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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1895
Page
16
A reform-minded dialogue unfolds between a woman advocate and Admiral Coynes on expanding women's roles. They clash over work options from governesses to medicine and law, urging equal access to professions, banking, and government service while challenging traditional limits.
Mrs Westmacott presses Clara about her nephew Charles Westmacott possibly marrying Ida, while an admiral and wife reminisce aboard. Clara wrestles with the idea of a new life and Harold Denver’s freedom as the aunt outlines a public platform visit and a potential match.
At a lively tennis gathering in a wilderness estate, Mrs Westmacott consoles Clara Walker and urges livelier self expression. The scene shows families Winslows and Cumberbatches watching youths play, while social tensions surface in gentle dialogue. Clara, cautious and refined, is drawn to the widow’s candid kindness.
In Lynn at the Second Universalist Church a novelty wedding titled a Tom Thumb marriage was held for Ruth Williams aged 5 and Thomas Casey aged 6. The ceremony featured a full bridal party and a brief reception with breakfast.
A woman in a flat orders ice from a grocer. A German youth hoists the ice via dumbwaiter to the basement. She strains to pull it up and finds the boy hidden on the ice. He explains he joined to help her bear the cake’s weight.
The record notes that artificial eyes originated in Egypt using gold and silver with cheaper ivory and copper. In the sixteenth century Europe, porcelain eyes were produced, marking a material progression in prosthetic ocular devices.
A guide describes reviving an ostrich feather by washing, patching, and shaping. Scrub with warm soap, steam briefly, then curl feathers with a silver knife and comb to restore brilliancy and form before use.
A movement in Saint Louis aims to convene a national conference of Catholic members of Masonic endowment and insurance groups and other secret orders banned by the Rome edict. Leaders plan to push for reconsideration and protest potential injustice to millions of faithful in the United States facing proscription.
Report from Detorsa Minnesota describes tension at Panadian border after Canadian officials seize nets in Nampkin Lake. American citizens claim harm and confinement follow alleged outrages. Officials say action tied to nets in Canadian waters and Arion Fish Company operations. Washington to review case.
The article offers guidance on using galvanized iron lines, proper tub height, repurposing old stockings as holders, mending worn sheets, and using worn fabrics as coverings. It also covers cooking with gas or charcoal, broiling advice, making wine from milk and wine, whey or curd usage, and repurposing aged white garments and underwear into bandages and spillages for medical care.
Reports from Peru and Lima indicate the papal nuncio has accepted to mediate the Peru Bolivia dispute. Bolivia agrees to modify its flag salute demand and arbitration will decide that portion. A mob in La Paz tore down arms from the Peruvian legation and stoned the Peruvian minister. The government awaits details amid mounting tensions.
In Mart near Waco Texas a dynamite explosion destroyed the home of Mrs Phillips widow of Abe Phillips killed earlier in a dispute. Five occupants perished instantly and a sixth was fatally burned. One survivor injured severely is expected to die.
Four rustlers Louis Voghland Cate Clark Charlie Johnson and Ben Mu were captured with a herd of thirty stolen cattle by twelve vigilantes led by S Amspoker ten miles west of Fairfax and eight miles west of Ft. Randall near the Missouri river. The cattle were taken June 26 about thirteen miles northwest of Springview Nebraska and driven into Gregory county South Dakota. The men are jailed.
A dialogue urges steady effort and perseverance. The speaker motivates Young Flinting to ascend without rest, promising relief only after reaching the summit and glimpsing others descending with the rewards sought.
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