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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1880
Page
1
A new courthouse is slated for Emmetsburg in Palo Alto county. The item notes local infrastructure expansion, with no further details on cost or schedule. Several unrelated notices follow, including drownings and crop reports from various counties.
News from England reports the government seeks compensation for disturbance if a relief bill passes, fearing riots in autumn and winter without force. The Times criticizes compensation, and debates in the House of Commons see Gladstone's motion rejected 308 to 249.
Noor Mahal, wife of Jehangir, ruled parts of the Mughal Empire for twenty years. She wielded absolute influence, directed building projects, and in later peril nearly faced execution before intercession by Jehangir. Her life ended in Lahore, leaving a legacy of art, governance, and controversy.
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company in Rochester markets Hop Bitters that have rapidly become a popular household item nationwide. The device notes the product’s strong consumer reach and widespread adoption.
An advertised herbal preparation claims to cure all liver and kidney diseases with a six quart supply of medicine made from pure ingredients. The notice promotes the product as a universal remedy and notes its effectiveness for multiple ailments.
A Dublin dispatch reports weather across Ireland favorable to date, with the potato crop expected to be enormous and surpassing anything since before the 1847 famine. Root and cereal crops are also luxuriant.
The fragment shows Sallie Jones debating sums and parsing errors in a playful dialogue. A teacher pressures Sallie to solve a riddle about apples and a barrel, while their playful bickering hints at a comical classroom scene.
A church disturbance last Sunday prompted a local reader to joke that calming relief comes from Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup. The note frames the incident in a humorous, light tone without detailing any parties or actions.
An unidentified man about 35 was killed by a train two miles east of Manchester a few nights ago. Authorities reported no known identification or motive.
An editorial argues for stronger English education, urging schools to teach reading and writing with accuracy and clarity while colleges raise English standards to equal Latin and Greek. It warns against the belief that literary skill is easy and cites varied efforts by committees, colleges, and university presidents to improve language instruction. The piece also reports on common London beggar tricks in omnibus rides and street scams, detailing methods to evoke sympathy and exploit crowds.
In Utica Herald description, large wire coils are drawn to size, cut to length, and given a head. Screws are darkened in sawdust, heads shaved, threads cut, then dried and sorted by weight. A small device like a goose bill moves screws one by one, enabling machines to operate. One machine runs at thirty one screws a minute, about ninety three gross daily in regular work.
A small boy of about five wanders off a street with a dinner pail and asks a kindly man where he is going. The man replies he is going to school and the boy explains he does not learn to read or write but simply waits for school to end.
A Troy householder notes in the census form that one child was born in the parlor and another upstairs, using room locations as birthplaces. The remark highlights informal, humorous labeling during early census data collection.
An aging Tennessee horse trader Sam Flynn enters his coal black stallion Duskey Pete in a town race. Judge McMinamee notes a dark horse will prevail, Pete outruns rivals at three quarters to win the purse, teaching locals to distrust unknown entries and sparking wary betting in the region.
In Berlin the Seate of Em Banden arg has raised a marble group by Fritz Schaper in the Thiergarten, honoring Goethe with three female figures for lyric drama and science. The ceremony drew royal attention as the sculptor’s work stands beside other major monuments. Tourists will note Genthe’s statue and Olympia frieze as museum highlights.
The article discusses historical gardens linked to churches in England, noting examples near Winchester and Eton College. It describes how medieval gardens grew limited flowers, conservative vase use, and candle garlanding practices for Corpus Christi with records from Machyn and St. Mary’s accounts detailing torches, garlands, and flower payments.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Professor Humphry's Redebec discourse on race decline from labor specialization and narrowed faculties. He warns of unchecked imbalance and suggests careful matrimonial selection as a remedy, though expects slow societal adoption and legislative action.
The army is numerically strong but lacks fighting value due to poor officer training and low regard for military service. Recruits are vigorous yet the officer corps is often ignorant of military art, while soldiers distrust their leaders. Training emphasizes weapons and physical tests over formal education.
A pithy remark targets individuals deemed too lazy to be knaves, noting their lack of effort in deception. The line reflects a sharp social critique of inactive, unambitious behavior and hypocrisy in public life.
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