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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1895
Page
9
Mrs Westmacott reveals she holds money in trust for her troubled brother Jeremiah. He begs forgiveness and the return of funds, while the Admiral faces the tale of a stolen pension and a dramatic past. The widow recounts threats, deception, and a bid to reform a dangerous kin.
In a long concludes tale Mrs Westmacott, the Admiral, Dr Walker, and Charles Westmacott adjust a family crisis. The Denver project and a college for women appear, while two weddings reshape the Parisian mystery of ill gotten gains and reform. Charles becomes a Texas rancher with a partner rebuilding the business and the family moves toward quieter lives.
Mrs. Fenwick-Miller in London Illustrated News argues that hostility to female Christian missionaries stems from Confucian and Buddhist norms. She notes Chinese husbands’ authority, arranged footbinding, and gender rules as reasons missions target women dangerously.
Brown famed as miserly, owed a dentist 15 for a gold front tooth for fifteen years. After the filling fell out he valued the gold at 3.50, charged 5 for labor, 5 for use of the tooth, and sent a check for 13.50 with the gold, plus a 19 balance.
A dejected accordion musician on the sidewalk defies a red faced citizen who questions the instrument. The citizen jokes that the musician has six accordions at home as the musician continues playing the Honey Moon March from a second story window.
A fragment from Fliegende Blaetter shows a young barrister asking a young woman if she plays the piano. Motier, speaking aside to his daughter, urges a refusal with a private warning.
The author argues that capable speakers can lack clear reasoning and moral judgment, contrasting sincere but irrational fanatics with self serving, dishonest elites. It questions whether Washington silver convention leaders are deluded about free coinage or pursuing personal gain at the country’s expense.
A reader compiled a table of average depths in yards for oceans and seas. Pacific 4252, Atlantic 4026, Indian 3658, Antarctic 3000, Arctic 1690, Mediterranean 1476, Irish 240, English Channel 110, Adriatic 45, Baltic 43, illustrating how depth varies by region.
A French official commission reports phosphorus cannot be fully replaced for quick ignition but with proper factory ventilation machine design and worker habits most hazards can be eliminated. Some public factories remain worst though private firms lead in safer methods and could push improvements nationwide.
A collection of curiosities covers deep sea sounding with exploding leads and leech behavior before storms. It recalls dramatic memories of Empress Eugenie as seen by Governess Miss Bicknell with vivid scenes from the Tuileries and St Cloud.
Ex congressman O Neill of Missouri plays a bluff to get sleep, telling a hotel clerk to wake him at 6 30 a m. A French friend hurries to wake him at nearly six, only to learn the plan was a ruse. The pair exchange bemused words over the miscue.
A humorous clump of Josh Billings style maxims on human nature vanity jealousy and folly. It pokes fun at loafer scholars pedantry and bragging while noting faith over reason and the oddities of fame and luck in a rustic, bite sized voice.
A sour customer asks for something to help chronic rheumatism and the druggist offers a tract titled Qo Sin Sick Soul, Repent and Be Healed, implying a spiritual remedy rather than medical treatment.
Rev. J. Murray was sentenced to the chain gang in Murray county for violating the state liquor law. He recently eloped with a widow. The piece notes bicycles hurting the piano trade and asks how a girl chooses gifts between piano and bicycle.
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