27 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1883
Page
1
State notes include Des Moines City Hall completion, Davenport Amendment reaction, Boone Postal Clerk appointment, Fort Dodge packing plant plans, Iowa rail mileage lead, Chicago politics and Newhall Hotel fire lessons. Also reports on brandy adulteration risks, Wisconsin hotel rope laws, and odd crime tales.
Canada’s Wiggins predicts a world changing storm for March 11 1883 with vessels at risk and prairies in danger. Gen Hazen of the U.S. Signal Service counterpraises the doom claim and says severe March storms are common.
Advertising copy extols Marsh's Golden Balsam for the throat and lungs as unrivaled cures for coughs bronchitis consumption asthma hoarseness and related throat and lung diseases. Marsh's Golden Blood and Liver Tonic is claimed to treat blood disorders and liver complaints with dramatic benefits. Two doses are said to benefit with large bottle sizes offered.
A new method claims to teach any person to play familiar airs on piano or organ without prior musical knowledge. It promises quick note learning and universal appeal for children and adults, calling it a marvelous breakthrough in music instruction.
A Tribune reporter learns inside history from a Chicago rag-picker on Washington Street who rose from scavenging to a jobbing business. He describes origins of Polish Hebrew heritage, emigrating to America, and a life picking rags papers and bottles before five years later entering the jobbing trade on the South Side.
Newport correspondent reports a Monday afternoon exhibition at the torpedo station where Capt. Selfridge hosted friends to witness Lieut. Mc Lean’s torpedo-launch device. A mock attack used a launch piloted by two officers via a single control wire, simulating torpedo engagement with dramatic effects.
Jeanetta White 105, reputedly the oldest resident of St. Louis, lives at 1219 Morgan with her daughter Matilda Johnson. Born in King William Virginia, she was sold into slavery before moving to Kansas City. Her memory faded recently but relatives recall a long-lived family history and hard, migratory labor.
Anecdotes recount Boston lawyers who stayed late by candlelight and a merchant saved by prompt legal writ. Also notes Nellie Pickett, linked to Billy the Kid era, famed for horsemanship and spousal misadventures across New Mexico and frontier conflicts per Chicago Herald.
An American company staged a sensational performance featuring live bloodhounds and realistic scenery in London, drawing crowds and curiosity as it presented the piece titled Uncle Pom's Cabin.
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