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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1885
Page
4
A brief verse from Harper's Bazaar titled Our Youth presents a moral tale where a boy learns a silver dime loses shine when paired with a copper cent. The piece ends with a boy's tongue in cheek remark about his father keeping the dime. The dialogue contrasts copper and silver to illustrate integrity and temptation.
In a Christmas church tale, Amelia Augusta helps protect a church from fire while a doll gift drive for orphans unfolds. Helen faces a choice over keeping her doll for Maggie, and Amelia Augusta ultimately saves the church and stays at home with a grateful mother.
A light collection of humorous vignettes from a family scene featuring Clara Charley and a praying mother. Stories include honest boys returning a lost item, a hair restorer quip, a game of pretend, and a child misquoting phrases about prayers and promises.
A reporter surveys necktie production focusing on materials, design, and manufacturing in the United States. Fifty to seventy five factories, ten to twelve premier makers, and exclusive patterns drive the market. Women in Philadelphia and Boston drive finishing, with skilled workers earning eight to fifteen dollars weekly.
Adaptation to heat and altitude is discussed with historical views from Boerhaave to Humboldt and Cassini. The piece contrasts human and animal tolerance at high temperatures and elevations, noting dogs’ limits and Andean heights. It then recalls Daniel Dougherty’s Easton debate with Brewster in 1864, ending with Dougherty’s sharp rebuttal.
A historic artifact believed buried with Hogarth’s grave was stolen years ago and has since resurfaced. The skull’s recovery raises questions about past thefts and the search for restitution.
A tale from 1876 has Blue Jeans Williams warning against House towel costs. A Republican congressman spreads the anecdote to Senator Morton in hopes of harming the Democratic nominee. Morton silences concern, fearing wide circulation would help the Republican cause.
A humorous reflection on human nature. The speaker notes curiosity drives action more than practical need and warns individuals chase what they do not have. He muses on proportion, faith, and the risk of failure, concluding that yes and no are the most vital words.
A tramp asks for a dime to buy bread and is met with a sharp rebuke about earning it. He offers to cover half the yearly food cost if given a loan and promises to earn the rest in six months, but the plan is declined.
An Arkansas Traveler excerpt presents a former treasurer explaining his resignation from the Sons of Ham after a meeting showed cash decline from ten dollars to five. He notes he withdrew to avoid suspicion, saying money kept disappearing and he did not want it to seem he was taking it.
In Teras Siftings style, the tale recounts Mrs Schacob Op penheimer falling into a stream near Coney Island. Her husband lunged in and dumped the water to save her, despite doubters noting his small stature and ongoing marital tensions. Diamonds on Mrs Op penheimer are mentioned as a detail of the incident.
Dumley comments on Miss Doddeclum’s name and recalls a prior contact with a man of that name in Peoria Illinois. He questions if she hails from Boston, but she clarifies she is from Peoria Illinois in this exchange reported by the New York Sun.
A woman laments lacking a receipt for eye water and her daughter jokes she can make tears by sticking a finger in her eye. The exchange captures a playful domestic moment and a child’s quick wit.
Poem depicts quarry workers chipping limestone to build a new church beneath ancient trees. It contrasts the old church’s memories with the new stone temple rising, praising patience, faith, and communal hope. Attributed to Arthur Wentworth Eaton from Youth's Companion.
A Zion's Herald reflection urges Christians not to avoid church social duties due to fear of embarrassment. It cites Sidney Smith on quitting the house to avoid cold and commends ministers and laymen who pressed forward in duty, finding success beyond doubt. The message: act with purpose to please the Lord, not for vain glory.
The passage says people should not demand perfect indifference to criticism but accept human sensitivity. It contrasts a clean heart with an absolutely perfect nature and notes that all can have a pure heart through Christ, while perfection remains known only to God. It emphasizes humility and spiritual cleansing.
In a sermon by Charles Cuthbert Hale the text reframes prayer as continual companionship with the divine, not merely a request. It asserts prayer renews energy, steadies spirit, and elevates the mind, comparing it to friendship that transforms weakness into triumph through intimate, ongoing communion with God.
The giraffe is the most valuable animal exhibited. Juvenile giraffes five to ten feet tall are valued at 2500 to 5000 dollars. Adults reach values near 10000 dollars, while sixteen to twenty feet high specimens cost 15000 to 25000 dollars.
A humorous tale from Denver recalls Judge Toll's plan to cure his sick infant with catnip. He plants four dozen catnip bushes in his Welton street yard, only to witness thousands of cats marching in from across Colorado and beyond, devouring the herb has a communal feline festival, leaving the front yard bare by morning.
A Detroit tale mocks Yankee enterprise and a five thousand life insurance fraud scheme. The Yonkers Gazette pun contrasts hash with omnium gatherum and identifies a dish as disguised hash. A note on steam heated charcoal risks spontaneous combustion and a historic pavilion reborn as a restaurant where Louis XIV was born.
A Treasury appointment dispute between John C. New and J. B. Butler over a laborer led to mutual indorsements for moving up and down stairs. Secretary Folger resolved the feud by appointing the man to the elevator, splitting his time between floors.
A writer states the finder has perfect title to lost property against everyone except the owner and discusses a Kings Bench ruling from a wallet case. The shopkeeper cannot keep found money, and police or receivers have no extra rights without statute. The article cites New England Grocer.
The article surveys varied careers of those who reached the Lord Chancellor's seat. It notes Erskine and Brougham rose without prior crown office, while others such as Truro, Westbury, Chelmsford, Selborne, Eldon, Lyndhurst, Campbell, Cairns, Cottenham, St Leonards, Cranworth, Hatherley, and their predecessors held roles from Solicitor General to Chief Justices.
Mr. M. Armitage of 402 Montgomery Street San Francisco reports a severe cough cured after using Red Star Cough Cure He then gave it to his sick family members who also improved He recommends its use in every household.
The dialogue explains schooners as two masted sailing vessels and notes a curious exchange about yachting Clairette. A narrator collection comments on youth attempting to remove authority and the risky idea of shouldering responsibility, ending with a grim worm remedy instruction.
Cox & Co announces a vast U S fortune in a barrier court of Cuanceny and offers a list of heirs. The ad claims much of the money belongs to Americans and invites readers to send a dollar to receive the list and pursue entitled shares or property.
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