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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
3
A New York Press quotation extols using fat meat and powder as a defense against intruders, describing how fat bullets cause painful wounds, leaving scars and lingering memory. It contrasts with a candle and board to illustrate penet rating effects and cautions against future duels and violence.
The article notes Porfirio Diaz's rise in Mexico after the Puebla clash with French forces, a defeat that nonetheless forged May 5 as a national holiday. It recounts a witty exchange about celebrating defeats, comparing Mexican and American commemorations.
On the day of fasting called by governors to aid President Garfield the wounded leader lay in Long Branch while church bells tolled and crowds gathered to pray. Mrs Garfield joined in tearful prayers as carriages and congregants arrived and a soprano filled the cottage with sacred song. The page ends with an unrelated note about a locust plague in 128 BC, eight hundred thousand perishing.
Jenny Lind and Grisi rivalled for favor in London then faced a queen's court. Lind began nervously but played a childhood prayer on piano and sang to her homeland, moving the audience. Grist kissed Lind after, ending the moment with tender warmth and awe. A separate quip questions baldness with a barber joke.
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