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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1883
Page
3
A lyrical fragment extols Summer as queen of the year, praising sunlit harvests, winds over green fields, tides and beaches, and the beauty of nature. It basks in images of light, warmth, and memory, urging reverence for the season's enchantment and its hold on hearts.
A long feature recounts extreme miserliness from Paris magnates to English poorhouse hoards. It cites Osterwald in Paris 1791 amassing huge wealth while austere, a nurse of a servant, and lavish bank securities found after death. Woolwich, Hounslow, Northfleet cases show fortunes hidden in rags and squalor, with wills contested and kin rewarded or ruined.
The Albuquerque Journal extols New Mexico sand storms as occasional yet mild, far preferable to Mississippi Valley cyclones and northern blizzards. It describes how sand fills rooms, coats furniture, and drifts like snow, yet notes the period lasts only hours and leaves air purified and refreshed afterward.
In a London club the late General Andrew Browne from Dublin dismissed a nobleman’s boast about expensive cigars. Browne quipped the price he paid for such a smoke was two pence, challenging the two and a half shillings claim.
A reflective poem urges living well for heavenly gain. It exhorts sowing truth love and peace and building a steadfast conscience while making each hour valuable. The lines urge generosity and a daily life aligned with spiritual ideals, culminating in a harvest of light.
The article traces the Romanoff dynasty from Michael I in 1613 to Alexander II and Nicholas II. It details Empress Maria Dagmar born 1847, her marriage to Grand Duke Alexander, and their four children. It notes Russia's domestic focus, foreign policy aims, and immense private wealth and land. It ends by asserting the imperial family remains robust with many relations and offspring.
Telegraphic notice confirms the sale of the famous stallion Black Cloud from the estate of Andrew Cutter of Parma to Mayor M W Wagner of Marshall. Wagner, a leading manufacturer and Voltaic Belt Co. business manager, has placed trainer Peter V Johnson of Chicago in charge to campaign the horse this season.
Two old maids on Clinton Street swap tongue in cheek tips on attracting male attention. One claims wart remedy with lemon juice while the other suggests theatrically pained window gestures to lure gazes, then they trade secrets and hurry home to test each method.
A whimsical 19th century quip describes a Boston girl reacting to a bouquet with uplifted eyes and a poetic flourish about aromas inflaming her afflatus and passion that time cannot efface.
In 1768 the Berwick on Tweed election saw London freemen ferried by two vessels to vote for Government candidates. Opposition candidate Taylor secured £400 from Lord Delaval to have the ships run to Norway, allowing the victory of Taylor and Delaval.
The tale recounts how a French mission at Port Dauphine crowned a Malagasy captive as king. A queen mistook a dark sailor for her son, and the man became Samuel Tuley Noro, ruling prosperously until a drunken tailor’s claim led to his death and a ban on French ships.
A collection of humorous word problems and contrived scenarios from the Detroit Free Press. The entries mix calculations on meat, bread, savings, painting profits, rabbit farming, and whimsical time and motion puzzles with light social commentary.
A Prussian legend recalls Frederic the Great opposing a mill’s removal near Sans Sonci. The king’s court upheld laws, forcing rebuild and compensation, then a descendant later sought to sell the mill. Frederic William sent 6000 to aid, affirming the mill’s place in Prussia’s history.
A Monterey correspondent notes Mexican delays in buying tickets and paying cash to conductors. He cites a Diaz visit where the city misinterpreted a courtesy offer of free rides, causing conflict until legal clarification. The piece says such errors stem from unfamiliarity, not malice.
Mrs Matilda Joslyn Gage credits Cath arine Littlefield Greene widow of General Greene with inventing the cotton gin in Georgia. She notes Eli Whitney aided the project while boarding with Greene. The device let one worker clean 300 pounds per day and helped cotton become dominant in the South.
James Hebert Morse contrasts early American fiction with modern writers in a June Century piece. He notes the early talent matched English standards but lacked rigorous material selection, while later novelists display critical shaping and style over imaginative force. The essay warns of scholarship eroding fine imagination.
A mother-daughter joke over the devil arises from a child asking about Satan. A ship crew complains of cabin roast beef for lacking chew, prompting the captain to test the meal. A halting moral flourish extols noble acts as the essence of life, oddly tangled in the text.
A humorous piece from the Boston Post extols goats as omnivores and clever creatures. It parades playful nicknames for goats and notes their fondness for letters, billboards, and city outskirts while weaving in literary allusions and zodiac signs.
A household guide urges strict control of matches with parlor matches lighting readily and being far more dangerous than common ones. Keep general stock in a tin, in a master safe. use metal safes in every room. only one person moves matches to safes. inspect and discard broken or overloaded matches. treat each match as a potential fire arm and teach children safety.
A reflective essay argues that habit shapes future success or failure across wealth and education. It warns that negligence to habit formation harms individuals from infancy, urging early, disciplined character building to prevent lasting social and personal ruin.
A young correspondence clerk faced pressure to write false customer letters. He refused, choosing integrity over business loyalty, risking dismissal to uphold truth. Months later, he remained employed when a higher paying, more confidential post opened, showing his employers valued honesty over expediency.
A critical column argues that idle daughters in prosperous families waste time and nerves. It urges constant occupation to avoid melancholy and mindless leisure, noting many return from school with limited skills and are hindered by mothers who overprotect and overtask them.
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