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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1892
Page
5
A mournful poem from the Saturday Evening Post imagines an exiled monarch resting in an unnamed grave. Tall rank grass and pale primroses frame the scene as lindens sway and sunbeams linger, conveying peaceful repose beyond mortal joy.
An English clerk recounts his upbringing under a rich aunt who arranges his marriage to Louise. A failed serenade at Hampstead provokes anger from the aunt and a rift with Louise. The aunt dies, the clerk loses the fortune, but Louise shares her wealth and agrees to marry, reversing the outlook.
A historic account notes Iviza’s rougher courtship norms with bloodshed and self help justice similar to Corsica. Women face the limelight on Sundays as suitors briefly pledge, then await another turn while the damsel maintains decorum until she reveals a favored suitor.
A pleasant anecdote recalls Thackeray at a hostess house, hungry yet amused by toy rhinoceros and elephant. He jokes over a pretend meal, then kisses Dot the daughter and praises her for knowing the value of a kiss.
A young dry goods clerk answers a shopper with poise after the woman asks if goods should be sent or carried. The clerk counters that the shopper likely has a carriage outside and should take the purchase, scoring a pointed victory in the exchange.
A concordat among all French railway companies provides that each employee may obtain a free return pass once a year to any station in France for themselves and their family living with them. Additional passes are available at one quarter the normal passenger rate.
Dialogue shows a mother and child discussing cake and belief. Little Dear questions sharing and understanding while asserting youthful appetite. The piece captures a playful tone and gentle exchange.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Flopp seeking Mr Paine in shops while a clerk notes he has just stepped out and may return later, mentioning he has gone Rome after a saddle. The tone echoes a bustling, humorous local exchange.
The Massachusetts Board of Health adopts milk safety regulations addressing cow’s milk quality and handling to prevent impairment and health dangers from improper care and processing. The rules outline required practices for production, processing, and storage to ensure safe consumable milk.
A 19th century article lists friendly and unfriendly birds valuable for pest control. Robins, swallows, night hawks, pewees, wrens, catbirds, thrushes, jays, quail and more are noted for destroying caterpillars, worms, canker worms, straw berry pests, and other insects. It also mentions additional species like nutcrackers and fly catchers as useful for pest control.
Manure should be in prime condition and superphosphate serves as a top fertilizer for potatoes. Plant trees with care and fence orchards. early peas and potatoes can follow by late cabbages and cucumbers. Dry soil is essential before tilling. roots determine a tree’s vitality. vines hide structures. pinching limb ends yields stockier bushes. June pruning heals wounds fastest.
Practical tips on flour portions polishing knives oiling boots and shoes preserving fabrics with starch and ammonia washing brushes preserving bruises and neuralgia relief with salt heating a muslin bag full of salt, bread rising methods and knife care with damp cloth scouring brick and powder details
A Boston Herald piece chronicles a last year Harvard Medical School elective where eight young doctors take the nurse’s course at a cooking school to “cure patients” with food. They progress from gruel to sponge cake, endure messy lessons, and celebrate with a communal, if chaotic, final luncheon.
In heavy fog the Gloucester schooner Dart neared Boston harbor and slid beneath the East Indiaman Reindeer from Calcutta. The pilots shouted ship names and voyage times as fog lifted, revealing the distant vessel after a long 114 day voyage.
The excerpt shows a courtroom exchange where a prisoner is questioned about a pocket-book and a watch left nearby. The judge presses for how the watch was not taken, and the defendant offers an apology while indicating lack of notice. The fragment captures a legal proceeding mood from Texas Siftings.
The sole qualification of a member of parliament is that he shall be 21 years old. It is remembered that Louis J. Jennings and J. H. Puleston have represented English boroughs in parliament in recent years, and they were then both American citizens.
Dutch court in Rotterdam holds newspapers must retain all communications sent for acceptance, whether accepted or not, or face liability for the article's value as deemed by the court.
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