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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1886
Page
1
Notice records that postage fees were entered for second class mail at the Ames post office. The entry notes the handling of mail under postal regulations and indicates standard processing procedures. Entities include Ames and the post office.
A rustic speaker Josiah, grieving for Mariar, muses on heaven with jasper gates and streets of gold while contrasting orthodox views with his late wife’s humble faith. He longs to be reunited, asking if shared love outweighs holy imagery and death, as his pastor approves his sentiment.
In a genteel family home Daisy, an aspiring music pupil, hopes for an European excursion funded by a wealthy donor. Genevieve, elder by three years, weighs sacrificing her own chance to stay and care for Daisy while Daisy’s suitor Arthur Adams hints at shared feelings. Genevieve ultimately declines the trip and plans to remain, preserving her birth right to protect Daisy.
Fragmentary OCR lists city roles and names including Treasurer BHOCKLEY Marshal van DUSEN Street Com A RicHMonp VAN CHAMBERLAIN AVERY Members of G. H. MAXWELL Council H. WESTERMAN A. PERKINS. Public office roster appears with multiple unreadable parts.
A Civil War era tale shows Rev Gadfly speaking with a freedman praying to be admitted to preach the word to enslaved people. Mrs Gadfly later questions a missing hen and chickens hinting at a local custody issue, and a New York aqueduct project is described as dominated by a single contractor.
The piece blends humorous verses and a sermon on marriage and flirtation. It cites Rev Talmage on marital duties, contrasts with social car behavior, and lists historic remedies for hydrophobia and to illustrate medical history. It mirrors era gossip and moralizing tone.
In a courtly exchange, a suitor asks to marry and the woman replies she is tired of suing for breach of promise, expressing hopeful agreement to marry in time. The dialogue hints at forthcoming nuptials despite prior legal disputes.
The Somerville Journal notes Appleton, a bachelor over forty, plans marriage to Miss Grandgent despite his noted pickiness. The column highlights the coincidence that led to the match and remarks on Miss Grandgent’s beauty.
Miss Juliet Carson offers humorous marriage recipe guidance drawn from a Baltimore Sun column. The piece satirically compares managing husbands to cooking, urging careful preparation, patience, and proper “comfort” to keep a relationship alive and pleasant. It cites a Washington Critic anecdote about a forgetful congressman and misread invitations.
Dr. Mary Walker is cited by Prof. Huxley describing the body as a synthesis of fluids and solids. The piece notes the idea of bodily metabolism and structure while raising a lighter question about Dr. Walker's own composition.
Anse Pixley advances plans for her forthcoming production The Deacon's Daughter with greater preparation than since M'liss. The music for the play is described as cleverly composed, while a walk outdoors is recommended to refresh health and spirits by Dr. W. Harvey.
The article explains ornamentation of Bohemian glass through furnace exposure and finishing shop work including cutting polishing tarnishing etching painting and mounting in metal. It notes a complete color scale exists for transparent opaque and clouded glasses and describes the use of color pastes to avoid wasteful use of gold silver and copper, with some glasses remaining uncolored until reheating.
A Salt Lake World dispatch by EU Perkins surveys Mormon life across Arizona Utah Idaho and Montana noting rapid growth and wide railroad reach. It cites polygamy as core to Mormon religion with about 10 000 polygamists and 210 000 adherents while quoting leaders who refuse to abandon past or future polygamy.
A discussion of prose clarity notes that plain style wins fame while obscure writing defeats readers. Anecdotes involve Dr Johnson and Carlyle, Browning, and a Jerrold misread of Sordello, ending with Jerrold realizing his own failing to understand the text.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quotation shows Dr Mary Walker rejecting proposals based on her appearance. She insists marriage must come from the highest motives, not from dress or wealth, and notes many women dress as suitors prefer.
A Dakota county election era debate over Col. Snatcher for Coroner reveals opposition from a local politician who questions family control of offices and the potential for vigilante action. Estelline Beil notes concerns about political favoritism and the Snatcher family’s power.
Edward Clodd argues that distinctions between plant and animal life blur across forms. Locomotive plants, moving zoospores, and rooted marine animals show shared traits. He notes life varies by stage and that kinship traces to an ancestral life neither plant nor animal.
A New York philanthropist has established a cooperative farm intended to shelter and employ vagrant men. The project aims to provide work, meals, and basic housing while promoting self help among the unemployed.
A Perugia respondent muses on banning beggars in Italy yet noting they bring humor. He recalls beggars in Naples and Baiae, a tarantella scene at a wretched inn, street musicians, and price gouging at Capri and near the sea. He reflects on money extracted from travelers and his reluctance to refuse small coins from beggars.
A Philadelphia Press tale recalls a Western man who wins his future wife in a late night poker game in a hotel. He describes the simple stakes and the moment he vows to marry her, noting she was the only woman he ever knew who could lose her temper at cards.
Dr V E Nyeshel of Petersburg reports experiments showing a healthy person may drink three glasses of hot tea after a meal with perceptible digestion delay, while larger quantities slow digestion. New South Wales has increased its public debt by 27 500 000 dollars.
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