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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1883
Page
4
A rustic verse warns of stories told at dawn and the danger of bold boasts about lovers and chores. The speaker recalls a maid and a warning to avoid rash actions after early morning gossip. The piece laments speech that harms trust and cautions against indecent rumors.
A mosaic of quoted maxims and observations on hope, health, talent, morality, love, and conscience. It threads ideas from Richter and Carlyle, contrasts wealth with true essence, and uses extended metaphors to question restraint, virtue, and character formation.
An article discusses wing shooting as a moveable skill, comparing eye and muscle coordination to other sports. It argues quick eye movement and trained muscles matter more than sight, and describes two methods for targets and the need to synchronize action to release the trigger.
Kathie boards a morning train and sits beside a quiet, well dressed gentleman. She fears pocket-pickpockets and watches the man, while he reads his newspaper and seems polite, leaving her uneasy about the encounter on the ride.
Kathie suspects a pickpocket on a crowded train but recovers her purse which bears her name inside. A chance meeting with Mr. Thorn leads to a tense exchange about the supposed mistake, then a learned ease as they travel together and plot future gentler dealings. Their relationship shifts from embarrassment to playful, with Thorn joking about the incident.
A New York Sun interview quotes Rev John Jasper of Richmond defending a four cornered earth theory. He asserts Bible authority for his view that the earth is fixed and square, with the sun moving, and cites Joshua and Ecclesiastes while criticizing scientific claims. He describes reading philosophy but doubts science's proofs.
An Atlantic Monthly writer offers a fair assessment of Webster praising him as among the great men of his era and race. He notes Webster’s moral failings did not stem from intellect but from lack of originality and uneven ambition, yet honors his enduring influence in English oratory.
The account details Nero’s extravagant palace expansion after a city fire, including a mile long portico and a colossal ivory statue. It describes lavish interiors, gilding, movable ivory ceilings, and a vast palace complex. It notes his wealth, luxury, and crimes, contrasted with popular public adulation after his death anniversary tomb tributes.
An observer contrasts Mexico's caste system with other societies noting distinct classes from Creoles to mixed races along the gulf coast. He praises Mexican women for beauty and domestic devotion while lamenting the lack of a single word for home in Spanish and describing social bindings that shape the community.
The fragment quotes Dr James Jackson on a health formula urging calm thinking, active bowels, skin care, and rest to stay healthy and recover when possible. It also notes that about ninety national banks were organized in 19, with eleven placed under voluntary liquidation and three failed.
In a humorous tale Patrick Flynn faces jail after a drunken dispute. A neighbor testifies and Judge Shaw weighs bail options as a bondsman named Mike volunteers to stand for Flynn. The crowd cheers mercy while Flynn vows reform after the judge frees him on bond.
A moral admonition on marital duties and parental guidance urging couples to share respect, trust, and cheerful support. It cautions against withholding funds, neglecting appearance, ignoring a partner's counsel, and failing to model unity for children.
The article notes a distinctive Japanese cheerful demeanor across classes and occupations from statesmen to laborers. It attributes this good humor to digestion, temperament, courage, and practical sense, suggesting it shapes daily work and social interactions. It ends by imagining Mark Tapley as a modest gentleman fitting in.
A motivational piece argues that denying inability and embracing self confidence drive success. It contrasts self conceit with craven fear, praising the person who acts with heart and energy, noting fortune favors those who endure and persist despite obstacles.
An eccentric tale recalls a Lockport father meeting his daughter at the depot after she returns from a female college. The reunion features a sealskin cloak, a bay mare payment, and a humorous outburst as the girl greets her father with mock politeness amid the bustling station.
An old man mutters about a former express. A daughter praises a lavish school life while her father questions studies and grammar. The scene shifts to a tense supper as a family debates education, music, and rules, ending with dismissive patriarchal orders.
An 19th century style health note explains that chapped hands stem from oil deficiency secreted by skin glands. It warns against soap alkali stripping oil, and recommends nightly rubbing with mutton tallow and wearing leather gloves.
An agricultural college study tested weather protection and feed value for fattening hogs using ten Berkshire pigs over eleven weeks. Results show bran is not profitable and protecting pigs from exposure saves corn, with barn pens producing better weight gains than exposed pens.
The piece argues against affectation in leaders and scholars and extols naturalness as the mark of a great person. It warns that false polish demeans individuals and critiques the practice of infantilizing children and exposing them as precocious. It cites Dr. Robert H. Blackwell on night lights and cites American child impertinence as a national trait.
The article explains that regular vigorous breathing strengthens lungs and chest. It cites a Youth's Companion note about a student who improved pulmonary weakness by breathing through a quill sized tube and later through nostrils, expanding the chest and holding breath longer.
Describes sealing wool items inside a large box with petroleum paper and tar roofing paper to deter moths. Line box interior completely with several layers to block holes, cover the exterior portion of the item, and seal with a tight lid. Claims this method preserves clothing for up to three years and is cheaper than camphor, with carbolic acid acting as an antiseptic.
Fire crackers are produced in China at a few cents per pack due to cheap labor. A pack contains eighty crackers and a Chinaman makes forty for less than a cent. Hong Kong merchants box forty packs per shipment. Used as ballast on ships, they travel globally. They are popular on New Year in China and on holidays like Fourth of July in the United States and Guy Fawkes Day in England.
Brush street police were called to a scene where a drunken husband fought at his wife’s door. The wife, newly married six weeks, mistook the officer for her husband and joked they must excuse her for not recognizing him. The incident ended with the man calming down.
A compact collection of maxims on love and friendship, manners and moral duty. It contrasts casual social ease with steadfast goodness and notes how understanding, patience, and restraint shape character. The passage ends with a quip about school instruction and a reply.
A string of light anecdotes on marriage, dressmakers, and church habits. A Philadelphia visit by an Illinois deacon prompts a quip about Christmas packs. Two girls recall verses with a punchline about dressmakers. A wealthy misers plea for elopement to save wedding costs. A Keokuk bride tall at six feet four inches and a New York editor's domestic motor joke close the collection.
In the Burlington Hawkeye excerpt a family faints with the infant’s color while Mr. Blanket notes the baby’s complexion. A quip about fifteen years of training and campaigns follows, then a quiet ends the room as the father checks the thermometer and the others drift into silence.
Readers share a string of gag lines and asides about temperance, fools, dentists, doctors, and a farmer. A boy explains a loud yell as yelling at the top of his voice. A true tale notes thirty two teeth pulled without anesthesia. The humor ends with a shy, garbled reminiscence about past attempts to learn a lesson.
Dr William A Hammond coined syngignosticism to describe hypnotism a power to influence minds and compel actions. Dr George M Baird claims hypnotism involves a brain section suspension with increased activity elsewhere. The article notes mystery in sleep trances dreams and visions and predicts future scientific understanding.
Professor David Swing of Chicago preached on the Worth of Life. He warned that if the grave ends human striving, education law and will must lead to a funeral march with fading banners and muffled drums.
The essay argues that joining a church helps some, but church membership alone does not grant the fruits of the spirit. Action and genuine piety matter, and zeal without inner virtue is insufficient. It quotes Beecher on religion’s sense of justice.
Old farmer Pettingill discovers hired man hugging Mrs I and later finds John packing his trunk saying he is leaving. John claims he was trying to tie a women to her consent in jealousy, but the scene remains tangled and unclear.
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