resort involves a chain of orders from conductor to superintendent to turn a seat for a passenger Mrs. Mitchell grows ill and seeks comfort on the ride.
Two boys trade quips about religion and a theosophist in a brief humorous exchange. One asks what a theosophist is, the other says he asked but the reply remained unclear. The joke relies on a misheard term and playful misunderstanding.
A short dialogue from the Detroit Free Press features Erle Birde and a lowboy discussing alarm clocks. Birde quips about docking for late rising while the lowboy claims not to hear his clock, noting his wife does.
A child answers a Sunday school question about creation with a playful list including the earth the sun the moon the stars and the stripes over which the teacher smiles at the innocent mix of cosmic and patriotic imagery.
The Epoch recounts an anecdote showing King Louis Philippe and Bou ton the French artist. A man enters Bouton’s studio and watches, then critiques a painting. When the visitor leaves, the artist discovers the King was the observer and the monarch declares he will have the picture.
An author decries imported serenading trends and praises a brash American open air sound. He mocks brass heavy performances and the loud, bombardment like effect of horns, piston and metal nuisances on Miss Somebody and the neighborhood.
A Chicago Tribune fragment shows a shoe merchant offering Mr. Throckmorton an exchangeable pair under an eight month wear warranty. The salesman reviews stock and discusses a replacement pair priced at $9.50 while Throckmorton mentions assisting in collecting the pastor's salary.
A patrolman questions a girl at 11 o'clock on Elizabeth street as she leans over a gate and asks why she cannot enter a house. She responds she is “the hiredee” and complains about late gatekeeping after helping with a past late shift.
The text notes that historic rulers managed to reconcile manual work with state affairs, highlighting a philosophy that practical toil and political responsibility can coexist. It implies effective leadership combines industry at home with public service.
An elderly husband helps his ailing wife board a train and reassures her as he plans to stay behind. He entrusts note of Harriet’s illness to Aaron and asks the narrator to check on his wife during travel. The scene ends with a tender farewell on the platform.
A damaged fragment hints at money, a patient visitor, and a woman addressed as madam. The text is incomplete, unclear, and offers few concrete details or names to identify a full event.
The report covers a fatal shooting between Holman and Gill near Council Bluffs with a deadly struggle over a gun. It notes a second Missouri River bridge project at Sioux City, signed contracts, cost estimates around $1 million, two draws at $60,000 each, and construction slated to begin soon by the Pacific Short Line and Phenix Bridge Company.
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