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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1896
Page
7
In the garret a living girl recalls her great great Aunt Laura through a faded diary and letters. A tale of youthful romance, a broken quarrel, a misjudged pride, and a final tearful reconciliation emerge beside a dress and a ghostly mirror.
A Baltimore News item recounts a Woman's Literary Club talk featuring two anecdotes about Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Benjamin Price recounted Lincoln receiving Addison and Price while shaving, with Lincoln remarking that Price’s successor would be “all that you say,” but adding he would still be the homeliest man in the government when Price retired.
An elderly veteran in Lewiston Maine recounts a grand claim about saving 60,000 men and earning a corporal’s promotion, illustrating how veterans’ memories distort over time as story and myth grow within a small village.
The New York Sun warns purity societies to focus on a newly discovered power by Mr. Edison. It argues general use of Crookes tubes could erode public morals beyond chorus girl performances, making moral legislation ineffective as society enters a state of near nakedness and unguarded exposure.
The Bloomington Eye reports a chaotic backstage scene where a manager protests performers resting while four musicians kept time with a bow. The piece parodies allegorical performers as the author jokes about placing thirty Muses in a grand space.
A long enumerated summary lists acts from the Twenty sixth General Assembly including fraternal beneficiary associations taxed and regulated as corporations with lodge systems. It covers insurance enforcement highway and road changes library powers jail depictions and numerous public works measures across towns and counties.
Humorists Corner presents a playful sketch where Maud sits in a willow chair as a couple plans marriage. A faux manual on composing a sonnet unfolds, guiding lines to rhyme with a humorous, bungling result. The piece lampoons poetic craft with comic misfires and informal chatter.
The editor instructs the composing room to publish a farewell editorial marking the final bow to Hoboken readers and to begin the obituary of their last remaining subscriber with symbolic decor. The piece laments adversity and surrender to misfortune as the last issue nears.
An advertisement from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis promotes bargain potatoes and seed bundles priced at $1, $24, and $5 with half barrel options. Orders must be mailed by April 25 1996. The rest is a stray literary fragment about a moral remark by a George.
President Isaac Lewis of Sabina testifies to Hood’s Sarsaparilla’s merit after 20 years at Sabina Bank and 75 years in Clinton Go. He claims it purifies blood and improves mental, bodily, and digestive health, noting it has helped him many times despite long pains.
A speaker discusses the currency question asking what legal tender is and notes that a $2 bill would settle a $2 debt only if the recipient accepts it. The exchange highlights the issue of usefulness and acceptance in debt settlements and currency rules.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a theater scene where one speaker notes Mrs Fash in a box and Mrs Wallace attracts attention. The exchange hints at interruptions and audience gaze during a fall dress event at the Hargraves theater.
Miss Stillwell questions the plan as Roundabout Dingy confesses the brain photo plan was doubtful until a microscope confirmed the claim. The exchange centers on the experiment and its validity.
Gus De Smith chides Kosciusko Murphy about a shabby reversible overcoat. Murphy jokes that Mose Schaumburg has shut down on credit. The conversation turns to tailoring as a solution with a playful jab about the coat having three sides.
A police arrest follows a bicycle collision that injured an elderly woman. Scorchleigh quips that what he knows about riding would fill a volume while the arresting officer notes much more remains unknown, suggesting far harsher consequences.
A New York spokesman jokes about Lord Dunraven's apologies arriving slowly, suggesting perhaps they are being transported on his yacht. The banter reflects lighthearted diplomacy chatter.
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