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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
6
President Lincoln is depicted comforting wounded General Sickles in a hospital and praying for victory as Grant pounds toward Vicksburg. Lincoln expresses unshaken faith and optimism while Sickles recovers after a battle and a telegram reports Vicksburg’s fall.
A millstone monument sits atop a modest grave in an old burying ground near Graytown Ohio. The stone overlooks the rural hill and honors a miller who prospered quietly from small profits. A poem on the back extols a contented life free from market cares and foreign trade. Cincinnati Star.
Arthur Inkersley in The Overland Monthly portrays Gilbert Islands women as property. A man seizes a girl by the hair and drags her to his home for a quick wedding feast. If the husband tires, he expels the wife. she must depart if ordered.
An old Black speaker at a neighborhood gathering admits past misdeeds including stealing chickens, drinking, gambling, cussing, and razor violence but asserts he has not lost his religion. The reminiscence appears in the Blue Post of Georgia.
A queer pea family plant, nicknamed moving plant, displays self turning leaves in jerks without touch. Movements vary from one leaf to all, being most vigorous around 80 degrees.
Quote from Steevens in Glimpses of Three Nations contrasts French attitudes with ruling power. It argues French people prioritize living, laughter, sensation, and personal development over governing, lawmaking, and conflict.
A Denver Times excerpt features a fond mother and a patenter confronted with a shared idea. They joke about scant funds and speculate that a parent may secure money by leveraging that single thought to cover two.
A whimsical tale recalls an ancient king named Dumpps who built a pyramid and died of melancholy. The saying in the phrase in the dumps repeats his tragic memory.
Jinks asks for quarters while Winks offers a dollar hidden in his crowded vest pocket. The exchange aims to balance a small cash need with a quick pocket swap between friends.
The Iowa Central Railway advertises reduced excursion rates for conventions in St Paul and Detroit and at Kansas City, Milwaukee, Chicago and San Francisco. It also promotes lands in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota with one fare plus $2 on select excursions and urges inquiries to rail agents for full details.
A Louisville Courier Journal anecdote recalls a woman famed for equal treatment of two husbands. She planned to lie between them after death, but a graveyard mix up left them side by side. She requested burial in a separate lot away from both, a request honored.
The London Daily News notes amusing translator errors from Italian and French papers. Examples include Kipling's Absentminded Beggar becoming a distracted mendicant, and a Welsh rabbit turning into un lapin de Galles with a long Scottish export footnote.
A Boston Record passage notes a stylish girl who drew admiring looks from fellow passengers. A companion presents photographs and remarks Them's bully while the narrator contemplates American notions of gentility and blood.
A boy compares harms of hurting feelings versus a finger. He says feelings are worse because you cannot tie a rag around them. The questioner approves the child’s reasoning and prints the quip as a moral vignette.
Clear Lake Iowa offers fine summer cottages at low tourist rates with bathing fishing sailing and rowing near the Iowa Central railway terminus. Local agents can provide schedules and fare. promotion promotes cures and herbal remedies with a money back guarantee and various ads for insurance and health products.
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