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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1893
Page
4
Poetic meditation by Julia H. May conveyed through Ames Intelligencer verse column. Reflects on wonder, faith, and patience awaiting divine design beyond earthly understanding. Publication cites Chicago Advance and emphasizes growth, nature, and the unfolding of fate.
Celeste Bougereaux recalls a ghostly visitation at White Cliffs as letters reveal family rifts. In New Orleans society, Mrs. Eugene Norcross hosts a Friday tea amid gossip, jealousy, and the revelation of Ninette’s tangled parentage. Nora Lorimer confronts Amelia Norcross about a hidden marriage and a deserted child, with a dramatic turn toward unresolved pasts.
The Troy Times reports frictions between President Cleveland and Democratic leaders as Congress resists executive suggestions. The piece notes Cleveland’s irritation at perceived exclusion of Republicans from silver law repeal talks, with ex Speaker Reed criticizing Democratic dominance. Republicans are portrayed as ready to cooperate for national interests.
A witty exchange unfolds as the head of the firm questions supporting a wife on the clerk’s current salary while the clerk bluntly admits uncertainty, highlighting workplace tensions and financial precarity.
A brief courtroom exchange features Fosdick and Keedick trading lines about mood and resolve. The judge balances courtesy with firm humor as the dialogue highlights resilience in a formal setting.
Aged veterans and political leaders clash over reform and cuts to pension rolls. President Cleveland seeks large reductions, while supporters defend pensions as earned debt, urging a halt to wholesale eliminations amid party disputes.
The Cleveland Leader accuses Democrats of wriggling around pension issues while Iowa Bourbon publication urges just pensions for deserving veterans and removal of fraudulent pensioners from rolls. It notes fear of endorsing Hokesmithism and claims no worthy soldier’s pension should be disturbed.
The Iowa Democrats place Boies back at the top of the state slate. The move is seen as undermining the nominee's own statements against third term nominations and signaling perceived weakness the party fears could threaten its chances.
An Indiana veteran recalls Zip a lone dog that followed Captain Fred Smith from Mattoon through major battles including Shiloh and Gettysburg. Zip sustained wounds in battle and remained near the artillery, his courage contrasted with the surgeon’s grim verdict. The veteran narrates a harrowing Gettysburg escape, an ambulance dash, and the lasting bond with his canine comrade amid war’s chaos.
A Civil War correspondent describes Petersburg Virginia being evacuated by Confederate troops on Sunday April 2 1865 and immediately occupied by Union soldiers. Citizens observe orderly behavior express quiet joy and hope for the war's end while noting ration shortages and scarred city streets with many lower‑city houses damaged or vacant. Richmond also evacuated the same day per Chicago News.
A playful poem from Youth's Companion recounts three children on a beach who build sand fences and quarrel over land until the tide erases their borders. The ocean declares ownership, ending the dispute with a simple, unifying wipe.
A Ram's Horn note presents rapid measurements of a minute, surveying natural and human activity. It compares earth’s motion, light travel, births and deaths, vibrations, transport speeds, and national finances. It cites 1886 data: per minute US revenue $639, expenses $461, debt interest $96, coins $121, coal, wool, tobacco products, and land sales.
Insect World discusses various spiders with curious facts about webs and silk use, diving bell nests, ground burrows, and the tarantula. It explains how webs form, how gossamer serves as rope or buoyant aid, and notes the cross spider and water-spun webs. The piece ends with a brief joke about a boy named Robert and a ladder fall.
Harper's Weekly recounts the Nicaragua fortress seizure led by a sixteen year old Spanish boy with thirty men. Lieut. Carden of the U.S. Navy narrates the stealth assault, the swift bayoneting and killings at Corilla, and calls the leader a bold, pirate like youth fitting for reform.
A boy stained from mud carries a limp muddy chicken he killed by throwing stones. His sister rejects him for cruelty. He hides in a swamp, wails for love, then shifts to comedic thought of a tame bear or a dog with no teeth. His mother consoles him with a cheerful resolve.
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