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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1887
Page
4
The piece muses on faith guiding through trouble and injustice. It cites Psalmist trust and urges quiet faith, rest in God, and patient waiting as life’s storms pass, with a focus on divine partnership and humble endurance. It closes noting spiritual support for the believer and calm steadiness.
A column discusses early effects of woman suffrage, predicting initial voting by women mirroring husbands and brothers, followed by growing independence and wider vote spread. It notes weather and candidates influence turnout, with quotes on virtue, faith, and public duty, plus literary allusions to reinforce the debate.
The account describes a public dinner moment where a host offered water to calm a speaker in the green room. The water gesture is noted as a kindness, with the speaker stating they were not heavily drinking. The passage emphasizes perceived intoxication and the host's measured response.
A reflection on ethical conduct and social judgment. The piece contrasts mild idealism with practical cold practicality, arguing the rough world admires reserve while the honest are misread and the noble idealist faces social discouragement.
A note describes a 600 B.C. Chinese sky chart housed in the world’s largest library in Paris. The fragment mentions a Ser- era context and hints at historical chart accuracy.
A Montreal man, famed as an Irish sailor, became moon blind after years at sea and a single risky night on deck. Doctors at Nautical General Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital London note this rare condition, as described by the Montreal Witness.
A dialogue from the Omaha World features Mrs Winkle urging Bridget to sleep, while Bridget humbly offers to wait for her husband, noting his lateness and her concern for Mrs Winkle’s health.
A reflective line warns that scrolling dread erodes judgment more than fear of death, suggesting that constant laughter or fear paralyses reason and life. The quotation emphasizes balance between wit and prudence in living.
A poised young society man sparked chatter last week with a caustic remark about insanity. He quipped that before anyone is sent to a lunatic asylum they always lose their mind, prompting a wave of cautious laughs and reflections on social wit.
A quip notes younger readers want higher status while older staff resist. The remark implies a dispute over a shop or publication's location or management, with the speaker confident in staying until the proprietor enforces a move.
In New York a divorce case details a bizarre kissing habit at the Pye household. Boarder Tompkins kisses Mrs. Pye openly on stairs hall and dining room often with Mr Pye present or away. Witnesses describe repeated passionate exchanges and a joking courtroom exchange ends with the witness stepping down.
At a Numismatic and Antiquarian Society meeting in Philadelphia, Brinton chaired a paper by Edwin A. Barber describing a Utah ruin near the San Juan River. A hemispherical cavern 200 feet across lies in a cliff face with a red masonry line, notable acoustics returning speech to the speaker.
The article argues the incurability myth around kidney diseases is outdated and praises Warner’s Safe Cure as a genuine treatment. It notes testimonials and a $5,000 reward for proving insincerity, and claims many doctors privately support it despite public opposition.
New York correspondent describes Roscoe Conkling in Utica and New York during Garfields illness. Conkling receives threatening letters, walks with Gen Arthur along Fifth Avenue, and remains calm amid crowds waiting for bulletin updates.
A Brooklyn Board of Health officer endorses Red Star Cough Cure for throat irritation and tickling cough claiming immediate and permanent relief. The ad notes the product is a big vegetable and perfectly harmless and lists a price of 25 cents.
An excerpt discusses life in Northampton fifty years ago focusing on Mrs Lyman famed for hospitality and reading. A housekeeper anecdote recalls a friend praising a spotless house while Mrs Lyman quips that the woman’s mind is obsessed with dirt, preferring dirt on carpet to dirt in mind.
Major Arnold of the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco California reports complete cure of rheumatism after using St Jacobs Oil. The item notes the remedy’s claimed effectiveness and cites a notable local figure as testimonial.
A woman tells a patrolman her husband beats her. The officer urges a police court warrant and a divorce, while she defends her husband as kind and denounces the man as a loafer and brute, threatening slander. The exchange ends with her shouting and disbelief.
A discussion of American women's allure surpassing birth status in Europe. The author notes many Americans have earned high titles abroad, from countesses to queens, including Elise Hensler. It cites experiences of Washington clerks turning duchesses and a Georgia girl winning baronial triumphs, illustrating cross Atlantic social mobility.
The piece extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a rapid, thorough remedy for biliousness and liver-related symptoms. It claims the tonic corrects liver disorders, strengthens the feeble, and aids recovery from fevers, with additional benefit against kidney and bladder complaints.
A plan to mail an illustrated book on cures to nervous debility is offered by the World's Medical Association of Buffalo. The Chicago Ledger will begin a three month serial by M Farley titled The Newsboy's Ward about a murder commission and its long aftereffects with the murdered man’s daughter raised by a newsboy.
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