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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1895
Page
4
A poem from Harper's Weekly portrays a Christian knight and a Muslim fighter dying in a fierce battle for consecrated ground. An angel reconciles them, explaining both fought bravely for the same God, ending in a shared heavenly praise.
Blanche nurses Hartmann as he sleeps and recalls a brutal night raid. A dying officer gives a final command to relay orders to the French general, and Blanche discovers a locket bearing a family medallion. Chapter XII shifts to the medallion and Blanche's struggle with vengeance versus mercy.
The League of American Wheelmen, formed in 1880, grew from a Newport meeting into a powerful athletic governing body with dozens of prominent founders and members. It outlines an amateur definition, lists early officers, chronicles membership growth from 886 to around 26,000, and notes plans to enroll 50,000 cyclists by 1895 amid prior declines.
The Western Turf Congress voted to refuse a license and membership to the Old Dominion Jockey Club. The Chicago Post notes the Turf Congress stands firm against allowing the Merry-Go-Round, warning that admitting Old Dominion would open the door to a broader set of questionable winter racing operations.
Bob and Tom discuss wagering on four of six races with a total of $20. Bob allocates $5 bets on Mudsuicker Notinit Barker and Dustaker, explaining the remaining two races cannot be funded.
Several ant species inhabit trees and cut and chisel the wood in a remarkable manner. They gnaw trunks into countless stories, creating horizontal layers with ceilings and floors spaced about five or six lines apart.
In Corea every unmarried man is treated as a boy and remains junior to the youngest married men. Age does not alter his subordinate status, though some may live to be a century old.
A recent portrait of Adelina Patti highlights her as Mrs. Nicolani at 49, yet she appears considerably younger in the image. The notice emphasizes her enduring grace and timeless beauty.
On the British freight ship Pascal from Brazilian ports, two crew members keep pet monkeys named Tom and Jack, with a parrot added by the chief engineer. The trio terrorizes the engine room, chasing and tormenting animals and crew, including a giant rat and the parrot, until the situation escalates into sustained comic mischief during a voyage from Rio Janeiro to the River Platte.
The column notes Zimmerman regrets leaving class B and would rejoin if possible. It lists fifty six bicycle tracks in France with the Seine track wooden and the Buffalo track cement. Paris has eight tracks, and George Ruppert, son of a wealthy New York brewer, plans a racing season others expect to yield a strong record and George Banker is seen as the man to fill Zimmerman’s place on the track.
The Germantown Club in Philadelphia aims to hire a top English professional after W. Attewell declines a return. Merion Club plans three skilled pros George Lane Guest and Lee for next season and pursues the Philadelphia championship. The South Africa team's England tour proved financially unsuccessful.
A nineteenth century fragment traces a staged murder misdeed that never occurred. A young man borrows a knife from a merchant at an inn discovers the bed stained with blood though the merchant is missing. He is condemned and hanged, then a life of travel and imprisonment reveals the merchant and the wrongly accused man are the same. The tale unfolds across seafaring, captivity in Spain, and eventual reunion in a South American gaol.
A living skeleton confronts a lawyer asking if marrying a two headed girl could lead to prosecution for bigamy. The judge questions the implications of the unusual romance and its legal consequences. The scene blends courtroom drama with macabre humor as the point is examined.
A dialogue scene features Mr Anicede asking Miss Kennard about game laws. Miss Kennard affirms knowledge and cites a principle: you should never trump your partner's ace, highlighting strategic card play.
A courtroom quip opens with a pugilist taunt about action and silence. One fighter tells another to deliver, while the other insists he will not violate the tenets of their profession by remaining silent, as a judge interjects.
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