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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1885
Page
4
A poem excerpt from Mrs. R. N. Turner in Youth's Companion presents twelve sisters arranged in three triplets. Each trio depicts different playful traits from building a snowy fort to scolding and smiling, ending with a cheerful image of children dancing and enjoying a "happy day" together.
A teenage reminiscence recalls Grandpa Brown teaching five grandchildren each Saturday with questions from slips in his hat. He explains the Gordian knot, frog tongues, moon observations, echoes, and water versus food, sharing playful, educational vignettes and household humor.
A long reminiscence recalls Secretary Stanton’s autocratic stance and a colonel's court martial case overturned after Senator Trumbull intervenes. It notes Stanton's sympathy with Union dissent, and Senator Brown’s secessionist farewell meeting. The piece portrays Calif ornia Senator McDougall as a drunken yet formidable orator. It covers 1876 congressional investigations into Belknap, Emma Mine, Credit Mobilier, Robeson Naval Affairs, and more, ending with critique of gender blame in scandal.
The American equestrian James Robinson, hired for 2000 a week at Astley’s London, failed with English horses. After vows to quit, he rebuilt his act with six new horses and, amid ridicule, returned to thrill crowds, earning renewed contract and a European reputation.
Grandpa explains to Willie that meals include water heavy foods like milk fruits and vegetables helping quench thirst. He notes the body's water content and warns of suffering without sufficient water, contrasting with poetical lines about thirst and the value of a deep well.
A serialized newspaper piece presents The Day of Rest and a poem about Jesus as a carpenter. Rev. E. E. Hale includes the English poem illustrating Jesus’s humble craft and relatable human life, with dialogue from an English carpenter narrator.
A jewelry store visit reveals Miss L- sought appraisal of the last ring given, dulling the happiness of a youthful romance as doubts arise about its meaning and worth.
An English inventor patents making slippers sandals and shoes from paper. Upper uses paper pulp or papier mache molded to size with a paper sole joined by adhesive. Upper features creasing embossing or perforation at the instep and sides to keep it pliable and prevent cracking.
A French phrase is discussed as meaning a woman goes out in her figure or walking dress. The piece notes American usage rising with women saying a peer “was out in her figure today” and compares confidence, pride, and social perception. A quoted remark from a pretty girl praises impudence after a kiss.
A narrator recalls a photographer who arranges a corpse for a postmortem portrait aiming to drape the body to suit his vision. The piece notes how familiarity with death hardens professionals from doctors to undertakers and photographers.
The first fugitive slave law originated in the Senate and passed the House 48 to 7. Approved by President Washington on February 12, 1793, it had four sections detailing how owners could seize fugitives, prove ownership, and seek removal, with offenses for obstructing arrest carrying a $500 fine.
A Utica Press note recounts a Chicago financial editor who loudly criticized Missouri Pacific and was twice offered payments of 20 dollars to publish a correction. He refuses, then hints at a future crawfishing piece worth 60 dollars, urging the donor to visit after a delay.
A New York Letter notes the site near Franklin Square and Cherry Street once housed George Washington and his wife after his presidency. The May 29 1789 reception is tied to the spot, now a small flat-roofed building housing a hardware store a cigar shop and a barber. Bridge traffic and elevated railway cars pass overhead.
An Ohio man drilled for three years despite skeptics and finally quit in October. He learned the hard way that a long bore through three farms leads to the poorhouse, a lesson framed as a parable about chasing oil dreams.
A cheeky lawyer flirts with a property owning woman and hints he will accept marriage if she assigns a deed to him. He asks her love while she murmurs she loves him, and he coolly proposes the deed be placed in his name. The tale reads as a wry note on matrimony and property.
A poor old rheumatic lady tells her doctor of her hand and foot pain. He replies with a wry comfort, saying she would suffer more without them.
A schoolboy defines a kitten as running madly at nothing and stopping before reaching it. The passage cautions that greater honesty reduces sanctimonious pose, arguing that affectation harms true piety.
A proverb-like line describes three grapes signifying pleasure drunkenness and repentance. It contrasts indulgence with remorse and hints at moral warning. The concise observation echoes temperance themes common in historical moral discourse.
A letter discusses Webster’s Dictionary as a mission to reform English spelling and set usage laws. Editors later remove rejected forms slowly, leaving conflicts with scholarly and educated usage. Schoolteachers insist on Websterian spellings, teaching forms like height and mould that educated people seldom use.
Stanley argues Congo holds vast natural wealth beyond ivory including iron and copper mines, forests, timber, rubber, palm oil, India-rubber, gums, spices, pepper, and coffee. He notes abundant labor from local warriors, protected from slave traders, and suggests ivory ranks fifth among basin resources. He projects long-term ivory sustainability yet high regional wealth potential.
In Breckinridge County near Walker's Mill Kentucky a cave hides a vast natural ice store. The cave maintains about twenty degrees above zero year round with large drips from a water flow freezing into solid ice. Dr. H. C. Duvall of Big Clifty noted the ice is exceptionally pure as ice falls with thunder-like sound from the mouth.
The passage recalls a critic who favors plain direct language and condemns obscure terms. She sternly separates thought from phrasing and stresses critique as a craft, insisting on practicality over elegance and repeatedly resisting what she calls art in speech.
A large enslaved man is brought from jail to face trial before a Justice. He rejects a defense, boasting he can defend himself against a dozen sickly men, and challenges the judge to prove otherwise in the back yard. The account reflects racial tension and confident bravado in the courtroom side scene.
Edward Hanlan, famed oarsman and former world champion, praises St Jacobs Oil in a letter from Australia. He cites it as a reliable remedy for muscular pains in arms and limbs and recommends its use to readers seeking relief.
In 1721 Nathaniel Wes faced highway robbery charges at Finchley Common and refused to plead. Officials laid him on his back and pressed him with 250 pounds for seven minutes. He pleaded not guilty only after enduring the pain and being returned to court.
Delicate diseases and nervous weakness advertised as cured by the World’s Dispensary Association. Address given as 563 Main Street, Buffalo New York, with promises of radical relief through specified remedies and scents in stamp offerings.
Old Soldiers will find The CuicaGco Lepeer one of the most interesting papers for their wives and children. It includes Army Reminiscences contributed by members of both armies of the late war. Subscription is $1.50 per year with a two cent sample copy. Also advertised is Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Cassaya by Caswell Hazard & Co. as a tonic for dyspepsia and debility.
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