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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1894
Page
12
A poetic meditation on missed meetings across glittering halls gardens foreign shores and changing seasons. The speaker declares they did not meet in birth beauty fashion or at banquets nor among nature Arcadian bowers nor in Scotland Spain or Como. The refrain reinforces the hard truth they did not meet at all.
In a western town a five hundred dollar reward for the White prompts a posse led by Hi Lansing to chase a fugitive across snow covered mesas toward the basin. Frank Crandall and Lansing collide with danger as Crandall shoots. The pursued man crashes and surrenders, revealing a scar matching the description.
Crandall tends a dying man after a shootout in the snow. The wounded man begs Crandall to stay, curses the fate of the encounter, and dies with Crandall watching. Lansing returns, boasts of the kill, while Crandall wrestles with remorse as wolves circle the body overnight. San Francisco Argonaut.
A manager tells his crew they must travel eighteen miles on promises of good roads and ripe blackberries. An actor seeks fifty cents for laundry plus a postage stamp, prompting disbelief and a secret payout of twenty six cents to cover his needs. The tale, recounted by Marie Adair in the Chicago Inter Ocean, highlights pay shortages and comic misadventure on the road.
A compact item notes a young lady seeking work with a playful headline about not quite barbarians and hints at society pieces or light features. The writeup hints at witty columns or unsigned notices reflecting social amusements and cultural tidbits.
The Wayback Whoop reports two burglars inside Ike Weightlight's store. The new editor acted quickly, shooting one burglar and catching the other, earning praise for public‑spirited action.
Female in good standing desires a quicker change to a more desirable job. Advised by judge to have patience as she searches for new employment.
A publisher advises a disabled author to leave a sample cyclopedia and canvas with a sample Bible while recovering, and notes the book agent’s claim of about forty rejections.
Nellie asks why invitations go out far ahead of time while Millie notes friends must give notice due to saving banks and their requirements. The exchange hints at planning logistics and financial notice practices among social circles.
The tale describes two beautiful girls: a Circassian girl whose parents plan to sell her to a Turk and an American girl whose parents intend to give her to a nobleman.
A dialogue shows a merchant collecting funds to aid bituminous coal miners on strike. The broker expresses support, noting that mining stocks would deplete if the strike endures, improving the atmosphere as part of the bargain. The merchant confirms he will contribute.
The exchange features a gloomy man and a wife fool debating a line about not dying in spring. He asserts spring is the season to die while joking about escaping spring house cleaning.
An 8-year-old boy is described as strangling a baby because it cried. Mrs. Grumpps expresses doubt that the boy will repeat such acts when grown, believing he will have a family and behave differently.
A humorous dialogue reveals a doctor scolding a patient for lack of outdoor exercise and prescribing a new bonnet as toning up. The exchange underscores social norms about activity and fashion in a lighthearted tone.
A dialog cites the word indicted to discuss why schools teach standard spelling. A child asks about the letter c in the word while noting it helps mothers send children to school for quiet.
Dialogue snippets show Hogaboom defending table manners against critics as Bostwick and Truth debate whether Chicagoans eat with knives or fingers. The exchange highlights cultural pride and etiquette norms in a humorous tone.
A missionary proposes revival meetings for young men while a villager mocks the effort as a waste of time. The exchange notes the town’s young men leading moral lives and jokes they are saving money for 1904 pneumatics.
A cryptic note references a boy nicknamed Bright Boy and a teacher’s definition of unsophisticated. The dialogue hints at a circus season raising prices for lemons, with a Street & Smith Good News tie in.
A columnist notes scientists speculate the lights on Mars may be signals from Martians. Bright Boy jokes locals on the sea coast think it may be a lost rudder or other error.
A classroom exchange shows a teacher asking names and two children replying with phonetic errors. The boy offers Eary Hadams and the girl Idar Warnah as playful mispronunciations from England and New York.
A father asks why his daughter takes a bicycle for a short distance and she replies she would be too conspicuous walking, preferring the bike to avoid attention.
In a classroom exchange, Johnny vows to stop whispering to Tommy Dodd after school. The mother praises the change, noting Johnny must turn his head to whisper now that Tommy sits behind him.
Old Gentleman asks about thrashings and is told by a boy that they use moral suasion. He recounts being kept in, stood in corners, locked in or out, made to write one word a thousand times, and scowled at.
Scene from a playful exchange shows a mother noting the chill and a child shivering as they joke about jumping into water to keep warm. The dialogue evokes a late season cold snap and outdoor improvised warmth.
A classroom exchange shows a teacher and Roy discussing how early habits shape future posture and character. The dialogue suggests that upbringing influences adults who ride bicycles and may develop a lifetime stance.
A store boy boasts he is more important than the head bookkeeper while taking inventory and joking about washing fly specks off last year’s goods as a busy shop runs.
The speaker labeled as Valentine McClinchy chides Verena McNulty over romantic involvement. He notes prior acceptance of a third party during interviews but now demands the arrangement end to preserve their budding relationship.
A mother and son discuss vaccination duration as the eleven year old Tommy questions why revaccination is needed. The mother explains bodily change over seven years and recalls the first vaccination given in infancy. Tommy asks if baptism has a similar expiry.
A humorous quip notes a man telling someone to tread the boards of ancient Greece. The reply denies admiration for acting, adding that Greek actors wore masks. The exchange reflects Punch style sarcasm about theatre.
Brown recalls a dramatic critic shot by a burlesque actress after he called the company old favorites. Jones asks for details as the incident unfolds.
A theater quip notes Scribbler asking if the audience knew the author was not to blame. Footlights confirms the crowd called for the author, highlighting the play’s reception.
The Photographer answers that he does not tell patrons to look natural, suggesting the genuine expressions arise from his approach and understanding of their business. He emphasizes a candid result rather than prompting a posed demeanor.
The aging author Ouida visits London, questions the prime minister at the Salisbury home, and engages in a provocative exchange about Lord Salisbury. She later dines with officials but skips the event after reading a speech she disliked. Her finances collapse as debts force sale of her Italian property.
Gardeners have raised plant values with orchid sales conducted for trustees of the late George Hardy. Multiple rare varieties fetched high sums including remneckiana £168 and cattleya skinneri alba £168, with total near £3101 in London.
A New York clergyman met a female parishioner dressed in deep black and offered condolences. He said he regretted seeing her in the sad garments of woe. The widow retorted that she looks worse in black and feels frightful in it.
In London, Sergeant Davy was accused of taking silver from a client, claiming he took every farthing the man had because gold was unavailable. The New York Ledger quotes his remark that this did not disgrace the profession.
A light hearted quip about winning a dispute with the wife by speaking in his sleep. The man claims he had the last word after a lively discussion, noting his wife admitted it the next morning.
A prisoner pleads guilty but offers a poor excuse after addressing the victim, who is deaf and mute, three times without response. The magistrate notes the defendant’s civil address and questions why the man did not communicate. The exchange highlights miscommunication and implications for the case.
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