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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1880
Page
4
Two men in a New England inn bet a horse against a pony over a pibbet rumor. A watcher on a cliff uncovers a murder gang’s gibbet trap as three white sheets descend, revealing Morton's stake holder and a rescuer in a tense confrontation.
A smuggling trio is seized after being lured to a cliff cavern by a lantern light. They descend to a hidden cave packed with contraband under a gibbet used to deter thieves. The men are captured and face state prison after their plot collapses.
A discussion on language, self alienation, and liberal education. The author argues the mother tongue shapes thought and self development, deeming foreign or dead languages insufficient for true culture. The piece contrasts self activity with self repression and notes language as the sole mental instrument for culture.
Chief Justice Dally notes in Reader Science Monthly that a 2000 year old compilation shows the Babylonians catalogued stars and named constellations, divided time into weeks and Sabbath, and invented timekeeping devices. The bricks suggest a deluge narrative and early commerce, with a librarian serving visitors seeking tablets to consult.
A Turkish noble Mahmoud Pasha seeks a love marriage in Paris but faces cultural limits. He buys a Circassian slave, marries her after a year, and later confronts family opposition. The narrative follows his wife’s illness, a child, and a fatal disruption by the sultan’s intervention. The tale unfolds amid wealth, power, and dynastic ties.
Parisian bonnets feature mauve and purple trimmings with flowers such as pansies violets cow slips and lilacs. Beaded capotes and fichus with lace and passementerie accompany gowns. garish plumes and surah satin trims appear on hats and mantles while delicate Confections and mar grave styles define the season.
In Watkins New York Grandfather Ackley presides at a Hector vendue near Reynoldsville. A rosy girl asks to be bid on and, after bids reach two thousand dollars, her father tops the offer. Ackley lightens the moment with a humorous speech about the prize and Seneca Lake, to the crowd’s laughter.
A corrosive critique of women and tobacco use. The speaker mocks Mrs. Garrison and other hypocrites for pretending to enjoy cigars while reacting with disgust to tobacco chewing. The piece contrasts pretense with a vivid ritual of cleansing after contact with foul lips.
A damaged fragment shows an irate father scolding a young person who boasted about knowing the elder's identity. Another line mentions Mr. Brown and a remark that the young speaker is old, but the context remains unclear.
The Minn. Tribune notes Professor Winchell reports quartz chips and tools in regular strata at Little Falls indicating a pre mound-builders paleolithic quartz-working culture. Artifacts include finished and unfinished implements with chips embedded in soil, suggesting a manu facture site predating the last glacial period.
A Georgetown DC pastor endorses Dr Bulls Malsyg as the best remedy his family has ever used. The snippet also advertises Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye. An old washing recipe suggests saltpeter in water to bleach clothes without damage.
A physician with unpaid town-lot purchases prescribes pills to a patient. He jokes that the dosage mirrors his real estate dealings: one-third now, then in six and twelve months with interest. The quip blends medicine with property finance.
A study notes a royal record kept in English monasteries listing scandalous acts to impress visitors and justify dissolutions under Henry VIII. The phrase I’ll set you down on the black book may originate from this practice.
A fragment shows medical ads toutting Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to arrest tissue loss and boost digestion, plus Barosma for liver and kidney complaints. It includes testimonials for cough relief, Voltaic belts, a liver book offer, and J Kramer’s German Eye Salve with dealer notes.
An illustrated plea for major patent medicines including Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Vellets, Warner’s Safe Pills, Hunt’s Remedy, and J Monroe Taylor’s Gold Medal Soda, claiming worldwide fame, broad distribution, testimonials, and free medical literature offers.
From the Hub suggests Hop Bitters offer real intrinsic value to readers. It claims the tonic helps the stomach as an appetizer and purifies the blood, especially in this season. The ad touts Hop Bitters as the cheapest and best preventive remedy, warning against waiting until illness worsens.
The text discusses Green's August Flower, its widespread popularity, and the surge of imitators. It claims the remedy was introduced in 1568 and marketed for dyspepsia and liver issues with listed symptoms. It asserts relief after three doses, claims two million bottles sold yearly, and offers 10 cent samples.
Advert shows Dr Williams Indian Ointment as a cure for piles including bleeding and ulcerated cases. Testimonies claim rapid relief and long prior failures. Offers $10,000 reward for a better remedy. Sold by Henry and Davis Cleveland Ohio, requests mail orders.
Dr E B Halliday's Blood Purifier and Catarrh Inhalent is promoted as a cure for catarrh using both local and constitutional action. The ad claims it expels poisons from the blood and treats worst cases, with testimonials from St Paul and Minneapolis. Available through druggists or by mail from Blackford Saint Paul Minnesota Des Moines Iowa agents.
An old quotation extols Dr Crookes Wine of Tar as a cure for weak stomach digestion and general debility. The text claims the remedy strengthens the infirm and serves as a shield against illness, including throat and lung complaints, with a single bottle praised as leading.
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