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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1886
Page
5
Poetic reminiscence contrasts tulips with a cherished girl named Kathie. The piece evokes court fashion, minuet elegance, and youthful beauty, praising bright eyes and silken hair as timeless charm. It riffs on floral imagery and a gentle, nostalgic mood.
Description of trained cormorants hunting fish like hawks, their training, gear, and dramatic catches. Anecdotes on Honduras noting its poverty of transport, rich resources, climate, and potential for American immigration.
A collage of quips from 19th century papers shows child readers reacting to political satire and inventor fathers. Jokes reference elections, presidents standing, and a workhouse boy’s tale about salted meat, illustrating period humor and social themes.
A devotional reflection on living for others and serving in daily acts of unselfish love. The author cites spiritual guidance to lift burdens of the weary and to follow the Master’s lead in every place and circumstance.
A long satirical essay contrasts critics of polygamy and economic reform with the enduring activist who champions practical Christianity. It lambasts pastor visitors who seek social attention over counsel, likening them to gimlet-twisters who probe congregants for vanity and pride.
A traveler tale presents a careful housewife scolding her colored cook for cleanliness. The cook responds with dialect protest and asserts cooking is her business. The exchange ends with a warning against nosing around in the kitchen while she handles her duties.
A Texas visitor in New York, returning to his boarding house, loses his latch key and is aided by a newly made companion who offers to unlock the door for him with his tool. The incident highlights the risks of trusting strangers shorty after meeting them.
A mixed European and Japanese society in Tokio advocates replacing Chinese characters with Roman letters in Japanese teaching and publications. The 5500-member group, publishing the Roman Letter Review, seeks to standardize Roman type in schools and texts, arguing it aids education and trade and would reveal much of Japan’s past literature to foreign nations.
The article links insomnia to poor digestion and urges stomach relief to calm the brain. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior medicine to laxatives and narcotics, claiming it supports digestion, liver and bowel function, and a tranquil nervous system.
A humorous commentary lists male names and their stereotyped traits. It contrasts Frank, Tom, Andrew, John, James, Alfred, Fred, Frederick, Harry, Henry, Charlie, and Charles, noting quirks from dull to prig to spirited, with a sharp jab at London Truth on the name Charles.
E. L. Noyes and Rev Maas were reported cured of scald head after using Hall's Hair Renewer noting relief and recovery following treatment implementation.
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