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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1895
Page
7
Two elderly sisters spy on a neighboring household as a burglar enters the Westmacotts’ room by moonlight. Mrs Westmacott stands with a taper, revealing a tense scene that jolts the quiet street and unsettles the watchers with fear and intrigue.
Mrs Westmacott is attacked in her home as Harold and the Admiral, Doctor Walker, and others rush to aid. The victim, though stunned, shows no serious injuries, and she identifies a short fat robber who entered by the window. Police are summoned while family members guard the scene and await investigation.
The Admiral visits Mrs Westmacott who, recovering from a recent crisis, delivers blunt commentary on male seafaring. She chides him for a life of adventure while urging consideration for his wife and urging him to stay home a while longer.
A pleasant prospect of trailing gowns and soft draperies for house wear is described. Small coats from the directory may be worn as a concession to the change, with short-waisted coats over flowing skirts. The stiff-skirted gown is deemed ill suited to hosting and a train along the tea table is pictured for charm.
Woman and Home offers season notes on seersucker fabrics, stripes, and trims with dress construction details. It also covers alpaca wear for swimsuits, lining choices, and sleeve trends, plus a light humorous anecdote about tea versus liquor and a historical recipe for Roman Punch.
A humorous dialogue where Mrs Grumps questions why women call a cow he and Mr Grumps suggests cows behave badly out of irritation toward women. The exchange plays on gendered perceptions with light, comic banter.
Tailored white mohair gowns are favored for autumn outings, praised for city wear. White linens appear, with elaborately made garments. baby cloaks feature chiffon collars and white ribbons. A peacock blue fabric with stamped circles and gold thread radiates luxury. Bathing suits favor black mohair or Botany wool with matching stockings and sandals. White frocks showcase large Papmadour ribbon sashes and decorative bows.
The article describes lightweight fabrics for underwear and skirts including longcloth known in England as long cloth, white moreen skirts with box plaitings, and satin or moire effects. It notes the shift to silk petticoats, the cost of ornate lace trims, and advises woolen skirts for summer while detailing flannel color options and handmade petticoats. It also recounts a Western killer lore focusing on Charles Bassett, former Dodge City marshal, his stoic stance about killings, and a humorous aside about a whiskey drink after being pressed about his past deeds.
A collection of wry aphorisms and quips on life luck and society. The writer muses on escapes fortunes neighbors behavior and fashion with humorous twists and playful wordplay highlighting human folly and social norms.
A collector lists astonishing claims from marriage records to animal trivia. Noted are Abraham Rimes’s eleventh marriage in Indiana, a Chinese imperial family visitor’s 324 physicians, a sunless earth’s doom, a Marseilles painter earning 2000 on a pedestal, and a Maine coon cat that plays piano. Also covered are Bois de Boulogne costs, Philippine cocoanut plains yielding pearls, six finger clubs in London, England’s cat variety counts, and rare tortoise-shell and water-eating cat varieties.
A compact survey covers Japan’s 2500 year history, Arkansas shipments of cypress shingles to Ohio and Pennsylvania, Detroit and Mackinac Railroad reach to Cheboygan, opium profits in India, Jungfrau railway capital, Shaker land purchases in Florida, a Clinton Missouri fisherman’s 13 foot water moccasin catch, a Savannah vine with goose body and garlicky scent, Wesleyan Methodists camping near Belleville, Stanford University’s 1100 students, a Chippewa Falls man’s dream accident, the Russian court’s shift to English, and the rarity of German French and Russian at court.
A Harris Emory advertisement touts lower wool and labor costs with a fall price drop on dress goods blankets and cloaks. It offers to pay one way railroad fares from various radii to Des Moines for buyers hitting specified purchase thresholds and promises to cover living and meal costs for those driving in. Family purchases and multiple items increase fare support and include furniture and clothing.
The itemized notes include Indiana property tax rise of 14.9 million dollars and a planned fifteen story San Francisco Call building. Other items cite a Washington paper boast, a Tennessee stock farm claim, Oshkosh population recount, a beer carrying silk hat invention, Oregon upland bird limits, a New York ferry rent, peanut state acreage declines, and a Zanesville tenant harassment suit for 500 dollars.
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