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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1879
Page
5
A poem traces a woman’s life from dawn to evening as age and death approach. Death bears her to the skies while she ponders a guiding star, with Death revealing the shining planet is Earth. The verse blends nature imagery with existential questioning and a final cosmic revelation.
A poem contrasts two empty nests an old adobe and a swallow's nest on a hillside and at a door where roses cluster. It reflects on deserted spaces once alive with labor birds and children and ends with a meditation on loss.
The Washington Post recalls a onetime premier hotel site between Willard’s hotel and Fifteenth street. Rooms untouched for years hold relics from early capital days, including a rusty horse shoe and aging maps. The piece explores memory, age, and the enduring pull of dead and living histories in a landmark structure.
A historic Willard's Hotel anecdote describes the so called President's room on Fourteenth Street used by presidents and leaders. It recalls Lincoln's arrival to Washington and the hotel as neutral ground where politicians of all factions gathered, with dining rooms and reception spaces shaping early governance rituals.
A historical passage paints Cashmere as a once fertile paradise now ruined by famine and oppressive governance. It blames Maharah for extortion, outlines the 1846 Lahore treaty, English protection of Gholab Singh, and the shift of wealth to Rajah’s tax system, driving villagers to destitution and outmigration.
A damaged clipping references Grand Union Hotel and a railway depot site near a corner. The text is garbled but suggests a debate about relocation or signage and access near the hotel. No clear events, dates, or outcomes are readable.
The Oneida community discusses abolition of mixed marriages and advances toward monogamy. Fifteen years of Episcopal leadership oversee unions with grooms and bridesmaids, while the group faces questions of dissolution, land value, and communal profits.
William A. Eddy discusses the gap between ideal and practical thinking in Popular Review Monthly. He argues that some readers focus on daily tasks while others crave imagination, noting how both sides miss a broader balance and a potential new sense beyond current perception.
Miners in three Des Moines coal mines joined a wage strike and demanded coal be weighed before screening. The text also contrasts cotton crops under slave and free labor from 1852 to 1879, noting production and value differences and a quip about American students after the revolution.
A retired doctor claims to have received a vegetable formula from an India missionary that cures consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments along with nervous debility. He will mail the recipe free in German French or English to all who request it citing his address at 149 Powers’ Market.
A series of testimonials from Rev. J. F. Rankin Rev A Harvey E W Neff and J H Sherlock hail Warner's Safe Kidney Cure. They claim cures for Bright's disease liver complaints and chronic illness and say no other remedy compares. The text notes hundreds of additional testimonials.
A scrambled OCR line mentions ages and names with prices, but the text is incomplete and unclear. It references Pos ooh gen 1d ighs, Tr Byrup, and generic price terms without coherent context or完整 details.
Dispatches recount the collision of the Lady Octavia and the Champion off the Capes near Delaware. Thirty-two aboard the Champion were lost with twenty-five saved. the Octavia towed the wreck to Philadelphia after the sinking in four minutes. Captain Lockwood and crew details are included. The Petrel schooner and other losses are noted with six survivors from the Petrel wreck.
A July August notice touts the Gilt-Edge Butter Maker, claiming half the churning time and 6 to 10 percent higher production. Storekeepers pay 3 to 5 cents extra per pound for butter produced with it, with samples and testimonials from Buffalo New York and May 28 1879 correspondence.
Assurance Society to local agents claims the company has led in average annual new business for eight years and policies are incontestable after three years with a world wide reputation for financial strength. Letters should be addressed to 120 Broadway New York. Carboline deodorizer products are mentioned in a fragmentary fashion with Kennedy & Co. of Pittsburgh referenced.
Advertises Kidney-Wort as a cure for constipation and kidney liver diseases. Also promotes Dr King's New Discovery for consumption and respiratory ailments claiming positive cures. Notes free trial offer and availability from druggists and dealers.
Dairymen are invited to use Wells Richardson Co's Perfected Butter Color to match prices. The ad touts a free book of nearly 100 pages on health topics including scrofula and heart troubles, offered for one stamp from Murray Hill Pub Co, 129 E 14th Street, New York.
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