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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1883
Page
4
A reflective monologue warns that prosperity will return only if boys study and work, girls value more than looks, and many men return to farming. It laments those who turn to crime for quick cash, fearing prison and ruin, while asserting the dignity of farm life and honest toil.
A flawed former political addict struggles to reform. He battles the lure of campaigns and lies to his wife while seeking solace in a Zionist society that offers a safer channel away from the political furnace. He imagines joining a new ticket and tearing from the frying pan into the fire.
In a frontier case the Kiowa chief Panther caused raids by seizing an emigrant and scalp, prompting a doomed expedition to arrest him. Colonel offers two thousand dollars reward for the capture, while fearing a broader war and urging restraint among officers at the fort and frontier posts. The piece recalls harsh command decisions and the volatile mix of law, violence, and military duty on the frontier.
A narrator recounts infiltrating a Kiowa camp to seize the brutal chief Leaping Panther. He uses a staged hospitality feint, binds the chief with knots, and travels back to Fort with Panther as prisoner. The expedition ends with Panther hanged and the narrator returning home with two thousand dollars and a wife.
A weary mother of seven endures daily toil as her husband shows quiet devotion. The story reveals the lifelong burden and hidden strength of a marriage, urging husbands to speak love and ease the load with one earnest confession.
Anecdotes describe Daniel Webster as a foremost lawyer and orator. He studied the blacksmith s will dispute at length, buying law books and spending weeks to win the verdict. He charged only 15 dollars and later matched the same precedent in a New York case before Burr.
The article compares livestock care in winter to maintaining a well running engine. It stresses balanced feed, shelter, clean stables, and pure air as essential to health and profit, warning that poor bedding, low water, or friction in the animal body wastes force and raises costs.
A speaker urges honest parenting to earn a child's trust and a life of truth. He advocates fair treatment, partial liberty, and open daylight at home to keep children from leaving. Nature and love should guide raising orphans without corporal punishment, and independence is celebrated.
The passage muses on true gentleness beyond wealth or attire, noting a gentleman is a man of virtue, modesty, courtesy, self restraint, and consideration for others. It cites historical figures like Sir Philip Sidney and St. Paul, urging leadership toward virtue and public spirited conduct as essential gentlemanly traits.
The piece argues that thrift enhances beauty by aligning spending with income. It notes many squander to maintain appearances, sacrificing what they seek to gain. It cites girls styling hair in specific ways to imitate a trend, illustrating mistaken beliefs about hidden costs and visible style.
The article discusses how cold arises from temperature inequality, lists common causes such as damp feet and drafts, and advises remedies like warming the feet, rubbing the skin, and gentle cathartics. It notes quinine as a preventive, cautions against alcohol, and emphasizes keeping warm after treatment.
The New York Times warns that lead exposure from cosmetics and hair dyes injures health, with a Buffalo case of fatal lead poisoning. It notes dermal absorption, systemic effects, and that cosmetic use persists despite risks, citing fashion in Philadelphia vs New York and Brooklyn.
The article discusses North American ruins and mounds in states like New York Ohio and Pennsylvania suggesting a more advanced pre Columbian civilization. It describes large stone built plains dwellings in Colorado Arizona and New Mexico with circular towers and hidden rock passages possibly used as temples or defenses.
Dr C E Page notes experiments by S N S a 28 year old machinist who adopted one meal a day of unleavened whole wheat bread fruit and water with no salt or condiments. In seven months weight rose from 145 to 170 pounds and strength improved. He labored in an iron foundry three months with no cold despite extreme temps and heavy work.
A collection of maxims urging self reliance and industry. The speaker extols earning money, perseverance, and effort over luck or idle dependence, with rustic proverbs about work, patience, and resilience.
The writer urges boys and men to learn to use a sewing thimble early. It saves time and trouble when buttons break and stitches fail away from home. The piece notes the skill helps at hotels, schools, and with friends, and argues it is not feminine to learn.
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