18 Jun 1891
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1891
Page
1
The leading pleasure fishing and hunting resorts of the Park Region of Minnesota and Lake Superior, and the icy mountains, reach easiest on the various lines of the Great Northwest from St. Paul.
A religious lesson recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem, fall of the city, and the Babylonian deportations. It reflects on prophecies fulfilled, the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, and the fate of Zedekiah, with exhortations to trust God and submit to Him.
Detroit Journal reports a dramatic night as a woman in a box sits with her back to the stage, prompting exasperation and audience unease. The account contrasts this with a banker and Stephenson chat over a leave and marriage. A New York column notes cheap funerals for Polish Jews and Greeks, with an undertaker charging 5.50 and revealing burial by the city.
A New York Telegram report recalls customs officers exposing smuggling tricks. A tourist’s bag hid diamonds in silver mounted brush backs worth over $2,000, and another person hid stones in hollowed boot heels with a detachable drawer.
An African traveler recounts perilous journeys through jungles and savannas around a great equatorial lake. He claims savage tribes and a fierce battle from Nimgosji to Gohangbo, boasting he was one of the ten yet insisted he was the lone survivor.
An inch of rain over an acre equals 22,000 gallons or about 220,000 pounds. Even 0.01 inch of rain per acre equals about one ton of water. The fact is illustrated by a calculation from the St. Louis Republic.
A humorous snippet notes the plan for a child page to pose as a desperado at the Revere wedding. The child was to hold up the train in a playful, period-appropriate tableau, reflecting wedding page customs of the era.
A young knight races into battle crying to fight evil until death. He strikes at what he perceives as flaw and only later sees the harm he has caused. Overwhelmed by remorse, he realizes his own violence and dies by his dagger, a tragic self-inflicted end. Henry Collins in Lippincott's.
The piece recalls Mrs. Cornwallis-West and Mrs. Langtry as rival beauties of London society. It highlights Miss Cornwallis-West as the prettiest debutante at the latest drawing room, noting her white empire gown with minimal trimming and a diaphanous sash. It contrasts her simple attire with others adorned in spring flowers.
A movement emerges to reunite former pupils of John Willard’s school with a proposed statue for female educator John Willard. Alumni, including women now leaders in clergy, medicine, and law, back a permanent organization and cooperation with younger graduates.
A rider on horseback along a road near Albany, Georgia, startled a sleeping eleven foot alligator. The startled pair fled as the gator roused, but a brave young woman confronted the reptile and kept it at bay until it finally yielded.
Mrs. David Ker notes in Miller Magazine that women facing old customs endured extreme penalties. A high caste widow, married as a child, observed strict prohibitions, eating only limited meals and following ritual timings tied to lunar cycles, reflecting enduring gender oppression in traditional Hindu communities.
Fragmentary notice recalls Euclid avenue resident John B. Thomas and his prolonged divorce suit. The judge commented on smoking cigars, remarking a wife might claim similar grounds. The exchange underscores tensions in a lingering divorce case.
The article notes the queen takes a bed, not a four poster, on travels. It describes mattresses as never left at home and stuffed with soft wool. A recent mattress made half an inch thinner was detected by the owner.
Secretary of the British legation at Athens, Mr Rodd, authored a volume titled Frederic III as Crown Prince and Emperor. The Empress herself wrote the preface, lending high royal endorsement to the work.
John F Dillon is described as chief counsel for Jay Gould in major railroad operations and for the Western Union. A few years in New York, he came to the metropolis to lecture at Columbia Law School for ten thousand dollars annually. He previously served as a circuit judge in the West and continues to lecture at Columbia.
Major Casati, formerly an officer in the Italian army, resigned to aid Gessi in the Soudan. His new book Ten Years of Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha has sparked discussion among African exploration circles as Casati pursued independent explorations.
John Tyndall the “Poet of Science” is profiled as a leading evolutionist admired by many. Charles F Manderson, from Philadelphia, rises to Senate pro tempore after service as colonel and brigadier general, then builds a legal and political career in Nebraska.
A brief sketch notes J. H. Kyle born near Xenia Ohio on February 24 1853 later elected to the U S Senate from South Dakota after study at Oberlin College and the Western Theological Seminary. The page also carries short humorous items and a light anecdote about a mother and child on a moving train, plus small humor bits from Arkansas and New York.
In a brief exchange Travers directs the inquirer to his house for the tailor. The line suggests a domestic setting and a request for clothing orders, highlighting a theme of personal service and trades within a home.
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