05 Jul 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1878
Page
1
The Ames Intelligencer invites readers to submit local news and items of general interest for publication. Rates of advertising are made known to applicants, and items should be written up and sent in for consideration.
A melodramatic monologue reveals a tramp addressing a poised lady behind blinds. He recalls wealth and a vanished life, railing at society’s charity and hypocrisy. He reflects on fate, labor, and a world that shuns the poor, invoking biblical imagery to condemn social indifference.
Watts Brown recounts a perilous diving venture after a wreck off Haiti heading to New York. He joins a dangerous crew with a brutal partner, describing the bet, gear, and nerve required to recover a cargo from a sunken vessel amid a hazardous, lonely sea.
A diver recounts a perilous second dive to a sunken wreck where a violent struggle with Jim Crow over a bag of gold ends with both men plunging under water. Rescued, the narrator survives while Crow dies in a hospital weeks later after being taken to New York waters.
A New York physician reports warm cures of diphtheria with turpentine. vegetable ivory from magnesia. corn sugar from Davenport Iowa. tobacco smoke analysis shows high carbon content. French Academy notes gallium and other curiosities. oil deposits from ground show smokeless lamps. telegraph by mouth developments. plus a lengthy moralistic essay urging Look on the Bright Side and faith during trials.
The article details daily feeding routines for zoo animals including two chimpanzees who eat rye milk honey bananas and rice with sugar sherry and milk. Seals costliest to feed with eighty pounds of fish daily. rhino and buffalo diets described. giraffe choking risk noted. many animals require careful attention to their unusual appetites.
Maj. Gen. Briuron, who commanded troops at Pitts paren last July, led a hasty volley that harmed thirty to forty citizens and caused millions in property losses. He resigned, reportedly due to intense antipathy. More resignations are expected.
The poem reflects a year since a loved one’s passing, contrasting peaceful heavenly imagery with earthly longing. It juxtaposes grief and acceptance, celebrating memory and faith while confronting ongoing loss and hope for the future.
A slim, unpretending young woman toiled in a store before taking a waiter job in a popular boarding house. She finds companionship among boarders, including an advertising solicitor for a city paper with a modest income, as both navigate poverty and evolving fortunes.
A young couple's relationship faced doubts and quarrels but when the woman learned she stood to inherit a German estate valued at $100,000 her heart remained true. They married immediately after the news.
An article argues the Cuban revolution has definitively collapsed and that celebrations in Havana and Santiago de Cuba mark pacification. It notes the island’s persistent unrest, a long siege, and the U S reflection on past offers and invasions amid extensive wartime losses and costs.
The Countess of Rose paid $7500 to a London dressmaker for an antique all white satin wedding ensemble. The description notes the satin, fine point d Alencon trimmings, fleurs d oranges, and the rich point a Lailguille veil. A traveling costume in blue sapphire velvet with blue fox fur completes the set, priced at $2500 for the veil.
The United States consumes about 6.7 hundred thousand long tons of cane sugar annually with less than 13 percent from domestic production. Major foreign supplies include Cuba about 450,000 tons, Porto Rico 80,000, French islands 22,000, Brazil 18,000, Dutch Indies 11,000, British West Indies 10,300, and British possessions plus 21 other sources.
A Chicago Times critique lampoons the Forty-fifth Congress for reform rhetoric and policy missteps. It accuses the body of hypocrisy in pursuing resumption, tax reform, and higher public expenditures while sidelining working savers and civil service integrity.
The Iowa Republican State Convention at Des Moines adopted a platform amid enthusiastic support. It endorses a strong Union, free voting rights, Southern pacification, home rule critiques, wartime loyalty, recognition of veterans, and a defense of Republican fiscal policy against proposed changes.
A Cleveland Leader interview portrays Dr William F Carver famed for uncanny marksmanship. Born to Dakota natives he became medical man of the tribe at 15, later hunted buffalo and elk and performed feats from rescuing two ladies from Comanches to shooting birds mid flight. He stands six foot two, weighs 196 pounds, is 38, and plans a world tour.
The Buffalo Courier notes a westward shift in wheat trade. Cleveland once led Great Lakes exports, Massillon dominated receipts, but now both rely on Northwest sources. Wheat production is expected to rebound where settlement and improved agriculture spread, bringing supplies nearer production.
The Paris gathering hosted by banker M. Henri Cernuschi reportedly cost about $20,000. Guests praised the hospitality with extravagant toilettes. Mrs J W Mackey wore a gown of caroubier faille with jet beads and a long satin train trimmed in old point d Angleterre. Her jewelry included sapphires and diamonds centering a large necklace. Rauruene Emerson noted for sharp features and piercing gaze added a vivid presence to the scene.
Fragmentary OCR note references Japan empire with unclear wording. No identifiable persons organizations or places are readable. Summary reflects limited readable data and preserves ambiguity of subject.
The Job Printing department offers latest styles type and material with neat dispatch. Capable of superior or equal work to any printing establishment in the state. Legal blanks stocked. Bill heads letter heads books pamphlets posters auction bills cards etc.
Rossetti poem excerpt describes a fairy princess awaiting love and joy that came too late. A distant kingdom imagery contrasts with a stalled heart, aging crown, and a life of unfulfilled longing, as every possible day of bliss passes.
A collage of light anecdotes and social quips from newspapers and readers. Jests poke at marriage, chores, class, and daily life with playful barbs about wives, maids, barbers, and gossiping neighbors, ending with a parade of titled jokes and wry observations.
The correspondent notes Rome now has over twenty daily papers with diverse opinions and full freedom, contrasting with only one three times weekly a quarter century ago. Morning readers gather at doors while newsboys shout to entice purchases.
A German classmate at the University of Bonn describes Bismarck as already displaying tact shrewdness and diplomatic qualities for which he would later be known. He notes careful speech in oral talks and with absent friends never committing himself rashly.
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