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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1886
Page
2
The piece contrasts Blaine’s popularity among Irish Americans with Cleveland’s veto record on pension bills and public works. It argues Cleveland lacks breadth, favors party over patriotism, and notes leadership changes at Ames College and its strong faculty and facilities.
The Old Colony railroad of Massachusetts reportedly has the most pensions on its payrolls in the nation. Every person injured on this road, regardless of fault, is cared for, and no one in its service has ever been turned away.
The committee notes two or three measures the President vetoed and recommends they be passed over the veto. It warns that if the President sets up a Third House with equal power, his judgments should be tested as rigorously as those of the other two houses.
The Senate backed restoring Fitz John Porter to his army rank, claiming vindication against a court martial and Lincoln and Garfield. Of thirty voting to restore him, nineteen were ex-Rebels, four nonwar Southern men, six Northern nonarmyers, and one ex-Union soldier. If this proves vindication, Porter will push it.
Senator Knight at the Democratic State Convention denounces its inaction on Cleveland’s alleged river corporate land ties and on Garland and other leaders with pan electric stock interests. He declares that hundreds of thousands of Democrats want such criticism voiced and publicized nationwide.
The Democratic House uses show economy as Congress adjourns. Republicans preserve public service funding. Last year’s action created a $13,000,000 deficiency, and continuing the approach could raise this year's shortfall to $16,000,000 to be covered later.
The State Democratic convention proposes to empower counties and municipalities to prohibit liquor sales, doubling the minimum license fee to 500, while allowing some areas to permit sale and others to prohibit it. The plan creates uniform and partial prohibitions, implying a monopoly for those allowed to sell. The stance aligns with the Republicans on this policy.
The Des Moines Register notes the Democratic ticket is a youth forward slate with Sells as Secretary of State and Guelech as Auditor. It highlights Uncle Daniel Campbell as treasurer, Theopilus as Clerk of the Supreme Court, Macky as Attorney General, and comments on age and background of several nominees amid party dynamics.
The Iowa Democracy platform endorses Grover Cleveland's honest administration and Gladstone's Irish reforms. It backs veterans' pensions, opposes targeted private bills, and demands revenue-based tariffs with surplus to pay the national debt. It defends public lands for settlers and supports unearned railroad land grant resumption. It rails against Republican reapportionment, corruption, and pledges strict penalties for public corruption. It favors repealing prohibitory liquor laws with local option and sets licensing fees at no less than $500 where permitted.
Advert says Griggs Glycerine Salve heals cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and other sores. Claims to cure piles tetter and eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or refund. Sold by J H Pickett Co for 25 cents.
An advert urges readers to brace up from listless nerves and headaches without stimulants. It promotes Electric Bitters as a blood purifier that activates the liver and kidneys, restoring vitality, sold by L. M. Bosworth for 50 cents a bottle.
An admonition that men, especially heads of families, must not neglect social obligations. It warns that neglect creates a disagreeable, surly person and calls for ongoing social交流 with friends and active contribution to the happiness and stability of society.
B B Burley of the Burley House Belle Plaine Iowa testifies to the medicine's merit in severe cholera morbus cases. He recommends it for travelers and families. Sold by H Westerman.
The excerpt reflects on happiness as rare, fleeting flashes rather than constant joy. It contrasts flashes of ecstasy with solid content and recalls an old lady’s prayer for a contented mind and her humorous wish to be contented without it.
A descriptive note praises cod liver oil combined with hypophosphites as a powerful tonic. It claims to stimulate appetite and strengthen the system, offering healing and fattening qualities in a pleasant preparation for consumption, debility, and wasting diseases.
The ad argues that castor oil upsets many children and recommends Ayer's Cathartic Pills for children when medicine is needed. It claims the pills include essential cathartic benefits and are sugar coated to ease taking.
The 17th century fireman’s badge was stamped on sheet lead then gilded and painted as an advertisement. Dress varied by company with dark blue coat and brass buttons. brass badges appeared on the left arm and thigh as part of attire.
A Georgia paper recounts a homeowner aroused by noises at his window. Lacking a pistol he used a corked bottle to strike intruder, who fell back yelling. The resident sought his belated companion, who planned to enter quietly, and the tale is shared with names withheld.
A fragment recalls Disraeli and his wife at a dinner where silence fell. He reportedly said a calm retort about reason and belief, framing a witty aside that hinted at division and misreading among the guests.
Letters from mothers in Lowell Scranton and Freehold describe rapid relief and cure of child croup using Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. They claim breaths ease within minutes and lasting safety, urging other mothers to know this remedy.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes diverse myths about chess origin. The Hindoo tale credits an ancient astronomer. Greeks attribute it to Palamedes during Troy. Arab legend says a Brahmin tutor devised it to instruct a despot.
An English lantern used lately by a Plymouth advertiser seeking a "God fearing law yer" to conduct a case. The ad notes the need for a trustworthy attorney and hints at local legal services.
Knox ville Tennessee chief J. J. Atkins writes that his family has benefited from Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and urges others to try the remedy. He notes it cures coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup and lung ailments with a free trial bottle at L. M. Bosworth Drug Store and large bottles priced at one dollar.
Dr. W F Carver claims an orange hit in the exact center by a rifle ball vanishes instantly, scattering into infinitesimal pieces. The ad also touts Red Clover remedies from German physicians and Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic for blood and digestion issues, sold by J H Pickett & Co with other herbal products and a sewing machine offered by Brant Paxson.
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