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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1893
Page
3
A poem fragment from the Chicago Record printed in Ames Intelligencer describes the rock a bye lady from Hushaby street entering dreams with poppies and tiny dreams of drums sugar plums and toys. It portrays sleeping children receiving visions as fairies and stars appear in a moonlit scene.
A young narrator recalls rebellion against a stern guardian after a sleigh party outing. At breakfast the deacon confronts him and drags him to the woodshed where a confrontation escalates as the youth challenges corporal punishment and asserts his autonomy.
A young man confronts Deacon Halleck over a burned barn and guardian funds. He accuses Halleck of arson to boost insurance and demands five hundred dollars as settlement. The deacon attempts to settle, then ferried by crime charges, unconscious guilt finally exposes itself.
The narrator recounts a tense confrontation with Deacon Halleck ending in Halleck's suicide. A coroner's inquiry follows as the narrator heads south on the Mississippi, seeking Pierce Bostock, a wealthy planter, with help from a nostalgic river voyage and an old slave informant who points toward Marie Bostock's kin for clues.
Ex president Harrison comments on the sweeping Republican win, blaming general industrial decline and pension bureau grievances for voter shifts. He cites Cleveland vetoes, tariff policy, and the McKinley act as pivotal factors while urging protection and continued employment incentives. Attendant editorials predict broader Republican success into 1896.
A satirical note recalls the Editor's long standing discouragement of new papers. It cites an updated figure of nineteen thousand five hundred seventy three newspapers in the United States and Canada and references Benjamin Franklin's prior objection.
A fragment reflecting on doing good for others and the personal benefits of helping, suggesting the idea that assisting others enhances one’s own good as a moral duty and social virtue.
Reports show 1,922 railway corporations as of June 30, 1892 and freight revenue totaling 799,316,042 dollars. Passenger traffic reached 560,958,211 with passenger revenue of 256,305,703 dollars. Total employed rose to 821,415, with gross earnings 1,171,407,348 and net earnings 390,409,548.
A Toledo Blade reprint claims Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee met in a locked Capitol cellar to craft a tariff for revenue only, the Wilson bill, arguing it would cut duties on imports, raise foreign competition, reduce manufacturing, and depress wages for millions of workers.
Topeka Kansas takes first prize for vitrified brick near best, Hutchinson Kansas wins against all rivals for refined salt with England among entrants. Tariff protection boosted both industries. without duties, salt prices fell. The piece argues tariff protection expands farm product demand and critiques populist calls to remove tariffs.
The Troy Times denounces the Democratic party as unfriendly to honest labor citing factory curtailments in Rensselaer County where 15 000 to 16 000 workers are on half time causing a $2 150 000 wage loss. It argues removal of protection harms workers and warns against voting for Democrats. A separate note from the N Trib laments congressional rule chaos and calls for sweeping changes to prevent disorder in the next session.
The Albany Journal notes rising disfavor toward Grover Cleveland amid Olney’s railroad ties. Olney’s reelection as Boston & Maine director triggers Republican alarm and New England scrutiny. The piece argues Cleveland abandons high standards and independence, fueling independent sentiment toward his administration.
The Cleveland Leader notes the decline of McKinley price fears once used by Democrats to push tariffs. It argues markets remain cheap, contradicting 1890s predictions and diminishing the party’s campaign impact this year.
A Civil War river tale describes Confederate hopes after repairing the Indianola and joining the Queen of the West for river victories. Federal sailors at Vicksburg countered with a bogus gunboat craft built from a coal barge, mud furnaces, and improvised smokestacks to mislead the enemy.
A mysterious floating vessel approached Vicksburg drawing rapid fire from river batteries. The ship had no boilers or powder, could not sink, and vanished past the shore while fortifications and gunboats faced a hoax. Confederates blew up the Indianola while Queen of the West fled. the incident ended with Federal amusement and Confederate mortification.
A collection of editorials criticizes Democratic strategy on tariff policy and congressional adjournment. It highlights party infighting, the push for extra sessions, and accusations of political bargaining in government appointments, with scattered attacks from multiple papers.
Soldiers bestowed colorful sobriquets on Civil War generals, naming Ulysses S Grant Old United States then Unconditional Surrender. Sherman was Uncle Billy and Old Tecumseh, McClellan Little Mac, Meade Poor Eyed George, Burnside Rhody, Hooker Fighting Joe, and the McCooks the fighting McCooks. John Pope was Saddle bag John while Irvin McDowell drew Pope’s bulls.
A Civil War anecdote from General Grant era recounts Old Jack Dubbin a fearless soldier famed for loyalty and liquor. His final tale centers on Uncle Si who leaves to drink and returns to find two cats perched on the corpse causing a comic, grisly mishap that ends with the dead man forced back to a lying position as Si vows to attend to the cats.
During Sherman's Atlanta operations federal forces repeatedly damaged the Macon road. Kilpatrick destroyed miles of track, rails were bent around trees, culverts torn out, and ties burned. Confederates repaired quickly, with trains running in hours. Similar scenes occurred with Forest and Wheeler.
Indiana furnished many tall men for the army. Of 118 descriptions taken at enlistment 34 were 6 feet or taller. Among listed heights 2,614 were 5 ft 1 in, 1,357 were 6 ft 2 in, 4066 ft and inches, and 803 were over 6 ft 3 in.
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