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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
2
Readers are treated to poems and vignettes from Harper’s Bazar and humorous sketches of Irish shipmates and Mrs. Casey’s neighborhood. The clover meadow musings contrast with a bustling wake scene and a yarn about a wake time la ng Dinnis game, with town talk of scandal and a cautionary tale of Enoch Arden in a Nebraska letter.
A Chicago Record correspondent describes cultural differences in tipping. In Europe travelers bribe baggage crews and staff to avoid annoyance, while in Japan tips are frowned upon and porters, policemen, and others refuse payment, preferring polite service instead. The writer recalls losing a notebook on a Tokio Yokohama train and receiving it back without accepting offers of payment to staff.
The true tale recounts Elias Howe near ruin before realizing the needle eye must be near the point not the heel. A dream of a savage king spurs insight, waking at 4 am to model the eye, solving a crucial design moment in sewing machine history.
The Prince of Wales preserves family pets by stuffing them after death for display in royal spaces. Scientific specimens are sent to public collections, making the prince a notable donor to the national museum.
A tall tale from Galesburg area reports Mrs. Rhoda Talcott, 81, praising Dr Williams Pink Pills after years of erysipelas and paralysis threats. Her daughter and local buyers, including George Kelly and John McKee, corroborate relief and renewed health. The piece promotes the pills as a blood and nerve remedy with mail order details.
A poetic meditation on fleeting glory and mortality contrasts triumphs and a bubble like illusions with the rising and passing of life. It juxtaposes ambition love labor and fortune against inevitable decay and death.
A collection of reflections contrasts appearances with inner truth. It notes women seem satisfied when not, men groan louder when ill, and people prefer faults to perfections. It asserts truth surfaces eventually like cork rising after being submerged and comments on money, happiness, and the desire to be a good spouse.
The Big Four Route with Queen & Crescent and Southern railways offers a rapid Chicago to Atlanta service leaving Chicago at noon and arriving the next day at noon. It claims to be the best time from Chicago and the northwest to Atlanta and the south. Time cards and rates available from J Tucker at 234 Clark Street in Chicago.
The tailor recalls delivering Mr Snow boy’s suit and asking the boy to note it was on time. The boy said he felt unable to repay the tailor for the kindness shown.
Publishers of Taz Youts's Companion offer a free four page calendar lithographed in nine colors with a 60 cent value. New subscribers paying 1 75 receive the paper free from subscription receipt to Jan 1 1896. Also free holiday double numbers and Companion 6 full copy to Jan 1 1897. Address 2 Yours's Companion Boston.
Rosa Bonheur and Mme Dieulafoy, wife of the explorer, stand as the only two women in France permitted to appear in public wearing men's clothing.
A historic notice extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative with gentle action and soothing effects for children and families. It also notes a writer from an Austrian paper claiming Prince Bismarck’s family is Bohemian and the name originated as Dusebek.
In a terse frontier exchange the Eastern man taunts Western faults in land speculation. The Western man concedes and boasts of keeping profits locally rather than buying back eastern investors’ lots at half price.
A struggling minister and his wife debate writing an indignant letter to the editor over jokes about donation parties in a weekly humor section. They note they recently hosted their own donation party and cannot afford stamps.
A brisk exchange in a period scene has a fair customer remarking on five cent shot silks advertised for mosquito netting. The salesman notes the silks arrived by express car delayed by train robbers, adding a dash of suspense to a simple sales moment.
A dialogue shows Jinks praising Broadgrin for smooth housework and Minks noting Broadgrin’s wife keeps servants amused while she handles the work.
Deacon Snow challenges Rev. Mr. Johnsing over a gospel quotation as to when Noah emerged from the ark. The exchange centers on a claimed reading that Noah came forth from the ark, prompting a lively theological dispute in the congregation.
A conversation imagines a rail accident on elevated lines. Mr Gotham remarks passengers are packed two deep so only outer layers would suffer injuries in a crash.
A garbled excerpt discusses elevating oneself and others, praising exemplary conduct and the idea that some should reap the benefits while others are left behind. The text hints at personal philosophy and social expectations but remains unclear and fragmented.
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