21 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1883
Page
1
A reflective poem recalls a rustic cabin, a family by the fire, and a lost child. The speaker imagines Mary at the door as engines darken surrounding forests and factories encroach on fertile land. He weighs labor, faith, and memory, clinging to home and a future Sunday gathering.
Dr George E Shipman founder of the Foundlings Home reports that 75 to 100 percent of bottle fed foundlings die. Twelve years in practice prove hand rearing impossible. The home now uses wet nurses funded by offering housing to women with babies. With this system the death rate falls to 8 percent and the home houses fifty six babies aged four days to twelve months.
The article argues Canada guards Niagara Falls from unsightly factories while New York acts to clear obstructions on the American side. It urges Americans to visit the falls, noting Victoria Falls in Africa as a comparison and predicting aerial travel may make global viewing easier.
Describes Parker's Ginger Tonic as an all purpose remedy. Claims include aiding digestion boosting strength and calming nerves. Promotes the tonic as a harmless diarrhoea cure that does not cause constipation for family use.
A notice announces bulk sale of envelopes by the box including 5s 63 648 9s and 10s and provides options for printing and bindup ink. Hotel registers are offered at low rates.
Hemsmrerer and Miller list first class farm and city property for sale at a bargain. The notice highlights agricultural and urban parcels available under reduced terms.
George Townsend narrates a ascent from the East River to a vast iron structure, detailing a half finished board walk, towers with Gothic arches, and the vast cables. He notes workers heating bolts, painting iron, and the bridge's cost near fourteen million dollars while praising the view from the towers and the New York skyline.
A major New York religious publisher reports the revised testament selling poorly and notes that sales halted abruptly, as if by magic. The item is described as too small to merit mention.
J and Tibbitts advise in the San Francisco Chronicle on proper limb removal. They describe cutting just outside the collar to avoid decay and ensure healing within a year.
A newly elected sheriff in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania declines to hold office arguing it would interfere with his business. The note compares him to Artemus Ward and suggests he should be rued and sent to the Smithsonian Institute.
The article notes Patti as highly superstitious refusing to sign contracts or start work on Fridays. She avoids hotels with room thirteen or multiples and will not sing at night when an umbrella is opened indoors. She wears many charms and believes every superstition she has heard.
A Louisville man writes in a terse note about money woes and marital tensions. He refers to long trips with his wife and signals a cold, unsettled dispute over affection and finances.
An archival remark notes the lack of modern amenities in ancient cities and oddly suggests waiting as a virtue since no one had sewer systems or kitchen comforts, implying patience amid scarcity.
The remark about Jay Gould notes he is pleasant but unlikely to advance in New. He dislikes champagne knows little of polo and has never chased an anisoseed bag or danced.
A Woonsocket traveler mistook a lecture by Joseph Cook in Tremont Temple for Mark Twain. He attended without realizing the mix up, later revealing he found the talk funny but not so darned funny. The Home Journal notes the humorous misunderstanding at the dinner party.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes vast London wine vaults beneath old St. Katharine's Dock containing over 250 million gallons of wine. Readers are treated to aged cellars, strong odors, and a tale of a Minnesota youth who vows not to drink but is led to temptation during a ramble through the winding passageways.
The article explains how nature equips creatures with colors that mimic their surroundings to shield them from predators. It notes the brown or gray tones of the wild rabbit as an example of camouflage in the natural world.
The Dial recalls a dinner where Charles Sumner and Charles Francis Adams debated a political issue with rising intensity. Sumner stormed from the table while Adams, moved and dejected, reflected that his own temper pales beside his father and grandfather.
The speaker observes a potter at his wheel with patient footwork and tireless action. A friend remarks the foot must tire, but the potter explains the standing foot bears the wear, while the moving foot rests as needed, shaping a simple flower pot into a perfect form through steady work.
Gen. C. P. Stone known as Stone Pasha during the Egyptian war recounts service with the khedive and Ismail Pasha. He praises officer literacy gains from Egyptian schools and recalls reform efforts amid Arabi’s rebellion. Community notes from Sheldahl Iowa report harmony, sidewalk work, cattle shipments, and local resignations.
A vivid portrait portrays the Marquis of Lorne as a tall, broad-shouldered man with a dauntless grace and refined carriage. His features blend striking beauty with a magnetic gaze and golden hair, suggesting a personality capable of writing poetry.
A contemporary description praises the hotel staff on Fifth Avenue New York as of ineffable and intellectual demeanor. It notes waiters resemble Harvard graduates, wear two clean shirts and two white collars daily, and change their aprons frequently with strict standards for appearance.
The article notes rapid growth of Indian corn culture in Australia. It claims fifteen cents per bushel covers cultivation and harvesting costs. It also cites remarks from the Chicago Times and The Whitehall Times with proverbial, lighthearted musings.
A contemporaneous boast claims Brown's Iron Bitters is the best iron preparation ever made. It asserts the formula is built on scientific chemical and medicinal principles and that it does exactly what is claimed, no more and no less.
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