22 Nov 1884
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1884
Page
1
A humorous Uncle Ben reminiscence places a devout Mrs Butterworth and her husband among players in a coastal voyage tale. The punch line centers on poker rumors, a minister on a plains coach, and a clever denouement about past temptations.
A correspondent describes the Sakalava Sala manga exorcism with platform fires cattle blood and ritual dance as well as a royal cemetery doorway and tragic funeral rites. The account shifts to a glacier field with a blue ice wall a mile and a half long where ice chunks and fissures create a noisy, vast Antarctic scale scene observed from a steamship in a fjord-like bay.
In a letter during a period of public scrutiny, Henry Clay says his estate amounts to near one hundred thousand dollars, earned by his own labor. He notes one slave’s freedom would be acceptable and describes creditors’ efforts to aid him as a source of pain and reassurance.
A damaged OCR fragment notes hand rubbing the body and a performance turning the body into a cloth like form, followed by ceremonies. The text is unclear and lacks concrete details or proper context.
A fraudster pressured prominent Georgians with letters offering McCall's History of Georgia for 15 dollars and a promised copy. After receiving payment he vanished and did not deliver the book, despite public interest in a rare two copy edition valued up to 750 dollars.
A Consoli dated Railroad freight conductor details fruit thefts on the peach train. He describes bands of urchins racing alongside cars in the cut, lifting baskets as the train passes the old depot to Mill River, with several baskets emptied per run.
A California correspondent rebuts claims of a male‐dominant marriage market, noting many men leave towns to avoid ties and that women in the West are cautious in judging suitors. She argues Nebraska and California alike show little urgency for marriage and hints at regional attitudes toward rings and engagements.
The catch of cod fishers this season is unusually large. The outlook for the helielie TM who hates codtteh balls is therefore very gloomy.
O Donovan praises the Irish for wit and civility in a meeting with the famed Count, who declares his kinship and affection for Ireland. A playful exchange centers on a shared literary connection and the Count’s compliments, hailed as the highest praise.
Fred Slach a Goshen New York boy aged ten endures a string of accidents starting with a fall from a second story window. He walks a mile to a game, is struck by a hot line drive, knocked down by another ball, tumbles from a wagon and is kicked by a horse before attempting to hitch a ride on a freight train.
A California Colonel reportedly lost his voice due to prolonged smoking. Medical status unclear but experts warn of serious throat irritation and potential long term damage.
Experts estimate London loses 25,000,000 each winter to unburned coal, with extensive damage to buildings and public health from polluted air. A breakthrough method that consumes coal efficiently without releasing particulates could end atmospheric pollution in large cities and deliver public health gains.
A jumbled sketch of topics notes shop girls toting books, a widow who plants grass on her late husband’s grave, cholera lessons from 1832, smokers who lose sight of smoke, and prints praising American work. It also recounts sunflower oil use in Russia, a one-eyed or earless man Ezekiel Eads, Persian tears as remedy, and early animal blood transfusion experiments with dogs.
Fragmentary notes credit a sect called the Shakin Quakers with early methods in drying sweet corn for feed. The text references activities over fifty years ago and mentions an Anvensled cut ent site, but details are unclear.
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