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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1886
Page
1
A weary humorist sits amid tobacco smoke and gloom and sings about jokes and pressed deadlines. He lists jests from sealskin sacque to Chicago feet and jokes of a mother-in-law and boarding-house meat while questioning his meager wages and the chestnut quips of the day.
Mabel Marsden marries Col. Holbeck for wealth but clashes over freedom. After aFinancial ruin threatens their home, she redeems herself by embracing duty and charity, earning the nickname The Angel of Charity and The Old Man's Darling from her grateful husband.
E C Stedman contrasts Poe and Hawthorne highlighting Poe's visible craft and mood driven prose against Hawthorne's search for hidden meaning in ordinary life. He portrays Hawthorne as masculine and tender, with deeper, evasive beauty, while Poe is described as brilliant yet more outward and volatile.
A California prospector during a late storm gathered rabbit meat sufficient to last till June. He felled many trees and painted the ends black to trick rabbits who hurried into apparent holes. He reported 140 rabbits on the first night.
Paper rails are made in Russia and are longer than ordinary rails with greater adhesiveness in contact with locomotive wheels, suggesting improved grip and performance for rail service.
A terse maxim argues that character is revealed by generosity, noting that even the most unsavory person can display unexpected acts of charity. The quote reflects a paradox about moral depth and benevolence.
A verse from Times-Democrat evokes a skating rink scene titled Somebody's Dude. It portrays a young man under scrutiny, his appearance and charm contrasted with a predatory suitor who ties his skates and exits as the crowd reacts. The poem centers on themes of identity and vulnerability.
A Mrs and her husband exchange sharp remarks on behavior before and after marriage, with she insisting on respectful talk and he retorting about their rings and curl papers, ending with a heated exchange.
A Boston man on his bridal tour was questioned in Denver about marriage and wealth. A con artist offered to sell $25,000 in stock in a silver mine for $2,000, claiming the bride’s $100,000 money would cover it and yield a $23,000 gain. The scheme is described as a weekly game targeting Boston couples.
A essay compares English and American women, praising American girls for independence and worldly experience. It argues women must simplify homes, shed excess possessions, and assert individuality to gain true emancipation. It cites views from Christian Union and Boston Globe.
A whimsical columnist sketches a florist crafting an elaborate bouquet for a deceitful lover, who pays $10 for a 48-cent arrangement. The tale follows the trio’s dubious profits, the actress, her husband, and the buyer, then wanders to memories of youth and love as seasonal roses recur in December.
The Louisville Post notes the unmarked grave of Tom Marshall, celebrated American wit and Kentuckian, on a hillside near Versailles to midway in Woodford County. It contrasts Marshall’s legacy with Joel Hart’s return to Kentucky and praises Marshall as a peer of Swift in wit and satire.
An excerpt from St. Nicholas describes snow fleas in fresh deep snow on high Idaho mountains. The piece humorously mocks grand German theories about life in snowflakes and notes these tiny insects darken footprints and move rapidly, yet pose no nuisance.
A Philadelphia Herald quote praises a young man who plans every move, even when proposing, by checking divorce costs with a lawyer. The note ends with a statistic: 948,000 more women than men in Great Britain.
An Indian legend explains why squirrels cough. Manabozho visits the red headed woodpecker, failing to find food, imitates the bird at a tamarack pole, slams his nose and falls stunned. Later he meets bear traders, shows power by turning one man to stone, and cannot revert him.
The article surveys voting methods from Britain France and the United States. It notes official ballots in England and France’s voter identification and ballot cards. It also describes viva voce voting and proxy practices, plus odd local customs such as Penobscot participation in Maine.
Major Powell of the geological survey reports discoveries in New Mexico near California Mountain of lava bed villages containing about sixty groups with twenty houses each. Artifacts include woven hair cloth, pottery, lava plaster walls, and concealed niches. a carved figure turned to dust when touched.
Blummer asks an agent for the expressage on imponderables. The agent weighs objects on scales but Blummer seeks to express an opinion and softly glides away.
A compact reflection on human life defining man as grounded in hope beyond all material wealth. Carlyle suggests the world for humans is fundamentally a realm of hopeful expectation and aspiration.
The deacon, a weak speaker, tells the Jonah and the whale story to Sunday school, asking if it is nice. A child replies it is nice, but a chestnut, as noted by the New York Times in a broader piece about only twenty six U S senators keeping house in Washington.
An active traveling man nicknamed Jap Johnson is celebrated for his quick wit and social skill. In a Western Iowa town he spent four hours and, in that time, influenced locals by selling goods, dining with the mayor, refereeing a dog fight, proposing to the town’s belle and securing a loan from her father.
In a brief Paris News snippet, a humorous exchange unfolds as a man asks to sit on a right hand while a woman guides him to a chair. The lighthearted moment captures social decorum in a casual setting.
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