30 Jul 1891
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1891
Page
1
A six box set obtainable at a druggist or stationer with uniform white boxes whose inner slides within the outer. Glue to form a solid body and tie with a wide ribbon, bow on top. Pack contents by box with elastic bands glove buttons hooks and eyes safety pins shoe buttons and black pins. A sample of contents fastened on one end serves as a handle.
The Royal Sovereign completed in seventeen months, claimed as the best time on record. The Italian army is listed at 1,928,972 men with 35,000 Alpine troops. Colonel Nicholas Lebel, inventor of the rifle, dead at fifty three. Navy tests a new protective wire webbing for gunners on ships. The U S war department says enlisted men awarded a merit certificate receive two dollars extra per month for the duration of service.
A collage of curious claims spans clocks, tolls, ships, multilingual service, bell changes, mummies, diamonds, street pavements in St. Petersburg, and a mention of a Washington treasury vault. The text reads like miscellaneous observations rather than a coherent event.
A facility covers more than a quarter of an acre and sits twelve feet deep. Recently there was $90,000,000 in silver stored there with over 8,000 tons weight and 175 freight cars involved.
Joaquin Miller plants 20000 trees around his Oakland home. Bougereau praises American students in lecture. Alma Tadema rises in popularity with London buyers. The Ball Thrower by deaf mute sculptor Douglas Tilden lauded as premier American sculpture. Aimee Tourgee awards design prize in Philadelphia. Justin McCarthy, at thirty, has published eleven books and seven plays. Alexander H. McGuffey, author of the widely used spelling book, still alive in Cincinnati, notes the work’s enduring impact.
The report notes Hamilton Ontario plans a mile trotting track and mentions notable horses, breeders, and racing events. It cites Lillian Wilkes bred to Stamboul, Schuylkill’s uncertain status, and various 2:13 to 2:21 trotting records. It also covers prize money, retirements, and a strange tale of a freak color horse in Ohio.
A survey of recent innovations ranges from a tube rivet for shipbuilding to aluminium engine indicators. It describes decorative materials, a lactortite milk separation device, artificial grindstones, phonographic cylinders with learning books, the hematokrit for blood analysis, Birmingham slot gas meters, and Antwerp iron-based water purification costing about 1.50 per million gallons.
The article discusses pink pearl objects and ruby masquerades in ornaments, silver openwork combs, a gold ribbon belt with jeweled clasp, and gold watch cases with translucent enamels. It notes Dr. Mitchell of Philadelphia, an amateur photographer, touring Norway and Sweden, and offers tips on glazing prints with Talcum powder and bleaching blueprints in the sun. It also reports the Mystic Camera club dinner in Medford with a Dry Plates themed menu and a playful “Clearing Solution” note.
Ethia M. Westover, secretary of the New York commissioner, is highlighted as a remarkable figure. From childhood expeditions across North America to becoming a skilled horsewoman and fluent in Spanish, she prepared for college at Colorado University and earned a commercial institute education. Her practical ability secured her appointment. She engages with Italian street cleaners in their language.
Dr Alonzo Ames Miner born August 17 in Lempster New Hampshire. He became Universalist minister, served in Boston Lowell and Methuen, led Tufts College residency, earned a D D from Harvard, led Columbus Avenue Universalist Church, and ran for governor as Prohibition candidate in 1878.
Bradford Merrill editor of the New York Press and former Philadelphia Press editor is noted alongside Major Andrew T Wood, a Kentucky Republican candidate for governor born November 18 1834 in Fleming County. Wood known as a persistent campaigner who often ran ahead of his ticket and earned a strong oratorical reputation. he was part of the 306 who voted for Grant in 1880.
Lieutenant R. E. Peary of the United States Navy has begun exploring the north coast of Greenland. A Maine native, he was appointed a civil engineer in 1881 and previously made a successful overland Greenland trip in 1866. He has tropical exploration experience including two crossings of Nicaragua.
The New York Mail and Express notes various food quirks and trends. It cites iced cream with odd names, breakfast tea shifts, clubs serving clams in red pepper, and cooks creating daily new sauces in Newport.
A Detroit Free Press verse on weather and mud contrasts with a Boston Transcript gag about a head of house pressuring a clerk to finish a letter. The jokes hinge on impatience and the clerk's past as a space writer for a Sunday paper.
A poem extols summer delights from shady glens and mossy rocks to beaches and picnics. Youthful wooing unfolds in broad hats and lustered shoes while Cupid leads a carefree crowd enjoying Love’s entrancing measure and stress free by not having bills to settle.
A floor walker questions why a customer keeps paraphernalia in the way of shoppers. The woman explains she uses a portable table chair lamp lunch and sewing bag while waiting for change after buying thread.
A Washington Post poem contrasts a gentle evening mosquito hum with a harsher night bite. The verse frames the insect’s tune as a war song filled with woe and fright.
In a brief exchange the speaker recalls Mr Stacy speaking kindly of others. The reply insists Stacy never denigrates anyone and would rather stay silent than speak ill, noting no specific name was mentioned.
A fragmentary note describes a woman shedding a tear over a vest belonging to a man. The brief item hints at emotion tied to clothing as a personal memento. The text is sparse but centers on the vest as a focal point of memory.
Thad Butler editor of the Huntington Herald announces his marriage in a playful item citing the wedding held in Wagabagh Indiana on Tuesday April 4 at 5 PM at the bride’s parents residence. The note humorously identifies Butler and Kat E Livey as the couple.
A short exchange from New York Press and Washington Post contrasts youthful certainty with midlife doubt. A woman asks about a husband’s strike interests, noting work and baseball. The vignette hints at how public events on labor and sports touch private life.
A humorous verse exchange where a bride asks for a grand gesture after marriage and the bridegroom, a widower with six children, offers a pragmatic reply. The lines mix dreamlike reflection with practical humor.
A compact newsy note describes frost risks to crops and measures protecting harvests, followed by light social items about cleverton, Miss Swans, and a church fair booth. The brief includes a playful exchange about oranges and a shopkeeper’s remark.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune page features a playful exchange about misprints and a joke at a baseball game. Dialogue shifts to a guest whispering about a table of thirteen and a poor relation noting only twelve.
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