17 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1887
Page
1
The notice lists pricing for standing advertisements at $500 a year with monthly changes per inch. Local business ads are 10 cents per line for the first insertion and 5 cents per line for each additional insertion, with contracts for 500, 1200 lines changing weekly at $25 and $50 respectively. Entered at the Ames post office as Second Class Mail Matter.
Anes sits on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at the junction with the Dea Moines and Minneapolis Road thirty six miles north of Dex Moines. It hosts the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with hundreds of students, a well appointed public school, and nearby productive farming lands and orchards.
A fragment shows names including A Richmond Van Chamberlain C E Haver y G H Maxwell H Westerman A Perkins. Additional context is not provided.
On the field of Gettysburg a Union soldier lies wounded as brothers fall around him. He dreams of his wife and children near light from their eyes brings cheer, but awakes to find only the dead around him. A final sigh marks his earthbound end.
The voyage details a Confederate cutter Lark raid from Mobile to seize the steamboat Fox near the Mississippi mouth. Captain Jefferson and Lt Howell lead fourteen men in a nighttime, noise free approach, take the Fox, paroled crew, sail to Mobile, and present prize money to Maury before Lincoln and Seward discuss the legal status and belligerent recognition.
Profiles C Waters a Union drummer boy born in New York who became Montana’s G A R commander and details his career in Wisconsin New York and Montana. Also recounts balloon reconnaissance mishap with General Porter and humorous escape of Irish prisoner Michael O Graff amid Civil War sketches and picket humor.
A Union camp at Big Black, Mississippi, in 1864 saw two soldiers wed two Ivy sisters after the commander’s consent. Henry C. West and John Lovell married Caroline and Adaline Ivy with a formal post order, and both couples reportedly remained together though Mrs Lovell died months later in Vicksburg.
In 1861 Thad Stevens told President Lincoln that the blockade of rebel ports was misguided. He urged closing ports and sending armed revenue vessels to stop smuggling, arguing the act recognized the Confederacy as belligerents and framed the war under international law. Lincoln reacted to the counsel.
The United States Supreme Court denied the motion for a writ of error in the anarchist cases. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion, denying relief, with extensive discussion of due process, impartial jury rights, and state versus federal powers under amendments IV V VI and XIV. The decision upholds Illinois and state court rulings on juror challenges and cross examination of a defense witness.
Gutcano Nov 3 reports the Supreme Court refused the writ of error impacting anarchists at the county jail. Guards tightened patrols, prisoners faced growing fear, and outside threats prompted heavy police precautions. Lingg and Spies receive visitors while bombs found in Lingg cell trigger further investigations.
The Treasury notes a nearly 41 million dollar debt reduction over four months with record gold holdings and shrinking silver reserves. Customs receipts rise, internal revenue up, and overall receipts exceed prior year amid evolving balance of gold and silver held and circulating.
In 1687 the sea withdrew from the Peruvian coast and later returned in towering waves that devastated areas including Callao, destroying much along the shoreline.
Bronze and brass articles gain color through a French method using sulphides of antimony and arsenic. The process applies dilute arsenic sulphide in ammonia to yield yellow to deep brown tones, with red hues from antimony sulphides. Reapplication deepens color and rubbing increases luster. ammonia reabsorbs bronzing to fix defects.
A tactful lady explains how she quietly requests the conductor to halt the horse car before her house, instead of at the next corner, and the conductor readily agrees to oblige, seeming pleased to appear in control of the driver.
The scene notes Beecher answering why there are many short pastorates, attributing it to Divine mercy. The remark left the audience amused and perplexed about mercy favoring churches or pastors, reflecting on the era’s clerical mobility. The text alludes to a farewell lyric about parting.
Alaska Governor A. P. Swineford reports the white population mainly in the southeastern coast thirty mile region, with total civilized and uncivilized peoples totaling about 39 400. He cites 10 million dollars as taxable property value, limited agriculture progress, potential for cereals and stock-raising, and notes booming mining yielding 100 000 dollars monthly from a Douglass Island mine along with rich placer diggings on Shitando River.
A fragment suggests doubt about a groom-to-be marrying next week, with a faded note hinting at time and plans as the wedding nears.
A collage of jokes and cartoons with brief gags about watchmakers, fashion, fishing, seances, tramps, romance, education, and photography. The items reference humorous dialogue and social quirks, including lines about a patent for an electric switch and a schoolyard quip about parts of speech.
The Key West area spans about six square miles with a camel humps shape, lies east and west, and rises at most fourteen feet above sea level. Before the 1886 fire it was densely settled and resembled a West Indian town with wood houses and few brick structures. Coral rock roads and coral soil, rich in phosphates but poor in fat, limit farming to coconuts and a few scattered trees, while flowering plants thrive.
A Philadelphia man and a Boston friend discuss a doorway decorated with flowers. The Boston man calls it artistic, the Philadelphia man notes its usefulness for keeping customers from slipping out without paying. The exchange ends with a laugh and a steak.
A Cumberland quotation notes that extreme thanks for a single favor implies expecting another, suggesting gratitude should be measured and balanced rather than excessive.
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