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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
5
A nostalgic verse reflects on the good old days, praising youthful purity, honest speech, modest fashion, and enduring love from mothers. The speaker laments modern greed while cherishing memories of girls, boys, and simple rural pleasures, ending with a plea for grace.
Stephen Crane recounts Wellington focusing on Badajos as the critical strike in the 1812 campaign. The siege relied on secrecy and subordinates while facing transport and supply shortages caused by parliament and poor Portuguese administration. Beresford later crossed to invest Badajos, with Wellington coordinating forces under Graham and Hill.
The Boston Transcript describes Hongkong as one of the unhealthiest places on earth despite precautions and sanitation. It cites tropical heat, dense housing, poor light and ventilation, narrow streets, and heavy humidity causing widespread illness and fatigue among residents including English women and locals.
In a brief Chicago Tribune item, Boston and Chicago readers note policemen gathered at a corner in heated conversation. The dispute centers on the pronunciation of the word intuition, leaving onlookers curious about the small-town curbside quarrel.
A brief collection of quips on money and wealth from the Detroit Free Press. It mentions the Palais de Justice clock dating to 18% and credits De Vick with early turret clocks. The note adds pearls found in mussel shells as a curious fact.
Surgeon General Sternberg recalls a Civil War incident when an Irish sergeant entrusted a bag of gold to him before Bull Run. The doctor carried the coins through captivity, kept them safe to return home, and finally learned the sergeant gambled the money away on his first night back.
A London Leader excerpt depicts West Africa's colonial trade in Cabinda bay where rum exchanges for palm kernels sustain daily drunken scenes. It notes smallpox and sleeping sickness as major curses. A separate anecdote recounts General Chermside’s Angora cat hoard saga, where a servant plundered funds to buy many cats.
The Indianapolis News notes the government profited greatly from destroying shinplaster currency during the Civil War. It states total issue reached 368,724,079 dollars with 6,880,558 dollars never presented for redemption. Much remains as curios and occasional redemption offers persist.
A young man replies to a visitor with a paradox, saying his life work aims at two ends. He claims to own the only first class hat and shoe store in their village, a point of pride amid a tense exchange with the long hatred passenger.
Justice of the Peace J Q Hood Crosby Mississippi states he certifies that One Minute Cough Cure does all claimed. He says his wife could not breathe until the first dose relieved her and it benefited his entire family. The potion acts immediately and cures coughs colds croup grippe bronchitis asthma and lung troubles. L M Bosworth
An Ames based auctioneer advertises permanent location offering live stock and bankruptcy sales by day on small commission. Seeks inquiries and provides telephone facility at his expense for scheduling days and dates. Office contact listed as 16 tf.
T J Keeney offers northern grown Early Ohio potatoes at 60 cents per bushel and pure German millet at 76 cents per bushel. He also lists 35 bushels of Stowell Evergreen sweet corn at 1 25 per bushel. Ames Iowa.
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