08 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1887
Page
1
A lyric poem in which a captive speaker laments separation from a beloved. The speaker plans to send a letter and uses natural imagery of sun wind and flowers to express longing, grief, and resolve to endure until reunion. The piece contemplates love, beauty, and sorrow with quiet, elegiac tone.
A Confederate captain learns of a spy in his camp and captures a boyish messenger. The spy is Edward Alton, later revealed as Kitty Edwards brother in law who makes a marriage proposal to Col Edwards. The narrator is wounded, falls in love with a nurse named Kitty, and uncovers a family history linking to Allen Kerr and a resolved Civil War ending.
A column reviews historic peer trials and executions, noting few peers faced treason or murder charges since Tudor times. It then highlights a New England wife who leads a blankets venture, praising female enterprise, talent, and the benefits of example for women entering manufacturing.
A composite excerpt blends satirical musings on flirtation and married women with a Paris gossip thread on gambling and fashion. It contrasts moonlit courtship confessions from Anna and Miss Murray Hills with a Civil War tribute praising Ulysses Grant, all framed in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper voice.
A Cleveland Plaindealer reprint by Rev. S. S. Condo counsels young people to learn a partner's character during daytime, seek mutual support through joys and sorrows, and avoid blindfolded marriage by careful, honest courtship and wise choice.
A Daily Telegraph correspondent reports police swoops in Paris on two gambling dens where women played. In Rue de la Terrassee officers seized about £250 plus table equipment. in Rue de Jacquemont fifteen cocotte types were found with around £15 seized. Proprieteresses were arrested, others released. The text shifts to a 18th century inquiry into human stature, noting a 1718 memoir that exaggerated heights, contrasting with archaeological and mummy evidence showing no consistent enlargement over time.
A reflective note urges writers to restrain sharp retorts and keep harsh remarks inked away. The maxim advises patience and careful wording over public clamor or sarcasm.
A cryptic note by George Ll gt remarks that missing the crowwatch could imply deceit, warning others to observe closely and avoid falsehoods. The fragment suggests skepticism about shared observations and truthfulness.
Old soldiers of both armies revive memories of the field with tales of battles and bivouacs. The piece recounts marches and camp-fire scenes, offering reflections on comradeship, wounds, and survival from long ago conflicts.
A veteran recollects Union campaigns in the Deep South detailing insects birds and reptiles that plagued soldiers. He recalls mosquitoes in the Delta and malaria in Louisiana ports, alligators near Berwick Bay, and a dozen battle memories among Western Louisiana marches. He notes premature deaths among generals and soldiers due to war stress and disease, ending with a sketch of Captain J. M. Smith of Dublin Ga, a Confederate veteran lauded for daring exploits.
A tribute praising Civil War volunteers who endured swampy campaigns from Chickahominy to Florida and Carolina marshes. The author lauds the enduring American character and the soldiers’ willingness to serve in dangerous, unhealthy frontiers.
The Philadelphia Times recalls families divided by the Civil War, notably the McAllister brothers of Juniata County with Tom joining the Confederacy as a Brigadier General and Robert serving the Union, clashing on battlefields. It also tells of Terrill brothers in Bath County, Virginia, one killed for the Union line and the other for the Confederacy, and ends with a Virginia home scene where Ed Brewer, a Union skirmisher, treks in and dines on ham before continuing the assault.
A Memphis mother at General Grant's headquarters sought permission to visit an invalid daughter beyond the lines. A curt star officer refused with "Impossible" as a plain little hanger-on in a private's blouse offered a possible aid, showing Grant's simple, humane side.
A woman recounts a brief encounter where a polite stranger provides aid and passes a note signed U. S. Grant. She later identifies the helper as Grant himself, describing his kindness to her family during a moment of need.
A collage of quips and sketches from vintage columns and humorous bits. Snippets include humorous boasters and moral quips, a schoolmaster heading to class, along with a joke about a life insurance policy and a vanity of fashion. A comic verse contrasts beauty with poverty.
The account recalls General Phil Kearny killed September 1 during a thunderstorm near Lee and Stevens’ forces. Kearny rode alone to reconnoiter, fell to enemy fire, and his men mourned him as the bravest soldier. His body was later sent to his division by flag of truce.
An anecdote from the march to Antietam shows General oneiee praising the Fifth Regiment. A humorous exchange about rations follows, with a relief promise as the general spurs away. The fragment ends with a sharp jab about strikes and work stoppages.
The Argonaut reports Peru’s scrip has collapsed since the war, from 7 million pounds face value to today's value of about 5 cents per unit. The silver dollar buys roughly 75 cents in American money, with smaller coins at half their US denominations. The debt burden drives the crisis, and the government is pursuing drastic reductions.
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