17 May 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1878
Page
1
The Job Printing department lists Tavest stylet type and material for neat work. It promises to do as good and as cheap printing as any establishment in the State and keeps legal blanks in stock including bill heads letter heads books pamphlets posters auction bills cards.
Thursday publication from Ames in Story County Iowa invites readers to submit news items of general interest for publication. Rates for advertising are available on request from proprietor Tohn Watts.
The item highlights Great Barram trade balances with foreign nations in 1877, debts and panics in Eastern banks, a memorial church for a Dexter banker, and the silver 20 cent piece being retired. It notes U S export surpluses, British breadstuffs gains, Shansi famine reports, and regional conflicts including Bhopaul aid to Britain. It also covers sensational crimes and a dramatic horse attack incident.
A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ruling finds commercial agencies liable for damages from false or inaccurate data. Agencies cannot plead lack of liability if their misleading information caused harm. The decision emphasizes accountability for information supplied to clients.
The article notes a heated May Day pageant in Waco with Miss Jones winning 8194 votes to Miss Pace 4312 and crowds paying 10 cents per ballot, raising 1290 for charity. It adds a sketch of Senator Condrixe and his brother Fred, a famed pistol shot, and recounts Sir John Astley praising American Billy O’Leary’s countered footwear in a London sports note. It ends with Humboldt on Amazon forest life and a vivid scene of jungle creatures and nocturnal activity.
Mrs Mary Bannister Willard widow of late editor Oliver E Willard assumes general business. Miss Frances A Willard sister of the editor takes editorial control. Both women bring energy and talent and seek broad sympathy for their conscientious enterprise.
Twenty six years ago four men left Wilbraham Massachusetts for California and left a farmer $700 with a loan. He trusted the farmer more than banks and wrote letters claiming interest. He later found the money grew to about $3000 but the farmer refused four cents claiming the note was outlawed. He borrowed to return to California.
The piece notes California with 850000 of European descent ranks fourth in daily papers, behind New York Pennsylvania and Illinois. It cites 43 papers, just ahead of Ohio and Massachusetts, and compares counts across several states to highlight press density relative to population.
The readable fragments describe a religious figure, the Rev. Richard, connected to Tamee. Details are sparse but imply a notable event or incident surrounding the clergy member and location named Tamee.
A stonemason on a Paris scaffold attempted to descend by a hanging rope and nearly strangled himself before rescue. A second incident involved a woman leaping from a boulevard window and being saved when her husband caught her by the skirts, restoring domestic harmony.
A well dressed ten year old watched flames erupting from a building as a boot black warned him away while the boy reiterated that his father was inside the office. The scene captured a tense moment amid the blaze and crowd.
Walter Tyrrell and Marian Bradford pledge love amid revolutionary tensions. Dalzell, a trusted ally, betrays them leading to Tyrrell’s arrest and a doomed trial. In a dramatic turn, Washington’s forces erupt into Trenton rescuing Tyrrell, while Dalzell is executed as a traitor.
A long miscellany of observations and anecdotes on daily life, farming lore, and human sentiment from various period sources. Topics include the sameness of daily routines, farming tips on grafting and tree care, remedies for plums, seed potato experiments, and reflections on lost children and war memories.
A moral urging to find happiness in steady labor and contentment. it warns that sudden wealth or idle ease leads to ruin and a lingering death. it endorses diligent daily work, cheerful routine, and living as if tomorrow may be the last, to avoid discontent.
The New York Times notes London’s maze like streets with many duplicates such as 50 Richmond Street and 60 Norfolk Street. It argues that a map would ease navigation in a city 1 2,000 years old and plagued by many similarly named thoroughfares.
Mr E A Buek of the Spirit of the Times writes to Sothern hinting a clock replacement would be accepted. The stolen desk clock used in the Crashed Trage dian, a ten foot tall painted canvas shell on wood, was described as a remarkable prop. The article notes the clock’s accuracy claimed to vary only a second in ten years.
The guidance urges girls to keep a clear head and seek the best commercial tie in marriage. It asserts that if one does not dislike a future husband, affection will follow after marriage, arguing no selfish motive in this view and noting the advantage of ample worldly goods.
In Detroit two robins were observed toiling at a small toy basket left in a doorway. The birds pulled and dragged the basket as if planning a clever nest or shelter, showcasing their notable ingenuity.
A fragment describes two boys pulling a long eight foot rope basket through a basket swing, each holding an end and moving briskly as the basket swings between them.
A fragment lists alleged rules titled Twelve Good Rules by Charles I. The excerpt begins with rule one urging no healthe and proceeds with brief archaic guidance lacking full context or attribution.
A poetic fragment speaks of spring returning to hills and hearts. It laments winter of heart and brain while praising the soul of spring and the joy, light, and love it brings. The piece imagines a tender touch transforming darkness into renewal.
The widow, who waited for fifty three years for her former lover Tom Placide, died recently at Tom's River New Jersey. Placide had married another woman after a long courtship and later renewed their bond as a widow. They had retired to a beautiful home there and lived contentedly until his suicide last July following years of cancer pain.
The article notes Neil Gow, the famed Scotch fiddler, was fond of whisky and often wandered. one morning he had an appointment with a noble at Dunkeld but did not reach the castle, waiting in frustration until he grew tired of the delay.
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