24 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1878
Page
1
An advertisement notes blanks available for justices clerks constables and attorneys including forms and legal stationery for local use. The promo promotes quick access and variety for professional needs.
The text describes a unified Chicago and Northwestern Railway system with multiple lines and connections across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and beyond. It highlights La Crosse, Winona, St. Peter Line, Green Bay and Marquette Line, Freeport and Freeport via Rockford, and Chicago and Milwaukee Line. It mentions Pullman Palace drawing room cars and junction connections, with offices in New York and Boston and a general manager position.
Des Moines to Ames daily day and night trains listed with times to Des Moines Keokuk and Des Moines connections. Includes mail and express and Ames accommodation with evening and overnight services. Mentions connections to towns including Tama and south west routes.
The Job Printing department advertises modern type and material with quick execution. It claims to deliver high quality work at competitive state rates and offers legal blanks, bill and letter heads, books, pamphlets, posters, auction bills, cards, and related items.
Fragmented OCR renders a poetic sequence about the months. It invokes March April May June July August and December with imagery of nature, lovers and seasonal change. The piece reads like a lyrical meditation on time and the annual cycle.
A restless youth recounts a midnight misadventure when he climbs into a Baronet's house to steal silver spoons. He is caught between fear and luck, discovers the daughter is Laura’s cousin, and ends up marrying into the family after a comic near-discovery and moral lesson. The tale shifts to a humorous South Carolina anecdote about Scipio Africanus buying his own freedom, ending with a harsh train crash and Scipio’s survival.
The text covers farm and domestic guidance including milk from newly calved cows, oats and linseed in colt feed, adding raw eggs to gruel, and preparing egg packing for hatching. It also discusses manure handling with gypsum, sheep care tips, prudent farming sales advice, and a fruit pudding recipe with spices and brandy.
Heirs of Senator Sebastian of Arkansas have drawn 17 700 from the treasury. The payment covers his claim as Senator from March 1861 to March 1865, despite his expulsion for siding with the Southern cause. The last Congress rescinded the law, effectively recognizing him as Senator for four years and authorizing the pay.
A colorful mix of recipes and household hints appears with flour and sugar measures for a cake, tips on preventing brown prints from fading, feeding young canaries, a sour pea preparation, mildew control with lime, and a biscuit dough method for a turnover style bread.
In a Cincinnati Times brief a prisoner identifies as John Hoxer and protests his alleged theft as not worth stealing. The court notes that honorable men are scarce in the workhouse and contemplates sentencing, arguing 98 missionaries deserve punishment.
Des Moines January 17 1878 reports the opening of the Seventeenth Iowa General Assembly with a focus on economy retrenchment and finance. Gov Gear and Lieut Gov Campbell outline remonetization of silver, strict economy, and practical measures for state finances, taxation, and public works. The inaugural address covers railways governance, compulsory education, state institutions, health and charities, and calls for a state board of health and a board of charities.
The Supreme Court upholds a Louisiana law requiring equal rights for all travelers in public conveyances, ruling it governs inter state commerce within the state. The decision reinforces that state measures cannot burden interstate commerce and encroach on federal power. Justices Strong Bluford and Field concur noting the ruling fits existing commerce regulation limits.
A fragmentary humorous tale references Bishop Clark of Rhode Island and a visiting brother. The dialogue hints at a private bedroom scene and a joke told by the bishop, but the text trails off with unfinished lines and unclear closing.
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