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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1886
Page
5
Ames City and Its Notable Features in Iowa
Ames lies on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at the junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road thirty six miles north of Des Moines. It hosts the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with several hundred students, a well appointed public school, and a large public school building. Surrounding farmland yields abundantly of fruit and orchard produce.
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Ames
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Strange Clay Figures From a Clever Artist
A Chicago Rambler poem describes a woman who paints odd figures on clay and porcelain items. She decorates with vibrant colors and a mix of flowers, animals, and fantastical motifs, including dragons, frogs, lizards, and snakes, beside amusing and whimsical subjects.
True Love's Sacrifice on a New Jersey Shore
A tragic romance set in Civil War times unfolds as John Standon vows enduring devotion to Lita while rival Richard Earnest wins her heart. On a battlefield Standon dies shielding Earnest, dying with the vow I love thee on his lips, leaving Lita to ponder two Li as the story ends in sorrow.
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New Jersey
Lita
Heaven
John
Liza McDowell
John Standon
John Standen
Mr. Earnest
Richard Earnest
Richard
Chicago Ledger
The Romance of a Maine Girl
A Maine woman vows to refuse marriage for three years while her lover seeks fortune in China. Years pass with no word, a rich suitor arrives, and they marry on the vow’s end. The forsaken lover returns as a wealthy widower years later, reuniting with her in Portland. Lewistown Journal.
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Maine
China
Portland
Lewistown
Delsarte System Contested by Actors and Critics
A critique argues that Delsarte’s theory restrains genius and dramatic expressiveness. It claims elocution cannot teach true dramatic action and cites Cooke’s experiment to refute the universal language idea. It praises natural pantomime over formal drill and defends innate performance instincts.
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Delsarte
Cooke
Dessartian
Saturday Review
Soap makers claim glycerine not present in many soaps
A number of fine transparent soaps in the English market are said to be free from glycerine despite claims of its inclusion. Sugar, cheap and suitable, is suggested as a substitute in producing transparency.
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Boston Record
Writer's unfair use of ignorance and malice
Commentary on how mixing willful ignorance with malice burdens the reader by creating double the effort for a clear response. The quotation by Swift underscores the harm of biased or dishonest writing.
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Swift
Ladies Column on Motherhood and Individuality
A collage of light social sketches and reflections on women’s independence. The piece contrasts domestic roles with personal character, urges fostering originality from childhood, and ends with a humorous pulpit anecdote and a Tacitus quote.
Reminiscences of Public Men and Stories from 1858
A compilation of political recollections and anecdotes. It recalls the Kansas question era with Mr. Giddings and Mr. Crittenden, Ida Pfeiffer’s travel notes, Gen. Porter’s balloon ascent, and Bittersweet episodes about President Tyler. It also includes a vignette of Italian emigrants helped at a railway station.
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Kansas
Mr. Crittenden
Henry Clay
Lecompton
Mme
Ida Pfeiffer
Washington
Col
Forney
Pilgrim’s Staff
Fitz John Porter
Army
Gen. McClellan
Peninsula
Richmond
T. S. Lowe
Fiona
Mason
Allen
Yorktown
Porter
Terra Firma
Gen. Porter
Baxter
Seventy-second Pennsylvania
Army of the Potomac
Fredericksburg
Harrison
South Mountain
John Tyler
Jemmy Maher
Mr. Tyler
White House
President Tyler
Tam
Married a Board-of-Trade Man
A westbound train scene shows a young woman angrily declaring her husband works in Chicago. A seemingly intrusive man probes, then a Chicago Herald lawyer on Clark Street offers divorce services with a boastful card, implying alimony by painless laughing gas.
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Board-of- Trade
Chicago
Tma
Clark Street
Chicago Herald
Notable Leaders Emerged in Close Knit Village
In a small village where everyone knows each other, one or two men rise as leading figures, shaping community life and influence through their actions and presence.
Unknown future hinted by Shakespeare’s line
A concise reflection on identity and potential inspired by Shakespeare. The quote suggests that people understand their present nature yet remain unsure of future consequences and selfhood.
Mis apologetic man at Sheepshead Bay racecourse
A Utica Observer correspondent recalls a meek man at Sheepshead Bay who visits a luncheon counter and discovers a 15 cent sandwich costs more than he expects. He apologizes for the mispricing and offers a dime, then exits under the vendor’s stern glare amid a note on Alabama iron ore at $12 per ton yielding 8 percent profit.
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Sheepshead Bay
Utica Observer
Alabama
American tin oil can subdues oil trade frauds abroad
S. S. Cox notes the widespread use of the square American tin oil can in Turkey and the Archipelago. He claims it exposes frauds where Russian petroleum is passed as American and praises the can as a versatile practical remedy found in houses, vineyards, and wells from the islands to the sultanate.
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Turkey
Danaos
Virgil
Asia
Europe
Yildez
Principas
S. S. Cox
Chicago Times
A Defense of Xantippe in a Washington Star Note
A humorous piece on Xantippe from Pawtucket portrays her as a pretty wife criticizing a sleepy, bookish husband. The essayist defends her action of pouring water on him and hints the populace saw his philosophy as meddlesome. It praises the graceful handling of a difficult theme.
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Xantippe
Pawtucket
Athens
Washington Star
Penelope Probes Thermometer Heights in Bantering Exchange
A New York woman asks her Boston niece to read the thermometer and its mercury. The child responds that it stands at seventy degrees Fahrenheit, prompting a deft Aunt to remark on the measure and the moment.
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Penelope
New York
Boston
Little Envy in the World If Great Things Were Known
A reflective line notes that knowing how few enjoy great things would curb envy and reshape how people value success, suggesting contentment comes from recognizing others’ blessings.
Escape in the abbé and the makeshift ladder scene
In a tense escape sequence, the abbe and De Makeshift evade a guard by using a shirt as a ladder with pins as hooks. They slip from the cell and flee as a poisoned grandfather mystery lingers. A later scene shifts to Samuel and a quiet romance as he trails a giggling girl, reveals sadness, and falls in love.
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Tam
de Makeshift
Torr
Samuel
Peterson
Heng
Forget me not flower inspires child’s prayer lesson
A mother teaches her daughter a simple prayer “Forget me not, Lord” linking it to the flower’s name. The family hopes the association with faith will aid the child, who is soon asked to recite a prayer, revealing a moment of childlike innocence and emotional tenderness.
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Tae
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