18 May 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1893
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists county roles including Auditor Clerk District Court County Attorney Treasurer Recorder Sheriff Superintendent of Schools Coroner with no surrounding context. Names and actions are unreadable but imply a scope of county government positions.
The Iowa State Sunday School Association outlines a state wide plan to boost evangelical education through sixteen districts and frequent institutes. An annual meeting is set for Chariton in June 2022 with officers Rev John W Geiger Mrs Mattie M Bailey and J W Johnson.
A Rural Life excerpt outlines a thorough standard for a draft mare. It emphasizes tough, open feet. strong pasterns. a short flat cannon bone with a flinty look. broad front hooks and side knee. large muscular thighs. a wide chest. erect crest. a clean cut head with lively eye. good neck and slanting shoulders. ample back length. well sprung ribs. long fair quarters. broad hips from behind. calm temperament to ensure offspring echoing the dam.
In southwest Russia a long running mice infestation that plagued fields towns and villages disappears. The 1891 spring brought a terrible mice plague with farmers fearing for crops. By late spring 1892 the rodents had left, leaving only numerous holes in fields and gardens as evidence.
The Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station reports that growers underuse seed and that planting half a potato per hill often yields more than smaller cuts. For weak varieties larger cuttings help, and increasing from one eye to half a potato raises total and marketable yields, though using a whole potato may not offset seed costs.
A French paper reports an electric tanning method now used on stray dogs gathered in the Paris pound. The process allegedly converts skin into leather in three to four days, far faster than the six to eight months of standard tanning. The resulting leather is described as finer and softer, used briefly for ladies shoes.
Viscount Eunatsky of Russia wagered 10000 dollars to travel 4062 miles from Samara to Paris in eighty days with a troika of three horses. He finished in seventy seven days, averaging 52.67 miles daily, a record claimed as the greatest endurance feat by man and horse.
C F Curtiss in Rural Life reports Middlebury VT breeder Joseph Battell argues trotting horse work must be redone to produce a perfectly formed horse with the fastest gait. He says public demand will accept only the highest result and that a better individual, not just a record, defines a superior trotter destined for broader value.
Rural Life quotes C F Curtiss noting a 13 mare list with average foaling age eleven. Betsey and I dam of Maquette reached sixteen as the oldest, Eventide foaled Kremlin at fifteen. Atlanta dam of Alix 2 10 and Gussie Wilkes dam of Allerton 2 09 are five, Waxana dam of Sundl 2 08 is eight.
The Philadelphia debate under the Chatham Literary Union compares the Democratic Party the Church the People's Party and the Republican Party with speakers Col Henry Watterson Rev R H Conwell Gen Jas B Weaver and Col B L Woodford. Pamphlet printing offers 25 cents per copy and a combined annual subscription offer from The Farmers Tribune and The Intelligencer.
The July 1 enactment bans licensed saloons and establishes state run dispensaries. Liquor must be sold in sealed packages from half a pint to five gallons and cannot be opened on site. Profits go to county and municipal treasuries. chemists test purity. shipments require state certification.
The speaker praises a new law to combat liquor issues, citing forty years of success in Norway and noting six prohibition counties in South Carolina without dispensaries as the model for universal adoption.
A weekly legal notices list records numerous property transfers in Ames, Zearing, and Maxwell plus Blairs, Maxwell, and other nearby areas with deeds to farms and plots. The page also includes a feature on how to test coins for counterfeits detailing edge reeding, weight, plating, and chemical tests.
A poem notes snow covering the ground while birds proclaim spring. The frozen river remains sealed yet buds peek from elm trees as midwinter winds blow. Anna B Lowell, Boston Commonwealth.
While escorting Daniel Webster to Charlestown for his Bunker Hill monument address, a Boston merchantdomed by pride offered several bottles of brandy. Webster tasted a strong dram from a chosen decanter and, refusing water, declared he was not thirsty in his regal manner.
London Truth reports settlements tied to a royal wedding negotiation. The Roumanian crown prince would receive £12,000 yearly from his country and £12,000 from King Charles. Princess Marie would gain £12,000 jointure after the crown prince’s death, with sources split between Roumania and Charles. The Hohenzollern prince earmarks £4,000 yearly to Prince Ferdinand and £190,000 ultimate, while the Edinburgh couple plan an education for their daughter with no dot until after both parents pass. The pact aims to settle £150,000 for younger children.
Mrs Henry M Stanley proves fashion can clash with taste as her blouses draw sharp jokes at full dress events. Mrs J Ellen Foster, a noted political lecturer, is described as a handsome, lively speaker with brown hair gray eyes and a bright complexion. Mme Pinitza widow of a Slavic major linked to Stambouloff has remarried a Sofia banker close to Stam bouloff despite past shocks.
The article lists historical and home remedy practices for delirium tremens including liquor for calming, purgatives, emetics, hot mustard baths, and laudanum under medical advice. It also mentions assorted items from fashion trims to tonics, then shifts to various curiosities such as Park's Sure Cure claims, liver and kidney health, and a parade of miscellaneous notes about foods, European famine era hams, and a giant ox at the World's Fair.
Prices listed for famous signatures include John Wesley at 12.50, Talleyrand at 15, Marie Antoinette at 25, General Israel Putnam at 35, N. P. Willis at 1.50, Helen Hunt Jackson at 2.50, and a Sarah Bernhardt autograph offered at a stated price. A survey by an 18 year old yields 150.
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