14 Sep 1877
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1877
Page
1
Office showcases latest type and material with neat dispatch. Offers work as good as any printing establishment in the state and at competitive prices. Legal blanks kept in stock.
A Detroit Free Press tale follows Mr. Blaylinen, a sharp but cash strapped retailer, who barters stock for a debt settlement with Durkee the faithful clerk. Lawyers Triquet and Slighun push a deed of sale, Durkee accepts cash, and Blaylinen survives creditors by a 10 cent on the dollar composition, only to be outmaneuvered by Durkee who seizes control of the store and retires Blaylinen to the street. Durkee later hints at a partnership, leaves Blaylinen defeated, and the story notes Durkee’s possible later prominence as a railroad contractor or tabernacle founder.
Two English sisters cared for their ill brother in a shared room. A dream foretold that a borrowed watch would stop, signaling the brother’s fate. After a sequence of events the watch stopped and the brother died from a sudden suffocation, as reported by the New York Tribune.
The English Bishop of Manchester preached that Christianity has not achieved its full expected results in the world. He argued its divine nature is evident but could not explain why people resist the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost. He cited Boston as an example of widespread secular living despite Christian claims.
A Massachusetts woolen manufacturing tax aims to improve business health as four mills operate with some weaving lines idle while cloth is stored awaiting higher prices and demand. The article notes several mills still active and a government effort to support the industry.
Hon Stanley Matthews argues in Athens Ohio that the Republican party defended the integrity of the 1800 and 1828 elections, denounces Democratic deceit, and defends the legal basis of the President's title. He criticizes partisan schemes and supports electoral reforms and a single presidential term.
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Bradley replies to a Newark Advertiser letter defending his Florida Electoral Commission opinion. He denies a rumor of house pressure and asserts he wrote the short Florida opinion alone after considering counsel and private consultations. He criticizes personal imputations as unfounded and urges decency in public discourse.
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