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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1880
Page
1
A survey of 19th century Iowa notes Iowa City with 7 100 residents. Dickinson county townships vote tax aid for the Toledo and Northwestern railroad.
The Kezanlik valley in Roumelia, famed for rose culture and attar distillation, reports an abundant crop drawing English and Russian buyers in May. The harvest fuels eastern markets and finances, while recent conflict drove most Bulgarians to flee Suleiman Pasha’s advance.
The piece asserts Bulgarians are industrious yet morally inferior, depicting a wary, harsh view of Bulgars toward Turks and Circassians. A Bulgar in Sistof brags of violence, while the author contrasts a peaceful peasant stereotype with brutal acts claimed by others.
An advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a cure for kidney and bladder ailments claiming it relieves torpid bowels and back pain. It asserts only radical permanent cure matters and positions Kidney-Wort as the effective remedy.
Russia refuses to receive the Chinese Ambassador after Beijing rejected the St. Petersburg treaty. In South Africa the Colonial Secretary reports Basuto surrendering arms were attacked by hostile Basutos. Mexico reels from assassination attempts on General Gonzales after a July election victory, with revolts in the Sierras of Pueblo and Mazatlan and federal troops reclaiming lost funds as insurgent General Ramarze engages in barracks battles leaving dozens dead or wounded.
The piece explains how umbrellas symbolize status in Burma and neighboring regions. It notes rulers and nobles use gilded or red umbrellas, with eight golden umbrellas reserved for royalty and ceremonial letters, reflecting deep etiquette and imperial communication.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Utah figure labeled a bachelor and stray phrases about Dr Bull's pills for coughs colds and similar remedies. Names mentioned include James Corrie in an unclear context.
The piece discusses H W Beecher arguing suffering develops higher human qualities and that the world evolves from imperfection. It questions notions of original sin and endorses a broad, universal view of scripture, urging interpretation beyond literal past accounts. A side note recounts a San Francisco News Letter anecdote about a put up engagement scandal.
A recipe instructs boiling three large potatoes and rubbing them through a colander then mixing with four well beaten eggs, cream, lemon juice, nutmeg and salt. The batter is fried in hot lard as doughnuts and served hot.
A board of eminent physicians and chemists announced a breakthrough tonic Hop Bitters that claimed to cure a wide range of diseases, making other remedies unnecessary. Skeptics doubted at first, but trials allegedly proven, earning the discoverers honor as benefactors.
The American Register notes Americans should visit the Lafayette resting place at Picpus Cemetery and recounts Paris grave sites related to the Revolution. It describes the Chapelle Expiatoire for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the historic Cemetery of Mousseaux, and the fate of La Petite Pologne burial grounds amid demolition and urban change.
A fragment notes Sein on the las corn crop and an editor’s remark about an exhibition in a sanctum paired with an “magnificent pair of ears” expression. The readable bits suggest commentary rather than a full report.
The article extols printer fidelity in protecting confidential material and authorship, citing cases from Hom o to Waverley and the Drapier letters. It notes safeguards, the peril of leaks, and honors printers for not disclosing secrets or betraying trust, including Harding and Swift.
A reflective piece linking camels and ancient arches to natural law. The narrator muses on how tall forms fit narrow skies and how pyramids, obelisks, and beasts like camels reveal a universal height balance, pondering Orient design and nature's leveling tendency.
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