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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1891
Page
7
The verse celebrates nature’s stillness and autumn scenery inviting personal reflection. It links serene landscapes to everyday duties such as comforting others, sharing kindness, and offering support to those in need. The speaker suggests quiet moments lead to compassionate actions in daily life.
Arthur and Uncle Phin stop a runaway caboose on a mountain line. The Atlantic express halts within feet as Arthur signals danger and saves sleeping passengers. Reunions with Cousin Arthur and Miss Harriet lead to a small Virginia victory and a peaceful ending.
A real estate agent in Boomopolis narrates his rise from poverty to wealth, claiming six years ago he arrived with only the clothes on his back and now owes seventy five thousand dollars rather than having a hundred thousand in the bank. The image contrasts ambition and debt in a Munsey's Weekly style vignette.
A snippet extols regular exercise for a long healthy life and warns against overexertion. A comic exchange from a newspaper quotes a prisoner calmly agreeing to come along to the cooler, noting it as the only way to make the public believe he is being taken to jail.
Market prices show little change with some items a cent lower and others about ten cents different. The dialogue notes prices are largely steady, with small fluctuations across goods.
The Philadelphia Times reports a Gothic memorial for Emma Abbott and her husband Eugene Wetherell is under construction in Oak Grove cemetery Gloucester. The 57 foot granite tomb features a catacomb coffin chamber a columbarium for ashes and a lamp of life carving at the apex.
A New York Truth column warns against extreme female exercise while endorsing moderate activity. It cites brisk walking and riding as beneficial but cautions that excessive long workouts can weaken nerves and flesh, urging two to three mile daily walks and limited hour long rides to preserve health and youth.
Leading dry goods houses in the city advertise ready made walking skirts with matching bodices or French jersey accents. The piece emphasizes convenience for daily wear and critiques morning dress haste, praising the ever ready dress skirts as simple, stylish, neat, and inexpensive per the New York Post.
Editorial excerpt stresses staying busy and positive to avoid morbid thoughts and aging. It promotes self care, social consideration and purpose, framing happiness as a life work and sunshine to others. Also notes Massachusetts senate defeated a municipal woman suffrage bill with Republican support and one Democrat Senator Alden of Cape Cod. It mentions Logan county Alabama recorder of deeds Miss Cora V Diehl, age twenty one, as a capable stump speaker and politician.
The Dublin lady mayoress welcomes an infant son after her husband’s elevation. Citizens raise about 3000 dollars to present a solid silver cradle. Gracie Plaisted resumes work in California after Europe. Augustin Daly publishes Ada Rehan memoirs lavishly bound for friends. Joseph Arthur, author of The Still Alarm, reflects on rapid early success and wealth.
The lesson recounts Hezekiah’s early reign beginning at age twenty five, his swift temple reform, cleansing of the holy place, and renewal of worship. It links Judah’s downfall to previous kings and urges personal covenant faithfulness and living sacrifice to God.
A call to recruit the most subscribers by September 1, 1891, earns a $30 Bryant and Stratton Business College scholarship. The Malvern Iowa college, run by seasoned accountants and teachers, offers diplomas recognized worldwide and programs in bookkeeping shorthand telegraphy typing and English, including mail shorthand.
A rural exchange shows Farmer Peastraw asking his son what he learned in college. The son replies he learned fencing. The farmer agrees and suggests getting nails tomorrow to have a bout.
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