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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1887
Page
2
Fragmentary list shows Fr eeda Richmond Van Chamberlain Co E with Haaverry G H Maxwel H Westerman A Perkins amid unclear context. No fuller details available.
Congregational church announces Sunday services at 10 45 morning and 7 30 evening. Sunday school after the morning service. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30. E C Moulton is the pastor.
A reflection from the St. Paul Globe on changing times as the poet questions where the simple, honest, skilled women of the past have disappeared. The piece contrasts homemaking virtues with present wealth and deceit, pondering what future generations will ask about today’s girls.
Dick Thornton, a generous bachelor with a rakish charm, marries Minnie and tolerates her sister Catharine “Catty” until Catty oversteps. Dick sways between affection and manipulation by introducing affinities to win Catty’s favor. Minnie’s jealousy peaks during Catty’s stay, but a covert kiss between Dick and Catty triggers a dramatic clash. Catty leaves, and domestic harmony returns with Minnie wiser and Dick's sly game exposed.
A Cassell’s Magazine excerpt discusses female curiosity in domestic life. It contrasts social gossip with privacy and claims that curious women intrude when lacking occupation. The excerpt cites a humorous Omaha World sentiment about a wife labeling her husband intellectual.
Omaha Herald notes a witty exchange about a young woman who spent a year in Chicago and is unmatched at keeping a baseball score, highlighting how the new generation comes to the front.
In a Douglasville Georgia Industrial Woman column the author, now married with three daughters, recalls receiving many marriage proposals from strangers since 1864. She notes a single prior face to face suitor in youth, admits initial refusal then consent, and urges suitors not to be desperate, saying many chances remain.
The passage contrasts how men gulp soda water with a bold, direct sip and how women sip carefully, then shifts to observations on women in literature, education, and public roles, noting many prominent female authors in Boston and debates over women’s physical training and marriage habits, with anecdotes from historical figures and editors.
In a dramatic Civil War vignette a color bearer from a colored regiment defies slurs and pledges to bear the flag with honor. The narrative, set at Port Hudson, contrasts Union valor with the struggle for freedom while detailing related Confederate lawless actions and later war relic lore.
A well dressed man tells of a brass button shot from General Hancock's coat at Gettysburg. His father on Hancock's staff picked it up. He pawns it for five dollars, prompting others in the shop to claim similar relics and wonder of origin.
This fragment shows a collage of jokes and witticisms drawn from various papers. It includes quips about courts, mosquitos, taxes, marriage, education, barber shops, and a humorous poem about a man named Alexander.
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