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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
21
A narrator recalls a Malay syce buying oils for the New Year’s Day outing to Esplanade with the governor general and white officials. The pageant features Malay races, eating contests, molasses games, jinriksha races, tug of war, boxing, and yacht spectators, framed by tropical gardens and holiday crowds.
A vivid reminiscence of New Year’s Day in Singapore with Britons and locals celebrating on the Ocean Esplanade. The narrator recalls races, boat life, coin-throwing to native children, and the ceremonial guns signaling January 1 as part of colonial life, ending with nostalgia for a frozen homeland.
Home Notes notes rumors of ear rings returning as fashionable wedding gifts spread through fashionable circles. The writer cites a royal example given to Lady Iva Greville and warns women to consider the transitory nature of the trend and potential damage to ear shape.
A fragmentary verse asking what the New Year will offer, listing seasonal images from spring daffodils to summer lilies and winter frost. The speaker contemplates what gifts pass from the Old Year as night falls.
A 19th century dialogue features a husband declaring in 1896 he will see no girls, while his wife protests and asserts she will not hire help for him. The exchange hints at power and domestic roles within marriage.
In a light-hearted exchange Cobble promises his wife he will smoke only one cigar a day after New Year. Stone asks if he will keep it. Cobble replies yes and notes he has ordered a new brand eighteen inches long.
Cleverton vows to keep a 1806 record of all his kisses to be produced in court. Dashaway cautions that such a list could be required as evidence.
Hankleigh questions why Tankleigh has been drinking heavily for weeks. Tankleigh admits the struggle to summon courage to swear off New Year's drinking.
A jumble of verse and anecdotes from Watertown Minnesota features a surreal section about a corpse and a coffee fueled descent into madness, plus a humorous bashful child story. The hen house tale shows a teacher’s punishment and a remorseful student explaining his feathered clothing and dirt from the escape.
Mrs Sarah Murdock of Fort Dodge Iowa suffers delirium tremens after two days without strong coffee claiming she never drank alcohol. Doctors say the episode mimics a heavy drinker withdrawal and call it a remarkable medical case likely to gain attention in the medical world.
In Hill City South Dakota the body of Mrs R Roberts who died in Omaha was released from Adams Express after miners and business leaders, angered by hospital and undertaker charges, secured a writ of replevin. The funeral proceeded to the Presbyterian church after arrival at the depot.
John F. Cooper of Winamac Indiana found a colossal turnip growing inside a hollow white oak by the creek behind the sand hill The vegetable measures four feet in diameter thirty six inches wide three feet tall and weighs over 120 pounds Cooper recalls a boyhood tale from 1839 of Uncle Charlie Wait hiding turnip seed in the same tree The tree fell and the turnip remained embedded in the ground as it grew into the massive size sighted today.
A Decatur Indiana dispatch reports John Trentman a retired merchant was kidnapped on a West Baden Springs to Mitchell train trip. Held in a cell for six days to extract ransom from wealthy relatives, he was released after losing several hundred dollars. detectives probe the case.
Samuel Staples a resident of Deer Isle Maine recounts removing 259 snakes of various kinds from a post hole. The serpents ranged from two and a half inches to eighteen inches in length with colors described as green striped and brown.
Mrs. Ida Hamilton left her husband claiming the ghost of her first spouse, Gant, warned her she would be haunted till doomsday if she remarried. She felt a compulsion on the Colorado trip, fainting at the wedding, and fled after kissing his seven children, finding happiness in Denver.
An elderly Milford spinster near 70 has stored coffin timber in her attic. She planted a black walnut as a girl to supply boards for her coffin and arranged for a saw mill and undertaker to complete the task upon her death.
Sears Michigan resident Con Dwyer died and his heirs discovered a cache. thirty nine barrels of flour nearly cord measure and boxes of yeast valued in dollars. Two hundred dollars in gold was found under the cellar, paper money sewn in a vest and bed quilt, total over five hundred dollars. Weapons, daggers and firearms were hidden throughout the house along with old stored clothing.
H S Fitzgerald of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, age 47, can dislocate any joint at will from toe to spine and controls every muscle. For about twenty seven years he has exhibited before medical colleges revealing muscles and ligaments previously unreachable by physicians, with movements just under the skin.
Sioux City records a rapid divorce with Sarah J. Wallace filing at 4 58 p m from W J Wallace for cruelty. An answer appeared at 4 39, testimony began 4 40, and at 4 45 a decree granted separation alimony and child custody.
The earthquake disturbed D. L. Pierson of New Buffalo Michigan. He woke frightened and believed the world had ended. He has not recovered from the episode and is now in an asylum.
In Caldwell Ohio Miss Rose Foster wed Walter Webb days earlier. A search found her in a garret mortally poisoned by arsenic she took herself. Doctors arrived too late to save her. The motive remains a deep mystery.
Fern Johnson a nine year old girl from Parkhurst Maine weighed fifty two pounds and spent four hours shoveling eighty one parcels of potatoes to pass the time last week.
A mid century advertisement-like note from B F Shaw promotes earning by plating goods through Gray & Co. Plating Works Dept. It claims ready supplies, complete kits with materials formulas and trade secrets, free agent training, and a ten year guarantee. The writer cites earnings from relatives and self as proof.
A New York physician says half his calls are for imaginary ailments. He notes pain frightens people and that severe pain without fever often means nothing, since true serious trouble usually brings fever. The simple rule saves anxiety and may preserve rest.
A notice urges caution after fires and warns that many neglect health while insuring property. It cites illnesses like indigestion liver complaint grippe and malaria as risks that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can counteract.
An artist suggests replacing white enamel with gilding or ebony to ease the sight of white frames in homes. He urges avoiding white walls unless a white and gold drawing room is planned, proposing a rich finish as the solution.
A recent invention enables automatic filling of shuttles in cloth weaving looms allowing one man to attend sixteen looms. Since looms do not stop during shuttle filling, output is effectively doubled.
An advertisement urges readers to grow income through grain investments with Pattison & Co. brokers in Omaha Building Chicago. It promises free guidance, high bank references, and easy multiplication of a small sum via their investment opportunities.
A poplar in Dijon France stands 122 feet tall with a base circumference of 45 feet and a historic record tracing back to 722 A.D. The tree is celebrated as a rare living link to early medieval times.
Des Moines Daily News announces a limited offer for a one year subscription at one dollar through January 1, 1896. The notice promises full legislative and market news coverage and directs readers to address inquiries to The News in Des Moines Iowa.
Fire losses in the United States and Canada show an upward trend with October totals at 13 million 411 thousand 500 dollars and ten months accumulating 109 million 689 thousand 400 dollars.
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