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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1880
Page
1
British trials show Indian corn successfully malted as a barley substitute. If scalable, this could expand maize markets and significantly lower beer costs by utilizing surplus maize in the country.
The annual product of U S woolen manufactories is estimated at 288 329 000 dollars and the dairy product at 350 000 000. Butter exceeds domestic consumption and must reach foreign markets while wool production remains well below domestic needs, causing large imports.
A recent meeting of Panama Railroad Directors in New York discussed liquidating 500 000 of indebtedness to Pacific Steamship Company and considered De Lesseps canal issues. The Pacific Steamship Company rejected the liquidation offer as premature. The Revised Bible faces broad church opposition despite church scholarly input and Anglican initiation.
A Berlin dispatch reports the Czark's health is grave after a recent stroke that may have affected his brain. Hopes for recovery persist. An escort of Russian officers with 8,000,000 roubles, claimed to be the Czars private fortune for abroad investment, has passed through Berlin.
Said by James Redpath in Galway Ireland the speaker calls on Galway men to choose their own path and stand firm against charmers. He envisions Ireland soon ruled by its people and tilled by its own, as a sacred inheritance for the Irish race.
At a late Boston meeting the Woman's National Christian Temperance Union adopted resolutions denouncing liquor sales as crimes to be punished by law. They urged a Constitutional amendment to ban manufacture, warned of rising beer consumption, and supported coffee houses in cities as an alternative to beer bars. They pledged to push temperance education on the ballot and urged the Interior Secretary to secure scientific education for Indian school pupils.
A New York Sun report recalls a dog guarding a child as a train struck the animal. The dog barked to warn the crew and shielded the child, dying at the scene. a white muslin found near the locomotive suggested the child had wandered away and slept there.
An 19th century home and farm notice markets Kidney-Wort as the cure for kidney and bowel inaction. It claims rapid relief in liquid or extract form for diseases blamed for many deaths.
A man in a coffee room jokes about the storm and wind. A would be wit asks what color the wind is, and the reply notes the wind blew, storm rose, delivering a quiet, humorous retort.
In the middle of a significant campaign a claim compares women’s patriotism unfavorably, suggesting the nation is not saved while domestic tasks like placing a stove in the sitting room proceed. The remark frames gender roles amid political tension.
A short, old fashioned ad mentions Hop Bitters as a remedy. It describes Bitters as building up the system and not as pleasant to taste as other bitters, likening it to the traditional bone set tea and suggesting Hop Bitters for those not feeling right.
The governor proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Iowa with citizens urged to unite with President, praise the Giver of all good, and reflect on harvest prosperity. Dated Des Moines November eleventh, eighteen eighty, in the thirty fourth year of Iowa and the one hundred fifth year of U S independence. John M. Graf and J A T Howie, secretary of state.
A Dubuque resident Thomas Reagan was killed by a passing car near Boonsboro a few days ago. The day after a heavy rain turned to snow in Wilmington North Carolina and various regional reports cover fires, accidents, and local incidents across Iowa and neighboring states with multiple casualties and property losses.
Nov 10 at Dublin Lind League meeting elects Justin McCarthy to membership. Parnell spoke at Belleck on the 9th. O'Donnell withdraws admission request. Forster departs to London. Vatican organ Aurora backed Irish Land League urging reform to avoid anarchy and starvation.
Panama dispatches dated November 15 describe Chilean forces landing about one thousand men at San Lorenzo and building batteries with plunder and cattle reported. Araucarian Indians are said to be plundering Peru and destroying villages. An evening tremor lasting around eighteen seconds startled residents with minor damage. A torpedo exploded in Callas Bay caused no Chilean losses. A house collapsed and Chinese workers on haciendas were pressured to join the plunder.
A missionary letter reports severe famine in Persia with carpet exporters employing workers for street paving and bread distribution by Mr Ward and Mr Wright. Children seek food, beggars cling to riders, and famine threatens, with women allegedly starving and a terrible city smell noted.
Fire tears through the St Peter Insane Asylum. north wing destroyed while south and center remain standing. Losses run to about 200000, with many inmates missing or dead amid extreme cold. Officials seek missing patients and plan care for survivors across Ramsey and Hennepin counties and Rochester.
An imaginative tale from Lactia tells of a king who never removes his gold crown, jealous wise men, and a prince whose weather meddling leads to an accidental ice cream invention. A farmer saves the day, the prince is crowned, and the king funds a palace ice cream display as the story ends with a ban on other methods of making ice cream.
A Michigan billboard owner sells six signs as business slows and a hotel project moves forward. The sale covers debts and ongoing board costs, with the owner noting the burden of financing both advertising space and living expenses.
A reader asks about a new scholar's father asking what he does for a living. The exchange hints at curiosity and a child's blunt inquiry about family work. The dialogue captures a moment of perception, language, and social roles.
Moses Hasbrook and two others camping near Lake Nevada report sudden night flames rising from blowholes up to twelve feet high. The vents, half to an inch in diameter, released gas-like fire while a camp fire spread nearby, creating a striking natural phenomenon with potential value for future study.
The Traveler notes a modern parallel to a Madrid fraud led by Mrs. Sarah F. Howe and Miss Julia A. Gould. It recalls Baldomera N. de Larra, who disappeared in Madrid in 1876, took about $1,000,000 from deposits, and was later captured in Paris and transported to Madrid for trial. The scheme offered 5 percent monthly interest on deposits from as little as one dollar, drawing in poor and uneducated investors until a collapse.
The article recalls Ole Bull the violinist as a sensational performer with tricks labeled biaguer. It describes his failed Paris life, a romantic Hungarian widow who helped him, and his ventures in America including colonization plans and theater building. It notes his charitable efforts in Norway and mixed reception among composers like Spohr.
The apparent length of time shifts with activity. quiet periods feel longer in memory than eventful weeks. We tend to retain vivid impressions from exciting moments, while routine life fades, altering our mental image of past events.
A humorous note links hay fever to religious zeal as a man sneezes. In another item, about three thousand Jews depart Romania for America via Bremen, signaling a major emigration movement.
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