04 Oct 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1878
Page
1
In a quiet rural home Martin and Agnès face loss and hope as a missing son may return. A burglar attack ends with a wounded stranger and a dramatic claim the boy may be alive, sparking a community rumor and a hopeful reunion.
The Job Printing department claims access to the latest type and materials and promises fast, neat, and high quality work at the cheapest rates in the state. Blank forms are kept in stock for bill heads leaves and posters and pamphlets.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a late Siamese twins student at Chapel Hill Institute in North Carolina and a general statement about life passages. The readable text is unclear and offers no concrete events or dates.
A Philadelphia Times correspondent recounts a curious revenge tale about Gen. Meade. The piece suggests a plan by a speaker or writer and hints at a plotted act or insult in the historical context.
The piece reviews varying state insolvency and assignment laws, noting many states lack true bankruptcy statutes, some permit voluntary assignments, others default to debtor dispositions or discharge limits, and outlines how creditors may recover assets or face limited remedies under different jurisdictions. It cites examples across Alabama to Rhode Island and explains the aim of allotting liquidation proceeds to proved claims.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions ties and a potential award or honor but lacks readable details to identify people dates places or events.
The article analyzes Maine voting patterns from last year to this year, noting large shifts and a rise of discontented voters. It suggests Greenbackers swallowed the Democrats and warns the public to study the figures for meaning, in a tone typical of the Albany Evening Journal.
A French visitor to Corsica says the vendetta has faded due to the island’s remote location and distance from civilization. He notes interior inhabitants remain wild, lawless, and governed by old traditions, and recalls a recent tragedy near Sartene where the last of three large families died in a hundred years.
The town of St. Croix in Polkoqunty Wisconsin, at the head of the St. Croix river, is over thirty five years old and has never had a resident church, lawyer, physician, or local shops. It lists four stores and a few small business efforts but remains without major civic buildings.
A Paris Temps correspondent reports Gen Mezentsof chief of the Czar’s Private Police was shot while walking near Place Michel. Col Makaroff witnessed the attack as two men in gray coats fled in a droschky toward Rue Italianskaya. Morphine was given, but the general died about 5:40 PM.
Corrected population totals for European states after Turkey's changes. Includes Germany 42,727,000, Austria Hungary 76, Spain 14,580,812, Switzerland 2,750, Netherlands 3,385, Finland 647, Britain 26,005,783, Malta 1,008, Britain listed as 1808?
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