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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1895
Page
17
A speaker laments using foreign phrases in place of plain English terms and vows to purge the habit. He cites French expressions such as comme il faut and hinc ille lacrime, noting how the habit intrudes into marriage and daily speech, despite efforts to resist.
A couple running a flat near the ferry become entangled in a bold burglary attempt. John Mowry hides valuables at home after a failed bank run, while Marion endures fear as a robber lurks. The intruder is revealed as assistant cashier Henry Brown, captured by police with a partial trial outcome and removal from the city. The tale honors the silent German neighbors Franz and Gretchen and their lifesaving kindness.
A dialogue quotes an editor advising a man with ahead of time ideas to sit down and wait for the times to catch up. The exchange highlights editors urging patience and timing over bold novelty. The line appears in Drake's Magazine as a concise reflection on progress and reception.
A Rural Life column by A. X. Hyatt surveys English agriculture progress and soil reform. It discusses Sir Hugh Platt’s motives, the role of hair, fish, legumes like red and crimson clover, cow pea as a southern staple, and the nitrogen fixing value and mineral nutrient depletion of legumes for soil, with regional expectations across states and Mississippi.
The South Dakota station notes Bushy Blue Stem Andropogon nutans as a perennial grass with unbranched stems five feet high, broad rough leaves, and a bushy panicle. It yields abundant hay and is highly palatable to all stock, thriving on rich prairie bottoms, with seed production limited in dry seasons. Dry analysis shows water 7.75 ash 6.40 crude protein 3.85 crude fiber 34.73 nitrogen free extract 45.70.
A homemaking column offers recipes and kitchen tips: cream soup from a simmered chicken with onions potatoes turnip rice and milk. pot roasted beef with brown gravy. bread griddle cakes bread pudding soda cake dumplings cream sponge cake white fruit cake sweet pickles canned grapes potato pie snow cake and an excellent bun with basic pantry ingredients. The list provides steps and ratios for each dish, aiming at practical home cooking.
A young girl fell down stairs and struck her elbow on the wall. She was asked if she was hurt and replied that her elbow felt very dizzy, illustrating a humorous medical misperception reported by the Buffalo Courier.
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