21 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1881
Page
1
A historical item notes Glidden to have a creamery with J L likely supplying it. It cites various local concerns including sheriff expenses in Haips county for 1890, water needs for Council Bluffs, and several Iowa events such as fairs and court actions.
At a January meeting in Des Moines Hon. James Wilson was named chair and J G Brown secretary. A 5 member committee drafted constitution and by laws, and officers were elected including L S Coffin president Col John Scott vice president C F Clarkson secretary. The body urged broad alliance participation and called for congressional action on the Keifer bill amid reform aims while adjourned.
Chicago lumber supply swells. bank note circulation rose 2,258,727 in 1880. Grant backs fate to be held in Newark. Coal 20 dollars a ton in Houston. wood 15 a cord. Cable pact with French firm. Indiana GOP nominates Harrison for US Senate. Sugar crop loss forecast 20–25 percent from freeze. NYC fires and insurance coverage totals given. Wakefield accident corrected as untrue. Various fires, rail accidents, deaths, and legal notices across the country side, with rail, telegraph, and weather events and political shifts noted.
A New York correspondent criticizes rich idle elites on Fifth Avenue who live off inherited wealth and club life, contrasting them with independent workers. The piece notes a growing aristocratic idle class resulting from concentrated fortunes and cites a humorous anecdote about a judge and a clergyman debating the fall of man.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Bulls Cough Syrup as the safest remedy for coughing and related symptoms, urging readers to use the product for quick relief and trust in its claimed safety.
A Cocoanut Pie recipe combines grated coconut, one quart of milk, five eggs, bread crumbs, and sugar with flavoring to taste. The mixture yields two pies with no top crust.
The ad asks readers to question neighbors about experiences with Hop Bitters and its claimed cures. It suggests that health was only restored when stomach liver or kidneys were not obstructed or inactive and questions whether any case of the remedy could fail to cure.
Dublin reports note Davitt praising Land League service in America while Parnell urges delaying the National Convention until coercion is addressed. London suggests Shaw disassociates from Parnell. Dublin Jan 13 court scenes show McDonough defending tenants, calling Land League legal, and evictions protests marching to Four Courts. Rome dispatch cites pope request to publish papal letter in Ireland.
The essay traces Greek and Roman dining from couches to beds, noting values of furniture and the white robe dress. It describes ritual dining as a ceremonial feast with roles like host master of ceremonies and carver, and compares ancient customs to later European practices.
A dying man asks to gather and bury his influence, warning friends that influence cannot be retrieved after death. He urges young men to live noble, true lives and to possess moral courage and proportion in all actions.
Boil one half pint of sweet milk with one cup of butter and stir in one and three fourths pints of flour while boiling. Remove from heat and gradually beat in five eggs and half a teaspoon of baking soda. Drop dough in pans half the desired final size and bake fifteen to twenty minutes.
A damaged OCR extract shows a London Times snippet about a questionable remedy called Kidney-Wort. It mentions harm to many and hints at pharmacists and forms, but the text is incomplete and unclear. The article fragment lacks concrete facts, names, dates, or outcomes.
The Galveston News reports the death of Mrs Jane H Long near Richmond Fort Bend County on December 30 1880. Wife of Colonel James Long she lived as a Texas frontier figure linked to early independence efforts and the Lafitte era with a history filled with romance. Her late years recalled the Longs and their companions who helped shape Texas history in the early 1800s.
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