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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1894
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press poem recalls a sailor who uses a stone as ballast in his canoe to keep balance. A phantom gaze and a change of fate lead him to prefer the lifeless stone to a missing beloved as the sea turns rough. The verse ends with a wry gratitude for the stubborn stone over a girl.
In the mill office Mary resists Reuben Gorringe’s forced marriage demand as he grows desperate. A plan to escape unfolds amid a tense pursuit, a moonlit night, and Gorringe’s threat to kill. Savannah Morbyn then strikes with a dagger, killing him, as Mary slips away to seek help.
Mary escapes a locked mill and seeks help after a stabbing. Gideon Prawle reveals Tom is not murderer and that Old Coode died of heart failure rather than foul play. Mary, shocked by new truth, awaits further details as the tale continues.
The piece argues for free trade in sugar to lower costs for families and reduce dependence on foreign sugar. It credits the McKinley bill for balancing cheap sugar with encouragement of cane, sorghum, and beet production in states like Louisiana Kansas and the west, aiming for partial domestic independence and farmers’ benefit.
An analysis of the McKinley bill reciprocity shows Cuba exports rising after implementation. From 1891 to 1898 key items like wheat flour machinery wire and coal doubled or quintupled, boosting farmers and manufacturers alike. Additional notes cover education Church funding and Salvation Army activities.
Riverhead Suffolk county debate on whether anticipation yields more pleasure than realization ends with a victory for anticipation. The piece then pivots to critique of sugar tariff impacts under Wilson-Voorhees and reciprocity effects on farm and industry, highlighting price and production shifts, and foreign influence on sugar and trade.
The first pastor of the Warren Avenue church in Boston celebrated its 150th anniversary. He reported a salary of six dollars a month and fifteen cords of wood per year.
The writer accuses Democrats of delaying the tariff bill for gains. A senator’s private secretary says the senator he serves has earned one million dollars by sugar and whisky speculation since the bill reached the senate. It claims stock manipulation profits rely on bill timing and advance information before final passage.
The Toledo Blade notes 1892 campaign banners promised Cleveland wheat buyers $1.25 a bushel. It cites May 16 1894 Chicago grain at 54 1/2 cents and says such promises seldom deliver.
A collection of editorials and comments from multiple papers covers distrust of government by big interests, Democratic party tensions, and critical views on tariff and finance. Mentioned figures include Cleveland Voorhees Carlisle and Hoke Smith with notes on pensions and federal debt.
A mix of quips from Texas Siftings to Brooklyn Life and Boston Traveller, plus a long Connecticut frog and war tale. Anecdotes include judges and pawns, ships that pass in the night, and a humorous battle of Windham with frogs and snakes. The article preserves old jokes and a Nature note on frogs and their foes.
Two stories from a late 19th or early 20th century page describe amphibian courting by male frogs in Europe and South America with egg chains and a belly pouch, then a needlework project making a miniature milkmaid toy on a sewing table using fabric, thread spools, and a hat from a thimble.
A noted fact that success comes to those with little passion for their field. Fanny Kemble disliked acting and would have left the stage, while a violinist told Mrs. Gladstone she loved cooking and could become a chef with practice. The anecdote illustrates overlooked talents beyond one's main pursuit.
A woman defender repelled a burglar who entered Browning's house at three this morning. Mrs. Browning almost killed him and he remains consciousless. The intruder was spotted at the club earlier, as the scene sparked by the brave act of the homeowner.
A father chants practical reassurance about kites and a son's wish for a flying toy. He offers to craft a kite, yet the son doubts its flight, as the exchange turns toward belief and a hopeful promise in a brief, domestic moment.
A poem recounts how a small word spoken by a girl spreads through a chain of tellers. Each listener adds one word, amplifying the tale until it becomes a crowd shouting the outcome. The girl is relieved the word remained harmless and not bad. Beth Day reports in Housekeeper.
In a short weekly note a bridesmaid recalls a frightened bride and a groom who trembled and fled the altar, leaving the ceremony in suspense as the couple faced a moment of doubt.
A Santa Fe express encounter ends with a burro rushing the track and surviving after being knocked thirty feet. The engine crew pushes the carcass into the ditch, but the burro kicks them, then leaps away and reappears next trip barely stiff in one leg.
A 540 ton twin screw steamer 170 feet long and 30 feet wide was launched on Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable waters at 13 000 feet. Built in the Clyde, shipped in over a thousand pieces to Mollendo, carried by rail to Puno, then transported over the Andes by llamas and mules and assembled by a Scotch engineer for Peruvian government service.
A small country boy explains to a visitor that after a fishing accident a hook stuck in his back, he feels sorry for the fish and has not gone fishing since. The tale from Harper's Young People reflects a gentle moral about empathy and consequence.
A young observer, Elsie, nights at the concert, her first show, whispers with delight after the audience applauds the prima donna. She exclaims to her mother about the singer gargling her throat in a vivid, if humorous, memory of the performance.
In a playful dialogue Wallie notes snow signals winter and rain signals fall. Jackie counters that rain can fall in summer and spring too. Wallie concedes it is fall anyway with the quip rain fall reflecting the idea.
The dialogue hints at jealousy and a proposal as a couple discusses marriage. It reads as a theatrical exchange with emphasis on emotions and intent amid an evolving relationship.
A brief cartoon style caption shows a wife and husband arguing over buying a newspaper rack for the sitting room. The husband notes affordability tied to lumber tariffs as a barrier.
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