Ames Intelligencer Official Paper Terms
The Ames Intelligencer lists its official status as the paper for Story County with Hudson Brothers of Ames Iowa publishing. Subscription terms state one dollar per year.
29 Sep 1898
Page 1
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
1
The Ames Intelligencer lists its official status as the paper for Story County with Hudson Brothers of Ames Iowa publishing. Subscription terms state one dollar per year.
Alice Mann writes of a rough journey from Los Angeles to Mojave and Hainee Meadows in September 1898. She details desert roads, stagecoach travels, water shortages, and dramatic Red Rock Canyon rock formations. She notes farms near Fresno and San Jose pride, her uncle's goat ranch with five thousand goats, and plans to visit Owen's Lake and Keeler.
The college herd numbers about 150 cows spanning Shorthorns Aberdeen Anguses Galloways Red Polls Holstein Friesians and Jerseys with a few Herefords soon added. Milk and beef are balanced across breeds with careful rationing milking trials and weekly milk tests. The herd aims for profit with selective culling and superior sires, and plans to exhibit fat stock and dairy cattle at Omaha.
Advice from Ruth Ashmore in The Ladies' Home Journal urges tepid daily baths with good soap and internal health care as the basis for clear skin. She cautions against overreliance on external lotions and warns that late nights poor diet and stimulants dull the complexion.
The New York Ledger notes smokeless powder, used aboard the New Orleans, markedly improves fire rate, accuracy, and visibility. Cordite offers higher muzzle velocity and less smoke, boosting gunnery effectiveness and signaling a shift toward smokeless ordnance.
The text explains diamonds are cut in rose, brilliant and table forms with the brilliant being the prettiest. It describes the diamond as a double pyramid or cone with the top cut off to form a plane and a small plane at the opposite bottom.
The famed opal known as the Burning of Troy belonged to Empress Josephine. It was described as the finest opal of modern times and vanished when Allied troops entered Paris, its fate remaining unknown.
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