This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1883
Page
3
A reflective short verse depicts a mother guiding her child with patient faith and gray hair, ending with a farewell to life. The tone honors pious labor, a grave in a churchyard, and the belief that the Lord has gathered the laborer home to rest and praise.
At Fort Benton a lone Cree youth Sieman arrived seeking warmer southern lands. A Blackfeet war party shot at him through a window. Wolfe defended with vigor as Cree and Blackfeet clashed. The visitor claimed kin with Mahayan and sought to avoid discovery, while Wolfe deemed him a harmless wanderer amid tense frontier border lines.
Mr Wolfe negotiates a bloodless solution with the Blackfeet chief to spare Steman by offering a running trial. Steman is trained for a month with a strict daily routine, endurance runs, and buffalo meat meals while Blackfeet warriors pledge to attend the appointed event.
A trader confronts the Cree and Blackfeet at a frontier fort scene. Steman-like Cree boy evades capture by sprinting across prairie, aided by timely boldness and tribal intrigue, while traders and soldiers observe. Health advice follows in closing notes.
The text outlines health rules from Hill's Moral of Social and Business Forms. It emphasizes sleep amount, temperate bedding, and sleeping with a healthy partner, then moves to dress for weather, footwear, and head covering. It ends discussing cleanliness and cold-water cleansing routines.
A call for punctual attendance, thorough study, and self discipline in youth. The essay argues that early habits of reliability honesty and effort shape future success. It warns against idleness and truancy while praising courtesy toward teachers and self improvement for lasting livelihood and reputation.
The article explains the frigate bird with vast wings and buoyant bones, capable of sleeping aloft, feeding by catching fish by others and stealing from diving birds, and notes on phonology geography arithmetic and philosophy in a Q A style from The Team Guide.
An oral Seminole tale explains the white man's rise to power through a Great Spirit sequence at a lake. Three men of varying complexions wash in, receive bundles, and gain labor tools, hunting gear, and finally pens and paper, seen as the engine of mind and social progress.
The grace cup or loving cup originates from a 11th century Scottish royal feast as Queen Margaret Atheling rewarded guests who stayed for grace with wine. The custom spread through Scotland to England, becoming a widespread medieval social goblet prized by nobles and listed in inventories into the Reformation.
A speaker warns young men that so called respectable peers may lure them toward risky behavior. He describes seemingly upright mentors who drink, flout temperance pledges, and roam forbidden paths, while claiming courage and steadiness. The piece emphasizes hypocrisy among churchgoing professionals who ignore warnings and push toward moral danger.
The piece recalls George Washington promoting mule farming after 1783, noting mules’ durability and feed efficiency. It mentions royal gifts: a gray jack and jennets from Spain and a jennet from Malta, with names cited as the Sage Gift and the Knight of Malta, reflecting early Mount Vernon stock expansion.
Poetic observation notes nature's lively behavior as lightning shines wind whistles thunder roars snow flies waves leap fields smile and rivers run with air often whistling in the scene.
In a Chile Peru travel note, a cook demonstrates altitude cookery. He boils meat and onions for hours, finds water remains colorless, and uses a lid sealed with silver to trap steam so broth cooks despite low boiling point. Miners watch the strange method.
A list of 14 Q and A items covers basic topics such as Geography Constitution Grammar History and reading. Several entries define reading physiology orthography and ventilation with concise explanations noting how language is used and how spaces should be aired for comfort.
Advice urges patrons to shop locally and treat clerks with respect. Do not handle items aggressively, avoid pressuring staff or rivaling prices, and pay promptly. If errors occur, correct them promptly to protect moral character and build trust with merchants.
The piece recounts Greek fire as a pivotal pre gunpowder weapon used by Constantinople defenses. It notes its uncertain components naptha sulfur pitch and long copper tubes, its terrifying effects on ships and troops, and the legend of an angel revealing the formula. It traces its later use by Muslims until gunpowder ended the era.
A California Sunday school scene shows Swipes, the pride of the class, answering a Kings chapter question with a pun about checking in a game. A girl laments her name could not bend in the Bible, promising to be good so a name could be added later.
The San Francisco Chronicle profiles Angelo Cardela, a 38 year old Italian laborer from Reno whose double jointed spine and massive frame enable him to lift and hoist men and weights with remarkable ease. He lifts a reporter, balances on one finger, and has reportedly moved weights over 800 pounds. He claims his father could strike 1000 pounds as inherited strength.
A parrot speaks in season, a Middlebury mouse nests in corn, and a drunken sparrow is nursed to sobriety. Monkeys in Africa are lured by fermented beer, bears fight for a boy, and wolves gang up to capture horses. A Brazilian forest traveler records tarantula-like arachnids and a dog named Old Jake guarding embers by night.
The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico preserve a legend of Montezuma born to an Indian maiden in Pecos and raised as a great hunter with supernatural power. A sacred fire supposedly kept burning since his youth remains a central symbol, with Pecos’ fire later moved to Taos after the 1837 Spanish grant sale. Despite some embracing Christianity, many Pueblo communities still await Montezuma’s return each sunrise as savior and sovereign.
The London Times notes editor labor demands vigilance and speed. It warns that slips in dates names and euphemisms can offend readers and cost publishers. Editors must stay alert on press day and interact with leaders to guard against error.
The Western Agriculturist advises farmers to study farming as a business, read agricultural papers, improve stock, systematize work, buy labor-saving machinery and maintain it, raise quick selling acts, build a reputation for selling quality stock, weed control, diversify sales, and keep bees and improved crops. It stresses attractive homes, access to schooling, and being a thoughtful farmer.
A Victorian essay extols women's growing influence as civilization grounds itself. It praises her sacrifice and virtue, asserts domestic equality and shared political rights, and credits truth and forbearance with shaping public life and social advancement.
A writer explains making ready use glue by mixing whisky with glue and letting it set, notes storage, and vessel stopper tips. It then contrasts hardness and toughness with examples like diamond and gutta percha, and references the Regent diamond being brittle.
Fragmentary lines mention a trader and refusal, with a moral aside about man’s leaning on something higher. The text is unclear but implies a scenario of an agreement or action tied to a trader and a refusal, framed by a higher principle.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.