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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1880
Page
1
Iowa lawmakers introduced and debated numerous bills on taxes salaries roads and schools. Measures target district treasurers school funds highway maintenance and inmate care while resolutions push for investigations into state institutions and plans for a new Capitol and election reforms.
Des Moines records show a busy Senate session with petitions on salaries and school text books, plus numerous bills referred on topics from county officers to road establishment. House actions include capital punishment measures, county officer duties, and a push for statewide Financial and welfare provisions, with adjournment pending further committee work.
Des Moines the 2%8 session lists petitions from Warren Boone and Appanoose counties seeking education, road, and salary relief. Bills introduced cover mechanics liens barbed fencing assessors duties and appeals limits in civil trials. Committees named for state institutions and bills on public wards and insectivorous birds are noted along with minor fiscal and procedural changes.
County Auditors met in Des Moines on January 2 with O. D. Eno named chairman and J. G. Berstter as secretary. A list of auditors from numerous counties was reported, and a five member committee, including Hale and Evans, was formed to report a business program. Proposals included amending tax sections and changes to delinquent tax penalties and post sale penalties.
The article explains contagion as a process of minute particles moving from the sick into the surrounding air and inhaled by neighbors. It argues diffusion is uneven, depends on room size and ventilation, and stresses free air flow to aid patient care and reduce risk to attendants.
An article recounts a heated stage battle between actors Booth and Count Joannes during a Richard III performance. The elder Booth allegedly fought with real ferocity, while a calm swordsman narrator disarmed Booth after a chaotic onstage clash and carried him to his room.
Daughters report their father is improving greatly after long illness deemed incurable. They attribute his recovery to Hop Bitters and express gladness at his return to health. Rochester, N. remains the home referenced in the note.
A journalist seeking work glides from desk to desk in a Newark daily paper. He proves his talent by taking a vacant reporters desk, producing work, and earning pay retroactively after two weeks. The editors discover the feat only years later, realizing two heads were better than one in hiring.
An elderly sister offers a sleepy admonition to a child about closing eyes while Skibbons waits. Mrs. Lanay boasts home made hats and dresses while trying a new slipper style. a passerby notes a girl deemed pretty but modest in appearance.
An item advertises an autumn fruit fair with goods offered to the public. It claims a universal cure and lists a price in cents. The text is fragmented and lacks clear names or dates.
Excerpt presents a quasi sermon stating belief in one God Creator and providence, worship due, service by Gee children, and the mortal soul receiving justice in an afterlife, described as fundamental points of a sound religion.
A twelve foot vein of coal has been found near New Lexington in Perry county Ohio. The discovery suggests potential mining prospects for the region and could boost local industry and employment opportunities.
The article surveys theories on why the moon lacks water and air despite past volcanic activity. It discusses caverns, far-side storage, extreme cold, or comet removal as possibilities, and explores sulfur, nitric acids, sulfates, and nitrates forming from lunar volatiles.
The piece credits Isambard Kingdom Brunel with pioneering oceanic steam navigation and links his ideas to the rivalry with Stephenson. It recounts the 1835 Bristol railway meeting, Brunel’s steamboat proposal, and debates on ship size, speed, and coal efficiency in transatlantic travel.
A humorous snippet contrasts a wife gifting cigars with a demand for money to repay. An exchange questions why a monument to Adam should be erected, citing his fashion sense, independence, and an ironic note on marriage before death.
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