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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1894
Page
2
A Harper's Bazar inspired piece argues women balance many tasks as a business, from dinner planning to mothering five children. It stresses precision in timing, cleanliness, and routines, noting fathers rarely grasp daily domestic complexity and the need for steady baby care.
A 40 year old king who reads Chinese and rules Seoul with a harem of about 500 wives lives in a grand palace. He fears revolution and keeps to night hours, while his queen acts as keeper. Seoul’s vast city walls encircle a population near half a million. He travels with 2,000 attendants in ceremonial splendor.
Mme Antaev of Voronezh, affected by the 1891-2 famine, arranged emigration for 1010 peasants to Tomsk lands. She secured a special permit as royal lands ban remained, provided funds, land, and transport. A doctor, camp church, and priest accompanied the party on their long journey.
The article warns hot water bottles can cause serious burns especially in the elderly or unconscious patients. It urges a tight stopper and thick cover, half full filling for comfort, and emptying the bag when not in use. It also notes Florida women incorrectly avoid red and debate shades to wear.
The passage critiques color choices as disastrous purple and deeply dark tones. It notes florid mature women favor the purple and black outfits, describing them as highly colored and unbecoming for age, implying a judgment on fashion trends among older ladies.
The article reviews Prof Leyden, the czar’s physician, noted for his critical view of the czar’s health and his stature in German medicine. It also includes a domestic essay on housekeeping and simplification, arguing overwork harms women and urging simpler, natural diets.
Dealers claim genuine leather furniture never rusts but that is not always true. The article advises cleaning with soapy water, drying in the sun, then rubbing with coal oil on a flannel cloth. It suggests airing the piece afterward to dissipate odor.
Pare and boil four parsnips until tender then slice and simmer in cream with butter rolled in flour nutmeg and salt. Shake pan until thick and smooth then pour into a hot dish and serve.
People who raise quinces can have a nice dish for the tea table with very little expense. Pare and quarter them, and boil them with but little water in a covered saucepan, until they are tender. Serve with cream and sugar.
A business writer argues that hobbies from boating and painting to entomology and fishing provide lasting independence from the world. He notes boaters feed their craft, mineralogists arrange specimens, and sportsmen refine tackle through inventive tactics, valuing harmless amusements over wealth.
The article explains that much so called olive oil imported into the country is largely peanut oil pressed from Africa and Indian peanuts. Peanut oil is unsuitable as a salad oil but serves as a good base for soups and has illumination value. Peanut oil production in the United States is minimal, though the peanut crop is important in southern regions.
Harry Carroll stepped on a rattlesnake at Smiths mill thirty miles northeast of Phoenix. He drank whisky from two flasks, rode toward Hassayampa, collapsed eight miles out, and was found unconscious eleven hours later by Mrs. Conger and her dog. The dog died returning to camp. Carroll recovered with care.
Mrs Peary wife of Lieut Peary famed arctic explorer greets daughter Marie Abhmiguo Peary born amid the Greenland ice cap. The child named Admigue is said to be pretty vigorous gay and hearty with flaxen hair blue eyes and a plucky spirit befitting her parentage.
An eminent French authority explains an easy method to bronze copper articles without bulky equipment. Clean the item, brush on a mixture of castor oil twenty parts, alcohol eighty parts, soft soap forty parts, and water forty parts. Let stand in a dust free place for twenty four hours then finish by drying with hot sawdust and a colorless varnish.
The article argues the name Montana derives from the Spanish monte meaning forest rather than mountains. It suggests early Spanish maps labeled eastern Andean slopes with monte and English readers misinterpreted it as indicating mountain ranges. The term passed into French retaining its forest meaning.
Mme De Bille wife of the Danish ambassador to the court of St James arrives in New York for a month long visit. She is daughter of the late Chancellor Zabriskie of New Jersey and will stay with her brother Augustus Zabriskie on West Thirty fifth street. She recently visited Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle and has not returned to Denmark for twenty years. She met her husband when he served as Danish minister to the United States.
A bust of Herod the Great, believed authentic, was discovered in Jerusalem and has been purchased by the Russian government for the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg.
At the Vienna bee exhibition the Austrian horticultural and apicultural society showcases a hive governed by two queens. Professor Gatter presents a thriving colony where the queens coexist without conflict, greeted by experts including Dr. Dzierzon as they observe affectionate interactions and mutual governance. The exhibit prize winner plans to preserve the document in a Vienna museum and mail copies to apicultural societies worldwide.
After winter effort to join as cornet player, George is persuaded by his partner to quit. She fears the cornet’s attention and the lips becoming stiff and hard, ending his place in the new band.
A 1656 57 commentary by John Trapp notes the phrase All was jolly quiet at Ephesus before St Paul came thither. The author recalls hearing the same expression in a schoolboy remark about a maiden aunt's tea party.
A New York Weekly piece claims an inventor has created a church contribution box that attracts donations as coins of all denominations fall through silo slots onto velvet while pennies land on a Chinese gong, described as a “triumph” that will please preachers.
A fragment describes several ant species living in trees and carving tunnels as if a complex library of horizontal stories. The text notes ants gnawing trunks and creating many “rooms” with ceilings and floors spaced by five or six lines.
The smallest egg is from the tiny Mexican humming bird and is scarcely larger than a pin’s head. Its minuscule size highlights the remarkable diversity of bird eggs and the extreme limits of natural variation.
Modern Maid To wear, of Course. But you have no bike. I have a sewing machine.
In Washington December articles show Peffer backing a greenback bill as nine measures are postponed. The Nicaragua canal bill garners attention with debates on bonds and funding. The Senate advances the canal, while the House passes pension and army appropriation measures amid other votes.
The American Federation of Labor convention nominates Indianapolis, Washington, Detroit, and Brooklyn for headquarters relocation. Samuel Gompers and John McBride are named candidates for president as Indianapolis wins the plurality 1,290 to 929. McBride gains 1,162 votes to Gompers 1,099.
Discoveries in CuicaGo reveal tampered ballots in wards 30 to 33 during the December 1893 election. Sealed vote wrappers in each precinct show knife slashing. no recount completed and whether ballots were removed remains unknown.
The Republican State Committee resolves to contest James H. Budd’s election as governor. A seven member panel will petition the state legislature for a full recount, focusing on San Francisco. A bitter fight is expected when the legislature convenes January 8.
Indians have agreed to move out of Utah and have started the relocation. Signal fires were reported from nearby mountains as the decision was reached. Local residents express relief and a sense of safety.
In New York on December 16 Creedon told the Lexow committee he paid 15000 dollars for his captain’s appointment. Commissioner Voorhis admitted receiving 10000 dollars and a broker named Keppenhagen said he got 5000 dollars. Creedon has since been dismissed.
San Francisco December 15 The action started by Herman Cornwall of the Republican State Central Committee to challenge James H. Budd’s governorship has been rejected by the state supreme court. The Republicans may seek relief in the state legislature.
The New York Independent lauds Pastime Stories by Thomas Nelson Page as bright and captivating. The Hartford Courant predicts strong reception, praising the writer’s gift and some of the portrayed characters. Harper & Brothers published the book, with Lathrop-Rhoads Co handling De Moines sales.
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