15 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1887
Page
1
An item appears to be an Ames post office entry stamped or noted as Second Class Mail Matter. It suggests standard mailing status without additional context or identifying details.
The passage describes a location on the Chicago and North Western Railroad near Des Moines. It notes Des Moines as the state capital and mentions the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with its public schools and surrounding productive farming lands.
A narrator recalls a man’s crownless reign in Bachelor’s Hall and a haunting tale of a tormented mother, a murdered boy, and a pirate killer. After the mother’s vigil, she finds her son’s body in a hermit’s den and dies. the theory implicates Joe, the pirate, in the boy’s murder and a possible supernatural possession of the mother.
A 19th century column decries women who adopt masculine slang and bold freedoms. It argues excess liberty harms respect, contrasts courtly charm with aggressive behavior, and cites a Boston belle who remains unattached despite attention as a warning against abandoning modesty for popularity.
A New York teacher recalls a storm night when a hermit named Portuguese Joe collapses after a lightning strike. The tale follows a skeptical narrator, his mediumist hostess, a possessed mother, and the cryptic claim that the hermit’s spirit possesses the boy’s mother, who then laments killing her son, the 12 year old student.
Ex Governor Routt ridicules New York business men comparing them to savages for living on meals and social distractions. A Denver Republic item notes the slow work pace of city folks and their constant dining. Also a Puck quip mocks a young man’s kneeling question. Wurman County Washington Territory boasts the smallest woman, 27 years old, 29 inches tall, 33 pounds.
The piece challenges Howells’ view of women as frugal and charity-averse. It notes many women lack separate funds, spending their husbands’ income and feeling guilt when requesting money for needs or charity, citing Miss Wolfe as a generous exception.
A satirical comparison contrasts how a French woman, an English girl, and an American woman navigate a muddy street. The French woman preserves poise with dainty boots and swift crosses while the English girl struggles in galoshes and the American wavers, needing male assistance, ending in admired grace.
A popular novelist reflects on love as a rare flower surviving amid hardship. He compares love to an aloe blooming briefly in life’s salt emptiness, a guiding star, and the sole source of hope in dark times, citing H. Rider Haggard’s She.
The passage portrays a girl who feels she is making an ass of herself, reflecting a self critical moment and a harsh expression she uses to describe her behavior. It captures a tone of distress and social pressure around gender expectations.
A collected Civil War broadside recounts bloody battles and brave deeds. It surveys Nashville during Fort Donelson news and the fall of the fort with scenes of panic, pillage, and army stores flooding the city before Union entry. It includes anecdotes about Morgan and Sigel, a Davidson tale, and Lincoln humor.
A Bab column recounts packing with Jack, praising feminine know how and criticizing male packing. The narrator notes books belong at the bottom and frocks above, laments her trunking skills, and ribs a stubborn man’s attempts at order. The piece closes with a sly jab at male packing expertise.
A compact list of wedding folklore noting that brides keep dress pins, a twice-a-bridesmaid proverb, luck tied to the moon, simultaneous marriages bring tragedy, weather predicting fortune, accidental knife drops signal a lover, stepping on a cat tail delays marriage, and the husband should never remove the wedding ring.
A compact tribute notes that Fallone stands undeterred by danger, honoring the man of steadfast bravery. The fragment highlights courage as the defining trait celebrated in the piece.
An early Civil War vignette recalls General John Morgan’s rude treatment of Pulaski Tennessee residents amid conflict. The text notes local resentment and places the slight within broader Southern hospitality norms, though blame is shared and not entirely his.
The Irish Brigade at Antietam broke through to drive the enemy beyond the sunken road, suffering appalling casualties yet holding the lane as a breastwork. Captain Gleason of the Sixty third seized the fallen flag as color bearer in battle. At Fredericksburg they led the assault on Marye s Heights across the open plain bristling with artillery.
During the siege of Corinth a rebel house near the front drew fire from artillery. A general took aim himself after a warning from a sergeant, his shot blasting through treetops toward the sky and, coincidentally, shattering the chimney. The general boasted of future sharpshooting, while the tale ends with Jakey’s infamous shot forever remembered.
A Civil War reminiscence from 1863 recalls Kentucky Cavalry encampment life at Franklin Fen. John A. Bennett recounts a plan to steal watermelons from a hidden Union farmer. Beard pretended to enter the field. the farmer warned danger, but Bennett confessed and was allowed two sacks of melons. Beard fled with half the load.
After Schenck arrived in Cumberland a Confederate colonel sold a slave to the Confederate government. The man escaped to Maryland and was jailed by a constable as an escaped slave. Schenck demanded legal grounds and freed the man, ordering the constable replaced and the colonel set at large.
In a Civil War memory from the Chicago Ledger, a bearded Irishman is wounded just below the ribs yet returns to the fight with a swift, expressive shift from fear to pride. The narrator recalls the moment as soldiers prepared to charge. A settling quip about a fox tail and a rabbit hair ends the fragment.
A collage of quick jokes and cartoons notes on bedbugs, snorers, stock scams, hotel stays, and married life. Vignettes reference Fogg, watered stock, jokes about railroads and liquor, playful questions from a child, and social observations from 19th century papers.
The article paints Naples' crowded poor quarters with families sharing one room, beds rolled away by day, and a system of reusing scraps. It details meager meals, high rents in small rooms, and tight budgets with per person daily costs and a bricklayer's wage of about 50 cents. The piece emphasizes extreme economy and daily struggles of Italian workers.
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