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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1880
Page
4
A narrator wanders in sorrow through misty hills and a listening wood. A pitiful maiden seeks a beloved she cannot find, and a man from the trees laments unfulfilled love. The voices reveal blindness of the world and the ache of separation, leaving the speaker in deeper longing.
Helen Charlington faces Doctor Warren Bolton on Thanksgiving as family tensions over her brother Edgar split the couple. Edgar dies, Helen inherits hardship, and years later a seaside reunion on Thanksgiving ends in a revived love and a public display of forgiveness.
A poetic piece describes a phantom summer in November between autumnal decay and still air. It paints a hush over fields and ripened grain, with silver noonday mist and windless trees awaiting a breeze from the north, evoking a calm seasonal transition.
Ottumwa advances a street railway project as tracks and materials go underground and work begins on the ground. The city aims to expand transit access while crews lay the initial infrastructure.
A Russian cavalry captain in a first class compartment on the Fastovia line is accused of stealing 160 rubles from a traveling countess near Ustinovka. When confronted with the evidence a 100 ruble note is found in his boot and he then shoots himself, dying moments later.
The article notes high barrel costs and the large use of flour by Americans, with most barrels used once then broken for kindling. It describes difficulties reusing empty barrels and mentions lager beer imported from Bavaria, where emptied casks are refilled after contents are removed and repacked due to Europe’s high copper prices.
The ndon Circus used two elephants to move and lift heavy chariots in Bridgeport. Trainers faced balancing loads as a five ton wagon was steadied and shifted into position. Elephants proved capable of lifting and carrying heavy loads, with one push breaking a light wagon’s seat into pieces.
One of the finest kennels in this country is owned by Mr. W. H. Holabird. He calls St. Jacobs Oil the preferred liniment for his family and kennel and reports wonderful results from its use.
A teacher asks a class of seven to nine year olds to bring a Scripture passage about love. Robbie ends the recitation with Song of Solomon five verse two, Stay me with flagons, comfort me, with apples for I am sick of love.
A letter from C. W. Eck of St Louis notes J B, a clerk in the Money Order Dept at Alton Illinois, suffered indigestion headaches and loss of appetite but improved after using ham. He is described as now well and strong.
Abstract of the annual report shows government receipts from customs internal revenue and land sales totaling 57 811 505 with negligible misc receipts. expenditures rise slightly by 695 074. The public money balance on June 30 1879 stood at 417 223 707 with drafts paid 708 190 900 and outstanding drafts 204 683 836. The year saw 58 national banks organized, 5 failed, 21 liquidated leaving 2 102 dairy business. national bank duties collected total 7 891 770. Gold and silver balances and assets declined overall with notes and gold redemption shaping reserve holdings amid specie payments resumed. Pensions for June 30 show 250 802 recipients with annual pensions averaging 103 and total payments 59 025 904 for the year. arrears cases total 43 919 with average 560 each.
A case on Griswold Street shows a horse listed as foundered by officials after inspection. Two lawyers, a bank cashier, mail carrier, merchant, bookkeeper, bootblack and others guess at the animal’s ailment, debating sweeney and wind broken, while the owner returns to lead the horse away.
The article outlines Albanian marriage practices where parents announce a daughter’s age and brothers seek a husband. A groom is chosen with minimal initial contact and limited viewing of the bride. After the wedding feast, the groom endures rough treatment before entering the marriage, reflecting strict etiquette.
The Omaha Weekly Bee distributes over fifteen thousand dollars in pre miums to subscribers. Prizes include a forty acre farm, farm machinery and implements valued over $4 000, household goods worth $3 000, musical instruments sewing machines, and $7 000 in watches silverware books and related items. Sample copies and full premium list mailed free on request from Daily Bee Omaha Nebraska.
Two Quaker girls iron at the same table. One asks which side she will take the right or the left. The other replies it would be right for her to take the left so the other will have the right.
Product claims to cure cuts burns and life loss described as terible. References organization rata mice cats bed bugs and lies. Report notes pills or salve sold by druggists at five cents and warns of dangers from rough on rats product.
The new illustrated edition of Webster's Dictionary with three thousand engravings is hailed as the best book for everyone, indispensable for homes, reading rooms, and workplaces according to the Golden Era.
The late Chief Justice Ryan of Wisconsin was twice married and father to six. His juristic eloquence left a lasting impression on listeners, while a Milwaukee courthouse anecdote recalls his wit during a dramatic Booth trial moment.
In Paris a cheerful tale unfolds of a young American party who meet the Marquis of X a poor French noble man. He mines a living by giving lessons and cares for his sick mother. The American girl offers to marry him and the match proves the happiest of its kind.
A report states about three thousand Romanian Jews departed to America by way of Bremen seeking immigration and new opportunities abroad.
A Toledo man praises Day's Kidney Pads as the best kidney treatment for his family. Various adverts claim cures for rheumatism with Duray's Remedy and Fra-Grease sales, and Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised for diseases of women. Other items promote liver pads, Sienna Horehound and Tar for coughs, Pike's Toothache Drops, and business training in Chicago.
L M Rohrer of Hawkeye Insurance lends his testimonial to Hawkeye Fire Insurance. He notes a barn fire nine days ago and confirms receiving 875 dollars in claims, praising prompt liberal settlement. Hoist and Spurman sign, Council Bluffs, November 9, 1880.
An ad touts Ague Conqueror as a vegetable medicine that cures fever and ague, dumb chills, and bilious fevers. Sold by the proprietor, it claims to purify the blood and liver, preventing relapses for those long troubled, with prices 50 cents and one dollar per bottle and two doses said to stop the chills.
Promotes a clear complexion and perfect health with Electric Bitters. Claims to cure blood disorders and diseases of the stomach, kidneys, and urinary organs. Advertises as a universal remedy for nervousness and related ailments. Sold by druggists for fifty cents.
A free gift book on the Liver and its diseases with treatises on liver biliousness head torpid liver constipation and dyspepsia invites readers to request from Dr. Sanford New York City N Y. Also an advertisement for Lyon's new stiffeners to revive wore shoes and boots.
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