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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1879

Page

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Fourth vote defeats new Iowa county courthouse bid

The volume reports Jefferson county voting against a new county courthouse for the fourth time. It notes state matters from trout eggs in Anamosa to Des Moines telephone exchanges and local fires and robberies across multiple counties with mentions of officials and court actions.

Jefferson County Anamosa Grantz Lee County Sioux City Pattersonville Buchanan County Story County Des Moines Michael Leinart Guthrie’county State Central Committee of Louisa County

Fires and disasters across cities and lands in 1879

A lengthy weekly roundup notes fires in Ionia Michigan Cincinnati Ohio Azua West Indies Colfax California Sag Harbor New York and more with losses from 4 000 to 200 000 dollars. It covers mine strikes in Belgium and England rail accidents ships wrecks and a wide array of deaths injuries and investigations including yellow fever cases and political updates from Cuba Turkey and Europe.

Memphis The New York Chamber of Commerce Sag Harbor Long Island Montauk Loas Woodruff & Co Lackland Station Ohio Ogden Utah Park City Ashly Fork Green River Union Pacific Railroad Fork River Brow’s Hole Board of Health Red Hill Fair Play Leadville Denver South Park Road Fair Play and Mosquito Mountains Atchison D. A. Adama N. M. Holmes

Get Out Doors and Hop-the Pu Remedy Ad

The ad urges workers in factories to get outdoors for health and promotes Hop-the Pu remedy as a cure for poor circulation, liver and kidney troubles, claiming it brings vitality, rosy cheeks, and abundant health at a trifling cost.

Phsicians

Saturday Night Reverie in a Town Square

A vivid contrast between a quiet street after business hours and a warm home scene. The story sketches empty stores, a missing daily news boy, and a fruit vendor, then shifts to a bustling domestic setting with a tired husband, a prepared table, children in the parlor, and a child hiding a gown and slippers, ending with a reminder to return home to loved ones on Saturday night.

Bess Papa Ose

Said the Nurse to the Doctor Dr Bull's Baby Syrup Mention

A nurse declares there is only one remedy for the baby Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as the doctor considers options. The line portrays a medical scene with emphasis on a specific remedy.

Dr. Bull

Francis Bacon and His Warts Tale

A brief excerpt from Cornec Magazine discusses Bacon's view on imagination influencing external growths like warts. It recounts his childhood wart and a Paris episode where a consulate lady used lard to treat warts, reportedly curing them in weeks, while noting Bacon's skeptical take on his own case.

Prince of Wales Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward Prince Albert Victor of Wales Prince Victor Britannia Prince Edward Frogmore Prince George of Wales Auras Portsmouth Harbor Portland Mediterranean West Indies Piece of Wales Francis Bacon Bacon Paris

The Size of Our Great Lakes

The latest measurements list Lake Superior at 335 miles long and 460 miles wide with a mean depth of 688 feet and area 82 000 square miles. Lake Michigan spans 300 by 180 miles with 690 feet mean depth and 25 000 square miles area. All five lakes together measure 1 265 miles in length and cover over 135 000 square miles.

Great Lakes Lea E Superior Lake Mic Lake Huron Lake Erie Lake Ontario

A Delicious Pudding Recipe From Old Cookbook

A historical pudding recipe uses half a pound each of flour sugar butter raisins currants and citron with a nutmeg and mace. The mixture is whisked for half an hour and steamed in a well floured cloth boiled for three hours then served with wine sauce.

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AMES Intelligencer J. J. Vanmeter de Soto Nancy Springer Washington Do J. Shoemaker Ottumwa Maude Archibald Mills County Laura Dye Decatur County Nehemiah Wheeler Jasper County Buena Vista Township Baldwin & Wormhoundts Pella South English A. L. Morey Riceville Mitchell County United States Commissioners Catholic Knights of North America Davenport St. Anthony’s Pat Mahanna C. F. Stever Alta Hampton H. J. Fetters Sandyville Warren County Iowa Keokuk Katie Maher Summitville V. Arnold Mt. Pleasant Hospital For Insane M. J. Edwards Frank Morton Black Hawk County Rider Bros., Grocers J. M. Steele Altoona Polk County Rider Bros Tyler & Houston Waukee Dallas County Pope & Rauschbach Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Marshalltown Grand Lodge E. L. Rankin Liberty Township Keokuk County Mr. Renkin Curtius Sigourney News Supreme Court Geo. B. Colwell Boone Pierce James Mullin West Dubuque Joshua Oglesby Mullin Oglesby Dubuque Captain Ryder Father Coyle Julien Avenue Harriet E. Bailey R. M. Ewart Delaware County Circuit Court Louvre Angel Soae Antiqui Weekly Review Ionia Michigan Cincinnati Hauck John Neil Toronto Trosbud Chicago Georgia Adams & Ray Philadelphia Azua West India Big St. Louis New Orleans & Mobile R. R Ontario St. Helen Lancashire England Maas Belgium South Staffordshire Rose Hill Oriental Powder Company Gorham Maine Stocks T. Edison McKendrie Murcia Spain Madison Miss Columbus Ind Great Western Mills Bristol Rapadan Eastport Dick Emmet St. Jean Baptist Montreal Wm. B. Weir White River Bridgewater Station Pittsburg & Lake Erie G.C. Linman Colfax California Key New York City Louisville New Orleans M. E. Norton New York Palace Hotel San Francisco Connellsville Chester Linn Geo. Burr Prof. Wise St. Louis Dresden Zanesville General Assembly of House Senate Edwards Snake River Edward Brown's Hollow Foster Ewing Steward Pratt National Hickenlooper Rice Indian Country Burnt Face Cheyenne Agency Black Hills 11Th Infantry Meadville Carry Titusville Oil City Atlantic Hudson Catskills New England Canada Postal Service Susan Johnson Ouray Spotted Tail Dakota Henry Young Newell Silver City New Mexico Victoria Florida Mountains Burr Morrow Sliver County Castle Garden America Railway Mail Service North American Review Julia Ward Howe Elizabeth Cady Stanton Thomas Wentworth Higginson Lucy Stone Wendell Phillips Mr. Parkman Bowen Harvard College Stanton Buchanan Edward Eggleston Milwaukee Sentinel Milwaukee House of Correction Sentinel Schurz Specialgent Adams Rawlins Grand Gunnison Rivers Merrit Merritt Los Pinos Adams Hume Wier Platau Creek Pesaro Havana Neuvitas Bahama Straita Pandon Labas Vessl Louise H W. E. Cockerel Utica N. Y Green County Wm. Riggold Cooper London Patrick Nichols Wyack Mass Thomas O'Connell Standing Atlanta Blair Tesler Bill Young Shenen Kahoka Missouri Salt Lake Frank Britain First National Bank Boston Harmar Isaac Muncy Snodgrass Richard Kuhn Buffalo Germany Eckerteburg Prussia Supreme Court of Dakota Yankton Martin L. Conkey Deadwood Justice Shannon Mary Lounsberry Chester L. Lounsberry Straford Conn Lounsberry Matthew Fitch Haddey Lapeer County Mich Grayson Holbrooks Underwoods Underwood Grand Jury Kentucky Martinsburg Elliott County John W. Kendall Wm. W. Wilson Caroline S. Goodrich Daniel F. Kimball Jennie P. Clarke Lynn Goodrich Kimball Wm. Copeland Geo. Rhinehard Wm. Witham Burton Flint Witham Rhinehard Cincinnati Gazette Fredericktown Knox County Messrs. Wisker & Vincent Druggista Mesers Evansville Basil Alley Veneman Miller Princeton James H. Riddle Riddle,Coleman & Co Pranklin Savings Institution Pittsburg George D. Riddle Riddie, Coleman & Co Franz & & Co Savings Institution Atchison, Kan Monroe Ames Lewis Chew Chew N.S. Murphy W. G. Roberts Sentinel Company Roberts Murphy Berea Gotlieb Noller Footseps Cuba Austria Marie Christine Alfonso Cortes Committee On Madrid Campos Council Colonial Senor Chamber of Deputies Senor Canovar del Costello Afghanistan Jellalabad Cabul Ameer Gough Shutargarden Kurum Valley Alki-Kyle Kusi Italy Garabaldi Italia South Africa Cape Town Transvaal Moirosi Zululand Col. Longon Middleburg Berlin Vienna Bismarck Andrassy Foreign Office France Russia the Orient Constantinople Porte Levesinjie Herzegovinia Montenegro Messinje Herzegovina Kaldja London Telegraph Gladstone Manchester Marquis of Hartington Salisbury San Stefano Turkey Hartington Greece Great Britain London Times Lord Hartington China Japan Merv St. Petersburg Persia Teheran Moscow Central Asia St Petersburg Asia Yarkand Mingy Kashbgar Yansha Hassar Yar Altai Pamar Mountains Ikol Shutaigarden Kurd Cabul Pass Jagdallak Hazar Darakht Gandmuk Enniscory Parnell Michael Hicks Beach Birmington Ireland
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