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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1884
Page
4
A chaotic yet humorous lecture unfolds as a Delaware man speaks on Does Nature Make Mistakes? amid comic digressions on foxes fish oysters and clams. The audience reacts with laughter and a hat pass for the speaker.
In a morning scene at his store Rockland merchant Moneybaggs argued with another man over a "reduced rice" label on carpeting. The confrontation ended when Moneybaggs toppled through a plate-glass window, illustrating the old adage that every man pays for his joke, good or evil.
Minneapolis artist reports his party of seventy five agrees Sitka Alaska houses the finest church in America. He calls its Greek cross design and interior gold and silver mass magnificent beyond description.
The piece notes Fanny Davenport as the era’s top earner in American theatre. It cites $250 to $500 nightly rates, enhanced by Daly’s management and Davenport’s beauty and talent. It mentions Jarret and Palmer paying Mr. Davenport $600 a week and praises his Hamlet as a benchmark in American acting.
An old trader recalls Pacific island trade, barter, and capture stories. A dramatic escape involves a beautiful island woman leaping into surf, evading pursuers, and joining a ship after a brief standoff, where she is clothed and integrated with other female recruits.
The Brooklyn Eagle warns that French brandy has not aged three years as true cognac but is largely grain or beet alcohol. Vineyards’ owners fake years such as 1849 or 1856 on labels, and purveyors struggle to find pure cognac. The substitute is called pernicious liquor, causing rage and potential insanity with prolonged use.
Professor W F Barrett argues that direct mind to mind influence in close contact is as plausible as universal distant sand interactions via unknown agency. He suggests consciousness in one mind could affect another without sensory signals.
The New York Observer argues that a single well funded and well mannered theological seminary in a district is preferable to multiple modest ones. It notes relief when crude expressions like one horse are removed from religious papers.
New York letter recounts a Washington paper claim that a western congressman gave his wife 2000 dollars to stay away in winter. The writer quotes a congressman’s remark on western society and describes Western wives at a Frelinghuysen reception with fashion and breeding judgments.
A severely injured Baltimore boy confessed to up to two arson cases and twenty thefts, as police faces debate over expanding powers to break and suspect.
A New York Sun reader recalls pet cats in Broadway drug stores acting as gentle clerks and pest control. The Maltese and other felines greet shoppers, follow big buyers, and keep mice away while creating a charming shop atmosphere. Nearby cats in Thirtieth Street stores and Sixth Avenue butcher shops demonstrate similar behavior, easing crowds and amusing customers with calm, loyal demeanor.
The New York Herald enforces a broad shake up policy allowing any staffer to handle any task. John Habberton, famed for Helen's Babies and Barton Experiment, is unhappy after moving from editorial writer to assistant city editor under T. W. White. Salaries remain unchanged despite the changes.
The Detroit Free Press argues against glamorizing arson by coining pyromania for wealthier offenders who hire lawyers. It compares social labels from drunkard to dipsomaniac and thief to kleptomaniac, questioning whether the term will reduce the $100,000,000 annual fire destruction.
The speaker compares a beloved to a fragrant rose and speaks of fatigue from marching through life. He leans toward a tomb as dawn grows, sensing his last perfume fading while the beloved’s young soul remains opening. The tone is elegiac and intimate.
A New Yorker seeks summer escape from the city noting mountain hotels west of New York and the sharpened bias toward New York after travel. The piece comments on urban excess and contrasts Saratoga race carriage pricing with urban attitudes.
A Chicago audience admires Dumpy the blue Skye terrier at Garfield park. The owner recounts his pampered care, lavish outfits, perfumes, and daily routines from bath to bed, noting the dog’s picky appetite and costly upkeep amid summer antics.
The New York health board disperses strong disinfectants in Mulberry Street alleys amid Italian residents who protest the smell as persecution. Officials warn a possible epidemic if disinfection stops. residents view the effort as an attempt to impose a new odor and control.
London society notes that before its 1842 publication the poet laureate circulated a private edition of Locksley Hall with two verses later omitted. The verses, following the line about touching lips, depict a hall painting and a haunting image of Amy and children, with a second line about a clasped neck and a figure left alone among wrecks.
A waiter asks a stranger for soup or fish and is told to bring meat and potatoes and coffee. After eating he warns not to trifling with a hungry Kansas City man, implying a threat if trifled with.
New York Letter notes Murat Halstead has the largest family at Long Branch with ten children described as budding journalists. Mrs Halstead is praised for remarkable hair estimated nearly seven feet long and notably thick and beautiful.
A new information office debuts in London offering answers for a shilling. Patrons pay and receive responses on various inquiries at the site near the British Museum.
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