27 Sep 1878
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1878
Page
1
The Intelligencer urges readers in Ames Story County Iowa to send in news items for publication. It states rates of a made known application to the proprietor and invites items of general interest for inclusion.
Jerome Dubois a sentinel in 1807 at Dantzic is tempted by a child's plea to rescue a dying mother in the mud. He is sentenced to death but wins clemency after heroic later actions leading a battery assault and inspiring a remarkable escape from execution.
Fragment from a Victorian tale describing Friar Philip who renounces female charm after his wife dies. His son, raised as a hermit, grows curious about girls and love as the hermitage life endures. A vow to avoid women clashes with the child’s growing awakenings.
The Treasury Department publishes a detailed twenty two year statement of government receipts and expenditures. It lists net revenue and net ordinary expenditures with figures for years 1856 to 1878 and notes customs as the largest revenue source overall, while internal revenue duties topped the list for several mid decade years.
Despite late frost, Western New York and New England report fair crops of apples. Iowa and Southern Illinois show light yields but adequate for home use. Prices trend steady or rising as sentiment points to a bountiful harvest amid variable regional fruit output.
Secretary of War urges Iowa audience that the Republican party stands for unity and equal rights, condemns Democratic opposition, and defends Union victory. He defends federal power to protect civil rights, warns against a solid South, and touts financial stability and currency reforms under Republican rule.
A historical speech excerpt discusses Reconstruction policy, constitutional amendments, and political power in the South. It details Republican aims to enforce rights for freedmen, critiques Democratic resistance, and notes expectations for future elections. The latter section explains myths about the upas tree and clarifies botanical facts and native uses.
The Poultry World advises separating sexes during the moulting season and notes practical tips. It warns against overindulgence in alcohol at public houses and urges farm improvement to increase wealth. It also discusses feeding efficiency and crossbreeding for early lambs and lean meat.
A recent theory by M J Boehm argues rapid sap ascent results from cell elasticity. Surface cells lose water and compress under air pressure then draw in air and water, passing liquid through neighboring cells toward roots or lower stem where water is supplied.
A series of experiments reports queen bee egg output from 1 604 eggs in a day to 3 021 in twenty four hours. An observer notes a queen depositing six eggs in one minute and anecdotes claim averages up to 3 800 daily.
A historical note cites global Jewish counts totaling about 8 million with dispersal by country. United States leads with 73 265, followed by Britain Ireland 42 000 and Europe totals including Russia 2 612 179 and Germany 512 158. The piece notes census challenges and possible exaggerations in estimates.
A report on Sir John Lubbock’s talk describing ant life in a neual vein at a British era meeting. He discussed thirty species in confinement, some bred in one year and now five years old, noting slave-making ants and varied social stages from hunting to pastoral-like communities.
A period column offers home remedies and fashion notes. It covers restoring fresh roses with sealing wax, stain removal using Java water, and practical laundry and bed-ventilation advice. It also surveys 1900s fashion trends with colors named after stones, new fabrics like corduroy velvet, and decorative trims for winter wardrobes.
A damaged passage shows youths near a street where a man with a bushy beard calls out to a woman presumed dreaming. He corrects them loudly about her awake state, as the scene ends with a reference to a porch and a tub of water.
English forces freed seventy female slaves from a Turkish slave ship off Egypt. With bans on trafficking, detention and sale were allowed for years, and local officers offered marriage in exchange for their purchase. The Pasha refused to lower the price below marriage terms.
A fragment notes women stating they maintain trust with "18 my" trusted to them. No clear names or actions emerge. context remains unclear and uncertain.
The Job Printing department advertises latest type and materials for neat, rapid war-related orders. It claims to deliver quality work as good as any printing establishment in the state and keeps legal blanks in stock. It lists bill heads, letter heads, books, pamphlets, posters, auction bills, cards, etc.
A garbled passage references Mr Barnum and a show with the Cardiff giant and Jenny Lind style contrasts. It then lists various Native American groups and individuals in a disrupted sequence, with stray phrases about a safer world and government.
A collage of humorous and odd notices recounts misprints sly remarks about poets and the sea, a tomb inscription with a gaping mouth, a farmer dosing cows with whisky, a family meal for unseen guests, and brief street scenes showing characters in garbled dialogue and local humor.
A city girl visiting a farm discusses how milk becomes butter and honey from bees. The farmmaid listens as the narrator muses on nature, nourishment, and practical uses of buttermilk and butter in feeding hogs and boarders.
Report on 500 youths taken during the Paris Commune era notes 337 with delicate form and stunted growth, labeled the most mischievous, all said to be children of drunken mothers. Eminent physicians assessed their mental and physical condition for the government.
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