11 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1884
Page
1
Classified ad rates listed per line and per insertion. Postal notice states second class mail status and local business listings at ten cents per line with six cents for each additional insertion.
G2 Ames sits at a junction of the Chicago and North Western Railroad with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road thirteen miles north of Dex Meiners, Iowa. The town is near the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with hundreds of students and a well appointed public school. Lush farming lands around the town yield abundant grain and orchard fruit.
A long fragment lists businesses and trades in Ames including General Merchandise, Millinery, Dressmaking, Flour Mills, Hardware, Clothing, Harness, Carpentry, Shoemaking, Billiards, Tiling and more. Names such as Union National Bank of Ames, Ames Flouring Mills, Bingham & Co., Wright & Ives appear amid scattered family and proprietor references.
A dramatic, fragmented poem concerns a speaker resisting surrender to sudden death. The speaker rejects prayer and laments fear, seeking a decisive leap into the dark to merge the finite with the infinite, rejecting a passive, whimpering end.
In an interview, Francis K. Fast, secretary of the Central American Syndicate, recalls mule travel across Belize to Copan ruins in Honduras, describing Incas roads, ruins, pottery, and the beauty and honesty of local people. He plans to return to Central America next fall.
Paris Cor reports M Brown-Sequard tested whether life after violent death can be recalled in a dog killed healthy. A familiar dog head was transfused with arterial blood from another dog and briefly animated as the eyes opened and the head attempted to respond to its name.
Eastern papers tout willow fiber for cloth but Cabazon Indians near eighty miles east of Los Angeles on the Colorado desert border craft light water resistant baskets. They outlast tin or galvanized receptacles and sell to tourists, merchants, and locals, becoming a Pacific coast specialty.
A humorous courtroom scene unfolds with a trivial embezzlement charge of 10 cents. The judge humorously orders the prisoner to the penny penitentiary as spectators react with amusement and the crier and clerk struggle to maintain order.
The editor notes Exla as a queer name for a paper at Asheville North Carolina and explains exla means to strike with a brick. The brief public notice offers a definition tied to the paper’s moniker.
An ornate tribute extolls a delicious bivalve inviting readers to relish its succulent meat. The prose invites sensory imagery of steaming, warmth, and hearty appetite as a playful celebration of seafood.
A Brooklyn Eagle reader known as Young Athlete writes about being an excellent sparrer and asks how to improve reach. He boasts speed and science in boxing, notes short arms, and considers using a brick as a assist before facing John Sullivan across the street.
Ben Perley Poore recalls April arrivals of troops to Washington city. The Pennsylvanians occupy committee rooms while the Seventh regiment rests in the representative hall. Armed soldiers fill marble corridors with muskets, equipment, and drill as workers continue portico construction amid a wartime scene.
An English paper recounts peculiar duties of doctors. One physician attends at a noble castle daily for a guinea, another drives nightly to sleep at his home and must leave dinner early, while charging a thousand pounds yearly. A young doctor is paid 400 pounds to tend an old lady who is strong but selfish and troublesome.
The piece lists figures such as Will M. Clemens in Arkansaw Traveler and E P Roe at Cornwall on the Hudson with Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farm near the Depot. It notes Manchester by the Sea, Cowhide in the Woodshed, a bathing resort called Slaughter House on the Creek, and a Chicago on the Shore of Lake Michigan resident.
The Capri women display Phoenician, Roman, Saracen, Spanish, and Greek traits. Capri’s climate, scenery, and cheap living attract artists and foreign residents who form a mixed, unconventional community with local spouses.
In Newport the Roman Catholic church faced repayment of an old note given as partial payment for repairs. The note was rejected and years passed, becoming outlawed. Mr. Cory asked a contractor if it had been paid. the contractor said no, it was outlawed. The priest exclaimed at the injustice and the debt was ultimately paid.
A physician Fielding debates soul versus brain with a skeptical friend. Dora Varian dies, returns as a new lover Amy Barrows through a living body. Fielding falls for the revived presence, until a fatal crisis reveals a claimed soul.
A narrator observes a lavish Cuban widow at Roches Noires in Tronville and notes her striking appearance. A New York criminal associate identifies her as the famous Josie Mansfield, prompting astonishment at the Cuban widow’s fame and wealth.
In Marseilles the cod liver oil trade heats up with fierce competition. A manufacturer lambasts rivals by saying wild cod swim in dangerous seas where whales and sharks cause liver disease, while his fish are caught in a safe harbor where marine monsters cannot enter, ensuring healthy livers and superior oil.
The text suggests Mr Keely formed his motor idea after watching three boys attempt to compel a two pound black and tan dog to haul a cart. It claims this small scene illustrates how a simple observation can spark a profound scientific principle.
A historical quip notes 1,000,000 more dwellings and 800,000 more families in 1880 than in 1880 for the rebellious states. The judge proclaims a narrow victory, while a hen comments on finding a worm.
A Minnesota man argues Shakespeare is a Bacon cipher created by Francis Bacon. Donnelly cites passages in Bacon's writings and specific in play scenes to claim the plays conceal a life story of Bacon and a hidden history of Elizabeth I's reign.
A shrewd Indian aboard at Cape Fox eagerly sought a portrait. He followed the camera, asked for payment, and posed rigidly between lifeboats. He declared the request romantic, blushing as the photographer tried to move him after the shot.
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