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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1887
Page
1
A dialect poem narrative from the Indianapolis Journal portrays a speaker bearing a lifelong cross as he answers divine calling. The speaker emphasizes endurance, faith, and the promise of salvation as he travels a hard road toward a gilded sky. The piece uses regional speech to convey spiritual struggle and resilience.
In 1825 Roger Davenant moved to Isaiah Davenant’s Genesee Valley home as Yale educated tutor. He became engaged to Gertrude Carruth but on December 21 he vanished into illness. by years of dementia he could not recognize family members. On his deathbed he briefly spoke to loved ones, but the mysterious cause of his ruin remains unexplained.
The article traces calico from Calicut on the Malabar coast where Vasco da Gama landed in 1498. It notes Calicut as a famed center for cotton weaving and dyeing, explains calico’s name origin, and recounts how calico printing reached Europe in the mid 1600s via Dutch traders to Holland and London.
Zoologists puzzled by the sudden reappearance of enormous shoals of herring along Norway's northwest coast. The fish had vanished twenty five years ago from the same region, raising questions about migration and environmental changes.
A San Francisco remark lampoons a will that imposes a widow’s rights only if she remarries, noting such odious terms render death pointless for the deceased.
A column of lighthearted gossip contrasts with a lengthy school of thought on women's roles. The piece frames society’s expectations, questions the place of women, and argues that a woman’s place is wherever she can develop and use her faculties in service of progress.
Clara laments a small quarrel with Arthur who left in anger. She claims she kissed him as he passed the window to ease his temper, but he did not notice. The man suggests throwing the kiss into the hall to increase odds of affecting him.
London Society laments fading youthful decorum as twenty seven year old maturity replaces sweet seventeen in social rituals. The piece notes louder voices and independent entrances, with only a minority still showing deference to elders and refined manners.
The Buffalo Express argues that the practice of yielding to women on crowded sidewalks is not due to courtesy but thoughtlessness. It contends that all women are ladies in this nation and calls for deeper understanding of social behavior rather than blaming individuals.
The Toledo Blade notes men incur spasms of spending on trivial items, followed by costly purchases that wipe out savings. Women seek small daily necessities, mindful of budgets since purse strings lie with men and generosity can lead to later repayment.
A long lecture on life as a mystery opens with metaphysical musings before shifting to Civil War memory. It recalls Mountaineer religious life, early theories on Washington’s danger, and a detailed narrative of Union defenses, Monocacy, and Lincoln’s arrival to reassure troops amid Confederate advances.
A veteran recounts brutal battles and stubborn endurance in the wilderness. The piece dwells on carnage, courage, and the fallen as soldiers fought through despair toward a hard won peace. It evokes smoke, death, and reverent remembrance of heroic sacrifice.
On May 6 1864 the Clyde built steamer Thistle sails from the Cape Fear River to Fort Fisher under cover of darkness. Thistle’s speed near fourteen knots and colorless gray hull help evade thirteen ship blockade. Engine room praised for pristine condition and silent operation as the run begins.
James B Kimball, born 1836 in Salem Massachusetts, has been named co Director of the Mint. He studied at Harvard and Freiberg Mining School and served as a staff officer during the war, later becoming a noted mining engineer and metallurgist with ties to the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Glass plates substituted for copper on an Italian ship’s sheathing to prevent oxidation and incrustation.
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