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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1886
Page
4
A garbled note mentions Willshire and Spurgeon speaking about Chris and religious tensions. The fragment hints at a church or religious controversy labeled Tangle Religion with possible public remarks and local impact.
A poem lamenting poverty and hunger among Wiltshire workers. The speaker pleads to God to bring mercy on the starving laborers, to move the rich and powerful to compassion, and recalls Christ’s teaching of feeding the needy. The piece warns of divine judgment if the elite ignore the poor’s plight.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch critique argues many churches ignore immoral wealth and practices that enrich donors. It contends clergy overlook monopolies, speculative gains, and political manipulation, while congregants accuse worship of wealth of blinding moral judgment.
A Christian Register passage argues religion proves its reality beyond mechanical force. It cites St Peter’s, St Mark’s, Plymouth Rock, Greek temples, Sistine Madonna as evidence of religion incarnating itself in architecture, art, literature, and history, resistant to scientific denial.
Inspirational exhortation from Reverend C. H. Spurgeon urging believers to preach boldly despite nervousness. It encourages delivering heartfelt testimony, embracing flaws, and trusting God to use weak speech to reveal divine power.
A historical account contrasts Brazilian child life with slavery era practices, noting enslaved mothers, daily labor, and scarce infant care. It details schooling, languages, and hobbies for children, then shifts to a vivid taxonomy of Parisian pickpockets led by Mimi Previl, describing methods from four lineurs to hautes pegres and theft on streets, theaters, and promenades.
The writer contrasts Catholic devotion in Brazil with Christian teaching urging mission work. He notes local customs such as saint's holidays, prayers to Mary and saints, and bells and rocket displays. Emphasizes sending teachers and preachers to teach prayer to Jesus alone and support Children’s Work for Children.
A miscellany features Lieuten ant Kampstuhl's dramatic Civil War frontline recollections and Burdette's Brooklyn Eagle insert on Fluffydown and various poems. It includes Geoffrey of Monmouth reflections, stray anecdotes about children and parents, hunting notes from the North, and Wordsworth and Scott portrait commentary, all in a breezy late 19th century column form.
A New York banker questions why pennies exist, with a friend from a nearby city quipping that pennies were created to let New York millionaires contribute to public monuments, a remark cited by the Boston Globe.
Fragmentary note reflects on the phrase engaged as a code for young men lost to conflict. The text contemplates how those pledged to service or combat are effectively missing from civilian life, shaping community memory and mourning.
Rev Sam Jones tells a boarding house crowd he quit gambling and drinking after deciding to marry, saying he sought a prayer meeting instead of a ballroom. His landlady quips about Sister Jones and asks where she found such a husband, noting this was his first time being floored since quitting drink.
A brief tale recalls a young man who sends his sweetheart baskets of roses while carefully cutting the thorns, believing the sharpness will regrow later.
A quotation from Addison praising prudent friendship over zealous zeal, noting quiet support often proves most useful and reliable in life.
The Terre Haute Mail condemns rising tramp activity describing beggars demanding better meals, stealing valuables, and using trains with revolvers. It argues tramps threaten public safety, urge hard work, and warn of becoming a national menace if not controlled.
A shivering old vag at the ferry dock asks a citizen for ten cents to eat. The man and a nearby officer confirm the vag’s suicidal attempts have been stopped by authorities. They give him sixty cents, and the vag resolves to start anew.
An investigator likens a bee's working tools to a craftsman’s set. The bee carries a basket like structure on its leg, a microscopic brush to dust pollen, a hollow spoon to collect nectar, and hinged pincers to open and transfer resources to the hive. The description emphasizes symmetry and specialized parts.
The piece recounts Sam Ward's rise as a lobby leader and his marriage to Medora Grymes after a love triangle with a French suitor. It outlines Grymes’s beauty, talents, and multilingual skills, and notes Ward’s later prominence and devotion to friends as his wife educates their sons in Europe. It also touches on Ingersoll’s 1866 House speech and its heated reception.
A wife tries to curb her husband's drinking by cooking his meals with liquor. He remains quiet for two days, then remarks after a third supper that her cooking has improved in the last three days. The note appears in New York Tidbits.
A reader recalls a cordial meeting with the Century staff in New York last spring and notes no mention of a “pleasant call from the genial and urbane William Nye.” The writer expresses disappointment yet remains a long-time subscriber. Bill Nye's letter to Boston Glove.
Laconte patient to physician warns against morphia and poisons and prescribes Red Star Cough Cure for twenty five cents. St Jacobs Oil is cited to cure pain.
A correspondent in the Overland details two distinct granite structures in Yosemite: concentric grand-scale domes and a rude vertical columnar cleavage. He notes arches and spires formed by perpendicular and concentric cleavages, with Half Dome showing both, and observes coarse-grained granite that disintegrates into dust rapidly.
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior cure for dyspepsia. It claims the remedy eradicates indigestion with speed and certainty and serves as an invigorant and promoter of appetite and secretion. It asserts widespread, irrefutable proof from many users.
Mose Schaumburg near detains a colored man, Jim Webster, who admits stealing from the ten cent counter. Webster pleads and Mose allows payment in lieu of police action, vowing to shop elsewhere after the ordeal. Aleck Sweet.
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