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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
1
The fragment lists multiple county and city offices and officials such as Auditor Clerk District Court County Attorney Superintendent of Schools Surveyor Coroner Mayor Recorder Treasurer Marshal. It reads like a roster of local government roles without coherent narrative or dates.
An analysis from The Forum claims a single natural stronghold in Mashonaland makes a stand against armies, while a writer in The Forum catalogs systematic vote buying by legislators and municipal bodies. It notes debt as a major predictor of purchasability, warns of contractors and agents shaping votes, and suggests eschewing debt to curb corruption.
Rudyard Kipling and his wife, sister of the late Wolcott Balestier, have chosen Vermont for their residence. The couple toured their ancestral home during their wedding trip and decided to live there. Their new long house features a thatch like projecting roof and a wide veranda designed for breezes, blending colonial American character with a restrained, modern look.
Hon Donelson Caffery born 1836 in St Mary parish on his plantation. He studied law and practiced before sugar planting. During the Civil War he joined the Army of the Mississippi and emerged from the war a bankrupt, later rebuilding wealth through law and business to become a leading Louisiana citizen.
Peter Hart, a New York police officer, helped at Fort Sumter after serving in the Mexican and Sumter campaigns. He went to Sumter with Captain Robert Anderson in 1861, returning to New York later to a long police career. He died in late 1892 at 356 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, leaving a wife and ten children.
Real estate transfers show numerous deeds from individuals to the City of Nevada and other buyers for parcels across Blairs and Story City areas. Amounts range from 35 to 487 dollars with multiple lots and blocks listed, including entries for Ames and Maxwell. The column also includes a historical editorial note on policy and outgoing incoming political shifts.
Four national figures from the Democratic party the Church the People’s party and the Republican party debated the best practical political means for workingmen. The speeches were delivered in Philadelphia under the Chatham Literary Union and printed in pamphlet form for 25 cents.
The Gouin method teaches language by sound and gestures without printed text. A child hears and repeats words and actions until mastery, then proceeds to reading. Stead tested it with French, claiming fluency in six months, and predicting its widespread future in schools.
Britain and Venezuela may settle the boundary dispute by arbitration after six years of contention. Venezuela presses for the Orinoco mouths and the Carazal gold district near Demerara while appealing to the United States for support.
Heavy armor plate for new navy vessels will take five years to finish. Bethlehem Iron Co will supply two million dollars worth and Carnegie Co one million eight hundred thousand. Meanwhile reports claim the czar of Russia plans to take the title emperor of Asia and may tour next summer after meeting the emir of Bokhara in St Petersburg.
The Indiana, a 348 foot coast line battleship built for the navy, costs 3 020 000 dollars and can travel 16 miles per hour. It features 18 inch belt armor, ram bow, twin screw engines, and 20 secondary guns with torpedo launchers. Three such ships, the Massachusetts and Oregon, are under construction as symbols of Secretary Tracy’s plans.
A newly inaugurated president has called only four special extra sessions in fifty years. Three arose from the outgoing Congress failing to pass appropriations, and one was by Lincoln at the outbreak of the war. Regardless of currency policy, the article notes the soil, crops, clothing, and human needs remain constant, ensuring ongoing work and trade.
A pasted collage of adverts and anecdotes cites Castoria for children and adults, mineral cures, and insurance tone. Mentions Castoria use in childhood, Darius and Cyrus Cobb of Boston, and various druggists L M Bosworth and Kosworth with claims of headaches and stomach relief.
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