28 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1878
Page
1
Ames readers are invited to share items of local interest for publication. Notices seek community reports, happenings, and news from Story County Iowa to be considered for future editions.
Fragmentary verse about April and spring with names Daisy Danny and Joy Aca Nicholas. Mentions lazy days and cool air, with a childlike playful tone and odd punctuation. Indicates a seasonal poem or lyric snippet.
The readable lines evoke wintry imagery and subtle chemistry as a speaker praises steadfast faith amid snow and sea winds. The fragment hints at poetic themes and references a periodical connection to Appletons Journal in April.
Verses describe spring’s rival seas and a child laid in earth whose graveside violets sprout for its eyes and petals for its smile, framed as a mournful allegory. Maurice F. Ngan in Scribner for April.
A fragmentary literary passage presents a lyrical contrast of bitter turning sweet through love. Imagery centers on roses lilies bands grapes and wine with music described as intense and divine, transforming desire. The lines echo Philip Bourke Marston as quoted in April edition.
A fragmentary verse description features colorful birds like pink footed and white plumage, a scene of spring blossoms, and rural life imagery. The lines evoke delicate beauty and a soft flutter of rainbow rings as a brown slanted roof hosts alighting birds.
A fragile verse laments April’s weather while praising the speaker’s beloved. The speaker seeks to rival spring’s charm with the warmth of their loved one, noting sunshine and wind as less important than the beloved’s presence. The poem blends seasonal imagery with intimate affection.
A lively verse captures rain tapping windows and streets, describing brisk showers and busy, cheery sounds. The poem evokes April scenes, youthfulness, and renewed life as nature responds to rainy weather.
Mary Ainge De Vere presents a verse excerpt about roses red and white and violets with lines pondering gift and grace. The poem explores restrained love and devotion as a humble offering.
In a spiritualist tale, Dudley seeks a message from his late wife Eleanora through a photographer. The séance yields a vivid spirit portrait showing Eleanora near Dudley, reviving hope and prompting a private reunion with Caroline aiding the ruse while preserving the family’s fragile grief.
In San Juan California the doctor faced a smallpox scare as San Francisco battles the disease. Villagers clamored for vaccination. The physician imported vaccine sealed in wax and soon found it rotten after administering to hundreds, revealing the failure.
The article lists population figures for major nations from 1878. Austria appears with 35,904,495, Great Britain 26,716,800, and other large divisions totaling 801,600,000 with a combined total around 192,690,000 for certain divisions.
On testimony of Dr Fennabilt Miss Maret Thomson is declared unable to manage her affairs after arrival from Scotland to a Barce pain. The report notes her peculiar dress and condition as she was placed under care at the lunatic asylum.
An elderly enslaved woman praised Edwin Booth after witnessing a performance of Riche-Racine. The reflection highlighted Booth’s strong stage presence and deep care for his audience. The remark underscores Booth’s stature in the theater world of the era.
A female servant in Dublin received a fourteen day prison term after pushing her mistress out of a room and calling her a kitchen worker.
A fragmenting meditation on faith and sorrow follows a nocturnal meditation about earths gifts and divine purpose. It contrasts secular weariness with religious trust and ends with a philosophical excerpt attributed to Cicero on the soul’s origin and divine source.
The text extols prayer as all powerful for good to aid the weak heal the sick free from evil spirits break temptations endure persecutions comfort the hopeful guide travelers still storms feed the poor balance the rich lift the fallen and sustain the steadfast in faith. It calls prayer the bulwark and weapon of believers against adversaries.
A meditation on self sacrifice as a holy virtue starting at home and extending to the world. The text urges kindness among family and friends and promises eternal reward for living to help others and leaving the world happier. It frames sacrifice as a path to lasting bliss and divine approval.
The Christian Advocate speaks of some people spreading pleasure and goodness through life. Their presence, generosity, and cheerful influence become light for others, like music, fragrance, or uplift, turning clouds into brightness and offering life to all.
The piece urges quiet daily communion with God to renew strength for life’s toils. A moment of prayer before work nourishes love for family and steadies the day, as the author compares God’s closeness to a child’s trust and a friend’s supportive touch.
A fragment reflecting on human flaws and social perception. It muses that strong men carry weaknesses and neighbors know them well, while daily life habits reveal growth or stagnation and friendships resemble business dealings. The text is fragmentary and stream of thought.
The speaker warns about a sly critic while noting a rise in hens eggs and dismissing pedigree as a guide to character. He distrusts the boastful preacher and mocks moralism tied to past passions.
The New York Times reports revived Renaissance and Byzantine modes in current dress. Velvet caps with golden beads, beaded trimmings, lace, flowers, and ornate trains dominate Parisian day and evening wear. Some gowns feature brocatelle, faille, and blue tones. novelty corsets without sleeves appear. styles vary with hair and fabric to suit gaslight.
A fragmented portrait of John F. Tracy, called the Dead Railroad King, seated in a Chicago office as emissaries press for aid. The scene sketches his stoic, unreadable response as a drummer delivers appeals and figures, while Tracy remains absorbed in his work, offering no obvious reaction.
Saturpay March 16 Senate passes bills on fishways town acts and clerk fees. House debates $40,000 for Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Council Bluffs and rejects engrossment. Debates on indebtedness and revenue measures continue as bills advance or are recommitted.
In the Reform Club hall a model named Praline drew attention for its daring display. To avoid accidents the exhibit had to be removed within an hour, highlighting public sensitivity to provocative art.
The Job Printing department of this office provides latest type styles and materials. Orders will be executed with neatness and dispatch. We can match or beat any printing establishment in the State. Legal blanks, bill heads, letter heads, books, pamphlets, posters, auction bills, cards, etc.
A narrator recalls a tale of frogs urged by a mother to stay away from the fen. Despite warnings they venture toward the bank and ledges as the day ends. Night falls without the return of Alisa, and the frogs face the risks of disobedience in the damp landscape.
A collage of social quips and anecdotes on courtship, manners, and wit. Jests about belles, bigamy laws, rainy days, and suitors mingle with playful phrases and old time advice from a humor page.
A collage of humorous misreadings and social quips spans topics from botany to medicine and small-town life. It jests at stiff phrases, moralizing, and the era’s quick opinions, with snippets on farming, cheating hens, and a New York merchants’ cramers reform.
The legislature enacts a law defining a groundless practice as an offense. Violators face a fine of at least $300 or up to six months in county jail.
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