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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1883
Page
3
The text laments lost happiness and recalls a wife resting on a coat collar as the speaker remembers tending to her hair. It contrasts fond memories with current harsher actions, expressing sorrow over faded intimacy.
Fragmentary verse lists days of birth as signs of traits and fortune. It playfully links each weekday to personalities and fate, ending with a reflection that the week itself shapes life and ends.
Ouray leads a council of the Utes to try to beat the Navajoes in a lengthy horse race after fraud and tactics in a staged contest. Wachita, ridden by a Navajo, wins the first race, then loses to a second rider as the Utes bet heavily, restoring losses and boosting Ouray’s influence.
An instructional piece on archery outlines bow types and weights, praising long bows of live wood such as ash or yew. It details arrow parts, feathering, and pricing for bows, arrows, strings, and gear, noting American-made lancewood and snakewood alternatives and practical at-home crafting.
The article lists short period comets such as Eacke De Vico Winnecke Brorson Bida and Faye with revolutions around five to seven years and long period comets with revolution times spanning thousands of years. It notes famous cases like Halley Joggia Donati Bielas and Lexell and mentions their orbits tails distances and past appearances. It discusses beliefs about comets and mentions spectroscope findings and historical insights from Brahe Newton and Schiapavili.
An 19th century article discusses stellar distances and Alpha Centauri. It explains that only about twenty stars have measured distances and uses analogies to convey vast scales, noting Alpha Centauri is about twenty billion miles away and illustrating the enormity with Adam’s counting and London’s area.
A confession reported by Thurlow Weed recounts a murder of Morgan in 1534. John Whitney and others allegedly murdered Morgan after capturing him at a fort and casting him into Niagara River, with witnesses urged to testify to reveal the full crime.
A reflection on how simple buoyancy lessons could save lives at sea. It argues that staying afloat matters more than swimming skill, citing chairs and other floating objects to keep heads above water, and notes a Chicago meeting with John Whitney about a planned posthumous confession. The piece also recalls five murderers dying violently, with Col. King and Garside among those mentioned.
A physician advocates moderate, regular exercise over extremes. He warns against excess in rowing and competitive sports, praising walking and coasting as healthy when used wisely. The article emphasizes staying power, steady growth, and the link between prudent activity and national well being.
A selection on human fighting instincts with hunting lore and Quaker anecdotes, followed by a practical guide from Hon. Warren Brown on eradicating parasites in cattle and domestic animals. It covers tobacco water, oil, mercurial ointment risks, kerosene, plaster dust, and a carbolic soap recipe for a cheap, effective animal dip.
A detailed summary of the 1875 to 1880 enlargement at the southeast London docks notes 3 000 workers 600 700 wagons 17 18 locomotives and vast concrete walls 40 feet high 5 feet thick top 15 to 19 feet bottom. New entrance saves about 34 miles navigation with cost around £1 000 000 and artifacts found include a reindeer's horn a Roman vase and a British canoe carved from oak now in the British Museum.
A humorous, observational vignette follows a woman as she mails a letter at the post office. She frets over names and dates, checks stamps, bites and wets a envelope, struggles with mucilage, and finally attempts the drop, ending with a rueful glance at the superscription.
Do not manifest impatience or engage in argument. Do not interrupt a speaker or discuss private matters. Do not notice others faults or lose temper. Do not allude to weather constantly or narrate with you know you see. Speak softly with a clear musical voice and avoid profanity or foreign slang. Do not betray confidences and do not speak ill of absent people.
Advice on tactful speech urges avoiding argument and boastful displays. It counsels kindness, restraint, and respect while cautioning against politics religion gossip and intrusive questions, with guidance on handling praise and storytelling.
Richard Grant White explores the roots of uncharitable speech and malicious mischief as motives for enmity. He links envy vanity and jealousy to petty crimes and social cruelty, noting how success inflames rivals and strangers alike. The piece cites examples of spiteful acts and broader social psychology.
The account cites Pliny and Tacitus describing Phoenician merchants near Belus River who heated nitre and sand to create transparent glass. Variants attribute the invention to Israelite fire in a forest causing nitre to melt and flow, later prompting intentional glassmaking.
A public school scene shows a teacher praising a trustworthy boy whose open face signals character. The piece argues a boy’s reputation matters, shaping future chances as fidelity and industry at school predict employment and community respect.
The text extols the value of asking Why When Who Which and of learning from Locke who gathered knowledge by not fearing questions and conversing with diverse people. It argues that reputation comes from the number of promises kept rather than from promises made.
The article recounts the Colossus of Rhodes once towering over Rhodes harbor, details its height about 105 feet, cost roughly 70 000 pounds, and twelve years to build. It notes earthquakes toppled it in 224 BCE and later legends, drawings, and inquiries by Delapierre and others debate its fate and existence through centuries.
A historical record book from the Virginia Fiends of Henrico County covers eight years after George Fox’s death, detailing meetings to fund a worship house. It notes tobacco assessments of 5050 and 1700 pounds for construction, mentions the unlocated house site, and Joseph Pleasants as early clerk. The group used arbitration with discreet men as a referred court and records show no litigation outcomes.
The author denounces sport as disreputable amid widespread crookedness from prizefights to baseball. He blames betting for corrupting pure competition and argues amateurs and professionals alike suffer from q uarrels and deceit. Without reform, sport will lose all respectability.
A historical overview tracing the flag’s roots from the cross of St George and St Andrew to the British Union Jack and the Philadelphia Light Horse. It notes the May 1776 dating tied to Betsy Ross and the first star spangled banner, plus Captain Hugh Montgomery’s 1776 raising at a foreign port and preservation at Cape Island, New Jersey.
An Irish sergeant orders roll call with a humorous refrain about those present and absent. A shrewd financier notes that one shilling in his pocket benefits him more than five in another's, while mood and appearance influence a sick man’s outlook.
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