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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1893
Page
3
A young man visits a mountain town post office seeking a letter for Miss Liz Smith Gipson. After misnaming the addressee and realizing the mistake he explains he wrote asking to come see her and leaves without the letter. The scene highlights small town postal quirks and a mistaken identity.
Senator Cameron recounts a Keystone anecdote about Hans a thrifty Dutch farmer who after a short legislative term saved a $30 000 fortune from a three month salary of 3 a day by not hiring a helper last winter. The tale underscores political morality and frugality.
A tall young woman with browned skin begs a drug store clerk for acids and poisons to restore her appearance for an upcoming wedding. She compares herself to a Choctaw and laments not regaining her normal hue in time. Her friend and the clerk listen as she seeks drastic measures.
A woman refuses to invite Edwin and Erwin to their wedding despite their insistence. He shows a chrysanthemum in his coat and asks again, while she notes their past gifts left her without nerve to proceed. The scene ends with his puzzled reflection.
A glass bottle of benzine spilled from a hauled car, igniting as it flowed along the street. An electric trolley sparked with a conductor, lighting the benzine and causing a near explosive blaze. The car was stopped and passengers evacuated. there were only minor injuries.
An opinion credits social habits and civilization for epilepsy, citing Dr. Ross of Georgia Medical College. He argues that sudden cultural shifts can trigger convulsions in many races and notes examples among Huros, Troquois, and Sybaritic tribes during Jesuit missions.
A Milwaukee business man recalls a sighting at a downtown corner. His friend introduces an unremarkable passerby as Charles H. Harris, the author of After the Ball, revealing fame can be elusive to the unfamiliar.
In a village scene Ivan boasts of his wealthy brother with five grown sons and land, four horses and six cows. He defends them as good workers who rest on holidays, noting the family cooperates and drinks on holidays while remaining morally upright.
An anecdote recalls Mr. Vanderbilt inviting a traditional cook to prepare old style dishes during a Vanderbilt summer visit. He requested doughnuts Indian pudding and brown bread and spoke of inviting elderly men to dine and recall old times. A cook who knew old recipes was engaged for a month and Vanderbilt expressed gratitude for the meals.
Jefferson recounts a visit with a Soutch peer and a haughty daughter of an earl who quizzed him about America. He recalls a bold remark about meeting the queen and his sly revenge after the lady’s failed attempt to mortify him.
A historical note recalls extreme marriage counts, citing St Jerome on a widow with twenty two husbands and a Florence resident Elizab eth Mast who died in 1768 after seven marriages. She outlived all seven, wed the seventh at 70, and on deathbed praised her fifth husband as favorite.
The issue of arrest warrants in Greece has sparked consternation as several national legislators face charges of complicity in brigandage. Notably M Takis of Trikkala has been jailed, with more colleagues expected to follow.
Colonel Kilgore became a national character for saying I object at every session. His calm, regular objection stops many small bills, sends dismayed members to the cloak room, yet he remains popular and good-humored amid varied reactions.
A humorous piece from Philadelphia notes brides resorting to delaying tactics as grooms vanish before ceremonies. The best man is pressed into wedlock when the escape leads to an unintended marriage, sparking questions about safeguarding wedding plans and requiring bonds for the groom.
The item cites doctors and merchants praising Chamberlain's cough remedy from Des Moines after a boy from Luray Kansas survived croup. It also advertises Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup, jewelry from Baker, Christmas silk dress patterns, and oranges and cranberries at Adams Bros. Westerman & Arnold distribute the medicine and patterns, with local shop notes.
The lecturer describes Andersens early ambition to be an opera dancer, recounting a Denmark anecdote about a Danseuse and a danse. A solemn man in the audience quips he is not surprised by the tale, saying he has been in Denmark himself and knows what they're like.
A memoir recounts Gounod posing in velvet and playing the organ beneath a prominent crucifix. Visitors were invited into his studio as he drifted between dreamlike keyboard trances and solemn, measured speech after the final notes faded.
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