18 May 1877
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1877
Page
1
The job printing office supplies type and materials and will execute projects at low prices. They offer legal blanks, bill heads, letter heads, bed books, pamphlets, and auction bills, touting affordability for printing needs.
Poem recalls May-day customs in a New England town. The speaker reflects on winter lingering, missed May-day celebrations, and memories of visiting friends with baskets of flowers from a bygone era in Hingham and Seekonk, noting the calendar seems mistaken.
Clara Allen's vanity and Lionel Grange's devotion ignite a love triangle. Clara spurns him for clever rivals, taints his trust, and years later faces mourning and remorse as Lionel dies abroad. She returns to Fairlawn to seek forgiveness, only to find Lionel alive in memory and in a reunion that redeems their broken bond.
Tun sheep raisers in Los Angeles face a harsh season with scarce feed and hundreds of ewes stalled. A rancher offered to sell his 8,000 head flock at 12 cents per head but failed to find a buyer.
The document notes US direct trade with Russia and Turkey remains small relative to total foreign trade. It cites 1874 1875 import and export values with Russia and Turkey across Europe Asia and Africa, showing modest growth but under 1 percent of total US foreign trade. It also speculates the war may cut direct arms trade while boosting demand for American breadstuffs and provisions.
The diamond region lies seven days from the coast. A desert town of about 40,000 hosts canvas and brick buildings, five churches, a synagogue, two theaters, a skating rink, and many pianos. Diggers live in huts and wagons yet two thirds earned moderate fortunes despite high digging costs.
The patent bell punch is rolled out on several San Francisco streetcar lines with a royalty of 40 cents daily per bell punch. With 40 cars in service this yields $16 per day for the detector system, aiming to offset observed dishonesty. A conductor reported a curious incident involving a picturing miner who refused fare.
An unclear dialogue shows a doctor extracting a small instrument from his pocket and a tense exchange where a speaker vows no one will surprise them, signaling a rising confrontation in a crowded scene.
An eye witness describes the Russian retreat moving from the sun to Rustchuk. Ten yoke of bullocks pulled a gim with an average pace of four miles per day in rain. Mud kept both bullocks and gun stuck, hindering progress.
Ottoman forces stormed and captured Constantinople on May 29 1453. Emperor Constantine XI died in the defense, ending the Byzantine capital as the city fell to the Turks after about 425 years of Byzantine rule.
A foreign officer in Constantinople explains Turkey faces a two front war. Offensive actions are planned for the Black Sea and Asia Minor, while a defensive campaign on the Danube is anticipated. He notes Turkish troops’ fierce hatred of the Russians and the ease of fighting at home, contrasting Russian needs to advance with scarce supplies and wary allies.
The 1829 30 Russo Turkish War saw the Balkan passes bypassed and the Russian army under Diebitsch reach Adrianople after a swift campaign. Navarino’s Turkish fleet was destroyed, janissaries defeated, and Varna and Silistria fell as Braila withstood 44 days.
An 19th century analysis argues Russia seeks Asia gains over Europe, limiting Austrian or other power to block Danube control or Turkish Europe. It asserts Russia will secure Asia Minor and Holy Land rights, regardless of protectorate or annexation. The article links Russian military strength to these projected aims and risks to Constantinople.
The piece contrasts Russian claims to shield Turkish coreligionists with Turkish concern for Muslims in Crimea and the Caucasus under Russian rule. It notes Turkish Christians oppose Russian intervention and would fight for Turkey, while Russian Muslims show reluctance to be protected by the Turks, highlighting a new division at Kishinev under Gen. Skobelev.
A San Felipe youth says two masked men on the road near Castroville ordered him to surrender money. They took $19 from his pocket and boots, invited him to lunch, then returned $7 before he could react and allowed him to go. The men kept their revolvers in sight and masked faces throughout.
A New York letter to the U S Treasurer describes a 1863 confession of stealing a $10 Confederate States note from Richmond. The writer asks the money be given to the conscience fund, stating fear of trace and current remorse before the rebellion ended.
Chicago Sen interviews an elderly Kansan named Dubois who claims to have joined a party that tracked the Bender family after their sudden escape from their murders. He recalls a brief confrontation in the Sumberry beats of Gan.
The article surveys prevailing dress trends with linen collars the Byron style, sarts and brocaded ribbons, undressed kid gloves for evening wear, creany muslins with bright florals, smoother Danrx hair, and summer colors like Saxe cripoline and old gold. It notes new silhouettes such as short single-skirt walking suits with Breton jackets, princesse overdresses, and trimmed bonnets, plus accessories like rolled gold lace pins and satin bonnets.
The article argues that despite modest ties, the East conflict will impact U S commerce. Europe may rely on American grain as war reduces Russian and Turkish supply. Improved transport could push U S grain into British markets, boost meat exports, and expand dressed beef shipments abroad as German steamers add refrigeration.
The New York Attorney General holds Tweed's extended confession revealing the formation of the corrupt ring. It chronicles daily meetings in a Court House kitchen room and Tweed's Duane Street office, plus how bills were doctored from the Board of Supervisors to the Board of Audit, inflating costs from 100 to 400 000 dollars.
A German scientist reports sawdust in mortar as superior to hair for preventing cracks under storm and frost. He tested on his seacoast house, renewing patches each spring after trial of other substances. Sawdust was dried, sifted, and mixed with cement for mortar.
A terse report notes the death of Benjamin Daniels at Scrathy with few legible details. no clear cause or age is readable in the fragment.
The Des State Register notes a baby with twelve living relatives across five generations, all alive. The family spans Indiana roots with four maternal lines and three paternal lines represented, ages ranging from early twenties to mid-sixties, showing a robust lineage.
Two bodies recovered from the Rouen river in France include a 20 year old man named Inois and his 18 year old sweetheart 2 Dupre. A letter found on the young man reveals their plan to perish together rather than be separated. The couple had disappeared from their home on March 6 and were found entangled in the river later that day.
At sea near Saint Remy an 18 year old was buried after being pronounced dead. A muffled cry from within the coffin alerted mourners, the youth struggled to escape but died from asphyxia before rescue could reach him.
A Massachusetts England Shoe and Leather Associate forms a debts bureau to hire counsel, collect debts, and push settlements. Subscribers contribute by tier amounts from 25 to 1000 dollars, with rewards for bulk participation. The group plans to arbitrate compromises between debtors and creditors amid public legal disputes.
A man facing debts to his celebrity life enters a chamber lined with mirrors. Creditor notes show his reflection stretched and distorted as he harbors shame. He spends over a quarter hour unable to endure the uncanny chamber of mirrors.
The writer Branet describes a day near a storm when ten toads crowd a hive and a toad darts from the hive to devour bees. He notes twelve victims before a sting ends the incident, with the toad retreating and returning to the depot hours later.
A government document purports to detail the estate held by the ex Empress Eugenie and the Paris property valued at 10 dollars with a mortgage of 240000. The imperial exile fortune is listed with large varying figures across countries.
The readable lines evoke a sketchy scene of kinship with a sister’s love, a rocking chair crafted by a brother, and a family almanac holding recipes. The fragment hints at gratitude, memory, and valued heirlooms within a distant, unfinished message.
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