Ames, Iowa: Site of State College and Public Schools
Ames lies on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road, about thirty miles north of Des Moines. It hosts the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, with several hundred students, a well appointed public school, and a large school building. The farming lands around produce abundant fruits and orchard crops.
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Ames
Chicago and North- Western
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Local Officials and Council Members List
The text lists names of municipal officials and council members including mayors, recorder, treasurer, marshal, street commissioner, and council members such as M Fiones and W C Shockley along with several others. The fragmentary OCR shows numerous surnames and roles without full context or dates.
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Ales
Methodist Ep Services Schedule and Pastor
The notice lists church services for Methodist Episcopal and Baptist congregations. Methodist Ep offers services on alternate Sundays morning and every Sunday evening, a Sunday school at noon, and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30. Baptist holds services Sundays morning and alternate Sunday evenings with a noon Sunday school and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7.
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Methodist
H. J. Everly
Baptist
Wiervices
W. Wilson
Congregational Services Schedule Publicized
Sunday morning service at 10 45 with Sunday School afterwards. Evening service at 7 30. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30. E C Moulton is the pastor.
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E. C. Moulton
Dreamer’s longing for river quiet and timeless youth
A poem laments tedious city toil and glittering shows. The speaker desires a return to the river and meadow, where dreamers live forever while toil ends at daybreak. It contrasts the burdens of the rich with the patient lives of the poor and longs for simple, timeless love.
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Tam
Forever and Forever. A tale of love and deceit in Richmond
Basil Rose and Harry Lowe vie for Marjorie Paine in Ocean View. A forged trust leads to a secret wedding and estranged lovers. Years later Basil learns Marjorie is a nun in France while he wanders the world in search of his old flame, finally reunited at a monastery as she utters Forever.
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Richmond
Harry Lowe
Basil Rose
Selia Peyton
Ocean View
Mrs. Knox
Marjorie Paine
Gen
Mobile
Norfolk
Rose
Lee
Harry
Basil
Marjorie
Miss Thompson
Europe
New York
Great Southern
St. Louis
Josie Rose
France
Earth
South America
South Africa
Australia
Antarctic
Atlantic
Pacific
North Atlantic
Popular Science Monthly
Napoleon's Escape From Death By Poison Memoir Claim
Extract from Mme Durand's Memoirs recounts Napoleon during the Moscow retreat arming a suicide sachet and a covert coffee dose. An attendant heard a stir and coffee drinking before grave stomach pains. The poison failed or lost effect by time. Napoleon survived and attributed the mercy to Providence.
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Napoleon
Moscow
Yvan
Cabanis
Condorset
Fontainebleau
Mme. Durand
Carl Pretzel's Philosophy and Odd Charities
A humorous, dialect flavored piece from National Weekly toys with notions of friendship and pride. It mocks vanity and belief in debt owed to the world, noting souring trust, resilience when clocks run down, and a quirky line about charity as a cold bottle tossed aside.
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Carl Pretzel
Alrie
National Weel.ly
French duel near Paris sparks wary laughter at dangers
A French newspaper recounts a fatal duel near Paris and a witty remark about already burdened with railway and steamboat accidents. The quip notes that one should not reveal inner thoughts to the world, a prerogative of God.
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Paris
Postage Stamp Topic Draws Quiet Public Attention
Although not much discussed, the postage stamp issue dominates casual conversations and public interest. Experts note lingering curiosity about new designs, pricing, and potential impact on collectors and mail services.
Women inventors spark a patent boom in late 19th century
A satirical budget piece surveys female ingenuity with dozens of women from New Albany to New York, Cincinnati to Chicago showcased for patents on household devices, sewing aids, and improvements. It notes 334000 patents overall, about 22000 in the past year, and only around 90 to women, suggesting roughly sixty yearly patents to ladies.
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Mary Dewey
New Albany
Iowa
Sophronia V. Dodge
Sarah B. Bertwig
Cincinnati
Helen Macker
Boston
Cleveland
Sara Mahan
Pearl Martin
Massachusetts
Richmond
Ind
Sophia L. Meader
Washington
Ellen B. A. Mitcheson
Philadelphia
Mary A. Browne
Chicago
Mary H. Alexander
Newark
N. J
Anna Maria Harris
Columbus
Eliza H. Alexander
New York City
M. de Bacourt
John Tyler
Daniel Webster
White House
Spencer
Webster
Bacourt
Foreign Affairs
Act of Congress
House of Representatives
Hayes
Great Tribunal of the People
Randall
Beebe
New York
Grant
Sam Houston
Texas
Tyler
First-class Women Wits in Literature Mentioned
In literature two women stand out Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Miss Catherine Fanshawe. Lady Mary’s prose and verse shine with life and charm and her noted verse includes a witty summary of Lord Lyttleton’s priggish Counsels of a Friend.
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Mary Wortley Montagu
Catherine Fanshawe
Mary
Lord Lyttleton
London Globe
Fashion promises for figures and fit from era shop notices
A Sioux City Call item lists garments and accessories designed to alter appearance and fit. It promises a lank woman will look plump, a stout woman slender, and a small shoe to avoid pinching a coin. A milliner pledges bonnets to enhance looks, while a dry goods clerk will match shades and a No. 5 glove will stretch to fit.
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Sioux City
Protest Against Brakemen Overhauling Ladies On Trains
Pioneer Press letters urge reform of brakemen who overstep boundaries when assisting women boarding or alighting trains. They suggest a dedicated training school to educate brakemen on proper conduct and respectful assistance.
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Pioneer Press
Women inventors push sewing aids and houseware patents
The Washington correspondent notes numerous women patent applicants, many for housekeeping and dress items, with several exceptions including sewing machines, attachments, artificial stone, disinfectants, egg preservation, and a range of consumer devices. Notable names and places across Missouri, Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Philadelphia, and more are cited.
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Washington
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Caroline Ferguson
Mary Hobson
Williamsburg
Ellen Bailey
St. Joseph
Ellen Crain
Kansas City
Maggie M. Hamman
Laura Hitchcock
Ellen Hatch
Far West
Mary Warne
St. Louis
Catherine Williamson
Annie E. Mann
Elizabeth Atkins
Monroe
Kate C. Barton
Philadelphia
Mary 8. Carpenter
New York
Mary Cora Blandy
Chicago
Life Soured by Loss Drives Man Toward Despair
A man grieving the death of his wife, after heavy business losses, says life has no charm and he wishes to die. A friend urges medical help, and the exchange turns into a cautionary, grimly comic moment about despair and consultation.
Miracle Lesson on a Train with the Jordans
A suburban train carries the Jordans after church with the minister beside Johnny. The minister asks if Johnny paid attention to miracles and Johnny replies that a church visit home for dinner would be a miracle, ending as the scene hints at more questions from the front seat.
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Johnny Jordan
Johnny
Hetty
Jordans
Yessir
Taggin
Capital Punishment in China and the Black Market of Justice
An article notes that in China capital punishment can depend on whim and money. It describes a case where a ferryman dispute leads to a death sentence influenced by a powerful figure and allows for proxy execution via bribes to delay or substitute the punishment.
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China
Pen Ta Ren
Yangtze
Adm
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Ehe
Ames Intelligencer
E.duncan
Steeteeen Publisher
Official Directory
C.G. McCarrhy
Smirh
Kent
Hell -Boves
Soard
Superviers
Fos Domme
Lincoln
Anthony Halg
Collins
R. Paiards. i
Ccess
Howard
M. Fiones
E.] Schateuci
C. Shockley
L. van Dusen
A. Richmond
van Chamberla
C. E. Haverry
G. H. Maxwe
H. Westerman
A. Perkins
Eee
Masonic
Acadia Lodge
A. F
A. Masons
M. C. Jones
W. M. Cat Gippines
United Workmen
MES Lodge
G. A. Meredith
M. Sorer
G. A. Allsworth
G. A. R. Hall
Geo
G. Tilden
M. Hemstreet
Adj. H. Wilson, Jr
Q. M
M. J. Smith
Atlaw
Mrs
Geo. A. Underwood, Thorney
AT. Law
U. S
District of Iowa
Union National Bank
D. McCarthy
J. L. Stevens
ARS
United States
Nevada
Palace Drug Store
H. M. Templeton
City Drug Store
South Side
Beverly
Mi. D
EB. Church
Story County
aware _ CHAS. E. HUNT
West House
H. L. Carrell
Nevada, & Lows
Ates
MM. Sooorrnr
John Glidden
Utchinson
John Boyle O'Reilly
Forever
Miss Mah Annes
Trabue
Chicago Mail
New York Sun
Tero
Ben
Perley Poore
Copenhagen
America
Norway
Sweden
Foghattan
Russia
St. Petersburg
St. Louis Republican
Arabia
Hussars
Khartoum
Syria
Egypt
Tel-el-Kebir
Matummeh
Nile
Col. Barrow
Frederick Roberts
Bill Mye
Southern
Thare
Isaac
Rue de Butternut
Nashville
Isasc
South
Texas Siftings
Drake
Pliny the Younger
Sterne
Sister
Miracles
Ballow
Kehl
Evehitden
Black Forest
Furtwangen
Austria
England
Lazarus
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