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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1885
Page
4
A farcical verse recounts a kitchen mishap in which a character misreads a “cupful of mustard” as danger. The scene bursts into chaos when a shriek and spluttering reveal the misadventure, drawing the household to investigate the mysterious door and commotion.
Aunt Katie uses cobwebs as a metaphor for sins like pride and selfishness, urging Ruby to look up toward light. The exchange blends domestic guidance with a moral lecture, emphasizing virtue, self-control, and prayer as guiding traits for boys and girls.
A New York City boy, nine, impressed a visiting woman with disciplined study and steady answers. She predicted a future presidency, and the lad, Schuyler Colfax, vowed to try for it. The note from Clara J. Denton preserves this hairline tale of early ambition.
A pastor shares that the art of self defense is learned from Proverbs and is the bees system of self defense. He cites a boy named Fred Evans who is praised for his mild manner and noble spirit, even when criticized by classmates.
In a nostalgic scene a father calls his ward Isabel a gypsy maid with dark brown eyes and almost black curls. He praises her for her warmth and South American charm as he consults an artist to capture her likeness.
An interview recalls Abraham Lincoln as a tall keen boy who learned to write with makeshift ink and a turkey buzzard feather. The piece shifts to General Sheridan born March 6 1831 detailing Somerset life, family, schooling, and a comic Fourth of July oration failure.
In a North Carolina county meeting a freedman preacher debates a scholar who cites geography. The preacher says the sermon about Moses predates geography and tropical climates, while the young man questions the ice in the Red Sea and era of maps.
A famed storyteller recounts an unbelievable story later verified as true. The tale involves sixty eight Paris churches and their art works valued at $1 615 710, underscoring the claim that extraordinary events can be factual and worth belief.
The piece advises not bathing before breakfast, recommends a gentle morning friction bath or dry mittens, and prefers eating first. It warns that cold baths exhaust the body by lowering warmth, taxing the heart, and slowing recovery, favoring a warm bath and hot sheet wrap before retiring.
A San Antonio clerk is on trial for stealing money from a house on Soledad Street. Defense attorney Julian Van Slyck argued the defendant acted from hunger and did not take a pocketbook containing 800, or more, dollars. The judge and audience reacted as the accused sobbed, saying he did not see the pocket book.
Amateur Texas painter Sam Pettigrew shows Gilhooly many works. When asked what a certain piece depicts the artist admits he cannot recall the scene after so long since painting it. He is urged to note what each picture represents for his own records.
Christina Rossetti expresses inner conflict between rest and toil as she submits to divine will. The speaker laments doubts while yearning for rest with Christ and asks when toil may end.
A Western Christian Advocate editorial argues against consolidating weak churches to form strong bodies. It urges sustaining many congregations, funding missions, and keeping all churches open to preach the gospel, especially in American cities while noting declines in American church attendance compared with overseas missions. It warns that America’s cities risk becoming heathen if neglect continues.
A lawyer declines to press a claim. He recounts overhearing an old man praying for his sick wife and their home, yielding to a plea that justice be left to God, and choosing not to pursue the case to avoid moral stain. The client later regrets knowing of the prayer and fears money from the sale.
The article surveys Alexandre Dumas’s modern focus on living faces and contemporary art, contrasting his life in a Paris hotel with Meissonier’s paintings and a violin anecdote. It shifts to medical notes on Acute Brights disease, its symptoms, progression, and potential recovery with care, followed by a discussion of historical infant swaddling and waist compression from ancient to modern times.
The article recounts a scene with Saldah Bebee greeting Lady Kesineh and a hall of over a hundred Indian girls aged 10 to 14 performing exercises. The descriptions include the gymnastic apparatus, a wheel dance called chakranee, and penalties for equipment failure.
A Harlem man complains to a grocer about higher potato prices and blames news slakers for delayed price drops. The dialogue includes humorous-absurd lines about currency and news. Other items note a song title about a station-house and a reflection on absence and choosing a spouse.
Boston figures claim 800 insane, with 73 expected to recover, citing uric acid as brain fuel. Rev E D Hopkins credits Warner's safe cure for recovery after 25 years in asylum, alleging removal of uric acid from blood. The speaker warns mental illness may begin in the stomach and blood composition.
Jumbo, captured as a baby and housed at Paris Jardin des Plantes, moved to London in 1865, lived as the royal favorite, then sold to P. T. Barnum for up to 30 000 dollars. He toured major cities in the United States from 1882 until his death after saving Tom Thumb, struck by a freight train in St Thomas Ontario on September 15, 1885. Tom Thumb died the next day.
The tile fish, a deep sea species first found by a U S Fish Commission dredge about 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras, appears to have vanished since early this year. Prof Baird notes deep sea fish die with small temperature changes and suggests a cold current may have driven the tile fish to extinction.
Valuable experiments plant wheat barley plots with varying irrigation. Monthly irrigation yielded the heaviest crops, about 53 bushels per acre, far above the regional norm of 14% bushels. More frequent watering did not improve results, suggesting cereals need abundant water at longer intervals.
The London Truth mocks claims of dog intelligence by citing a South Coast dog that can tell time from Arabic numerals after a glance. It compares such feats to Sir John Lubbock, Professor Flower, and a university dog described as eager to start when his master takes up his hat yet unmoved by a college cap.
The text warns of risks during a critical maturation period for women and suggests that care is needed to prevent health issues. It promotes Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a solution prepared by a leading physician of the era to support female health and prevent weakness during this stage.
The piece links dyspepsia to fevers and disease, touts Dr Walker's California Vinegar BItters, and highlights Rothkin Carriage Works of Syracuse N Y with claims of a large factory, modern machinery, wide vehicle lines, low prices and warrants. Dealers receive liberal price concessions.
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