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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1886
Page
4
A mixed reader note recalls Uncle Phil correcting six English mistakes among a family group and includes earlier pieces on language lessons and a touching pet tale about Nip, a deaf dumb cat found by a narrator and later lost after being sent to a neighbor for rats.
In a midsummer forest, a briar, water plant, and a tiny blossom discuss longing for admiration, influence, and happiness. A wandering spirit grants the briar’s wish for reach, transforming her into the queen of flowers who rules grand gardens but loses her warm, welcoming manner.
Cypress lumber gains visibility in northern markets per the Lumberman. Once the white pine of the South, cypress is positions for finishing stock on Texas prairies and southern regions. It resists weathering better than rival woods, boosting its value as production and demand rise.
A discussion on how muscular exercise supports the heart and lungs. Exercise speeds heart rate and strengthens involuntary muscles, improving breathing and blood purification. It notes the diaphragm’s movement lifting abdominal contents and increases blood flow to the liver and other organs.
A broker in Wall Street shares a tale of a luxury Havana Imperialis cigar costing about 16 to 21 dollars per hundred, with a gold band. A young friend lent him 5000 dollars using the banded cigars as leverage, a debt he later regrets and still keeps the cigars in his trunk as he travels to Canada.
Canon Westcot argues the Bible offers hope amid life’s darkest fields, stating humanity needs hope and that scripture reveals the God of Revelation who alone is the God of hope. This sermon-like reflection frames scripture as essential comfort.
A reflective line argues that a wife should not seek friendship outside her husband for true connection lies with spouse and children, suggesting a wife’s primary attachments define her identity and duties.
A reflective piece contrasts a faith tract’s salvation message with a personal obituary tone. It recalls a reader’s conversion tale, a wife’s peaceful death, and a traveler’s meeting with a distant teacher. A New Orleans letter describes a cemetery scene with cannon ball relics and a decaying Gen. Jackson monument.
A mixed archive of moral excerpts and crime anecdotes contrasts urging diligence with tales of educated bank robbers. It notes industrious living, religious Spirit guidance, and warns of sloth while detailing two famed criminals and a voodoo scene at Aunt Polly's hut with a midnight shopping of fear and superstition.
The piece argues we seek God to walk with us rather than surrender our path. It urges abandoning self chosen ways to walk in God’s way, noting God is near and any who choose may walk with Him. It cites Enoch and Jesus guiding seekers to come, with disciplesly call to deny self and follow.
The Argonaut outlines strict legal limits on campaign expenditures in England Ireland and Scotland. It notes caps based on electors and adds per 1000 electors surcharges, with personal expenses and running costs excluded. It concludes Tories and Whigs remain wealthier than Radicals or Home Rulers.
A satirical set of maxims on gambling fate and class, noting the rich win, the poor lose, and the peril of overconfidence. It warns against touts and sure-thing talk while reflecting on luck, money, and risk in horse racing.
French doctors report success with circular cauterization of the cornea using an electrically heated wire. In one case eighteen months of treatment restored sight after fourteen years of blindness.
Lapy asks a married friend what stood out most from the travels, inviting a concise reaction to the journey and its highlights. The response would reveal the friend's strongest impression or lesson from the trip.
The piece discusses insects as a food chain link from plant-eating larvae to birds and fish and finally humans, noting use in cuisine in some regions and insects’ role as scavengers. It then shifts to an advertorial on Warner’s safe cure for kidney and liver ailments, citing authorities and medical endorsements to claim high efficacy against narcotics and liver damage.
In a chat between Mrs Briggs and Mrs Griggs a job reference reveals Bridget Mulcahey is sought for a cook position. The talk highlights her fearlessness and willingness to work with Mrs Griggs praising her honesty and work ethic.
A colonial-era portrait describes high born English maidens as naturally modest and charming before marriage. After they leave home, charm fades into formality or haughtiness and they pursue husbands, even as they seem to resist social pressures.
A New York tailor notes evolving menswear from rigid dress suits to elaborate outfits. Silk lapels, patterned waistcoats, decorated shirt fronts, goofy collars, and bright handkerchiefs mark a shift toward knickerbockers, colored hose, and bold accessories, foreshadowing knee breeches. The piece cites tennis and cycling as drivers, with Paris fashion echoing trends.
A fragmentary notice references the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot with 613 rooms and a costly setup. It notes expenses for baggage handling and carriage hire, hinting at a grand but unclear promotional or travel context. The text is incomplete and lacks concrete dates or events.
The document lists major islands with area in square miles and population. Examples include New Guinea 325,000 sq mi and 690,000 people. Borneo 2990,000 sq mi and 1,846,000. Madagascar 228,570 sq mi and 3,000,000. Java 80,260 sq mi and 17,500,000.
A man visits a Dakota lawyer asking basic questions about ha corpus mandamus and writs, reveals he plans to become a lawyer and hang out his shingle. Estelline Bell of St. Louis gets relief after two years of lambago using St Jacobs Oil, said to cure sprains and pains.
A physician notes a young swallow with a leg bound by horse hairs. After removing the binding the leg healed with the mother bird reapplying a bandage. Also referenced is Red Star Cough Cure from Chicago for a violent cold and a discussion of a Chinese earthquake myth about white hairs.
The piece argues the kidneys and bladder are vital blood-cleaning organs preventing rheumatism dropsy Bright's disease and diabetes. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a stimulant to renal function, noting it averts renal maladies and relieves chills fever dyspepsia constipation and liver debility.
A growing group of scientists debates the sea-scrat as a plausible creature. They cite recent Atlantic giant squids reaching fifty feet to show large marine animals command ongoing scientific attention.
A vivid warning on devastating fires and lethal fevers urges Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure. An aside notes competition with other remedies and a Rough on Rats pest killer ad touts broad use and 15c price at druggists.
Ad promotes Wells rough on corns and rough on itch products for quick relief. Claims complete cure for corns warts bunions and various skin ailments including ringworm tetter salt rheum chil blains ivy poison barber's itch. Listed price 150. Se jars.
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