10 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
1
The notice details advertising options in Ames with pricing for standing ads at $50 per year and monthly per inch rates. Local business lines cost 10 cents per line for first insertions and cents per line thereafter, with contracts for 500 lines at $25 and 1200 lines at $50.
The article notes 2 Aces on the Chicago and Northland Minneapolis Road north of Des Moines. It describes Des Moines as the seat of Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, with hundreds of students and a well appointed public school. Surrounding farming lands are productive with abundant fruit and orchard yields.
County officers listed include C. G. McCarthy as County Auditor Henry Willson District Clerk Gro W Dyer County Attorney J A Mills J M Ingram A K Banks G G Bok R B Mitchell J L Hostetter Treasurer Superintendent of Schools and Surveyor are noted with accompanying marks indicating positions.
After business ruin, Grace supports the household by taking a job in the city while Pamela cares for their ailing father. Grace faces hardship and past mistakes with Felix, as Grace and Pamela help their father recover, and Grace earns a place in a new firm with Felix. The sisters reconcile with their father as trust and partnership grow.
A long reading on the value of a resourceful housekeeper who plans and manages finances, food, and clothing. It praises practical, durable goods, neat homes, and sensible fashions, lauding a neighborly woman who aids others by clever remaking and budgeting.
Poem laments unfulfilled ambitions and vanished prophecies as youthful hopes fade. It mocks grand plans like Keely motor tales and declares great feats doomed to oblivion, referencing faded dreams and a lingering sense of disappointment from a bygone era.
A man and his son walk past an artillery practice and mishear the booming as a rehearsal by newspaper men. The father explains journalists are preparing to write headlines for a Kansas newspaper, leading to humorous misunderstanding.
A tall guest leaves after making many requests with a clerk and porter remarking he already owns three town lots in Wichita. The scene mocks a cocky show of gentility as the man departs.
Sister Clara and Bobby discuss a piano related encounter on the street. Bobby mentions a young man named Feath erly and says he is heading home to dinner. He recalls the man asking if the piano tuner was in the parlor.
The guidance urges girls to build health with proper food exercise and rest. It emphasizes practical learning before marriage, cultivating minds through books, choosing wholesome amusements, and selecting friends carefully to avoid frivolous influences and unsuitable acquaintances.
A foreign correspondent recalls the precocity of Eastern children in the company of Lady Duff Gordon. A 12 year old loves Baroness K, dons a turban, and asks for medicine to look white. The Sultan’s son, in a silk caftan, declares a woman cannot talk to him until sweetmeats change his mind.
The narrator recalls civil war era memories, focusing on the impact of war on families, the toll of battles, and the challenges of rear-area organization. He contrasts front-line valor with rear-guard disorder, noting stragglers, morale issues, and the enduring scar of loss. There are numerous references to officers, battles, and veterans' accounts.
A collage of quips, jokes, and comic dialogues ranging from gender roles and social mores to playful dialect sketches. The items include remarks on men and women, German speech quirks, clergyman jokes, slave-era drum anecdotes, fashion banter, and humorous misunderstandings about hair albums and weddings.
In a frugal village, residents mistake a black bug as an old witch and bruise her. Capt P covers barns with horseshoes to keep witches out. A woodsman with a gun is misread as a British spy, then revealed as ornithologist Alexander Wilson supported by a letter from a Boston gentleman. Other aphorisms about ships and eyes close the piece.
In North Georgia a Union and Confederate patrols attended the same revival at Pine Log Creek Church. A visiting preacher urged a better life, and soldiers from opposite sides knelt together at the mourner's bench. After service they pledged fraternity and parted, choosing friendship over enmity.
The Annamite system treats marriage as a moral alliance, not a business contract. Dowries are uncommon when a well brought up bride is involved, and tests of the husband’s value may last years while the wife is treated as an equal in the household.
A terse adage notes that men living without religion remain meramulinary and state in their conduct, reflecting a historical moral perspective on belief and behavior.
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