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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1879
Page
1
The Intelligencer of Ames Iowa invites readers to submit news items for publication. Weekly Friday edition by Jonan Watts requests local notices, items of interest, and general news from Story County readers.
The report shows corn crops at 1878 busts over 1877 and larger than 1877, a record for the era. Rye production is one sixth above 1877 while potatoes drop by 46 million bushels. Grapes, apples and pears show a marked decline.
Missouri and Kansas discuss annexation of Kansas City to Kansas with a plan to submit the issue to Jackson county electors and seek a federal resurvey of the border. Separately a census bill, backed by Prof. Walker, would use state supervisors to oversee counts, reduce data scope, and cut costs to about 3 million dollars. Representative Cox has introduced a bill reflecting Walker’s recommendations.
The Chicago bar and the Illinois Northern District debate Blodgett impeachment charges. Carter Harrison proposed a House committee inquiry, with Blodgett calling for investigation. charges include favoritism, court irregularities, and alleged corruption.
The record notes Edmunds pushing a concurrent resolution, Governor Hart ridge death acknowledgment and Georgia delegation to carry the body, and Senate actions on pension bills and patent law revisions. The Hartridge funeral procession includes the Supreme Court, President, Cabinet, and casket visitation. Adjournments occur in both House and Senate.
A reflective admonition urges slowing down to avoid wasting health and wealth. It urges letting go of unnecessary burdens, enjoying the present, and trusting providence while encouraging rest, fresh air, and calm effort rather than incessant pursuit of riches. It stresses that time and opportunity favor a prudent, peaceful life this day.
The article notes a projected surge in Mennonite immigration to the United States, driven by a czar’s ukase and the end of military exemption in Russia. It cites wealthier settlers, farms rented in southern Russia, and examples like twenty families worth about $25,000 landing at Castle Garden in 1876.
Wm H Devlin is sentenced to be hanged on March 14 in Lowell Massachusetts for wife murder. Nimrod Spattenhower convicted of first degree murder for killing John Ive in Lebanon Pennsylvania. Thomas Reed, former cashier of First National Bank Galveston, absconded. bank offers $1000 reward. Troy Dye’s murder trial in Sacramento County results in first degree murder verdict. Eight stills seized and eight distillers arrested in Stanley North Carolina. seizures extended to Bennettsville and Walhalla South Carolina. Henry Doty found dead in Wisconsin River. father suspected of killing him and in jail. Sharpe and McDonnell jailed Mollie Maguires execution carried out at Ash Chunk Pennsylvania after late reprieve.
Berlin dispatch notes Emperor William and Bismarck in good health though with a sling. William drives out daily with the Crown Prince or an equerry. German press shows satisfaction with recent elections in France.
A fiery 19th century moral sermon reflects on total abstinence and the struggle against alcohol. The speaker condemns violating vows, describes the hunted drinker, and urges lifelong vigilance, public identification with temperance, and active participation in reform efforts.
Hon John A Parvin was Muscatine's first school teacher. He opened a city school in May 1890 and continued it until April 1840.
A fragment warns of children and women dying from excessive treatment and unknown drugs labeled medicine. It urges safer cures and questions the efficacy and safety of so called tonics or bitters.
Reports from Wasumotor and Washington Jan 10 14 describe introduced bills and petitions in Congress, including pensions for Civil War soldiers, statehood for Dakota, and tariff debates. Senate and House measures cover a National Museum building appropriation, division of Western Missouri courts, and a vexatious suit provision. Funeral honors for Representative Schleicher are noted.
The Geneva award bill was postponed and the House went into committee of the whole on pensions for survivors of wars. On Goode's motion, officers and mates of the marine service were included in the bill. After amendments the committee rose and appointed replacements to fill vacancies on several committees.
Saratoga’s social column highlights Mrs William Conroy formerly Ada Webb of the Webb sisters. She rose to popularity then left the stage after marriage and declined Sir Garnet Wolseley during a Civil War era tour in Canada. The piece notes family ties and a preserved correspondence as a life souvenir.
Fragmentary text appears to discuss repentance and reform themes, mentioning faults and a possible transformation. The readable portion lacks clear persons, places, or events to identify.
A Boston firm developed canned minced fish balls using butter and Nova Scotia potatoes, preserving flavor for export. Begun in New York last May, the operation employs 250 workers and 60 mounters, with shipments to Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, and beyond. A Paris exhibit earned a medal and orders came from France, England, Scotland, Turkey, and Guiana.
A detailed look at calico printing in workshops where girls tend copper rollers and printing machines. The piece describes long training, high skill, and high wages for expert machinists while noting harsh, waterlogged work and risks of drinking and smoking. It also explains the coloring, singeing, dyeing, and finishing steps and argues weaving and printing reveal beauty in form and color.
A brief agri media note reports a shift toward free catering services within farming circles, highlighting new policies and potential partnerships. The item notes discussions among agricultural groups about service models and cost factors.
Fragmentary OCR lists simple bake items including flour milk eggs raisins and spices. The lines hint at a frugal pie or batter recipe but omit full steps or measurements.
A boastful French shoemaker survives a fear test when a fake corpse is watched by him at night. He strikes the revenant with a hammer, claiming death should silence speech. A haunted boarding house tale ends with two pranksters tricked by their unseen victim.
Galignani's Messenger describes Chinese oyster breeding methods using bamboo canes prepared by sun and salt water to preserve and shape shells. They fix oyster shells in cups on cane notches and place them where tides expose and flood to grow young oysters. Large quantities are dried for storage, producing marketable, long lasting dried oysters.
A columnist catalogs typographic errors from old papers and fringe phrases. The piece cites misread lines like like cooking the shadow of a shad and other garbled quotes, noting how editors distorted sayings, Bible phrases, and literary references in uneven print.
The text records Edward I directing Thames fish pricing. Lam prey sold for fourpence each, eels at two pence per strike, a quarter hundred of eels called a bind, and unsipped oysters in London worth half a great crepency per gallon.
Silvery waters lead to hall and aftersea as arches fade in a fragmentary line from All The Round. The text presents a poetic, maritime image without clear event or identifiable figures.
The Consul Finn and English benevolents aid Jewish residents in Jerusalem amid poverty and overcrowding. Ashkenazim suffer more due to Rabbinical bans, while Sephardim in the same community receive privileges and famine relief funds from Britain France Italy and the United States. Sir Moses Montefiore's visits and Albert Cohen’s reporting highlight the broader Ottoman era injustices and relief efforts.
Fragment from Fra ser’s Magazine recounts eating a thrush pie at a modest hotel near Nans. The piece discusses migratory thrush hunts, grape-fed birds, and a debate over the ethics and legality of slaughtering thrushes and other songbirds, noting the scale of slaughter and enforcement.
The article details Philip F. Wareham's life, his pardon after seven years, and a Chicago marriage to Williams. It notes Wareham's 1869 stabbing death case, his life sentence, and Miss Williams' persistent efforts to mitigate his punishment with political backing from Governors Hayes and Allen.
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