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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1895
Page
4
Veterans Corner presents a poem about a hero of the late war Capta Cleina Major Anecdotes and Incidents. The verse honors a brave figure who fought and fell in battle and whose tale remains untold yet exalted in heavenly imagery.
A lone tailor and veteran of multiple armies dies in Walla Walla after a quiet life. An inquest reveals service in England and the Union. Grand Army of the Republic members honor him with two flags across his chest, England and the United States.
Captain John Clem, the drummer boy of Chickamauga, rises to major. Born Newark Ohio August 13 1852 he fled home as a boy, joined a Michigan regiment, became a famed drummer and famed prisoner of war story teller. Now at Atlanta he serves as captain and assistant or master. He married Ania French at Fort McHenry May 25 1875.
West Point visitors notice iron chain remnants near the hotel once stretched across the Hudson to block British warships during the Revolution. The ruins of the Augusta forge above the Tuxedo park entrance show a small charcoal forge once owned by the Sterling Iron mine company, a major maker of the era.
The article details a 1778 river chain built to block ships from neutral waters. Links 2 feet long and 2.5 inches square weighed about 150 pounds each, forming a 1500 foot long, 180 ton barrier buoyed by 16 foot logs. The chain was assembled after iron from a nearby mine and delivered within six weeks, later partially salvaged for old iron.
The Army plans a simple new blouse with minimal braid, U S lettering, branch insignia on the collar, and a sword belt worn under the garment. The forage cap becomes a dark blue headpiece with a black band, costing less but drawing criticism for its unmartial look and practicality.
General Grant is placed in a modest ante-room to rule blank forms for the adjutant general’s office. He moves from perceived insignificance to a frontline role, beginning his path to later commanding armies and ruling a nation.
Editorial reflects on Abraham Lincoln as a great and good man who preserved the Union and shaped government of the people. It notes his enduring legacy, celebrates his birth as central to American history, and calls for national recognition of his natal day.
A lyrical meditation compares love’s purifying power to a dewdrop held in the heart of the crystal. It speaks to enduring clarity and liquidity of spirit within a sacred inner shrine.
A cryptic note hints at lingering sorrows tied to an old glove, suggesting past games and memories haunt a team or player. The fragment evokes nostalgia and unease about what remains in the locker and in minds.
The article surveys Nicaragua with 310 000 people and diverse groups, noting cattle and exports to the United States, American capital in mines, forests, and tobacco taxes. It describes Managua and Leon populations, Corinto port, a constitutional republic, Zelaya’s presidency, military strength, and infrastructure including rail and telegraph lines.
A well known surgeon warns readers about acting in emergencies. He urges avoiding intervention when a doctor is present, or finding one if unavailable, to ensure proper care for the injured or sick. He criticizes popular but misguided self help approaches.
Stuart Robson's son, after his mother made castile soap from scraps, bathed with a large cake of the homemade soap. The soap hardened on him like gravy, clinging to his body as he danced in a fandango until his parents freed him and melted the fat off him.
A description of the blow gun as a simple cane tube used to fire light darts by breath. It notes accuracy and silence, ranges of eighty to one hundred yards in some tribes, and examples from Chetimachas of Louisiana Cherokees of the Carolinas and various Central and South American peoples.
A Globe-Democrat account recalls a grasshopper method used by a driver to steal tickets from the fare box aboard St Louis bobtail streetcars. The scheme involved live grasshoppers to nudge tickets out, then selling the trick to other drivers before frost ended it and led to mass firings.
Pouty exchange contrasts married life with candy gifts in the past and meat and potatoes now. Dialogue emphasizes changing costs and daily life.
A compilation notes estimates and curiosities such as Eng land’s daily moving costs reaching 750000 dollars a day and Belgium’s draught dogs near 50000. It mentions 2900 railway companies in the United States, a nine mph whale, large condor wings, and salt fish softened by sour milk.
Senator M. C. Butler of South Carolina described possible US action against Britain amid the Corinto affair. He mused about warships off the British coast and even leading 10,000 men into Canada, noting England’s commercial value and the risk of war.
Professor Owen recounts a coast walk with his dog Lion. A seaweed fragment rich with minute animals inspires the dog to dive in and fetch a larger seaweed plant, which he presents to the professor.
A Newark officer drew ridicule after arresting the aggressor in a street dog fight and confining the animal in a station house cell. The incident highlights the unusual law enforcement action and the officer’s handling of the dispute.
A bicycle rider in Munich must pass an examination to prove he can mount and dismount the machine then pay a fee of fifty pfennigs to receive a license.
For the hide of a full grown giraffe the native hunters in Africa gain from fifteen to twenty five dollars. The hide is prized for whip and sandal making and represents a valued trade item in local markets.
In a bustling scene, customers discuss a borrowed umbrella and a marriage in town. A clerk notes Spudkins’s nuptials while shoppers tease and joke about a fashionably talkative crowd and the department layout.
A vintage ad warns of malaria in travel places and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a safe antidote and preventive. It claims the remedy also treats biliousness constipation dyspepsia rheumatic and kidney trouble nervousness and debility.
A fragment from a suburb scene shows a husband questioning his wife Mary about her weekly trips to town. She replies she will go twice, noting she must visit again to exchange something.
For the National Educational Association meeting in Denver July 5 to 12 the Chicago Great Western Railway offers a round trip at one first class fare plus $2.00. Tickets on sale July 4 5 6 and July 7 for trains arriving in St Joseph or Kansas City. Return allowed to Sept 1 1895. Through cars with modern amenities and berth reservations through agents. Fr H Lord GP TI Ase Chicago. A Berlin man breeds rats for hospitals for vivisection purposes.
The Romance of Farming praises irrigated orchards berry patches and alfalfa fields in the Yakima Valley as genuine fun and satisfying work. Four cents in stamps to Chas. 8. Fee Gen’s Pass Agent Northern Pacific Railroad St. Paul Minn offers an irrigation pamphlet. A new Italian rifle design named ae Cel fires twenty shots in two seconds.
The Burlington Route offers free tourist publications listing Hot Springs South Dakota Summer Tours in the Black Hills The Yellowstone National Park Estes Park Colorado and related travel information provided by J Francis G P and T A Omaha Neb for visitors seeking resort details.
A biographer notes Anthony Trollope adhered to a daily writing ritual, producing about three hours of work and roughly one thousand words per hour, illustrating disciplined creative pace.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company releases a compact illustrated brochure on Mammoth Cave text by Dr. Ellsworth Call with flash light photographs. Copies cost ten cents in silver stamps to agent C. P. Atmore in Louisville. World marriage rate estimated at three thousand per day.
A brief claim contrasts labor with wealth and notes a rainy day in the Urana Valley. It suggests writing to Zeph Cons Felt at 207 Boston Building, Denver for more. The text adds a comment on Japan's Pilgrim's Progress illustrated by Japanese artists and the yoke of Christ fitting the willing neck.
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