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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
5
A London letter notes that central land values near Lombard Street have surged with prices per acre around seven million dollars and per foot far above earlier records. Despite space limits and a ban on skyscrapers, demand keeps increasing as occupancies surge and vacant buildings remain plentiful.
Curtis Brown reports on land values in London where a single acre near the Bank of England commanded vast sums and a Lombard Street banking-house allegedly paid as much as 800 per square foot for a patch. He notes scarce available land, rising rents, and suburban boom driven by American real estate methods.
A fragment from Ram's Horn laments hunger poverty and toil. It voices fatigue and asks what to do amid scarcity. The piece expresses concern over social inequality and personal struggle in harsh conditions.
Mrs. Foy of Brookdale Chicago maintains a tiny urban garden measuring 25 by 125 feet hosting a menagerie including one horse a goat a kid fifteen hens a rooster twenty five goslings a canary bird one dog two doves and three chicks along with other birds all thriving in a neat yard.
The article notes a historic habit of Britons sending washing to the south of France for delicate linen and reports a new trend of elites sending dirty linen to England, due to perceived superior English washerwomen.
Correct Stationery says embellishment is allowed on modern writing paper. A young woman may use a crest or device in the upper left corner or centered about two inches from the top. Envelopes may feature a similar design unless sealing wax is used, with cream and blue shades favored.
A mother asks four year old Tommy where the hole in the window came from. Tommy insists he does not know, claiming he threw a ball earlier and then saw the hole but cannot explain its origin. The exchange captures a innocent misunderstanding between mother and child.
The electric road in Cairo reports at least eighty deaths in the first four weeks after opening. Weekly casualties average seven or eight, blamed on native eye diseases and unfamiliarity with fast moving vehicles.
A nostalgic piece recalls Polly in a ranch home scene with a broom and flowing song. The narrator reflects on rural beauty, household tasks, and dreams of a countryside Eden, then contrasts that memory with married life amid city noise and playful domestic chaos.
A winter coat features fur edging with a scalloped high collar lined in ermine and a left side fastening. Passementerie trims the front, bottom, and cuffs. The white felt hat is adorned with two long plumes and a black velvet knot.
The silk lining is cut to match the outer fabric for a standard lining, or finished separately for a drop skirt. Seams can be bound or faced with silk bias, ensuring stitches do not mar the dress material. Haircloth interlining width varies with skirt length to prevent breakage at the ankles.
Former Missouri governor Thomas C. Fletcher praises Dr. Hartman Peruna for chronic catarrh and throat issues. He reports feeling renewed after one bottle and endorses the medicine as a national cure while urging statesmen to protect public health against disease.
Instructions describe folding haircloth over the wrong side, binding edges with bias lining, and stitching to lining. Details cover turning and pressing, optional drop skirt, and sewing haircloth between lining and dress goods. The process ends with rising dough like pastry steps and baking.
A collection of home cookery tips and recipes including Mrs O Tayloe's White Cream with cream, eggs and sherry, Mrs Dabney Maury's Cucumber Catsup with vinegar, Mrs Roy Mason's Whortleberry Cake with berries and brandy, Mia Higes's Charlotte Russe with milk eggs gelatine and cream, and guidance to combine custard and whipped cream for serving.
A recipe fragment instructs mixing one pound dough with three ounces butter four ounces curranza washed and dried four ounces castor sugar two eggs and a few pieces of (truncated) to create Chelsea buns.
Slice stale bread into bits and fry in butter until brown. Boil three quarts water and mix flour baking powder egg salt into a stiff batter. Drop spoonfuls into the water to boil until done then lift and pour over bread on a platter.
Simmer one large cupful of chestnuts until tender. Drain and mash to a smooth paste with lemon juice and nutmeg. Moisten with whipped cream just enough to spread between thin slices of bread and butter.
A traditional soup recipe uses black beans onion water and chicken or beef with bacon. Meat is boiled then chopped and returned to the pot with pepper salt and rolled egg coated meat balls. Walnuts tomato catsup and sherry flavor the broth with eggs and lemon slices served in a tureen.
A concise proverb-like statement notes that sincere praise for an infant broadly wins maternal favor and social approval. The line suggests charm and kindness yield goodwill from caregivers.
A rural sermon begins with a plea about delayed parish contributions to the hat collection. The pastor sternly urges members to give generously, noting their money supports the church and that excuses mislead no one. Brad the Slewfoot closes the exhortation.
Senator Caffery read an extract from the Constitution during a debate. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin asked what he was reading and the Louisiana senator replied, with emphasis, that he was reading from the Constitution of the United States.
The article reports that about half of Manila's hemp is exported to the United States where it is processed into sailcloth and cordage. The material is valued for resistance to seawater and rot, underscoring its strategic importance.
The Minneapolis and St Louis K R announces through tourist cars with up houbed seats and conally conducted trips. Departures every Tuesday via the Southern Route with no snow altitudes or Sunday travel. Thursday trips go via Omaha Denver and Salt Lake on the Scenic Line across the Rockies and Cascades. Berths are $6.00 through with reduced rate tickets. Contact A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis for details.
A courtroom exchange features a witness who declares he lives in Texas and denies being a ghost while questioned about a horse theft. The dialogue emphasizes the witness's clarity on his identity and residence.
Baltimore February 13. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad headquarters deny a Chicago story that General Passenger Agent Austin reported rate cutting by rival Maes to the Receivers. Mr. Austin writes that no such cases have come to his notice and calls the report fake.
Mrs Julia Dent Grant widow of Ulysses Grant is now over years old and increasingly feeble, seldom leaving her Washington home as her sight rapidly fails.
The line of funds along the St Louis route is noted with mentions of small crops. A ticket to Madison or Dawson Park Co Minnesota is suggested. Wheat per acre is under 30 bushels and cereals like corn face crop failures and unknown conditions.
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