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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1886
Page
4
Poem seeks spiritual sight beyond worldly mist and shadow. The speaker asks for fuller perception to discern where Truth accompanies faith, acknowledging centuries of burden shaping perception yet desiring a clearer light.
A devotional reflection on finding strength and peace by resting in everlasting arms through affliction. It emphasizes trusting in Jesus as Redeemer who descends into human depravity to lift the redeemed from a pit, with faith defined as clinging to these arms.
A Welsh Presbyterian minister debates a Toledo Cleveland traveler on God and belief. The talk covers personal evidence, creed, and the test of Christianity versus science, ending with reflections on faith and consistency. The piece shifts to tobacco plantation labor, then brief sketches of curiosities, pets, a child heroine, and Bill Nye’s school days.
A minister and a skeptic clash over sin and holiness as a train halts. The skeptic accuses the minister of retreating to a neighboring dining saloon and dining at the minister's expense, leaving the scene tense and unresolved.
Jim Webster, described as a colored transgressor, faces arraignment where the Texas justice notes the evidence is not very conclusive. Webster thanks the judge and vows not to return, claiming the police repeatedly arrest him. The judge warns against future visits, while Webster plans to arrive alone next time.
An article notes nearly 200 dog breeds from water to watchdogs and depicts Tiny a black and tan terrier bred by Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald Maclaine as the smallest full grown dog ever. Tiny measured under four inches and fit in a glass tumbler. An WOMEN'S OCCUPATION IN SHEOL presents a hoax tale of Mrs. Brown visiting Spiritualists to talk with her late husband Joe Brown.
Tiny the mouse is described as remarkable and famous yet consistently hungry and cold. He challenges a large rat with courage, barking loudly when necessary. Despite comfort and abundance of food, Tiny lacks appetite and shivers often, revealing a fragile, pitiful state in a St. Nicholas tale.
A dialogue about the play Merry Wives of Windsor features a debate on Mrs Windsor’s role. The man praises the production while the woman resists appearing as a wife in a polygamous setup. She condemns the character and refuses to perform it.
A fragment from Arkansaw Traveler retells how Colonel John Bidderly, famed editor and opinion shaper, favored stylish dress and debt while running a small Hot Springs daily. Printer Hank Beasely recounts Bidderly’s gambling scheme that left workers unpaid and the editor claiming losses while pocketing office funds.
A historical note describes Mrs. Henry Clay’s curing method for hams sent to Boston as Ashland hams and cites a German town Telegraph recipe for curing bacon beef or mutton. It explains salt, saltpetre sugar ratios, brining times, drying, smoking with hickory, and whitewashing before storage, noting potash as optional.
A satirical look at German railroad engineers noting forty nine years without an accident. The piece imagines dangers from fatigue and aging as a humorous warning about long careers and the risks of railway service.
Rochester officials and clergy provide sworn affidavits and letters of verified support for J B Henson M D and Warner's Safe Cure. They attest the cure of Bright's disease and kidney liver issues, asserting statements are literally true and trustworthy. The letters come from Mayor Parsons editor W D Savert ex District Attorney E B Fenner ex Clerk Monroe County and others.
A New York Hour piece laments that few women can sit gracefully at dances. It notes English training, shoe quality, and visible ankle as factors, urges practice before public appearances, and cites a German dance count of open hose showing poor technique.
The Argonaut reports advice for sufferers of loud neighborhood noise suggesting a pea sized spermaceti ointment placed in the ear to block sound. It promises silence during needed quiet and permits return of normal noise afterward.
A Baltimore society woman claims daily lukewarm water on waking preserves beauty and spirits. A Baltimore matron notes many ladies rely on imagined benefits from simple items like toast water tincture of cinchona orange juice salt baths and even gargling with soapsuds for health.
Herr Mons of the Magdeburg Society of German Engineers notes a coal-search borehole near Schladebach on the Corbetha Leipsic railway, under the Prussian Mining Department. Drilled with diamond-point rock tools and water flush, it reaches 4 550 feet in 3 1/2 years at 25 000 dollars. Bottom diameter 18.72 inches, top 11 inches. Temperature at bottom 48 C.
The piece urges weary men and women, plagued by slight pains and nerves, to seek vitality from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It claims the tonic restores vigor, steadies appetite, improves sleep, and renews health, contrasting with self medicating with other drugs.
A St Louis judge ruled that a hotel keeper may hold a lien on a traveler’s samples carried by a commercial drummer when the traveler falls behind on board. The decision held that without notice challenging ownership the traveler’s initial possession and apparent ownership justify a lien to cover debts.
The piece notes bold Pompeiian wall art revived in dining rooms with dancing nymphs goddesses and votive scenes. Figures float on deep tinted grounds, panels centerpieces and doors adorned, all in tempera with no shading per Art and Decoration.
The advertisement touts Red Star Cough Cure as narcotic free and plant based yet effective against severe lung troubles at 26 cents. A Christiania movement backs establishing a biological station near Drobak in the Christiana fjord to hatch sea water food fish and salmon following successful stations along the coast.
General Rufus Ingalls U S Army hails St Jacobs Oil as the best pain cure ever used in a public endorsement. The statement highlights the product’s perceived efficacy for military and civilian use.
A period advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female chronic diseases and claims broad efficacy for tonics like Vinegar Bitters, Bigelow’s Cure, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and a turkey-labeled promotion, presenting health products as solutions to widespread maladies.
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