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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1883
Page
3
A widow bearing a precious jewel seeks pawn shop money while natives suffer hardship. The chaptered tale follows Katrina Flamensbeck and artist Max as plots of marriage, rivalry, and deception unfold in Klopstag with rivals, a famed window portrait, and a final twist revealing true talent.
Thousands gathered in Detroit to view the transit of Venus through smoked glass around the Mechanics' block and a Griswold Street corner. A farmer watching from Market route joked about a dancing wife and a potato wagon while the crowd speculated on the fleeting transit.
Fragmented OCR text showing scattered month headings and numbers without coherent events or details. It reads like a noisy calendar page with partial dates and illegible entries, lacking identifiable people organizations or places.
A collection of simple food preparations including spice cake cup puddings ham toast turkey soup white cake and lemon creams with notes on apple crops and evaporated apples. Also Catherine Owens omelet method and tips on keeping it plump and tender for serving.
The article traces early coal use in London and its nuisance objections, the shift due to timber scarcity, rise of shallow collieries near Newcastle, and expanding coal demand through the 15th and 17th centuries. It notes pumping pumps, adits, bearers, windlasses, and the 1615 coal fleet with hundreds of ships aiding distribution.
Dr Hannaford argues real hunger indicates body waste needs repair and that appetite absence signals no food is needed. He warns against overeating during fever or colds and likens neglecting a cold to neglecting a house on fire, urging avoidance of forced feeding and gluttony.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt Brother Gardner sets the tone with a koan like line about the wagon moving only with grease. An old man confirms the answer and the president calls for passing the hat for grease.
The Lowell Courier notes Thoreau's Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers sold poorly with 706 of 1000 copies returned by publishers. He stored the unsold stock in his attic and boasted a library of nearly 900 volumes, about 700 of which were his own writings.
Richmond Virginia State notes ex mayor J A Gentry of Manchester was cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil. The item mocks the old adage fine words butter no parsnips with a garbled phrase about elegant diction and margarine.
A Peoria item touts Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism, reflecting common patent remedy claims.
A derelict visitor asks for a half dollar and a quarter to reach Buffalo but is refused. He offers a coal ton at the curb to haul up four stories, then contemplates Detroit as a winter refuge while walking away.
An old advert promotes Dr. Guysott named remedies including Yellow Dock Sarsaparilla Juniper Iron Bucha Celery and Calisaya. It claims the preparation strengthens those weak or nervous from blood impurities kidney issues and general debility, urging readers to try the medicine in numbered bottles.
The note argues Hop Bitters bottles cost more in raw materials than their sale price, claiming honesty and liberal conduct by proprietors. It urges buyers to avoid worthless imitations and to avoid complaints when price remains low and quality unchanged.
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