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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1895
Page
5
A humorous anecdote where the speaker imagines a printer reading a joke comically. The man’s reaction escalates from a smile to laughter as each line provokes stronger amusement, ending with the printer breaking into a roaring fit. The piece is credited to Wendell Holmes.
Audrey Lovel confronts Colonel North to stop Lady Latimer from eloping with a married man. Pursuing through moonlit snow, she reaches the couple at the turn of the road, pleading with Latimer to return to safety while warning of lifelong shame and ruin. Latimer refuses, choosing companionship with the man over comfort or repentance.
A narrator recalls a sudden loss of brightness and a missing Lady Latimer on New Year’s Eve in the vicarage. Colonel North’s restrained air hints at tension as the house empty of jewels and light reveals a growing fear and unanswered questions.
Audrey resists Colonel North as Lady Latimer pleads to join him. The narrator vows to save Latimer from a doomed union, warns North to leave, and signals help by crying out. They retreat to safety, while Latimer clings to Latimer and Lady Latimer embraces him, awaiting what comes next.
The passage recounts early ideas about gems: diamonds formed by a vitrifying quality from star shine in pure water, with Pliney praising diamond hardness and value and claiming seven days in goat's blood softens it. It cites Booetius on ruby as plague remedy and warding evil, Serapius on diamond healing eruptive diseases and protecting wearers in storms, and Babinet on amethyst curing nervous disorders.
In a humorous exchange the pair debate a suitable present for the groom’s party. They consider spending to make a big impression and settle on a flashy but practical option a load of hay provoking a judge’s quip.
A 16 year old girl in Chambers county Alabama shows a dramatic skin color change from dark to white over nine years due to a skin disease described as luco patha. The report notes the transformation and references racial descriptions used at the time.
In New York more than twenty trained janitresses can command 400 dollars a year and more. The first woman janitor began her work about two years ago and she cared for an apartment house.
A woman lacking funds for a new parasol uses ingenuity to craft one. She revamps a worn pongee parasol by resizing the cover and lining and adding coffee-dyed mousseline de soie to create a fashionable, home made parasol. Her resourcefulness turns old materials into a stylish accessory.
On Eighth Avenue near the Manhattan Athletic Club a large poster shows a life size dead heroine. Two ragged boys begin crying loudly, drawing a crowd. A kind woman asks what is wrong and they answer she is dead, pointing to the picture.
A massive Toronto blaze at the Globe newspaper building and adjoining structures destroys the seven story complex and several nearby shops. One firefighter dies, others injured amid a wind driven blaze that follows a snow earlier in the day.
Mr Calder of Providence Rhode Island Philatelic Society shows a worn envelope with a sheet of 1846 Providence city postage stamps. The sheet holds 115 cent city stamps and a 10 cent outside city stamp. He asks 50 dollars, noting only four other sheets exist in Albany Journal report.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt shows a man admiring vanity and ornaments as he adjusts a Dunk social club badge on his vest. He asks Maria to clean his regalia suit feather and to locate a charm won at the raffle to hang on his watch chain for the upcoming parade.
A witness describes a nighttime shooting as he walked home, but the magistrate dismisses the remark and moves to the next case. The exchange highlights a terse court proceeding and the handling of a gunfire incident during testimony.
A blaze in Baltimore on January 8 damaged the Griffith & Boyd fertilizer works and the G H & C T Davidson acid works, plus a Standard Oil warehouse. Estimated losses exceed 200000 dollars with Griffith & Boyd at 100000, Davidson at 80000, and Standard Oil about 99000 on oil plus 12000 on buildings.
Fire swept through Hamlin and spread from Eagle flour mills to the Hamlin handle factory a large plant and a sizable saw mill. All were destroyed with several smaller buildings. Origin and loss unknown but insurers report little coverage. Lincoln county faced near total devastation.
The Bell and Lewis general store in Dusois Pennsylvania burned to the first story yesterday. Water ruined the stock and the loss is put at about 75000 dollars. The store, known as the companys store, was believed to be owned by Bell Lewis and Co coal operators whose miners are on strike.
The Gilbert and Young handle factory in Foxpay Ohio burned yesterday destroying all stock and machinery. The loss equals $6,000 with no insurance. Thirty workers lost their jobs.
Fire at Hastings Minnesota yesterday destroyed the opera hall owned by P Griffin. Loss estimated at 49000 with 3500 to 3500 insurance.
The article argues breakfast should be hearty and breakfast timing matters. It links appetite to dinner quality and neurosis of the era, recommending midday light lunches, a early dinner for workers, and light beverages with meals. It notes some may need cocoa before bed.
A lighthearted tale from the San Francisco Examiner recounts Mrs Frontpen showing off an extravagant bonnet during Easter. The joke centers on a mistaken delivery and a husband’s reaction as the family contemplates vanity and social expectations.
The article describes African arrow poisons a dark pitch like substance used on arrows and its rapid deadly effects. Cases cited include Stanley’s men dying within minutes to hours from punctures and the remedy of emetics wound suction and carbonate of ammonia injections if given promptly.
The Spectator notes rooks and partridges resist change in fog unlike others. Partridges grow wilder, rooks stay nearer home yet still fly, their wings noisy in fog. Most wild birds remain quiet until darkness lifts.
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