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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1883
Page
2
In a brief item from Ames Intelligencer a taunt directed at a man is noted. The terse note mentions an incident in which a man is the subject of a taunt without further description.
A lengthy report covers lodge proceedings in Ottumwa October 18 with 100 delegates and 150 visitors. officers installed include Grand Master J. T. Abbott and staff. Also updates include a Delhi elopement, a Jasper county murder, fires in What Cheer and Mt. Pleasant, a North Carolina exhumation, and various local incidents, trials, and notices from across Iowa and surrounding states.
The report notes rising the number of post offices to 47 863 with 1 632 more this year and highlights city and state gains. It calls for extended free delivery, a special quick delivery stamp, and local letter rate cuts to boost business while seeking to separate money order work and adjust clerk hire funding.
A historic land case, Southern Minnesota railway extension versus Augustus Lufer, was decided by the Secretary of the Interior. The 1866 act and 1876 certification to Minnesota preserved the state’s title for the railroad, with potential loss of about 1,000,000 acres if reversed, and broader implications for other states.
Reported tremors on the peninsula between Chesme and Vouria destroy villages and bury inmates. More than ten thousand believed dead with survivors in cold, starving conditions. Constantinople confirms six villages destroyed and twenty thousand people left helpless awaiting aid from Smyrna and local authorities.
Duff Brown tells of a 1869 Buffalo Corry and Erie run where a burning oil train chased his locomotive through crooked 10 mile track to Brockton Junction. With 50 passengers and two trotting horses aboard, he speeds to Breckton while flames loom, switches threaten disaster, and a Cincinnati express bears down.
The Gentleman's Magazine surveys the ten year accounts 1481 to 1491 showing frugal yeomen and merchants avoided excess while meats were rare and beer and fish dominated. It notes purchases of cod beef and wild fowl for guests, and heavy beer consumption with kilderkins and ale payments alongside items like cheese milk and butter.
A terse aphorism urges steadfast duty and silence as the remedy to slander. It frames silence as strength and perseverance as a civic duty against falsehoods in public life.
The Illinois paper reports Lt Schwatka’s May 1880 voyage from Vancouver Island to the Yukon headwaters. His raft voyage down the Yukon to the Alaska coast covered 1,829 miles, proving the river’s great width and water flow. The piece urges thorough exploration of Alaska north of the 60th parallel and praises the expedition’s value.
A fragment recalls a boast about General Grant and candor. It describes a man who claimed Grant asked why he was sneaking around a tent and whether he sought to steal something, suggesting moral wear on a man.
A large rally at Pecket Hall drew over 2,000 participants, white and Black, to respond to a Supreme Court decision. Speeches by J M Gregory Fred Douglas Robert Ingersoll and others urged equal protection under law and voter action while urging support for the party platforms of 1872.
In a playful exchange a suitor vows to marry the daughter despite the father's insistence on wealth or status. The father jokes that the daughter should marry either a rich man or the biggest fool, while the suitor argues that a man’s future lies ahead and insists he has a future before him. The scene blends romance and social bargaining with humorous barbs.
The Times reports the ex Empress and companions fled Paris after Sedan and reached Boulogne aboard Sir John Burgoyne s Gazelle. The voyage faced a gale as the party sought land with Burgoyne at the helm and Lady Burgoyne comforting her guest. Ryde was reached after twenty hours. Dr Livois and Boulogne mayor visited the yacht today.
The quote contrasts envy with memory as a rack for grudges and warns against deception. It asserts knavery worsens falsehood and that true strength requires disciplined development of the entire soul.
A veteran bar keeper reflects on liquor’s social roles and the varied drinkers he encounters. He distinguishes beats, bums, and well dressed loafers, judging their habits, schemes, and moral traits while noting how liquor reveals character and class. The piece weaves in travel anecdotes and a harsh portrait of Indian stereotypes.
The Jersey county medical society once resolved not to advertise its Thames in newspapers, deeming such mentions quackery. A meeting was held with names omitted and dashes inserted, provoking editor comments and public critique of the doctors and their stance.
A reflective proverb notes prosperity attracts friends, but true character shows in hardship and struggle. The saying emphasizes authenticity over wealth, urging discernment about loyalties when trouble arrives.
A portrait of William Murdoch, the early inventor of coal gas used for street lighting and homes. The article compares him to Edison, notes his unpatented discovery, and recounts an anecdote of guiding a companion through Manchester by releasing gas from a bladder and lighting a pipe to illuminate the way.
In Open Letters of the October's Century 1883 an observer recounts watching swallow-tailed butterfly larvae develop in a bamboo cage. A Psyche butterfly emerged after three weeks, fed on honey, rode the keeper's finger, and basked in sun. A second emergence followed, with the second showing greater intelligence. Both lived three weeks, then died, while the other butterfly persisted briefly.
A limited readable fragment touches on a court demurrer with a singer’s quotation about being an angel and uncertainty about a party’s status, suggesting a domestic or personal dispute entering legal argument.
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