21 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1878
Page
1
John Watts asks readers to submit items of general interest for publication in the Asiants weekly Thursday edition. The notice invites local news, notices, and community items to be written up and shared with the audience.
Rose Terry Cooke writes of Segovia and Madrid as a floating dream from which the speaker’s soul cannot rest. The verses mingle longing for distant places with the ache of a life divided between sea and land, time and space.
Clarence McGovern, a modest dry goods salesman, wooes Arabella with poems to win her heart but falls for Annie, the landlady’s daughter. After a comic chase, an awkward accident and illness, Annie tends him back to health and he proposes, choosing Annie over Arabella.
From Harper's Bazar and the Iowa agricultural notes, this item covers spring basques and barege fabrics, white lawn suits trimmed with embroidery, farm economy, discouraged debt, careful breeding, tomato sowing, and a mix of household tips and general farming guidance.
Des Moran reports the Iowa Senate passed the capital punishment bill 28 to 19 with House support expected. The measure awaits House action amid a heated, crowded debate and mentions safeguards delaying execution for a year and lobbying influences from river towns.
A new discovery in Lyons France reveals a map of Africa's central plateau compiled in 1701. The document details the explored regions including sources and routes by early explorers Grant Baker Living and associates.
In the 1809 Russo Swedish war a lone colonel, lacking a regiment, was stationed to patrol the icy coast of the gulf of Bothnia. He encountered frostbitten sailors and provided aid and care to stranded men along the frozen shoreline during winter.
A legislative committee in Mississippi rejects the bell-punch system taxing liquor dealers after a probe. The report notes reduced whiskey receipts in Richmond and cites uncertain prospects for analogous bills in Tennessee and Louisiana amid regional pushback.
In the House, Hon. Eugene Hale of Maine attacked Democratic economy claims while defending the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill. He warned against crippling government by selective cuts and cited numerous proposed measures draining treasury funds, urging broader fiscal restraint.
The Job Printing department offers latest type and materials with neat dispatch. They can match any printing establishment in the state. Legal blanks kept in stock. Bill heads letter heads books pamphlets posters auction bills cards etc.
A fragmentary poem speaks of earthly love and a speaker praising a beloved as the goddess of his heart. The lines explore love as a binding force that transcends time and space. The text presents dreamlike images of devotion and shared existence.
A compilation of witty lines and quips from various papers recounts puns on poetry, literature, and public life. References include Shakespeare, Socrates, Jacob's well, and jokes about habits in society, with playful jabs at editors and readers.
A dinner encounter in Washington, D. C. brought together a man visiting the city and a stranger who had recently prosecuted him. The unnamed guest opened by condemning the judge and then shifted to criticizing the judge’s family, fueling tension among those present.
A great fire at St. John caused losses to insurance companies totaling 29 261 dollars and 10 700 dollars in other claims. Frees in Canada during the past do.
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