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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1886
Page
1
A remembered summer kiss, a parting at a garden gate, and a lifelong vow of fidelity. The speaker recalls distance, grief, and a grave by a willow tree as time passes, returning to the beloved in spirit and memory at her resting place.
A quarrelsome neighbor scalds a dog in anger over ruined rose blooms. After Mrs. Jones rebukes him, Mr. Jones replaces the plant and they grow close. The narrator’s temper later shifts to romance as she discovers Mr. Jones loves her and asks for her hand in marriage with a ring after an earlier misstep.
Blackwood's Magazine recalls Countess Guiccioli in 1868 1869 cherishing Byron’s memory. She praises his mouth and beauty, shows manuscripts of Beppo Corsair Marino Faliero Werner and Don Juan cantos, and guards a lock of his hair. Her amiable nature and generosity are noted.
Chicago Times describes new school exercises such as modeling in clay buying-sticks folding paper and making mud pies. Pupils use mud to form spheres cylinders and other shapes while teachers guide demonstrations and daily drills.
A humorous exchange in the Somerville Journal depicts two men planning to dodge a tailor by walking closely behind a cane, highlighting a light, social vignette about avoiding an embarrassing encounter.
Prof L Wiser recalls a storm in Germany where a lightning bolt shattered a window pane and sent a jet of water to the ceiling, part of which detached. Three buckets of water were later removed from the room.
The quote frames life as a quarry from which we carve and complete our character. It emphasizes active self-creation through effort and discipline, suggesting personal development arises from purposeful work and refinement over time.
A column mixes social items with poems and a New York letter on female dress. It notes mothers and young women, praises a businesswoman, comments on suffrage attitudes, and features verses about lovers, summer nights, and mosquitoes alongside a New York fashion profile of Mrs. Leslie in black attire and diamonds.
Young Hibbs seeks a kiss from an Oakland girl Miss Mamie who replies she cannot now kiss him but offers a future chance at her wedding to Charley Smythe inviting him to kiss the bride. The quip ends with Maverick noting the twist.
A quotation extols women across fiction drama visual art and song as the era’s dominant figures. It cites George Sand and George Eliot as top fiction masters, Sara Bernhardt in drama, and notes women increasingly claim wealth and prominence in art and writing. The piece urges bright girls to pursue their mission vigorously.
The Morning Post endorses women's political work and cites benefits to home life while urging a standard of conduct for men. The piece contrasts suffrage influence with negative politics and calls for reform. The New York note mocks New York girls mimicking English style and accent, describing fashion, demeanor, and a vivid hotel entrance scene.
Detroit Free Press profiles Mrs. Leslie head of Frank Leslie's publishing house describing her intelligence poise and charm. She details English education class structure and social norms from her four month Europe trip and contrasts American and English manners and servant culture.
Professor Helderleiss placed copper and zinc plates in soil separated by about 100 feet and connected them with wires forming an earth battery. Potatoes yielded 25 percent more and beets 15 percent more than other field parts. A closing aphorism notes progress through persistence.
Perley Poore recounts Gen Jackson's early circulation of the annual message and John Rives rise to the Globe, plus political intrigues and Lincoln era anecdotes. The piece shifts to a travelogue through Persia detailing a night desert crossing, caravan life, Turkmen hazards, and a harsh day in Aivanikeff with extreme heat and sleeping towns.
A collage of humorous snippets from newspapers and magazines. Jests about roosters as spring flowers, cranks and contraptions, misused sayings, and domestic anecdotes. Features brief jests on medicine, cakes, Bible beds, and a comic dialogue about a life insurance agent.
A columnist mocks toy savings banks as teaching selfishness while proposing practical spending of public funds. He cites a California legislative exchange about a $40,000 state treasury and parodies saving versus spending to prevent theft. The piece contrasts personal savings with civic use and criticizes hoarding funds.
The article describes novelty clocks using a plain glass dial suspended by a thread with a watch movement concealed in the hands center. It also details a design with two circular glass plates in a frame connected to a pedestal, where front and back plates align with a toothed rim driven by a pinion and hidden hour wheels permit differential hand motion.
A father consoles his daughter Mary amid marital strain as she settles into housekeeping with her husband. He notes the domestic issue is only a family jar, while she signals ongoing tensions at home.
Prof. W H Jordan of the Maine State experiment station reports that several so called condimental animal foods yield little nutritive value relative to price. Imperial egg food at 50 cents per pound has 84 percent mineral matter and only 1 percent flesh forming material, while Johnsons Continental Food and English Patent Food mainly consist of bran and corn meal with small aromatic seeds and sulfur offering no real health benefit.
Tony Wagemann, a boy famed for fleeing eight schools, was sent to the Jastrow reformatory in Eastern Prussia. Although he briefly escaped again, a relative betrayed him. He then attempted another escape by slitting his throat, an act described as crossing the Styx.
An unintelligible fragment notes a tense family scene where a mother in law avoids or pretends around a son in law amid Zulu context, suggesting fear or obligation driving concealment. The text hints at social or domestic pressure within a tribe setting.
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