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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1880
Page
4
An OCR fragment from the Record-Union evokes a south wind lamenting delays and lost summer. It contrasts with a north wind clouds and recalls a lover’s vanished kiss as dead leaves fall over a meadow and plain.
A melodramatic night unfolds on the river pier as Miss Vancouver vanishes and Banker Jeckyll fears for her fate. Detective Ferret traces clues while Jeckyll frets over ill fate and fortune. Mrs Hamilton reveals identity and Jeckyll collapses in death, leaving Ferret to ponder a costly betrayal.
Freeman assesses the Greek revolution detailing Hetairia planning, local divisions, and the difficulty of uniting various groups into a centralized state. He notes the absence of strong leaders and the role of figures like Kolokotrones and Botzaris, then shifts to a Boston Journal report on London’s embankment scene where work girls wander unescorted, exposing them to danger and moral critique.
The article recalls Calcraft the hangman famed for forty six years in office. A shoe maker by trade he lived in Islin in a brick house surrounded by flower filled yards and rose bushes. He was neat and courteous in life and educated his children to overcome the stigma of his profession. Thackeray told a tale of meeting Calcraft on an omnibus journey and the shock when the driver revealed the hangman’s identity.
A vivid recounting of dangerous mishaps describes a series of burns and deaths from self immolation, alcohol fires, and whisky set alight. Incidents include a New York stock breeder, a woman with a hay fire, a Scranton youth burned by vitriol, and four men on a whisky raft facing severe frost and fire injuries.
The passage notes that these Sunday crowds on the embankment have felt no moral or aesthetic influence beyond the view of a newspaper on public-house walls and the sight of lights around Cleopatra's Needle.
A coroner's inquest reveals John Harvey a fourteen year old lad who died after a trolley wheel crushed him He laments the clash between civilization and aidless youth arguing that Western Christianity robs children of simple plenty while imposing toil hunger and danger on them.
A Boston Journal correspondent describes London's beer industry and culture. He notes the Lion Brewery near Waterloo Bridge with vast tanks and coppers, the scale of porter production, and the extensive employment it supports. He compares beer to social and economic life, questions English drinking habits, and relates India and South Africa beer trade.
The San Francisco Chronicle recounts Cocos Island legends of buried pirate treasure off Central America. Explorers aboard the Vanderbilt after departing in April reached Santa Barbara, chasing myths of vast riches while enduring sun, tunnels, and dwindling supplies before abandoning the effort.
Fragmentary notes mention a Grand Depot hotel near New York City and an Elevator Restaurant with a balloon ascent. It references a corer, a tomato, and a race, presenting unclear details and a mix of misread words.
A tale from White Bear Lake near St Paul tells of a bearskin dance by visiting eastern girls. Lovers on an island amid a cowardly suitor’s ban, a polar bear attack, and a heroic leap with a knife win the bride and give the lake its name.
A receipt from a leading Irish dairy farmer praises the Gilt Edge Butter Maker. The letter, dated February 19 1879 in New York, details churning one gallon of cream at 56 degrees for 15 minutes yielding 4 18 pounds of butter with good color and a slight quality improvement over prior results.
Advice warns readers to keep liver bowels and kidneys healthy to avoid chills and malaria. Promotes Kidney-Wort as the best preventive medicine and urges readers to see the large advertisement. Also notes Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners to fix runn over boots or shoes.
A collage of patent medicines and tonics hawked by various ads. Bucklens Arnica Salve promises perfect satisfaction or money back. Other products include Kidney Wort, Hop Bitters, Murray Hill Pub. Co. cures, Worm Cakes, Uncle Sam liniments, Eilert remedies, Glenn’s Sulphur, Hill’s Dye, Lacock Worm Killer, Gold Medal Soda, and more with urging tone and price hints.
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