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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1879
Page
1
Scattered Iowa items report Dubuque storm damages around 30000 dollars, widespread crop rust in Newark and Muscatine, and a rich harvest outlook as rains and heat shape yields. Notable mentions include John Kasson’s homecoming, school salaries cut in Wilton, and a dramatic jumping match in Manchester.
Reports detail the Prince Imperial killed by Zulu forces near Blood River on a reconnaissance mission. Seventeen assegai wounds marked his body found near a Kraal, two troopers missing, a London dispatch notes deep sorrow, and a funeral parade held at camp.
News of the Week reports Henry W Blair elected United States Senator by the New Hampshire Legislature. Other items note grasshoppers in Dakota consuming grain, a Mobile fire causing $187000 loss, a Pennsylvania boiler explosion, and various fires floods and legal cases across the country.
Rome reports the Senate approved a bill limiting the abolition of the grist tax to inferior maize and cereals, with Chamber of Deputies to reconsider. Spain moves to pressure San Domingo after a flag incident, while Britain and Portugal seek a customs accord in the East Indies. The piece also notes deaths, Irish anti landlord unrest, currency debates in Prussia, and imperial diplomacy in Egypt and the Khedive scenario.
The article recalls historic canal projects used for military and political ends. It cites Queen Semira diverting a river to isolate a stronghold, Queen Nitocris blocking Nineveh via winding Euphrates approaches, and Xerxes attempting a canal to blunt Persian fleets.
Fragmentary note states pills have been successfully run on the principal. It indicates drugs for sale by a drug shop.
Washington reports sketch a June session where the committee on civil service gains authority to advance a joint resolution on arrears and pensions while debates on the judicial expenses bill proceed. Adjournment actions mark the days with confirmations and credentials shaping the legislative agenda.
Herr Max Waldstein of Vienna’s statistical department published figures on ages across Europe. He notes 102 831 people over ninety in Europe, 60 303 of them women, with 241 women and 161 men over one hundred in Italy and 526 women 524 men in Hungary. In Austria 1 508 359 residents are 75 or older, and Germans exceed Slavs in old age presence. Austria shows 11.5 percent old across Upper Austria and Salzburg, vs 4 percent in Galicia. Hungary has more old men than women due to smaller gender gap, and Austrian counts include 100 women and 86 men aged 100, 41 women and 60 men aged 101+.
A well mannered gentleman helps a girl who falls in mud near a crossing. He offers to escort her home but the girl replies politely that they have not been introduced. Also notes about peas in pods and Paris market sorting with a domestic recipe tucked in.
Fragmentary OCR shows unclear text about prejudice and disease but lacks coherent subjects or events to summarize into a factual card. No verifiable people places or organizations are readable.
The essay surveys how climates shape table habits in various nations. It notes German, Scottish, Arab, Turkish, and English hosting styles, from long feasts and open doors to hospitality rituals and sharing food, highlighting differences in manners, utensils, and social expectations.
The article traces Peg Woffington’s origins in Dublin as a barefoot child of an Irish washer woman and bricklayer. It notes her rare beauty and stage presence as she impressed patrons and a French patron who apprenticed her, leading to a career under Rich at Covent Garden and a reputation as the father of pantomime.
The fragment references ongoing great battles said to be fought in privacy and mentions a Glen land lady and Parisian kitchen girl. It notes a son who valorizes the domestic sphere and uses odd phrases. The text is fragmented and contains unclear attributions and names.
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