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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1885
Page
4
A charming poem about a baby learning to walk, with a mother’s soothing coaxing and the family’s cheering. The scene follows the baby’s attempts, a fall, and triumphant, hopeful recovery as she presses forward with loving support. Elizabeth Kinney, St Nicholas.
A poor Dublin boy wanders streets found by a kind stranger who gives him a Bible verse pass John iii 16 and a night bed. He recovers in hospital using the verse to guide a dying man and others toward faith, becoming a devoted Christian worker.
A writer argues coaching with the whip is nearly a lost art as modern standards demand highbred and well cared for horses, unlike earlier days when any animal sufficed and lash stimulation was common practice.
A Chicago Times piece discusses a naturalist author and his book Why Not Eat Insects revealing insects as plentiful and flavorful. It argues insects could aid farmers by reducing crop pests and notes various birds and animals thrive on insects, with remarks on edible qualities and cooking.
A Boston Globe essay argues for journalism training and laments that colleges do not ready youths for newsroom demands. It humorously recommends a two year period of meditation and prayer to guard against profanity and editorial temptation.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt quotes a traveling drummer arguing that 150000 railway workers should be furious at porters' pay. He claims 100000 on the road nightly would yield large sums, criticizing sleeping car companies for paying porters just 15 a month and promising action at the next meeting.
A San Franciscan asks a Phoenix resident about Arizona weather and the dry heat. The woman shares a true incident about her son clerking in a Phenix grocery store, illustrating the climate’s effects.
The piece urges keeping friends through attention and courtesy, noting many lose friends by neglect, pride, or fickleness. It advises overlooking slights and quickly resolving misunderstandings to protect these rare bonds.
In a colloquial Texas scene two Black men discuss baptism costs for a child. Parson Bledsoe to be paid a dollar per head for baptism, while exclusionary talk targets Reverend Whangdoodle Baxter and a ducking fee reduced to seventy cents after a contract is set.
The Chief Justice Marshall, built in Pittsburgh in 1833 and enrolled in New Orleans, measured 178 80-95 tons and was owned by Riddle & Forsyth of Pittsburgh and Knox & McKee of Wheeling with John W. Russell as master. The Lady Washington, built on the Monongahela in 1826, measured 121 2195 tons, owned by Samuel Mitchell and Peter Yarnel of Wheeling, with Henry R. Dobin as master.
A young society belle asks Dr Portman whether novel reading is sinful. He replies that never reading is not a sin, suggesting that reading histories, science, and travel literature can be salutary for youth, with the exchange reported by the Louisville Journal.
A 10 year old Brook lyn boy asks if his father ever smoked as a boy. The father recalls one cigarette episode with the odor lingering. The boy’s curiosity rises, and the father reacts without a word, the moment heating the room.
A widow seeking contact with her deceased husband asks if he sees her mother in Heaven. He replies he never sees her, and that he would love the old lady if he had the ghost of a chance, but she isn’t there. The anecdote is attributed to the New York Times.
Lord Sypney who has served as Lord Steward and Lord Chamberlain will soon reach eighty. Members of the royal household plan a collective gift for his birthday. A consummate man of business, he has managed Queen Victoria’s money matters since the Prince Consort’s death and audits her private accounts. He is to receive a mark of favor from the Queen on his birthday.
A father tells his son the cost of study as the boy pockets a ten dollar bill and admits he does not study very hard. The exchange underscores financial strain and lack of diligence.
A fragmented historical passage recalls Col. Fred Burnaby's boastful lineage and stance against oppression. A dialogue suggests a speaker noting tyrants and the courage of ancestors, then shifts to a playful question about knowing one’s own name, ending with a cryptic adage about the heart and lips.
A devotional piece recounts a believer’s unsure beginnings and eventual acceptance of Jesus as savior. It recalls yearning, prayer, forgiveness, and the felt transformation, ending with a description of a Wall Time picture symbolizing life’s journey from youth to old age toward the hereafter as a shared moral portrait.
A poor London apprentice in St. Pauls churchyard sparked a religious revival by gathering like minded peers for prayer. He and fellow workers formed early YMCA meetings in 1844, which grew into a worldwide movement now present in colleges and schools. The tale links London’s St. Pauls dome to a boy who helped shape youth aid worldwide.
An old gentleman in a hotel reading room tells how his wife bought her dress twenty years ago. A bald-headed man asks if she’s been ill or altered. The speaker affirms the dress was made of good cloth and laments expensive burial attire.
A collage of witty boarding-house quips from several papers. Jests touch on beefsteak and kangaroo leather, coffee chicory, and eggs, with jokes about boarders, cooks, and odd habits in shared homes.
A Connecticut deacon fails at overeating during a Rhode Island clam bake but prays for forgiveness. He vows to stop clams, then counters with a wry remark about restraint. A second vignette shows a Japanese swain testing love through tending a plant, interpreting care as signal of affection.
The Buffalo New York institution boasts an eighteen-doctor staff offering cures for chronic ailments through medical and surgical means. It claims success in nasal throat lung liver kidney digestive bladder women’s diseases rheumatism neuralgia and more with home cures via correspondence. A 168 page guide book is offered for 10 cents. LeapInec musicians push lower pitch and hope it affects admission scales.
A Boston Post item notes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is hailed as a cure for pains and weaknesses of women. A New York man is accused of swindling a hotel man out of $400, suggesting he stayed overnight.
The piece warns against indulgence and urges sensible habits. It promotes Dr Walker's California Vinegar Bitters as a universal blood purifier and system renovator to address dyspepsia skin, kidney, liver, or blood symptoms.
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