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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1879
Page
4
A lyrical fragment portrays a speaker addressing Kitty with imagery of winding rosebud fingers and a heart held aloft. The speaker endures pain as love's tension tightens, describing vision, longing, and a fading thread of emotion, urging Kitty to see the held heart in their fingers.
A peddler is slain at the Traveler's Rest near Doncaster after a smith and his son lure him to an outbuilding. The hammer and nail point to the blacksmith and son, who are tried, confess, and hanged at York on December 8, 1837.
A Scottish piper detective spent two years in Pennsylvania coal towns posing as a street musician and disguising as a piper to trap laborer Braidy, whom he suspected of murdered Findlay. Braidy, found dead with a crushed skull, had threatened revenge and fled to an American ship. Detective William Male returns to Scotland with the alleged killer.
Charles Dudley Warner surveys Tudor and Stuart travel inns. He notes hospitable hosts, lavish rooms, and inexpensive stays, yet warns of highwaymen and cheats among ostlers. The piece highlights Firth the Cut-Purse and Fyner Morrison praising Inn culture and the comfort of travel.
A column of aphorisms notes that men are honest when watched, purses bend to wealth, madness can be reasonable, and money shapes virtue. It flags that money is the fool's lure and the idol of all, while self interest undercuts mercy and justice.
A concise proverb notes that men often obey their desires until pain makes them heed reason. The saying contrasts passive pursuit with the turning point when adversity prompts wiser action. It reflects moral growth through experience and hardship.
President vetoes a measure claiming to repeal parts of title 26 revising election laws. He argues the bill would render federal election enforcement inoperative by prohibiting deputy marshals and related expenses, while preserving existing duties to execute laws and enforce elections.
Richard Grant White reflects on English climate and soundscape, noting mellow bells, quiet country chimes, and verdant late autumn. He contrasts Sussex gardens, Warwickshire cottages, and Essex rain with the lighter, more musical atmosphere that fosters health and happiness in English skies.
At the Royal Society meeting Dr. Richardson unveiled a sphygmophone that turns arterial pulse movements into loud telephone sounds. The device uses a Pond sphygmograph needle across a plate linked to a cell, producing audible pulse tones. Extendable wires let audiences hear from long distances, with sounds resembling the word bother it. A tongue soup recipe and a note about Waterloo Observer comment on Central Hudson Railroad station agents follow.
A fragment notes laundresses awaiting summer’s arrival and a lover seeking his mate with talk of mate and drink, framed as a domestic scene and seasonal omen.
An Oxford professor, previously forgetful, now uses large Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets sugar coated pills to cleanse stomach liver and bowels. Sold by druggists.
A Victorian era ad from Welle, Hehephorn and Co in Dartington VI claims their dyes render wardrobes handsome as if fresh from the shop. It emphasizes superior action over crude color agents previously used.
Fragmentary text discusses pensions for services in the Mexican war and urges reader action to obtain aids. Mentions butter makers and a free book from Allan Galaxy Ring Co. in Albany. Language is unclear and garbled.
Fragmentary advertises men of endurance. Claims healthy digestion and liver harmony. Notes Noachea in beck and woe eased. Promises excellent accommodations in Chicago at the Palace Tremont for three dollars per day, with room exceptions and proprietor Jouss A. Brow.
Advertisement warns against unscientific talk about medicine and recommends Kidney Wort as a reasonable remedy for kidney or liver troubles with the druggist selling it.
A poetic assertion extols Carboline as improved and perfected. The speaker vows fearless examination of the process and insists the product cures all skin diseases and ailments of limbs or head with unwavering certainty.
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