02 Jun 1887
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1887
Page
1
Rates listed for newspapers in Ames include five line cards per year at $5.90 per line, standing ads $590, changeable monthly per insertion, contracts offer 500 lines weekly at $25, 1200 lines at $50. Entered at Ames Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter.
Ames lies on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at its junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road about thirty miles north of Des Moines. It hosts Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with hundreds of students and a well appointed school. The surrounding farming lands are productive with ample fruits and orchard yields.
Fragmentary OCR listing multiple surnames and initials. No clear event, date, or context available to determine a coherent news item or outcome for a concise summary.
Services every Sunday morning and alternate Sundays in the evening. Sun School at noon. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at seven. H. W. Wilson, pastor.
ING at 10 In g and evening at 7 30 Sunday School after the morning service Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 E C MOULTON Pastor.
A poem narrates a girl’s growth from childhood to adulthood, chronicling shifting beauty ideals and social attention. It traces compliments at eight and twelve, praise at sixteen, and a later realization of weight gain as suitors dwindle, ending with shrinking admiration and whispers.
In a dark stormy night widow Mrs. Edgerton frets over her missing son Dr. James Edgerton. After he never returns she hallucinates his presence, then learns from a pastor and friends that he has died in the night, a news that spreads through the small western city.
An early errand brings a man upon a horse buried in snow and a physician found near a frozen track. He had lingered cold and bewildered, unable to depart his patient’s home until twelve, then undertook the perilous journey homeward. Life was likely extinct for hours as a mother recalls a haunting, almost telepathic, final encounter.
Reginald Hart marries Annie Grant despite her father’s forger past. The bank failure ruins the uncle Dr. Wilton, but a child’s gesture brings renewal. An angelic visit saves the old man as Retribution arrives in disguise.
A humorous exchange from the Cincinnati Lady and husband after a public dinner notes seven different beers were served. The wife asks if the dinner was elaborate and the husband confirms with a witty reply about the beer selection.
A Buxton quote asserts sorrow deepens respect for others and reveals true human nature, contrasting happiness as shallower and self-centric.
A compilation shows many famed women rising from modest starts to prominence. Lucy Larcom, Sarah Bernhardt, Matilda Heron, Anna Dickinson, Nell Gwynne, and Clara Kellogg are among those cited, illustrating resilience, talent, and social mobility across eras and fields.
In Massachusetts a group of twenty girls formed a secret club to vow lifelong bachelorhood. They argued marriage was a humbug and the wedding ring a fetter. Years later eleven wed with children, six with husbands but no children, and two remain engaged as spring blooms.
Harper's Bazar argues women will accept a theater rule forcing men to sit apart during intermissions. The condition aims to spare women from being stepped over and inconvenienced while retrieving coats and belongings.
An article notes Washington society adopting black pages for congressional clerks, with enslaved or young Black boys serving as pages. They wear bright livery and accompany mistresses on outings while occasionally causing issues by misdirecting visitors at official houses, including a Brigadier General’s home.
A New York girl’s decline from bloom to fading tea rose beauty is linked to city life and fashion. The piece notes her stylish manners and dress, then traces shifts in urban speech and forms of address, contrasting them with evolving social styles. Also included is a discussion from Popular Science Monthly on animal instincts and comparative psychology, arguing habits evolve and mind processes vary across species.
Soldiers and sailors share vivid recollections of frontline moments with bold action and stark hardship. Accounts recall cannon fire, bayonets, and the grit of wartime life juxtaposed with scarce rations and rough camaraderie.
A long poem and prose medley recalls nameless Civil War dead from Northern hills to Southern valleys, honoring their sacrifices and recounting frontline actions. It blends elegy with survivor reminiscence, including vivid anecdotes of raids, escapes, and military life, plus profiles and tributes to veterans and leaders like General Lee.
An exchange at a revival meeting ends with a humorous heckle from an old bald attendee asking how many marbles have dropped on his head by scalawags in the gallery, to no pavement.
During the summer of 1863 at Memphis, a boy sprinted into camp with chickens and geese while a fat old man pursued. He hurled a chicken at the pursuer with marked force, declaring.
The report describes a sentence forcing Andrews to march along the street all day with a bayonet as a guard, a pork barrel fitted with a head hole carried on his shoulders, and the word whisky on the outside. The scene drew laughter from witnesses in the company street.
The narrative recalls Company D at Ann Arbor in 1861 forming with the Fourth Regiment after temperance lectures led 63 men to take the oath. In a Virginia winter a whisky problem erupted, a guard was wounded, a private smuggler named John Andrews was arrested, and a mock trial followed with Lt J Hall as Judge Advocate.
In Brown County Indiana a renowned coward named John Crittenden joined an artillery company at Hartsville Tennessee. During a retreat he stayed at the guns and was sabered dead as his comrades fled. His widow returned home and a monument now recalls his infamous act.
During the war the Louisiana Zouaves march through Atlanta to reach the hinterland. Most are wounded or exhausted yet press on and lock in on the second floor of the old City Hall. One Zouave climbs to Washington Hall veranda and howls like a wild Indian. A bed slat is used, a Ute intervenes, and the scene ends with the town stained crimson by the Zouaves.
A Civil War era anecdote recounts a New York regiment with soldiers from nine nationalities. An officer lists Germans Irish English French and others but cannot name eight until another officer suggests Americans. The colonel admits, Americans indeed, and concedes the oversight.
A young man evicted from his sweetheart's home by her father plans to sue the elderly gentleman for contempt of court, alleging violation of lawful orders.
A concise advertorial from a newspaper page promotes samples and price comparisons. It claims quality and affordability by inviting readers to call and view samples, highlighting value and quick access.
A collage of brief quips and jokes from multiple 19th century columns. Items reference poets, editors, actors, and social foibles with puns and light satire. Names shift rapidly, with jokes about labor, manners, and nightlife.
A dramatic account of a cattle stampede shows riders chasing leaders through dark perilous terrain. Cowboys urge their mounts with cries and spurs as the herd calves into danger, with many killed or trampled. Dawn reveals fresh risks and long endurance, sometimes lasting over thirty six hours.
A Southern politician in Thomasville allegedly hired a colored pastor for 15 dollars to address his congregation in support of the candidate. The pastor reportedly urged voters to view the candidate as a nonpartisan old line Whig, prompting the politician to react in distress after the sermon.
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