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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1885
Page
4
A brief column discusses how youth enjoyment improves when tobacco smoke converts into money and asks what the young generation says about this habit. It emphasizes public perception and social commentary rather than concrete events.
A verse scene from St. Nicholas by Helen Gray Cone presents Sa'd the Greenaway girl and a Japanese ivory man clashing over a maiden. The playful dialogue centers on novelty, age, looks, and price as the couple debate status and affection.
A mother guides Teddy toward acts of kindness on New Year’s Eve. Teddy recalls helping Mrs. Tubberman and Johnny Bryant and helping Tim Mellin, Susie, Aunt Penny Peters, and Mr. Hanniwell. He concludes he has begun a good path of service and resolves to continue.
A tale from Presbyterian Journal recounts Grant Graham, a boy of eleven, weighing his father’s cigar spending against his schooling. He pledge to abstain from smoking after calculating $1,460 lost to cigars, choosing study and family comfort over vice.
A Portland Transcript excerpt discusses old attacks on house plants and now supports their health benefits. Dr. Andrews at Christ Hospital cites ozone generation and humidity improvement from floral rooms, noting cooler air and air purification. It claims aromatic plants release ozone, aiding malaria districts when vegetation covers areas.
A naturalist reports crows hold a court over a crow bar and a hooked wrench. The observation suggests a belief that a true bill is indispensable in every case.
A fragment notes the fate of Mo zart drawing a parallel to Moses in mystery. No further context or dates are provided, leaving the ultimate resting place unclear and sustaining a notion of unresolved memory.
Practical notes on farming, livestock care, kitchen tips, and homemaking guidance. Features useful hints for planting, feeding, and household management drawn from contemporary agricultural developments and domestic science.
A warm soil is crucial for a good corn crop and manure or greensward plowed under enhances soil warmth through fermentation. Mineral manures that do not supply heat give less effect even with the same plant food.
The article explains drill planting for potatoes with seed eyes, noting that three feet between hills leaves tops exposed unless ample seed is used. It recommends a heap-grown variety for drilling fifteen inches apart in three-foot-spaced rows to improve vigor.
Salt on manure piles helps summer moisture retention and prevents burning, while winter use reduces freezing and encourages heating. However salt may dissolve fertility. apply manure to the ground promptly so soil can absorb plant food.
A Londoner’s disgust with farming stems from soil always needing turning. Some farmers scarify weed free land to create a seed bed after harvest, a method that works well and can surpass regular plowing for early seed bed quality.
Nitrate of soda is becoming comparatively cheap due to vast niter beds in South America. It is a valuable fertilizer though costly, with England using it more and finding it profitable on spring-sown wheat and barley. It promotes a large rank straw growth, making it useful on thin poor land.
Yellow corn brings slightly higher prices per bushel than white flint corn though both are quality feed for horses. White corn is a touch better for feeding due to lower oil content, but homes often prefer yellow for fattening. Neighborly exchanges of yellow and white varieties were common in winter grinding.
The Minneapolis Tribune argues for a global farmer driven system to collect and publish crop statistics. Local and state societies would gather reports from informed farmers, centralize data, and distribute forecasts to improve pricing decisions and international cooperation.
Fruit-growing as a business suits certain regions and localities, with some fruits better suited than others. The article notes shifts in adaptability over fifty years, often tied to deforestation and changing local conditions.
At a London Ontario farmers meeting Mr. B Gott of Arizona highlighted gooseberry profitability and cultivation. He described plant numbers per acre, propagation by cuttings, soil requirements, pruning, and long term plantation planning with several English and American varieties noted for performance and disease resistance.
Peach and quince growers condemn stable manure and urge potash bone dust and severe pruning. Yellows linked to poor land. Quinces need manure mulch and deep pruning to avoid borers and train trees. Strawberry growers favor winter mulching with light earth cover to protect roots.
The article notes winter protection for fruit crops and suggests straw and pine needles as mulch. It explains dry rot in twigs as a contagious disease, with bacterial degeneration and spread through cell rupture. One diseased tree can infect a nursery, as growers face pests, fungi, and market pressures.
The article recommends providing several apartments in the barn basement to keep breeding ewes by themselves until their lambs are a few days old. It notes ewes rarely disown their lambs but acknowledges newborns may be puzzled to find their mother in a large rock.
Professor Henry of the University of Wisconsin Madison tracks winter calf feeding with sweet skimmed milk eight to eleven quarts daily plus hay and oats. Reported weekly gains in pounds show higher performance in grade Jerseys and Holsteins compared with purebred animals, highlighting the value of crossbreeding in dairy cattle.
A. A. Smith of Coleraine Massachusetts argues Merino wool is best for wool production while coarse wools like the Cotswold and Leicester suit meat goals. He says sheep enrich soil by roaming pastures and offers remedies for dog attacks including keeping dogs from pasturing and prosecuting owners. He recommends using American Merino ewes with a pure blood ram for early lambs, and a mix of cotton seed meal corn and oats for ewes and lambs with salt access. Pine tar on noses is suggested as grub preventive.
Farmers in Huntingdon County Pennsylvani a vote to quit commercial fertilizers to avoid hog cholera concerns. A Northern Iowa farmer feeds pigs with two bushels of Canada peas and one of oats per acre, harvesting as soon as edible. Montana cattle numbers and grazing capacity cited, with insights on a young cattle industry. Dairy research from Preskau shows three milking sessions daily outperform two for high producing cows, while average cows do fine with twice daily milking. Ensilage fed cows in England and New York face contract refusals due to produc t quality concerns. city milk peddlers still rate ensilage milk highly.
Poultry guidance notes that young turkeys demand great care through six weeks. Experienced keepers may lose four or five of fifty in good seasons. Do not feed hard grain until six weeks. Start with bread and milk and hard boiled eggs. Then curd from clabbered milk, alone or with ground oats, is excellent. Scalded milk is a good alternate.
The Kansas Farmer article urges poultrykeepers to target prolific layers such as Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks to supply eggs when prices are high. It advises using young pullets hatched in March or April and emphasizes proper housing and feeding, with a plan to renew half the layer stock each year to maintain a constant egg supply.
The article advises careful plant selection for winter indoor culture. It notes many greenhouse favorites like Camellias and Poinsettias fail in living rooms, and suggests suitable house plants such as Geraniums Ivy Calla Abutilons and Heliotropes with attention to light air and temperature. It warns Fuchsias bend to cellar conditions, Bou Iardias need drafts protection, and carnations are discussed.
Eben E. Rerford advises beginners to start with a few hardy houseplants for winter interest. Geraniums Ivy Calia Abullion and Oxalis require regular watering and sunlight, resist pests, tolerate cold and heat, and will bloom with minimal care.
The narrator details economical furnishings for a small room, from an olive green wall scheme and pale yellow accents to a green felt carpet square and a velvet topped shelf. Custom touches include green serge curtains, yellow cushions, a boxed bookcase, a modest couch, and a hand stained treen tea-table with faux inlaid effect.
Small waiters of brass or copper replace silver in display, with decanters and glass bottles beneath. A scrap jar in the shape of a mortar gun joins brass novelties. Tips cover pots with silk or brocade, and make knitting bags from embroidered silk handkerchiefs using a circle base for stiffness.
A compact recipe for a lemon feather cake uses two cups flour one cup milk one egg and one cup sugar with half cup butter half teaspoon soda and cream of tartar together. The batter is flavored with lemon for a light citrus finish.
Stew rhubarb in little water until cooked. Whip light with Dover egg-beater. Mix one cup rhubarb, one cup sugar, half tablespoon flour, two eggs. Bake in an open crust. Top with meringue from two egg whites. Eat cold.
Tips for young cake makers emphasize keeping the cake still during rising to avoid a cradle. Maintain an oven temperature close to biscuit level but not hotter, as opening the door to cool air while near completion can cause the cake to fall.
The recipe instructs soaking a mesa in cold water, then simmering in boiling water until dissolved. It is strained, sweetened, flavored with lemon juice and wine, poured into molds, and cooled quickly. It is promoted as nutritious and beneficial for a cold.
Chop lobster meat fine and season with pepper salt. Add butter the size of an egg and cream if using whole lobster. Simmer ten to fifteen minutes not to scorch. Layer salted bread crumbs in a dish, pour lobster over, and bake until browned.
Medical note recommends Fowler's solution in small 1 10 drop doses for infants showing nausea with vomiting and frequent watery stools, labeled cholera infantum, guiding caregivers on dosing as symptoms appear.
The article argues milk should largely enter a child's diet, detailing its nutrients and heating effects. It warns against rapid large servings, explains digestion of milk with gastric juice, and recommends sipping with bread or dry foods, slight salting, and mixing with wheat flour to balance heat production.
The article explains appetite as distinct from hunger a natural signal that requires supplying the body with nourishment. It urges eating in moderation noting voracious appetite signals disease and recommends habitual smaller meals eaten slowly to curb excess, with persistence breaking the habit unless another dyspepsia cause exists.
Imboden recalls the July battle, noting twenty six fresh guns in line near the Henry House and Jackson's wounding and stoic faith. He describes Jackson’s calm under fire and his belief that God fixes the time of death, a lesson on courage for all men.
A humorous look at children's pretensions as they mis pronunciate words and misinterpret grown up talk. A five year old declares senior wisdom while a sibling challenges him and a girl retorts with a sly reply about birth.
Detroit Free Press recounts a London scene on Fleet Street after President Garfield's death. The queen ordered St Pauls great bell tolled, crowds paused traffic, and in a sea of hats the bell rang, then all heads uncovered in silent tribute to the uncrowned monarch beyond the ocean.
A wry remark notes that even the friendliest dentist would reveal his teeth when selling his wares, hinting at a universal habit of displaying teeth in negotiation or sale. The line uses humor to suggest candor or perhaps a guarded smile in commerce.
A New York correspondent exposes a published satirical book listing chapters on malaria overworked rheumatism and other illnesses. The writer mocks doctors for relying on travel and springs, cites Warner’s safe cure as a favored remedy, and notes public figures including ex President Arthur as examples.
A young fisherman drowns on the English coast just one year after his father did the same. Villagers attribute the deaths to Providence and mark the date as the family’s unlucky day. The essay surveys persistent beliefs in lucky and unlucky days, including Tudor-era Friday omens and May and January superstitions, noting a decline as knowledge grows.
Malaria can occur at high elevations under favorable conditions. It’s found 1,100 feet up the Tuscan Apennines and up to 11,000 feet on the Andes. Moderate altitude offers immunity. security heights vary by region, from 400 feet in Italy to 3,000 feet in the Appalachians, with drift up ravines possible.
Yarroo M. Neesan, a Persian missionary candidate, recalls only three newspapers in Persia and describes a village where a man teaches his wife letters. Neesan notes neighbors mock the wife and her parents face harassment until the husband signs to stop supporting her education.
In Bostox Massachusetts a medical journal urges mothers to beware morphia and opium in cold remedies. Otto Grothe of the Brooklyn Board of Health certifies a new vegetable cough treatment, Red Star Cough Cure, recently found useful and harmless for such complaints.
A Brooklyn Magazine anecdote recalls President Lincoln reacting to Mrs Lincoln’s gown with a long train. He jokes about the cat’s tail around her neck, noting the dress’s length and the cat’s tail in a humorous exchange.
On ships and coastal voyages Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as a reliable preventive and remedy for ailments mariners and travelers face at sea. It targets constipation biliousness malaria indigestion rheumatism and bladder and kidney issues while claiming purity and safety from unhealthy ingredients. It also counters effects of unwholesome food and water.
Washington letter recounts Andrew Jackson’s strict church views and a clash with a young department clerk who mocked a sermon. Also notes medical ad for urethral stricture cure and Grand Union Hotel pricing aimed at travelers in New York City.
The Chicago Inter Ocean details radical interior changes at McVickers Theater. Improvements include a raised gallery ceiling, separate retiring rooms, water fountains on every landing, an advanced ventilation system, electric lighting, relocated boilers, a fire wall, and twenty three exits guiding patrons directly to street fronts.
Advertises the Gault House at Clinton and Madison Chicago near Union Depot with daily rates of 2 to 2 1 2 dollars. Claims elevator and full first class appointments under Horr and Gates Proprietors. Also promotes Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Cairaya by Caswell Hazard Co Newark as a tonic for dyspepsia fever and general debility.
Ad copy touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for women’s ailments. Claims the medicine restores beauty and health by empowering self cure, citing thousands healed and a dollar price at druggists.
An odd cartoon-like line claims a jackass would not hide ears if possible followed by an old fashioned medicine ad touting Dr Pierce’s Compound Extract or Smart Weed as a cure for fevers cramps cholera morbus diarrhea and dysentery priced at 50 cents.
A Yonxera Gazette quotation notes that familiarity with curtain lectures does not imply advocacy for stage effects, while confirming support for the drop curtain as a theatrical device.
A historical note praises Breen's Bronchial Troches TM as a well tested remedy for sore throat and coughs, maintaining their good reputation through thorough testing and trusted use.
Mrs E E Grimes of Rendrill Perry Co reports twenty years of persistent catarrh and related sensory loss. After using Elyse Cream Baim she regains sense of smell, hearing, and fine needle threading ability with improved clarity and continuous smell restoration.
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