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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1888
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text suggests discussions of total debt and available cash in the Treasury but provides no concrete figures or context. The garbled content lacks names, dates, or authoritative details to anchor a fuller summary.
Reading telegram warns a strike on Reading Road will paralyze industrial regions. Mines shutdown could close many furnaces and iron works for weeks, risking 30 000 miners and 20 000 ironworkers losing jobs and triggering broader supply disruptions. Local business leaders seek arbitration to end the dispute.
The examiner at Waverly conducted preliminary proceedings on Billings after the defense challenged the admissibility of a decoy confession. The State offered documents and a magic signal claim, the defense argued their contents were coerced, and Billings was bound over to a term of the District Court.
Fragmentary report notes votes related to widows and surviving veterans. Mention of Senator from California planning to introduce a bill to raise monthly pensions from eight to twenty five dollars for veterans and their spouses.
The piece reflects belief that a fragile peace may give way to rapid changes as European powers search for security. It notes fears of an inevitable armed struggle, mentions Blieselaar and British influence, and references the Pope's Jubilee in St. Petersburg Rome with large public reaction.
Fragmentary report notes Governor Marmaduke and General Ake among Confederate officers in Missouri in 1860s era hostilities. Mention of a duel between generals and tensions over command. Details are unclear and partially legible.
Dan & Co reports September and October trading above average with November and December showing potential due to tariff impacts and strikes. Money markets are easy with fair collections. holiday trade large but strikes threaten future rates and securities placement. A two year view shows South growth with 1887 capital at 256.3 million versus 129.2 million in 1886 while Wall Street sees a weak year.
A roundup of disasters cites a Queen and Crescent wreck burying eight freight cars and injuring passengers, a Hicksville fire devastating much of the town, Memphis wholesale house blaze, Stratford shoe factory loss, Otsego depot and Stevens Bracy iron loss, Houma Ia fire, a Cincinnati Southern collision in Louisville killing seven, a Meadville NYO crash killing five and injuring sixteen, a Kouts Indiana wreck with a fireman dead, and waterfront warehousing tied to a looming trust control threatening half of New York port foreign trade.
A note lists Mrs Leland Stanford as the benefactor of the Lathrop memorial building in Albany North Carolina a home for working women's children. A tobacco tax repeal movement in North Carolina plans a Washington delegation. Judge Stoneman says Pattison proposals would trigger twenty years of litigation. Iowa registry law declared unconstitutional. St Paul saloon keepers face a $1000 license tax and seek liquor trust style consolidation with brewers funding the venture.
A Civil War Provost Marshal recalls a perilous night at Mrs. Blank's post guarding destitute civilians. A pursuit by Confederates ends when the narrator uses a cunning disguise and a split-second sneeze to trigger a dramatic escape, with Josie and Sharpie figures aiding the ruse. The tale closes with a mounted retreat and one final battlefield shot from an oak tree.
A Union regiment bivouacs near Gettysburg Cemetery Hill after retreat. As soldiers wait for coffee, a vile odor from decaying Confederate dead across the hill is noted. The chaplain and others react, while a veteran declares he would eat amid the rotting foe.
Greensburg Press recalls veterans recounting Confederate sharpshooters harassing encampments during the late war. Early in the morning a skirmish line from the Forty-eighth Illinois moved out ahead of the army near Jackson Mississippi, facing General Joseph Johnston, as improvised shelters were made from rails.
A rough yarn recounts General James Morgan of Illinois as a slovenly camp officer whose rank is questioned by a raw recruit. The recruit is exposed to Morgan’s wit when challenged for books, followed by a comic tale of a chapel hymn mishap and a farmer praising Warner's Safe Cure after kidney trouble.
A Civil War reminiscence recounts Li Z Me Benedict Von Train and Private Old Ben of the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania. Old Ben armed with muskets and a log to silence a Rebel battery near Lost Mountain, earning Sherman’s thanks and a discharge at war’s end. The piece also offers dietary guidance from a Housewife on meals, chewing, and healthy living.
A fragment notes the Tenth New York Cavalry led by Omrade Pres Ton issuing a bugle command for feeding horses. The readable line shows military routine language from a Civil War era unit.
In a London Punch tale, violinist Skideri coerces Salvator the painter into a hotel matinee at the Royal Hotel. Thirsty and fatigued, Salvator steals a water glass, triggers a crime, and a masked scene ends with a mad climactic act as Henriette confronts a tooth plot and a doom-laden outcome.
The Queen Regent of Spain has sent to Queen Victoria a request for a jubilee present. The proposed gift is a widow’s fringe veil with a pearl diadem, whose jewels were said to be embroidered on the face by Queen Christina herself.
An Ili nois watch company linked gentleman features eleven silhouettes instead of numerals. At 7 he starts with gun and dog, 8 a shot, 9 a crane, 10 a jackrabbit, 11 a drink, 12 the hunter eats lunch, 1 fishing begins, 2 the dog struggles with a caught hook in the water.
A compilation of snippets from several papers humorously exploring marriage dynamics. It cites lines about trust between tradesmen and husbands, attentive listening by great men, and debates on a husband's authority, with satirical quips on cost, letters, and domestic life.
A Temple Bar excerpt recounts a Seville priest condemned for unworthy acts who, during degradation, blinded by pride, proclaimed Hoc est corpus in the market. The crowd witnessed a dramatic transubstantiation claim and Seville faced a sudden fast day as all food became unusable for ordinary meals.
An Austrian Imperial Hotel scene in Vienna shows a newsboy selling race programmes to King Mian. A hotel door opening causes a passerby to react, porters close by, and Servia joins the fray. The boy dances with a programme in one hand and a gold coin in the other as onlookers laugh at the comic spectacle.
The text explains flax fiber preparation for linen and tow yarns. It covers hackling, scutching, breaking long fibers with a saw, and carding short fibers to produce tow yarn, noting machines differ by fiber length and character.
An editorial fragment argues that no child should grow up ignorant and that many adults lack literacy. It critiques diseases like bronchitis and scrofula and promotes Dr. Pierce's Medical Discovery as a cure. The piece urges readers to test the medicine personally and reflect on health lessons.
A dated letter from the pastor of the M. BE Church in Fraxxii, Oaxtaxp Co., March 1987 explains a community message. It discusses moral guidance and local church concerns amid misfortune and notes the context of the era.
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