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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1885
Page
3
A fragmented column blends a tale of a glove and ring with social musings on love and jealousy. It cites Bessie Chandler and a Pittsburgh paper, then shifts to remarks on female roles and the shift from idle domestic life to active work by women.
A newly married man at a fashionable club laments the flood of wedding catalogues and sales pitches that followed his return from the honeymoon. He recounts watching firms flood the home with furniture, insurance offers, and solicitations, concluding marriage should not be announced publicly.
A Chicago salesman notes a steady rise in music-box demand, with prices from 50 cents to 2500 dollars. He cites Patti’s 20000 dollar box and Swiss-made novelties, plus elaborate accessories like glass beer mugs and cigar holders that trigger tunes, all aimed at households and ornament.
Across Waco Texas and nearby counties, heavy storms and a tornado inundated streets, damaged bridges, and wrecked crops. Eleven people died, several families lost homes, and property damage in the city and county runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A 14 year old boy in ragged clothes asks for help to ride a train to R- but is insulted by several men. He is later found under a train wheel, having been killed while trying to steal a ride. The group recalls their cruel response and laments the boy’s death in this Detroit Free Press excerpt.
A literary line extols stars as preachers of beauty whose luminous smiles illuminate the world.
Atchison special reports a severe cyclone near Goffs Kansas. The storm damaged the town's buildings within a twenty to thirty rod width, killed two people, seriously injured several, and left desolate scenes as residents helped the wounded and sought to recover property. Unusual phenomena included a well curb broken near ground level and a chicken-filled well. The air was filled with wind, hail, thunder, and a fast moving mist.
Two deaths reported in Plymouth today and four hospital residents in critical condition. Disease prevalence noted among Hungarian and Polish communities. A complaint was filed with the District Attorney to urge Grand Jury action on the borough council's lax enforcement of sanitary rules.
Mrs Frank A Vanderbilt widow of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt died May 4 without a will. In New York her brother Robert L Crawford applied for and received letters of administration. The estate is valued at 1080000 dollars. Heirs are Robert L Crawford and Mrs Martha E Crawford.
Marion Hartano later Terhune of Newark turns fifty as her Garfield family ties recall a Williams College education.
The article traces early ideas from Hook and Wheatstone to Reis and Gray, noting Bell’s decisive 1877 patent and Edison’s later carbon telephone. It cites patent rulings, the spread of telephone companies, and ongoing improvements up to 1883, while acknowledging debates over priority.
A new piano introduced in Leipsic resembles an upright with standard hammer action but replaces strings with tuning forks to produce a pure sustained tone, according to the Boston Traveler.
A reflective line about one action sending ripples across life, illustrating how a single offense can cause far reaching agitation beyond the initial act.
The City of Rome collided with the George Jeanne off Newfound land on May 25, sinking the bark and saving two French fishermen, Hubert Albert and Frank Alphonse Marie. Four men were in the water. efforts to rescue were made, one captain Joseph Biondin perished.
A Bohemian Mennonite party of seventeen camping near Indianola Nebr. faced a sudden floods in Richmond Canyon when a waterspout washed a canyon dry bed to ten feet and surged to three feet on the prairie. Nine people died. three women and six children perished. one wagon carried $1,200 in a coffee pot downstream.
Commissioner Colman seeks full facts on dairy production including cheese and butter and their adulterated imitations. He proposes monthly factory returns from manufacturers to aid Congress and a national comparison of state outputs, with timing adjustments to account for seasonal dairy cycles.
Iowa stories note Logan's 15 year old youth at 6 feet 1 inch, Mexican War veteran deaths, and county normal institute opening at Algona. Des Moines cow grazing near courthouse, Dubuque whist clubs, Council Bluffs Massey monument drive, Sioux City protest against open saloons, and a Des Moines girl near death after strychnine attempt.
In Reading Pennsylvania Charles Smith age 12 dropped a knife into a 25 foot well and was overcome by gas. Isaac Doyle age 26 went to assist and also suffocated. Both were recovered from the well.
The house given to Ulysses S. Grant by citizens at the end of the rebellion in Philadelphia sold recently for 22 500 dollars. The sale was ordered by W H Vanderbilt who held a mortgage on the property.
The body of ape H Stephens will be placed in a vault on the grounds of his former home Liberty Hall soon. The plan reflects a ceremonial interment at the historic site associated with Stephens.
The President credits Mr Bayard with being the most unselfish man in the Cad et. The salary of a lady in waiting to Queen Victoria is $2,500 per annum.
A Des Moines letter notes two veteran horses. One, owned by Capt. West, is linked to B. F. Allen and has a storied past dating to 1864 when bought for 3000 dollars in Indiana. The other, a 25 year old war veteran owned by Capt. J N Miller, is deaf yet popular at parades and civic events.
In Des Moines District Court a stove in the court room was not drawn when first used because investigators proved the chimney pipe entered a chimney that had been closed up solid, a decisive reason given.
Beer gardens were open at Sioux City last Sunday and eleven persons have taken out $1,000 saloon licenses under an ordinance passed by the Council.
Veteran groups in Dubuque organize a new Grand Army of the Republic post to preserve memory of Civil War service and support local veterans with community activities and aid.
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