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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
3
A Civil War drummer boy from a New York regiment faces a Confederate firing squad after a perilous spy mission. At the last moment his drum tattoo distracts the enemy as Union cavalry attack, breaking the trap and saving him.
The New York correspondence notes a craze for marble busts of society women following Mrs Cleveland's bust in the White House. It contrasts foreign and American painters painting leading women and claims modern ladies seek marble sculpted heads, with several prominent sculptors and subjects named including Ward Noble Gaudens Riecksthal Cannon Adams Hartley and figures like Mrs Jennings and Miss Susie Crimmins.
A lodger accuses the land lady’s daughter of using his comb and brush. The land lady denies meddling with lodgers' belongings. She recalls the daughter used them for the family poodle and asserts the girl would not misuse them.
W T Williams Jr and his bride left Los Angeles with no luggage money or food on a world journey to be completed within two years. The husband son of a district attorney undertakes the trip for sight seeing and adventure, wagering his uncle $5000 that they can earn all funds on the road. They started amid cheering crowds at the Russ house and will pass through San Francisco and Seattle toward the Orient.
Chicago correspondent recalls Wilbur F Storey famed editor and his irritable temper He fires five elevator boys a week to relieve stress and keep order at his paper James B Runnion then Kansas City Star editor devised the scheme by hiring a new worst boy each day to trigger Storeys dismissals The practice ends when the cycle continues but it harms the workers and underscores Storeys volatile leadership.
An 1893 account explains Swiss wine making from meat in casks to bottled vin ordinaire. Fermentation fills cellars with carbonic gas, deaths due to suffocation occur, then spring draws off clear wine into barrels and small glass decanters for sale in village shops.
A historic ad warns of kidney and bladder maladies and urges prevention by timely care. It asserts Bright's disease diabetes gravel can be prevented if kidney issues are rectified early and promotes Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for rheumatism dyspepsia constipation malaria biliousness and nervousness.
A chatty exchange at a social event features a hostess offering Saratoga chips and a young man from Arizona replying he will bet a few dollars on the game, admitting he knows little about Saratoga.
Tickets on sale August 19 to 25 inclusive offering low fares and through trains. Palace sleeping cars and dining cars with porters in charge available. Address J Y Calahan General Agent U2 Adams street Chicago Illinois for particulars.
A cheeky exchange defines parasites as Paris residents and notes a travel itinerary via the Wabash Line to St. Louis with a Des Moines return. Horace Seely, Commercial Agent, Des Moines, cites an estimated $250 million invested by farmers in hens.
A mechanic’s daughter employed as a companion transfers mental illness to a Devonshire couple. The wife’s sympathy and a male physician’s concern trigger treatment by Sir J Russell Reynolds, leading to the girl’s immediate removal to an asylum.
A heavy shower of tiny toads fell in Farmington Maine during a local cloud burst. Thousands of creatures dropped onto the town and adjacent fields as residents watched the unusual phenomenon.
An editorial column questions the Birmingham metalworkers who made idols for Hindu worship in India. It argues the makers may simply have followed orders and notes ironies that stolen idols could be melted into coins, suggesting Christians might worship such coins anyway.
United States secret service men, aided by customs officials in Montreal Caft, plan imminent arrests for smuggling Chinamen from Canada to the United States. In four months authorities estimate about 300 men were smuggled across the lines at various points. Montreal serves as the gang’s hub as agents uncover the leader and secret transportation methods during a ten day stay.
Dialog notes a husband in hat and overcoat urging his wife as she fixes sleeves and hurries to be ready in half an hour, reflecting domestic timing and preparation.
A brief London Fun gag contrasts a first New Woman asking about daily social duties with a second New Woman admitting she must go home to call on her husband, highlighting contemporary gender role humor.
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