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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
4
A hunter recounts riding between lumber camps in hot August California days armed with pistols. A grizzly charged, and a perilous chase followed around a tree as the man and his horse eluded the beast, shooting to survive until the bear finally collapsed.
The article notes cocoanuts compare to top vegetable foods in nutrition and cites a San Francisco to Sydney voyage where four hundred passengers survived eighty days on cocoanuts alone. Each adult received one nut daily yet no deaths or illnesses occurred, passengers landing healthy.
In the Matrimonial Department Ella reveals Miss Shepleigh married a floor walker from a large department store last week. He courted her while she waited for change at the counter and they wed quickly.
Dialogue shows Mrs. Upperten instructing Mary to answer the door for Mrs. Brownstone and her daughter. They inquire after her, and Mary reports they said How fortunate in response to the claim that she is not at home.
A 19th century style meditation extols marriage and home life as the great objective for singles. The essay uses the image of a robin in an old elm tree to argue happiness comes from simple domestic joys and natural impulses, warning against societal condemnation of matrimony. It critiques sensational writings on decline and urges readers to favor stable family ideals.
The dress features a yellow crepe skirt trimmed with pale yellow lace and a waist of yellow and white striped silk. A thin yellow muslin lining matches the lace yoke and sleeves, with striped yellow silk ribbon for stock and belt. Sleeves are large puffed with yellow and white stripes, paired with yellow roses or white chrysanthemums.
The article contrasts enduring marriage traditions with changing social thoughts. It notes ongoing courting, evolving attitudes toward matrimony, and a proposal in Columbia Missouri to establish an industrial school for Negro girls teaching cooking sewing and general house work.
The exchange notes a trend of women taking on public roles from bull fighting in Mexico to football in Brooklin and street car operation in Middletown New York. The piece suggests a future with women in many occupations and opines humorously that only lady women remain.
The Versailles Indiana Republican reports Lucy Tucker, a fifteen year old girl, weakened to a skeleton by nervous illness, improved after Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Her parents credit rapid recovery to the pills and urge readers to obtain them. note sworn testimony by Justice Huon Johnson dated April 28 1897. The piece also cites fraternal totals of Odd Fellows and Free Masons.
Readers learn of land opened for settlement in Manitoba Assiniboia and Alberta with free grants. Government agents in the United States field inquiries about eligibility and rates. Climate and farming prospects are cited, along with favorable stock-raising conditions and quick snow melt. Ottawa offers pamphlets and railway-rate details via the Interior Department.
The text notes Laplanders are swift and graceful, often skating about 150 miles daily, highlighting endurance and skill.
Letters praise a remedy called 5 drops for rheumatism neuralgia asthma and related ailments. A Springfield woman credits improvement without a crutch and Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co advertises prepaid samples and bulk bottles. A bachelor tax proposal appears in the Virginia legislature.
Jitey J Delar pastor of M E church Spring Hill writes of years of coughing ending after using Dr Kay's Lung Balm. He claims it touched his malady and improved his health. He invites readers to write for free advice and a sample.
McClure's February features Herbert E. Hamblen's fireman reminiscence with illustrations. Midland Monthly changes publishers with Brigham as editor and Conaway & Shaw as business heads. Art Interchange showcases the Lotos Club exhibit and Albert Lenz sculpture. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly presents Evolutionary Ethics by Spencer. American Monthly Review frontispiece honors Alphonse Dandet. Kipling's Just So Stories in St Nicholas with Herford art. Harper's reveals multiple stories and Maria Hartwell Catherwood's A British Islander. other tales by Merington, Hibbard, Elliott. Ladies' Home Journal offers mother-in-law guidance. Harper's Week features Franklin Matthews' West states series. Harper's Bazar to launch day-in-the-life department. Marriott Watson's The Adventurers continues in Harper's Round Table. Atlantic highlights labor unions and race, Durham contribution. North American Review features General Wilson on America's China interests.
A fragmentary verse tale describes Dorothy in a distant nursery corner singing of joy as she finds a bright new doll and plans lavish gifts. The girl envisions a cradle, shoes, dress, umbrella, and assorted playthings bought with a nickel, for herself and her doll.
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