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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1879
Page
3
The INTELLIGENCER comments that while business is prospering, caution is needed. It warns that boom cycles advance in one direction and must retreat, urging the public to prepare and avoid being caught by the receding wave.
The article honors Tavnton Weed on his eighty second birthday, noting five decades of influence over New York Republican figures, the Albany Regency's demise, and Weed's continued political struggle and public honor despite era changes.
Davenport Gazette urges Iowa county auditors to seek fair and accurate assessments at the Des Moines convention on January 20. The piece emphasizes reducing evasions in property taxation and improving systems to ensure equal tax burdens, praising auditors for addressing the root of taxation issues.
At a Short-Horns sale in Kansas City Col John Scott overheard two men in streetcars. One Missouri resident recalled 1861 clashes by Blue Mills Landing near Liberty and confided he fired at advancing troops, then joined the fray unseen.
Agricultural notes describe yields from twenty five to thirty bushels of wheat per acre in Michigan and a 1700 pound steer in Indiana. They discuss grape breeding, soil from old pastures, berry ripening in Pennsylvania, and early fruit growth. Hog fattening, sheep tooth development, and stable hygiene follow, with advice on fast cleaning and stable design.
The article outlines current style trends including blue tinted gray gloves, plain velvet cloaks, colored street wraps, and undressed kid gloves. It notes varied bonnet styles, diverse fichus, tiger and leopard velvets as trims, and no strict toilet rules. Cream silk net neck scarves, light and dark street wear, and ample lambrequin paniers are highlighted with Greek inspired coiffure and Singapore silk for millinery.
A humorous tale from Glidden Sentinel recalls a gobbler reading a death warrant in a newspaper proclaiming a Thanksgiving Proclamation. The fowl laments its fate as the 27th approaches, gobbles in sorrow, and seeks a reprieve from President Hayes.
The Atlantic announces six months of Howells and James serials starting January with short stories of high quality. Washington political and social life papers, living questions in politics education religion art and industry receive focus. Notable contributors include Longfellow Whittier Holmes Lowell Stowe and Twain. New larger type and more pages 144 per issue from 1880. Subscriptions 4.00 yearly postage free with portrait options up to 9.00. Address Houghton Osgood & Company Boston.
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