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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1886
Page
1
The piece centers on Bazoo Jim a cautious healer and the peril of smallpox in a tense community. Sing Lee contracts smallpox while Jim’s mixed reputation as a white Heathen Chinee contrasts with his hidden generosity.
In a travel memoir set around Killarney and Cork, the narrator recalls meeting Vera Brophy a mountain schoolteacher who taught local children and shared meals during a lakeside visit. A romance unfolds as the narrator falls for Vera while plans for a future together and a wedding emerge amid family tensions and a moving farewell to Ireland.
A West Philadelphia Home inmate who was born blind explains that his dreams are built from direct contact and memory. He dreams of familiar voices and places, not distant landscapes, and notes blind people who lose sight young may dream with childhood vision and recall only what they once saw.
A Boston Transcript excerpt notes a woman called a lunatic by her in laws and her retort as she fashions a baby’s outfit lacking sleeves. The two muslin frocks use edging and ribbons. garments are layered over the infant with tied strings and a plain band. She asserts parental control while relatives are shocked.
Measurements show a chimney near Marseilles 115 feet tall and four feet diameter at the top reached a maximum swing of twenty inches in a strong wind. The Ledger notes a man who spoke of hope after fear has just taken a seat with his wife’s bonnet in company.
A humorous verse piece contrasts a Western woman and her mother with a morning call from a young man at Harper's Bazar. The Boston Herald comments that romance outweighs practical sense in a marriage by a girl of about seventeen marrying a millionaire with parental consent.
A reporter questions a royal wedding scene as the father praises the bride’s dress and trousseau. He recalls names of bridesmaids groomsmen ushers and the clergyman Rev Samuel Baxter who conducted the ceremony while noting mourners were family friends.
A collection of anecdotes about Grant Taft Curtin and Curtin's Russia visit. Grant hosts dine with senators but omits Taft. Curtin negotiates with Russian officials, handles Gortschakoff and Polish insurrection talk, and receives a Bonnat portrait from the Emperor. The piece blends political recollections with personal vignettes.
A Springfield Republican correspondent recalls Western Nebraska and Dakota scenes praising sturdy women who homestead with little water and tools. He links their grit to future land value and notes Western childbearing as a survival art while segueing to palmistry types and the psychic hand.
A confessed thief sentenced to ten years laments missing a longer defense. The lawyer notes a juror objected to his brief statement, implying it influenced the verdict. Moral: It wasn't a Detroit jury.
A floating planing mill 170 feet long and 70 feet wide is under construction on the Allegheny river. The project indicates expansion in riverfront industry and will provide increased milling capacity upon completion.
An assortment of notes on ancient comet theories and modern observations, detailing Aristotle’s exhalation idea, myths about souls in comets, and the frequency of bright comets. It also covers prospecting life in the American West, pocket hunters, quartz and placer mining, and a visit to Shakespeare’s school with reflections on life in Stratford.
Major Gassaway a San Antonio attorney appears worn from court as he tells his wife he will guard his carriage horse at night with a shotgun. He explains he defended and cleared a noted Western Texas horse thief who is now foot-loose in town and threats to steal his horses.
The text recalls an ancient practice assigning each hour of the day a flower or plant emblem from roses to violets and related leaves to signal meeting times. It closes with a proverb urging fullness of mind and heart to ward off bad thoughts.
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