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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1893
Page
3
Alonzo Lispenard prepares for a bold social gambit at a Lispenard mansion near Irving, confronting staff tensions and admiring a studio portrait as he plans a grand exit. His friend Philip Lexington debates class and art while Eric Thaxter’s Paris connection and Saltravia royal patronage loom as potential turning points.
Alonzo boasts of royal acquaintances from London Rome Paris and Berlin while Philip Lexington critiques his bohemian style. Alonzo admits public liking hides a fear that wealth shapes the view of him, and he praises Kathleen as a stabilizing influence amid his need to be himself.
A six foot spectator intervenes as two youths fight. He warns them to stop and threatens to break their bones. One youth vows to settle the feud in a future football game without interference.
A dramatic dialogue between a father critic and his son on study, memory, and concentration. The father argues studies build mental discipline for understanding complex family history outlined in a new play.
A pretty young Irish nurse waits in a large drug store. A clerk, bold but courteous, asks if anyone is paying attention. She blushes and replies quietly that she is married, revealing her marital status.
A humorous exchange contrasts California boast with Illinois pride about unexpected gains from small mishaps. A native from California notes a box of matches in a field growing into a forest of telegraph poles, while an Illinois native recalls a cousin finding a new suit of clothes on a fence near a lost button.
In a puzzling exchange Scratchley seeks a reference for a portrait of Gen. Thomas to draw. Doubley suggests a five-dollar bill as source, but Scratchley questions how to obtain such a bill for study. Harper's Bazar frames the dialogue as a wry puzzle about accessing the image.
Klavierspiel known as the pianist Mrs Hoetong Sig and Mr Bobberly discuss a five dollar touch moments ago in a Chicago News Record item.
In a comic exchange Mrs Penns reveals a secret marriage. Mrs Porcus notes the divorce proofs were by publication, reflecting the era’s public disclosure of marital matters. The dialogue underscores social norms and gossip in urban life.
A short exchange quotes a tailor named Green and an “Old Hand” about taking what is offered and the consequences of payment. The Detroit Free Press vignette highlights mutual dependency and casual exchange in urban life.
A nostalgic survey notes that fashion cycles recur from eight centuries past. It traces tight lacing, girdles, and Swiss bodice styles, with Saxon sleeves and long veils secured by gold pins. Medieval hair length rules are discussed as a social restraint, contrasting past customs with today’s freer hairstyles.
A Tiffin Ohio man carries a peculiar old-fashioned screw for luck. Found near an old Presbyterian graveyard in Georgetown, the button-sized head piece is reportedly about a hundred years old and tested as twelve carat gold.
A brief, humorous exchange shows a restaurant cashier offering a cash discount by shaving the “licking” from other terms. The line implies a cheeky bargain over payment method and discount terms.
Comic vignette where a child Johnny explains why he and his sister feud. The mother asks for the reason and Johnny deflects, joking that one parent influences each child while the other shapes the other parent.
A judge remarks that Dobbs appears happy at home while noting his wife participates in many organizations and he rarely sees her. The exchange highlights private life factors affecting public perception.
Mabel avoids heartbreak by admitting she loves more than one man, while Harroty-Why seeks reassurance. The exchange reveals romantic strain and shifting affections in a bygone Chicago scene.
Anxious family banters about a baby named Charles Augustus who might be French and speak only his own language. The parents worry the child’s speech will be incomprehensible while the jury nods to the odd scene.
Quote from Texas Siftings notes a theater premiere of Smith's new play drawing large audience interest. It reports crowds were mainly present on stage rather than in front of the curtain, suggesting a lively but theatrical seating distribution.
Jones praises the new opera with high regard noting passages reflect credit on Strauss Milbecker and Offenbach as discussed by Smithers in a Chicago News Record item.
Literary note from Detroit press where a very brief story, though described as a hit, was praised but deemed overly lengthy before publication. The piece reflects editorial reaction and timing in Detroit.
Albany Journal asserts the Wall Street Stockholder misstates fiscal history. It cites treasury surplus figures under Foster and McKinley laws and provides tariff revenue data for 1890 1891 and 1892 to prove the McKinley tariff reduced revenue by 2 215 620 and that prior 1883 tariff revenue was 229 688 584.
The Chicago Journal reviews Harrison's message showing wealth, manufacturing gains, and wage growth from 1860 to 1890. It argues protective policy boosted national prosperity, cites rising factory capital and wages, and notes savings deposits surged with most from wage earners. It denounces claims of widespread poverty as misrepresentation harming progress.
A vivid battlefield poem by Francis A. Durivage in the Boston Journal portrays cavalry charges, hooves and sabers flashing, orders to rally, and the grim toll of war as comrades fall and horses die. The martial cadence and vivid imagery evoke a frontal assault on a wavering foe with bayonets and drums.
A New York Advertiser report notes telegraphers who served during the war ask Congress to declare that they were part of the army and grant their children the related patriotism status. Eight years of appeals with favorable bills in six sessions failed, as they received no pension. The society is led by president William R. Plum and secretary James E. Pettit.
A San Jose Mercury story recounts Captain J a strict disciplinarian with a quirky habit of roll calls and bread fragments. He enforces order at Fall’s Church guarding private property, faces a chicken theft grievance, and ends by sharing a roast chicken with his men offering a moral about wrongdoing and camaraderie.
A Franklin weekly piece critiques the Democratic pledge to expand prosperity and lift wages while warning that tariff tinkering could harm industry. It cites unrest in mills and foundries, rising unemployment, and potential production paralysis as evidence the party may not keep its promises.
Readers see a compilation of editorials from multiple papers debating party responsibility March 4 predictions, financial integrity, gerrymandering in Indiana New York politics on free trade and protection, pension funding concerns, and Democrat-Republican stances. The pieces cite Toledo Blade St Louis Globe Democrat New York Mail and Express New York Press Chicago Inter Ocean Minneapolis Tribune.
A recount of the twelfth reunion of the Society of the United States Military Telegraph corps at Omaha. It honors young wartime operators who built and ran field telegraph networks from Fortress Monroe to Petersburg, with stories of daring, danger, and loyalty.
A Civil War veteran recounts a premonition episode at the Harris farm during the May 19 1864 action near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania. He recalls Captain G Thompson foretelling his own death while other officers and soldiers showed calm resolve as musketry opened. Captain Thompson was mortally wounded minutes later.
Dismisses Democratic charges of crookedness as a partisan cloak. Notes current Senate balance of 47 Republicans 39 Democrats and 2 Populists with potential state shifts. Warns against tactics to create a 44 44 tie and rely on Vice President Stevenson's vote to push a Democratic majority.
The Iowa State Register argues Democrats show inconsistency by backing higher pensions for Mexican veterans while opposing pensioning Union soldiers. It notes Mexican veterans largely southern ex Confederates and questions why benefits for Union veterans are not similarly addressed.
Maud recalls a summer seashore flirtation where a man kept her waiting three days for an engagement ring. He ran out of the ring and had to send to New York for another installment, delaying the proposal.
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