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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1886
Page
1
A poem urging a young reader to seek comfort in home over worldly fame. It contrasts the evanescent glow of fame and fashion with the steady warmth of the family hearth, declaring true contentment lies in home’s enduring light. The speaker counsels resilience and hope, insisting home remains a beacon through hardship.
A June fishing trip near Palmisery recounts the Bill Bakers gang robbery, a boy who swam to hide evidence, and the preacher who saved lives during a mill fire. The tale ends with the preacher marrying the narrator’s daughter and finding a church in Leroy.
A magazine piece reviews Castelar’s rhetoric noting his speeches are memorized set pieces and richly metaphorical. It also describes Mrs. Jessie Fremont in Washington researching the General’s memoirs and recounts a humorous incident with a man observing women’s mouths at a dry goods store.
In a dialog from Harper's Bazar a Mrs Popular asks about Mrs Smith whose child is ill with scarlet fever. Mrs Jeunesse fears visiting claiming youthfulness makes her immune and jokes about sixteen being safe.
A Boston reporter describes a Amsterdam pleasure garden where many young women perform gymnastic feats. They leap from a spring board and climb ropes and ladders, showing abilities often associated with men. The piece reflects recreational displays rather than athletic competition.
The Education Committee cites 21 million widows in India with many children among them. A Hindoo woman writer to the Times of India condemns enforced widowhood as a stigma. Widows face degradation and must remain widows for life, unlike men who may remarry.
A column mix discusses the step mother in contrast to paternal roles, noting both faults and potential benefits for children. It explores women friendships, female autonomy, and social attitudes through anecdotes and quotes, ending with a reflection on contemporary manners and idle leisure.
A German writer remarks that Zerodelite, discovered by Simon, has not been used to its potential. It is made by blending twenty five to thirty parts powdered glass with twenty parts melted sulphur. It forms any design and becomes a hard, acid and boiling water resistant material that sets at 400 degrees.
A reflective piece notes a tranquil pre-revolution era when universal confidence masked underlying questions. It laments modern overconnection from post and telegraph and the burden of knowing every opinion, contrasting calm past beliefs with emerging doubts and the Guillotine’s seeds.
The column recalls Prentiss and his Whig campaigns and duels with Foote, describing his humor and courage. It also covers Gen. Meagher’s death, his Civil War service, and Lincoln era politics with anecdotes about Andrew Johnson and Pier Hanscomb.
The article argues two weasel types in the East help farmers by controlling mice and pests, with larger weasels occasionally preying on rabbits and poultry. It then extols hawks and owls as principal farmer friends, noting most feed on mice and insects while three exceptions prey on wild birds and some poultry.
A concise proverb-like remark highlighting that men lose value when they lack leadership or direction, comparing them to pins that fail without a head to guide purpose.
A quotation from Erchange warns that a fretter harms family harmony and city councils, dampens legislation, and saps others' will to act. It describes the fretter as spreading gloom that chills the soul like icy mist, especially when a loved one causes the misery.
The Ponte Maggiore at Venice spans 314 crossings totaling 3 580 meters, the world’s largest railway bridge. Britain holds the Tay and St Lawrence viaducts as the next two. Ohio Valley bridge at Parkersburg is fourth. Pongabuda iron bridge in East India costs the most, its piers built on sinking swamp soil.
A 19th century analysis argues that heavy taxation and rising debt in Canada create discontent among English and French speakers. It cites rising per head debt, emigration shifts, and U S economic pull while noting tariff and fisheries disputes. The piece suggests annexation would benefit both nations and end trade frictions.
A Sunday school superintendent asks what is the worst thing about riches. The new boy in the back row answers that riches are scarce. The class rises to sing Don't be weary children.
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