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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1893
Page
5
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage urges the church to be a strong, practical helper to believers, emphasizing singing with passion, sympathetic sermons, and universal prayer. He argues for adapting worship to modern times while preserving core gospel truth, and invites focus on both present solace and future salvation.
The Behring Sea dispute ends with each side winning. The agreement preserves seals for our country, recognizes England’s equal jurisdiction, and compensates Canada for seized vessels. The St Louis Republic praises the arbitration court and Baron de Courcel.
A judicious writer contrasts firmness with obstinacy. Firmness means adhering to right after careful examination of opposing reasons. Obstinacy is sticking to a position merely because it is already chosen, a sign of weak character and a common trait among stubborn people.
A narrator recalls Henry Ward Beecher’s dog Rover who barked at a squirrel hole long after the squirrel left. The tale reflects on dogs and humans chasing futile goals, noting both four and two legged beings pursue what cannot satisfy. The piece ends with a warning about wasted effort across life.
A devotional reflection contrasts contentment with envy and hardship. It urges gratitude for the present, patience for brighter days, and reliance on God. It notes opportunity arises in suffering when one chooses higher spiritual help and references the longing for the stream of Lebanon.
A quotation notes that truly great people complete every task thoroughly and never despise any work no matter how small, implying virtue in diligence and respect for all efforts.
A historical church study on Paul's Corinthian letters. It notes the city’s vice ridden context, the early Christian struggle with eating meat offered to idols, and the two sides in the debate. The lesson outlines seven reasons to partake and five reasons against, stressing unity and liberty.
Westmoreland County Pennsylvania gardener E Bushgayer describes a compact forcing pit built like a greenhouse. Raised beds, a ground floor cellar, a water heater of 450 square feet capacity, an expansion tank, and a 15-foot hose with sprinkler deliver centralized irrigation for winter vegetables and flowers.
The author describes starting a heated greenhouse using barrels and pipes connected to a hot water heater. With 250 square feet of ground and 210 dollars spent, lettuce matures in a month and crops like cabbage tomato plants and strawberries are produced in winter. He plans to expand with hotbeds and pipe systems for better hardening and efficiency.
Relatives and famed figures are noted: MoruHER Bickerdyke, hospital nurse of the Civil War, now lives in Russell Kansas. Hoyt Sherman, a Sherm an brother, chairs Salt Lake City independent movement. Cart Anderson to lecture on Norway and Viking Ship in the northwest. Evarts once earned over 50 000 yearly from law, Windsor Vermont farm. Barnes Greeley, Horace Greeley’s surviving brother, at Chappaqua, a talker of note.
Industrial and statistical notes describe grasshopper plagues costing western farmers about two hundred million dollars in a single season. The Wieliczla salt mine in Austro-Galicia has run for six centuries. The world has 25 817 miles of canals, European majority. An oil map highlights oil districts across the United States.
The article promotes a decorative octagonal well house with a dish roof and vines, arguing it protects pumps from heat and cold while enhancing country surroundings. It notes a solid foundation to deter pests and suggests removable flooring for access, with shrubs to boost appearance.
A collage of short verse and humorous prose from early 20th century papers includes Edith Oldham on parenting a daughter, a Cohoes boy’s failed aquatic prank, Mary Louise Whiting’s unexpressed longing, a sisterly romance by Merritt Keene, a Dedication poem for a book of tales, and a humorous Georgia dialect piece about a son aiming to become president.
York markets report mixed grains and livestock quotes with wheat and corn prices shown alongside oats barley and rye. Cattle hogs and sheep activity appears at Kansas City Omaha and Chicago markets with feeder and shipping figures and price ranges noted.
Three tall men from Up the Creek enter the Agricultural building through the east principal entrance. They split up to view aisles as if overwhelmed by the display, one directing others to explore the right left and middle aisles.
In a playful exchange from Yankee Blade, TreacnER and Smart Scholar discuss the risk of missing a promising skating opportunity due to school obligations. The dialogue contrasts pleasant and unpleasant possibilities tied to timing and duties.
A new sleeping car service runs daily from Chicago to Seattle via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Great Northern railways. First departures at 11 30 P M with Seattle arrival at 10 30 P M on the fourth day. Endorsed as the best route to the North Pacific Coast. Contact H Hart, general agent, for maps and information.
An advertisement page touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a premier nerving tonic for indigestion insomnia and nerve weakness. It warns against opiates and mineral sedatives and claims Bitters also treat malaria liver and kidney complaints. Also promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops with brief literary jests interspersed.
A garbled collage features dialogues about beggars and a student named Arthur. It mixes stray phrases and names like Harper's Young People and Soamener ville Journal, offering a glimpse of vintage humor bits without a clear coherent event or article.
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