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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
3
Distressed wife pleads with a benevolent gentleman as her blind husband regains sight, leading to a tense exchange about their plight and the couple's uncertain future. The scene unfolds with emotional appeals and a hint of social critique.
A Texas Siftings remark recalls Pope Sixtus V who loathed flattery. He told a nobleman he preferred a crow to a flatterer explaining a crow feeds on the dead while flatterers live on the living.
Facetious dialogue where a husband jokes about sharing the speaker’s chair with his wife. The young husband says they usually occupy the chair together, implying they share leadership or decision making.
A fragment reveals a conversation about Clara and her feelings toward her stepmother. Thercy denies agreement, while Clara asserts she has strong opinions and speaks freely.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets to western and southwestern points on February 12 March 5 and April 2 1895. Fare is regular first class plus 2.00 for the round trip. Tickets are valid twenty days from the date of issue. For details contact a ticket agent or F H Lord G P T A Chicago Illinois.
The scene shows a young woman and young man planning to attend theater. She advises putting 25 dollars in his pocket to cover a fine on her hat before they start.
An exchange unfolds with a man interrupting two women who debate whether it is wiser to marry a poor young man able to tolerate dogs or a rich older man who cannot. The discussion centers on affection, practicality, and companionship choices.
A historical note cites Mrs. Winston's Soarine Suror as a teething remedy for children. The text also claims broom use in Egypt 2000 years before Christ as an ancient reference.
Advertisement notes Hegeman’s Camphor mixed with glycerine for skin ailments including hands and face tenderness blains piles and other conditions. Listed by C G Clark Co New Haven Connecticut.
Read as a curio from a late edition, this snippet notes strawberry lore in Florida and odd sayings about a cup of tea at night moving the bowels by morning. It adds a wink about mince pies remaining stylish and old-fashioned nighttime terrors.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It claims kidney liver and bowel benefits without weakening them and notes the product is sold in 50c and 1 bottles by druggists and made only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Dr H E Hadley of David City Nebraska details a patient named Marshall who lived with two hearts two lungs two livers and two stomachs in one body. The patient exhibited alternating moods and a supposed inner rival striving for mastery, dying then briefly reviving before final death and a post mortem revealing the paired organs.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt recalls a western view of Chinese servants. The observer praises Chinamen for reliable replacements, disciplined service, and familiarity with household routines, contrasting it with what he calls inde pendence and frequent resignations among local staff.
The new magazine rifle has been supplied to fifteen regiments of the United States army. Hereafter when a mob requests a parley with the regulars it would be well to use the telephone at a distance of not less than three miles.
A Lecompte Louisiana man recounts tobacco withdrawal with No-To-Bac and credits the remedy for restoring health happiness and vitality. He notes quitting pain relief and a stronger family future including a newborn son named after the advertising line and urges others to try the product.
Horace Greeley vents fury over misprinted election figures in Westchester. A proofreader uses Greeley’s copy to reveal the error and delivers a roguish comeback, ending with Greeley shouting for kicks until he hollers.
A group of more than 100 masked brigands attacked Tortoli in Sardinia with rifles and screams. Two gendarmes and several citizens fought back, the brigands killed the syndic’s coachman and fled after looting 27 000 lire in gold 20 000 lire in paper currency and 5 000 lire in jewelry.
The Arago excerpt notes Deschapelles as the world’s greatest whist player with one hand, adept at collecting, sorting, and playing cards despite disability. It recalls his later republicanism and alleged revolutionary ties, including a list of victims that reportedly named Vatry to be guillotined per a source called Argonaut.
The passage notes a secret method of inlaying steel with gold and silver, possibly from Damascus ages ago and still known to Syrian smiths, or the craft of Chinese vermilion. It emphasizes that speaking less increases chances of realizing intentions.
The First parish in Dorchester Mass known as oldest Boston church installs Rev Eugene Shippen its new pastor. The Unitarian society has had eleven pastors in over 200 years and follows a rule to install young ministers from within. Rev Rush R Shippen father of the new pastor preached the installation sermon after Harvard training and Oxford study.
Kansas operates the only silk filature in the United States at Peabody with ten reels. The station provides silk worms to Kansas applicants free of charge, buys cocoons at $1 per pound, and pays workers $40 to $100 each spring for six weeks of work. Raw silk from Kansas cocoons is praised by leading importers.
A six year old boy, quoted in print before, shows natural humor and strong reasoning by analogy. When his mother asks him to escort his sister home, he retorts with a country memory, recalling a summer scene where Mrs. Myers asks Mr. Myers to fetch the cows and he replies that he should go himself.
A Contra Costa County man raises about 1 000 000 frogs after starting with 2 000. He supplies San Francisco Oakland and other coastal markets. He notes low costs to raise frogs and shows no desire to sell the ranch for a gold mine.
The piece notes vast variation in African eating habits with items ranging from roasted spiders and caterpillars to ostrich eggs and puma. It mentions uncommon foods such as elephant trunk and feet and stewed puppies among other unusual fare.
An anxious Brook lyn woman living on the Heights guards her home against burglars with an alarm clock set to ring hourly through the night, keeping her alert for any intruders.
Theodore Mommsen the historian is appointed vice chancellor of the Pour le Merite order established by Frederick the Great for military merit. The award was narrowed in 1810 to valor in battle and later added a second class in 1842 for science and civil life.
A Cure claim asserts deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can be remedied by constitutional remedies. It offers one hundred dollars for any untreatable catarrh deafness and invites readers to send for circulars, with Toledo based F. J. Cheney advertising and local druggists selling the pills.
Miss Mabel Dodge, a Massachusetts grocery cashier, is short two thousand dollars in her accounts. The article notes she is a new employee learning the ropes as authorities review the discrepancy.
Salzer's new Yellow Dent corn produced yields over sixty eight bushels per acre on a large acreage while the U S department of agriculture reports a little over twenty bushels per acre for corn nationwide. The note imagines doubling the yield in a good season and offers a free seed package for sending this clipping. A San Francisco man fined forty dollars for sneezing in a theater and refusing to leave.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad offers historic low round trip fares to Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Georgia and West Florida on March 5 April 2 and 30 1895. One way tickets to Florida priced at about half the regular rate. Inquiries to C P Atmore or George L Cross. A stray line advises women to curb expectations after marriage.
Describes an array of foods said to be consumed in Africa including unusual items referenced as fat tails and stewed puppies, with a note that diets vary widely across regions. the text includes obscure terms and uncertain details.
Citizens stir as a parish scene erupts over a contribution box. A pastor questions a deacon about a poker chip allegedly placed in the box while the deacon claims he quit last night and possessed no chips.
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