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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1883
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR from Harper Magazine depicts a violent, hard to parse dialogue with German phrases and a hawk scene as a creature acts against a group of friends. The narrative voice is rough and obscured by garbled spelling and punctuation.
A widowed guardian brings her ward Amy to Lady Dasent's Enfield Court gathering where Amy befriends Mr Alfred Mauleverer. Amid social scrutiny and protective worry, the guardian recalls their quiet Wren's Nest life and the delicate balance between duty and affection as the ball unfolds.
An Enfield house party ends with a fire and a dramatic burglary. Lady Dasent, her family, and servants escaped as flames damaged the mansion. Jewelry including a circlet, bracelets, and gold plate were stolen while guests sheltered, and Lord Mani everer narrowly escaped harm. Scotland Yard was alerted.
An Enfield Court robbery is linked to a nearby accidental fire as detectives fail to solve the case. The narrator weighs engagement to Amy with Alfred Mauleverer, noting his wealth, connections, and plans to settle Amy, while awaiting his father’s consent and a possible confrontation before a quiet nightly anxiety at Wren's Nest.
In a nighttime assault at Enfield a masked intruder searched rooms and stole Lady Dasent’s diamonds from a portmanteau. The heroine escaped, raised the alarm, and police captured the head butler, revealing his gang and the diamonds’ whereabouts. Mauleverer’s character is vindicated, and the butler receives ten years penal servitude.
James Paul a thirteen year old boy from Austin Nevada tried to see if an old pistol was loaded by lighting a thatch at the percussion hole and peering into the barrel. A ball entered his mouth shattering his upper teeth piercing his tongue and passing through the soft palate near the neck vertebra. He seized with coughing and fainting but is expected to recover.
The London Echo notes General Iman's recommendation to increase the United States army to 30,000 men. The paper mocks the idea as excessive, claiming such force would squander taxes and embarrass English cities.
The article notes rye's rising use due to high corn prices. Rye costs less than corn and oats, offers better feeding value, and can substitute part of both. Two bushels of corn and five of rye make 412 pounds of feed, improving cow nutrition at lower cost.
The article offers guidance on quickly fattening turkeys chickens geese and ducks for winter holiday demand. It stresses not feeding greens, using confinement for rapid weight gain, and killing at peak when appetite wanes. It also warns against vermin and stress and notes practical timing for best dressed fowls.
The article stresses pure buckwheat flour as essential and warns against adulteration with cornmeal or wheat shorts. It recommends a simple batter with warm water yeast and buckwheat flour, using minimal alkaline leavening, and notes that good batter yields digestible cakes that pair well with honey or molasses, while poor cakes should be discarded.
A garbled text fragment discusses divorce in England and Massachusetts with references to appetite and a head stomach comment. The piece remains unclear and fragmented with missing context and subjects.
A poem from Youth's Companion by George Bancroft Griffith urges prioritizing harvest over worry and pride. The speaker reflects on a farmer who learns to value duty, patience, and divine blessing through hardships.
A compact listing of lessons with passages from Acts and related topics. Dates include January 23 Healing Power Acts 3:1-11 and February 4 The Prince of Life Acts 3:12-2, followed by None Other Name Acts 4:1-4 and Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:1-11.
The article argues that philosophy cannot prove immortality and that Christ and Scripture affirm a future life. It cites Isaiah Ezekiel and Daniel, notes the New Testament clarity, and presents the resurrection of Christ as a pledge and type of humanity's own deliverance, urging belief in eternal life through faith.
A collage of aphorisms and quotes on faith perseverance and virtue. Spanish proverbs, religious reflections, and political musings discuss bearing one another's burdens, the dangers of slander, and the value of noble thoughts for a worthy life.
A man awakened from a dream of a chestnut tree and, guided by a mysterious uniformed figure, measured a field and dug under the tree. He unearthed an iron chest containing gold and silver coins from 1729 to 1754, primarily French with some English German and Spanish coins, valued around $27,000. The chest bore the name Joncaire on a brass ruler. The finder sold the coins to local banks, with offers reaching ten times a single coin’s value.
Reverend Joseph Cook toured worldwide and found Brahmin metaphysical claims weak yet East social life refined. He recounts dining with a Chinese millionaire where each guest drank two cups of bird’s nest soup costing five dollars per cup.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Mayor Carter Harrison I in praising St Jacobs Oil as a great German remedy for rheumatism. He recounts seeking a physician first but heeded neighbors' advice and found the product excellent for the ailment.
Captain F M Howes of the steamer William Crine on the Boston Baltimore line suffered rheumatism from exposure. He was cured by St Jacobs Oil, a claim reported by the Boston Globe in a note on suspicion and cure.
A Detroit 1908 anecdote shows three elderly men debating the meaning of versa versa. Sam clarifies as an elusive Latin term, while others offer humorous misreadings and a self confident lesson on pronunciation.
Mr. R V Murphy of Falmouth Kentucky says he would rather give up tobacco than dispense with Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsaperilia. He claims it helps his family with colds coughs headaches indigestion and general ailment.
The Reverend Whangdoodle Baxter confronts James Webster about church attendance on Austin Avenue. Baxter declares a lack of faith in Webster and questions his absence, while Webster cites a personal crime and a claim of lost confidence.
The piece promotes hop farming, stating ten acres yield more money than five hundred acres of other crops at current prices. It notes hops sell for $1.25 per pound and advises against buying imitation Hop Bitters that offer no price advantage.
An old style line advertises a patent remedy, claiming brilliant dyes and durability and promoting Wells May Apple Pils for thick heads heavy stomachs and biliousness. The fragment implies a cathartic remedy marketed as superior and inexpensive.
The piece notes an air of suspicion and grand speculation in Chicago, suggesting the city fosters unorthodox ideas. It questions why authorities do not curb the spread of these rumors and speculative beliefs.
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