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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1894
Page
5
A Troy Times reminiscence revels in a Stone Mountain gathering. Veterans and friends share food, music, and camaraderie as the barbecue brigade is praised for fellowship and memories of past battles.
A veteran tells stories of shared hardships and mutual respect between blue and gray soldiers. Anecdotes recount rations shared, spies exposed, and friendships formed on picket lines, illustrating enduring goodwill after thirty years of peace.
Gen Wallace recounts the two days of Shiloh noting his division’s precise march from Crump’s Landing to Pittsburgh Landing. He challenges accusations of delays and misdirection, stating ground was never yielded and two miles were long fought with careful surveyors and honored comrades.
Horace Porter recalls Gen. Grant remaining calm under heavy fire near a house on elevated ground during the Petersburg siege. Despite staff urging movement, Grant finished dispatches and quipped about enemy range as telegraph wires tangled under a horse’s foot. The incident ends with Union forces losing ground to a later enemy advance. The piece notes Welsh heritage among U.S. presidents, listing eight leaders.
Mrs Innis cups remarks on time spent with cooks. Dawson notes their cook has served ten years. The exchange reveals the cook’s identity is his wife. Pearson's.
A Philadelphia Record item notes the elevator man's career as a sequence of fortunes. The piece uses a wry quote about Dame Fortune and alternates of smiles and frowns to describe his daily life and long tenure in the job.
A brief street scene features a mother urging calm and nonviolence when boys target her son Bobby. Bobby replies that he will report to her so she can intervene, though he doubts she can defend him by fighting back. The exchange ends with a wry line about her inability to hit a house.
Angelina questions Edwin about his prospects. He replies he has expectations from his uncle, then confesses he has no relatives, and adds he will pawn his watch this evening. Kate Field's Washington.
Conversation from the New York World notes a playful exchange about coffee timing. Kitty offers a hint to Jack Ford about lateness and orders coffee at ten, sparking a wakeful remark that he could sit up all night.
A brief cartoon gag shows Mrs. Younglove blaming her husband for high dressmaker bills while he laments hard times. The exchange ends with Mrs. Younglove retorting that she did not incur the charges.
A dated moral couplet contrasts male strength with female weakness asserting women must always do right and good. This line reflects a 19th century gender viewpoint printed in Lippincott's Magazine.
A brief comic exchange notes that Miss Wordsworth has remarkable conversational powers though the speaker admits no acquaintance. A witty misdirection centers on seating at the opera as the setup for the humorous line.
A humorous exchange on taste and heritage features a star boarder asking about coffee contrast while the landlady recalls the grandfather as an early settler, a wry hint at generations.
An amusing New York incident reports a horse snatching three pies from a baker’s wagon. The horse, a valuable animal the baker valued, caused the man to nearly lose his temper as onlookers wondered about the thief.
A boy asks for soap and warm water to wash his hands before playing dress up as a girl. His mother discourages bubbles today but agrees to clean hands for the theatrical plans.
A young man asks what senatorial courtesy is and a wary citizen explains it as the norm that blocks a statesman from finalizing a deal without consulting colleagues first.
In a retrospective from the New York Weekly, Edith recalls fast friendship with Mabel, while Nellie notes they are no longer close. The dialogue hints at a past confidant relationship and a named man whose identity remains unnamed in the excerpt.
A humorous note from the Indianapolis Journal recounts a man named Olebach being driven to marriage by his cook. The joke pivots on whether she would leave him, but the punchline is that her cooking was already driving him to dyspepsia and he lacks the nerve to fire her.
A brief exchange quotes a mother and father debating why their son Robert loves walking. The father recalls pacing the floor with the baby, and the mother suggests the trait comes from him.
In a playful society note from Texas Siftings, Mr Blunt is teased as seedy yet welcomed into high society. The exchange features a humorous comparison to a watermelon and a witty counter question about status.
Barlow teases McBride about pre marriage theories on managing a wife. McBride replies that it is a condition, not a theory, that confronts him now, as the dialogue centers on domestic concerns before the marriage.
The quoted exchange features a cannibal remarking that the victim will not be eaten, noting the visitor boarded there during the world's fair, and a retort about not taking him for a Hebrew as reported by Puck.
A judge hears a dramatic exchange where a tramp thanks a generous woman for life saving aid and recalls an act of giving. The tramp recalls pawning a pie to buy food, illustrating hardship and mercy in a courtroom setting.
A dialogue excerpt contrasts motives behind a sister’s choice not to marry a United States senator. The speakers discuss opportunity, autonomy, and personal speech as guiding factors in her decision.
The Chicago Record notes Dibs Swelton declares no fear of labor. The remark follows sarcasm about his inexperience and distance from any to gauge his reaction. The piece portrays him as untested yet confident in facing tasks.
A Kansas City Journal verse chides a woodman to cut a tree without mercy noting its switches forced a dancer to move many times in a row.
A snippet from the Indianapolis Journal quotes a commerce exchange about giving a free pair of rubbers with each shoe purchase. The remark suggests rubbers are essential for protecting the new footwear, underscoring practical trade considerations.
A dramatic aside voices disappointment as the speaker denounces seventh deception and vows to expose the man who tries to loot her. The prompt exclaims hallo signaling interruption or call to attention.
Col W McClung argues drainage drives durable roads. He cites underdrainage, crowned surfaces, and proper materials as essentials. He warns against poor ditching and oversized gravel, noting ancient roads and Romans as models. The piece emphasizes lasting, well drained roadbeds over thick macadam.
The article advises avoiding moisture on teats during milking to prevent cracks. It recommends applying pure vaseline to soften the skin, milking carefully, then reapplying vaseline after milking. If needed, wrap with surgical rubber plaster and handle gently to heal in a few days.
A set of coffee spoons with pansy heads on each stem in different colors and other spoons with enamelled stems enclosing a different flower, rimmed with silver and gilt.
Homeseekers tourists and investors are advised excursion tickets are authorized to be sold from Ohio river points. Tickets valid for multiple dates in October November and December with twenty days to return on Nashville Cha St Louis Railway and Florida lines. Contact Briard F Hill 104 Clark Cheamo D Mullaney 59 W 4th and COWARDIN St Louis for rates and words.
The quip suggests a lost opportunity and a jokey remark about Chappie’s head being a weak spot. The excerpt, though fragmentary, reads as a lighthearted aside from Harper’s Bazaar.
Obscure prose touts free as air concept and promotes Stom ach Bitters as a remedy not a laxative for stomach ailments. Claims relieve or regulate bowels without violence. Endorsed for malaria rheumatic pains kidney trouble biliousness dyspepsia and nervousness.
A brief quirky snippet shows a speaker recalling a barber who speaks French and a warning that the listener does not understand the language. The exchange highlights language and communication quirks in a casual setting.
An aged advertisement fragment invites readers to consider becoming owners instead of renters. It promises a quick path to ownership through a rate plan and a mail response, using generic phrases about affordability and personal choice.
A Ram's Horn aphorism warns against teaching love with a pretext or hand of ideas. It emphasizes sincere affection over instrumental lessons in parenting.
An advertisement offers packs of best playing cards by sending or cashing postage to P. O. Eusris, General Pass Agent, C. B. & Q. R. R., Chicago, Ill.
A witty note from Hata's Horn observes that Maxy, a physician, appears free of personal medicine. The remark plays on the idea of a doctor who never uses his own remedies.
Knowledge highlights Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system. It claims benefits for colds headaches fevers kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with their name on each package.
Experts find butter from cows fed sweet corn fodder scores 45 on flavor versus 42 from cows fed blue grass peas and oats or clover. Rape reduces flavor with a score of 39. Colman's Rural World reports these comparisons.
Fragmentary ad notes tickets to Yellowstone Park and mountain resorts in the West and Northwest. Mentions rates and meals, travel via Rams, and reopening of a railway route. Text is garbled with scattered place and company names.
A market scene shows a customer asking for three pounds of steak. The butcher clarifies bee steak or porksteak, and the customer corrects with mutton chops as his wife’s preference, illustrating a humorous mixup in meat orders.
A map of the United States mounted for office or home use, issued to the Burlin Route. Copies available upon receipt of postage and a fee. Chicago requested.
A Vatican memo outlines new reforms affecting a planned mapping project. Officials announce temporary work suspension as adjustments are reviewed. Key figures include Pope Francis and ministry leaders. The pause aims to ensure accuracy and transparency in the public mapping initiative.
A clipped miscellany from Indianapolis News and Philadelphia and Boston gazette items notes a confidential position secured through discretion. Brief witticisms and maxims mix with quoted lines about vanity and fear.
A fragment shows a heated exchange where one speaker dismisses the other’s theory and shifts focus to competition, ending with a forceful pull as they are led along.
A humorous Life citation notes a city niece asking how the heifer’s age is known and replying that horns prove it. The quip highlights rural wit and livestock lore in a concise, period voice.
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