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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1887
Page
3
The readable fragments describe a night sky with mentions of meteors and planets including Mars and Jupiter. It hints at a meteor shower and observations of stars, with references to November and celestial movements. The text is garbled but centers on skywatching themes.
The account details Lingg’s brutal injuries after a plotted explosion in the jail. It describes the graphic disfigurement, the doctors’ attempts to save him, and the scene as guards confronted the horrors of the blast. It notes Lingg’s place among Chicago anarchists and profiles his life.
In Springfield on Thursday Governor Oglesby commuted the sentences of Fielden and Schwab from death to life imprisonment after long public discussion. State officers awaited direction, with officials and crowds watching closely as the decision took shape.
A sensational 1887 letter from Louis Linas urges workers to embrace anarchist violence and sacrifice for uprising. He claims the aristocracy and monopolisers profit from misery, predicts authorities will punish bombings, and proclaims long live anarchy to overturn tyrants.
Immigrant arrives in America in August 1885 and settles in Chicago. He finds work with William Seliger at 442 Sedgwick, linked to a North Side anarchist circle. Seliger, the financial secretary, is described as involved in revolutionary activity, including making bombs and shells.
Illinois governor Richard J. Oglesby announces no mercy for several defendants in the Parsons Fischer Engel Lingg group while granting clemency to Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab. The decision preserves executions for some and commutes Fielden and Schwab to life imprisonment.
Diabolical construction of the missile that killed and maimed many at Haymarket Square. Describes police clashes with workers, collapse of a crowd, and the aftermath of injuries as officials and hospital care respond. Mentions unrelated historical notes on celestial cycles and early London Gazette.
The piece collects Sydney Smith quips on utility, marriage, time, and art. Notable lines compare Daniel Webster to a steam engine, joke about a bishop’s marriage, and lampoon cant in religion and letters. It notes youthful folly, heaven, and hospitality with satirical bite.
A detailed portraits Valparaiso as a busy South American port city driven by Chillano and German capital. The article notes the English-speaking street life, abundant foreign residents, tall cliffs, steep stairs, unique lifts, and a bustling Calle Victoria lined with banks, hotels, and firms. It also mentions wealth, culture, and a cosmopolitan atmosphere contrasted with local rugged geography.
A jumbled recount from Edinburgh recalls exam room antics. One examiner warned hats off desks and later saw hats shattered as a student copied with a handkerchief. Another tale features a miniature crib smuggled in by a mother sending a message through the examiner.
A Portland man once nearly penniless after gambling discovers a mind cure method. He prepares thirty six pills for a nervous friend, earns three dollars, then wins a swift $150 at the gaming table. Weeks later the friend blesses him for the cure.
A narrator describes being close to seals in a quiet bay near Hoy in Orkney. Bells lure the seals, an old story about sailors and seals surfaces, and a wary patriarch seal watches the narrator before guiding him toward safety, echoing courtesy from the creatures.
An opinion favors planting native trees over foreign species for ornament and economy. It cites towns like Stockbridge and New Haven and notes European stock in parks tends to disappoint. Trials with native conifers in eastern Massachusetts show encouraging results, reinforcing support for native species.
Iron figurehead weighing about 300 pounds was recovered near Greenwood Louisiana from the sunk Civil War steamship Star of the West. The vessel went down in February 1863 in the Tallahatchie River three miles below Greenwood. Dr. J. Henry bought the artifact from the finder to present to the Confederate Monumentation in Richmond Virginia.
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