25 Oct 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1878
Page
1
The Intelligencer invites readers in Ames Story County Iowa to send in items of general interest for publication. The Thursday morning paper notes advertising rates are available by application to the proprietor and encourages local news submissions.
A poem narrates a farmer's girl torn between love for John the farmer's lad and a social match to a squire. The speaker prefers a humble rural life with John over becoming a lady wife, lamenting her bashful beloved and torn loyalties.
A lone stranger arrives in a sleepy coastal town on a hot August night. Dressed in pepper and salt, he carries a bundle on a cudgel and arouses scorn from locals. He seeks a reading room admission but is rejected as a potential debtor or miller in hiding, provoking wary curiosity among bystanders.
A visiting stranger fakes aristocratic status to test a town by leaving a sealed letter addressed to Admiral Lord A B. Residents crowd the post office, mocking his disguise until the letters reveal his true identity. He denounces the town for snobbery and departs, refusing lodging and vowing not to stay another night.
A dialogue fragment discusses a rent body and a transparent body, with a student noting that a transparent body lets light through and a professor referencing an illustration in a book. The exchange hints at 16th or 17th century science teaching on material transparency.
A vignette mixes poems on farewell with disjointed reports about two colored women debating baptism and salvation. The piece shifts to a Scottish asylum memoir of a brilliant but fading patient, who recalls Noahs, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and a fantastical ark voyage, as he wanders in a waking dream amid dementia and recollection.
A New York Tribune sourced analysis totals Southern war claims at not less than 350 million dollars, plus another 300 million for internal improvements in one Congress session. It breaks claims into seven classes, notes amnesty changes, and warns that Congress could open jurisdiction to pay rebel losses, risking large treasury costs.
A teacher tells his class that small good deeds make them useful. Over a week the boys perform acts for others including aiding a grandmother, reading to a blind woman, helping a passerby with a horse, collecting pennies, and soothing a tired mother and baby, each joyous in helping.
A devotional collage urging readers to trust in God for daily needs and not fear the future. It quotes Newton Jay and Blair on alleviate anxiety by living one day at a time, relying on Providence and prayer. The fragmentary text emphasizes faith and present duties as the path to future provision.
A Louisville report describes Alice Coathy, a four year old girl born in England who can recite Bible passages and speak of heaven without knowing letters. She spoke of Jesus’ death and resurrection as she answered a reporter's questions.
The Republican reports W. J. Jones was tarred and feathered by Reno residents and boarded a westward train to Truckee in a pitiable state. Tar filled his eyes and body with painful blistering, and doctors labored six hours to neutralize the substance. His sight may be permanently damaged.
Colorado ranks third among states in gold and silver production with six year output totaling tens of millions. The piece notes rising yields, expectant 1878 totals above ten million, and a long historic cumulative output of eighty two million, highlighting Black Hawk smelting works under Prof. N. P. Hill and extensive mining expansion.
The ostrich feather business expands while supply dwindles as South Africa reports recent breeding pair sales averaging near $1,000 with individual pairs fetching up to $1,425 and $310 per pound for feathers. Historical exports rose from 1860 to 1873 with volumes and values increasing, reaching substantial totals by last year.
Hager Mh rejects Tas winter plans amid unclear context. No further readable facts or dates accompany the fragment.
A correspondent argues consumptives might benefit from hygienic treatment at home. A French physician proposes a well ventilated sun lit room with a Mousseron brazier to create a warm moist artificial climate, aided by water saturated with phosphoric acid to slow tuberculation.
A San Antonio telegram reports 12 000 Mexican troops set for the Rio Grande border. Gen Ord cites Diaz policy to bolster standing, Trevino aims at presidency, Ornellas claims northern Indian affairs and quieted internal matters. Turbulence across Mexico may prompt trouble when the larger force arrives and supply from Texas meat sources is noted.
The poem by Ethel Vane contemplates a young woman of nineteen over a late supper menu and its uneasy effect on sleep. Burstington Hawk-Eye notes lingering danger and hints at loftier themes beyond the playful verse.
A new book outlines sixteen figures named as Saviors who supposedly crucified centuries before Christ. Names include Mithra, Krishna, Quirinus, Thammuz, Wittoba, Bali, and others from Hindoo, Roman, Persian, and Egyptian traditions with dates ranging from about 2300 BC to 800 BC and earlier.
The Job Printing department announces supply of latest type and materials with neat dispatch. They handle bill heads, letter heads, books, pamphlets, posters, auction bills, cards and more at competitive prices.
Poetic tribute by Josephine Pollard praising a young country woman seen as modest and dear. The speaker prefers this simple beloved over city bustle, celebrating her charm, youth, honesty, and cherished marriage.
The Providence Journal reports Andrew H. Remington showed a turtle shell bearing the inscription C. R. 1800. The shell, found August 4 on the same farm where Caleb Remington resided, was from a wood turtle and was deceased when found.
A Jewish Messenger writer references Alexander von Humboldt to claim a Jew was the first white man on American soil. The note cites Humboldt’s Cosmos noting Columbus’ voyage near Cuba and sending a Hebrew/ Arabic speaking Jew, Louis Times by name, to the shore to deliver letters to the Great Chan of Moguls in China and return.
The census reports Chicago population 436 751 for 1878. Of 432 348 inhabitants are white 4 588 are colored 201 709 aged 10 years or over and 123 114 of school age. South division 107 917, North division 87 897, West division 236 529.
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