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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
6
Lorimer faces a daytime visit from a supposed wife and twins causing a chaotic intrusion in his bachelor apartment. Hazard and Crosby stage a costly hoax offering dinner, champagne, and cigars to pressure a public reconciliation, only to reveal the ruse and end the episode with the faux confrontation unraveling.
A group of men insist a pledge of honor means an invitation to dinner. Lorrimer frets about another engagement while friends insist they will provide the meal and tea. The plan centers on avoiding boredom as Lorrimer wonders about a wife and children. He finally agrees to meet the group at Del's at six.
The article notes Thanksgiving as a legal US holiday but shows not all states align with the national proclamation. It cites 1893 Oregon where two separate days existed, one by the governor and another by the federal proclamation, reflecting split observance between supporters and dissenters.
Patrick Webb enters Count d Alma’s room at the Palace Hotel to care for the count’s suite. An enraged Javanese ape attacks Webb as the count rushes in to separate man and animal. The episode, linked to a space writer’s look alike rumor, stirs a hotel uproar and showcases the count’s act of exhibiting his pet.
The article recalls England observing an early Thanksgiving after the Gunpowder Plot discovery. It notes Catholic worship penalties, opposition to repeal, Guy Fawkes smuggling 100 barrels of gunpowder, and a believed divine intervention that saved the realm from a major crime.
The article surveys views on when Thanksgiving began. It cites Moses as the best authority while noting an English encyclopedia suggesting the custom likely predates the Israelites. It says Hebrews celebrated harvests but had no fixed day in famine, and that a national day arose after Christianity’s spread under Roman rule.
In a comic local vignette, Mrs Mike questions a doctor’s diagnosis of actinomycosis for her frail husband. The scene highlights the humor and mispronunciation as the doctor explains the term to the anxious spouse.
A Virginia inventor unveils a new engine design featuring a perfectly balanced valve and centrally entered steam, creating equal pressure in all directions. With large direct steam ports and live steam at boiler pressure, the engine reaches quick admission and high economy, claiming twenty percent less power and fuel use.
A dialogue compares a woman to an Amazon and to a river, noting her large mouth and constant babble as a playful contrast between ancient myth and natural imagery. The exchange centers on perception and metaphor without further context.
The item notes millions of mice overrunning Australian wheat. a Parisian chemist invents luminous face powder to combat glare from electric light. It mentions Holland wedding doors, tall 17 year old and 40 year old brothers near Chicago, the Empress of Japan striking a whale, celluloid jewelers trays, and a record fresh meat cargo to London from Australia and New Zealand totaling 70 000 sheep carcasses and other items.
E. O. McCormick and B. Martin designated as passr traffic manager and general passenger and ticket agent for the Big Four Route in Cincinnati.
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