28 May 1891
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1891
Page
1
Advertisement notes quick and cheap passage to Washington Oregon and California via the Great Northern Railway. Encourages visiting local ticket agents for round trip tickets to any West or Pacific Coast destination.
Biographical sketch of Thomas Henry Huxley noting his birth in Ealing on May 4 1825 and rise as a naturalist. The article also presents a U S census Bureau map tracing the United States center of population from 1790 to 1890 showing a total westward shift of 505 miles with yearly move rates.
Biographical sketch of Admiral William de Rohan, born Dahlgren, brother of U S Navy Admiral Dahlgren, and uncle to Charles Dahlgren. Traces his Norse French lineage, early quarrel with Dahlgren, name change, service with Turkey, Argentina, Garibaldi and the Italian unification, naval command under Garibaldi, funds and ships used to aid Sardinia, loyalty to the North in the Civil War, unpaid claims to Italy, later years in England and Providence Hospital. ends with death after paralysis.
In a Chicago Tribune item a humorous scene unfolds where Miss Etta Black refuses to marry Mr. Savage lest she become Etta Black Savage. The dialogue features Delsartean expressions and a fate shadow, ending with his hasty retreat. Nearby vignettes from Scribner’s and Clothier and Furnisher add quick comic cuts.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company advertises lands for sale promising yields from apple orchards of 300 to 500 dollars per acre and even higher profits for fruit and early vegetables. It notes transport facilities along the line to Chicago and St. Louis with daily fruit express trains, and cites successful farmers earning up to 1000 dollars per acre.
Frederick R. Coudert is a prominent New York lawyer known for his work in international law. He is of French extraction and ranks highly in the city’s legal scene, with a fine winter residence and a handsome New Jersey country house for the summer season.
The Chilean president Balmaceda wields sweeping powers under the constitution and controls governors and district overseers. Critics claim the president’s liberal early rule gave way to abuses, fueling a current insurrection and escalating political crisis.
During molting, provide fresh water, a light airy cage, fine gravel, and seed mix with hemp and rape seed. Avoid drafts and keep a tonic in store. The article notes practical care and quotes Mrs James A Garfield praising Christian unity and tolerance at a national gathering.
The piece recalls the Harvard Annex where women study with Harvard professors and take the same exams, though not part of the college. Lectures for men are repeated for women, and the origin of the term Annex is linked to a lone early student nicknamed the missing quantity.
The piece discusses George Eliot’s second marriage less than eighteen months after Lewes’s death and the astonishment of friends. It suggests Browning journals might reveal more, notes few living qualified to assess their early connection, and hints at Mrs Lynn-Linton’s potential controversial recollections.
A widow in town contemplates remarriage but fears offending her late husband so she prays at his grave. The graveyard has seen heavier attendance in the past six months as she seeks reconciliation with the deceased. A separate note mentions Jeffersonville boys stealing a locomotive to sell as scrap, and a quip about nicknames in Glynn county, Georgia. Professor Rena A Michaels of Northwestern University is named national lecturer for the National W C T U franchise department.
An English patented posy holder fastens to a carriage door panel and fits a small socket in the woodwork. Its slanted design keeps flowers from being damaged and prevents hot-hand contact, easing the burden of holding bouquets during long visits to the queen.
A Lewiston Journal account alleges a New Gloucester tax collector tried to arrest a healthy young woman on a highway for unpaid taxes. She sat down refusing to assist or be moved. the collector, unable to lift her, failed to detain her, and the arrest reportedly failed for lack of constabulary strength.
An elderly physician long retired reveals a simple vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments and a radical cure for nervous debility and nervous complaints. He offers to send free of charge the recipe in German French or English with directions, to anyone requesting it by mailing with name to a Rochester address.
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