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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1892
Page
4
A reflective poem fragment where Archibald Lampman describes a vast city’s lure. The speaker wanders through a great ancient city at various lights, feeling its splendor turmoil and memory, and the pull of its life and humanity. The piece evokes love, longing, and artistic reverie amid urban vastness.
J K Parke recalls an eerie night at the old Sharp farm where a man slept in a barn during a storm and heard a spectral groan and a voice calling his name. Investigations showed noises came from wagon debris and a wind driven clapboard, not a ghost.
A middle aged man in Duane Street, New York, visits a restaurant and pesters the waiter over sausage types. He claims a Green County sausage mill owned by Hank Peters and vows not to order until he learns where the sausages are milled, threatening an affidavit.
London reports large audiences greet Dr. Talmage on his European tour. He preaches from Matthew 27 on what to do with Jesus, urging recognition, personal trust, and inviting Christ into the heart, offering universal pardon and abundant spiritual bread for all.
An advertisement extols John H Woodbury of New York as the premier dermatologist. It touts his Dermaform lotion and facial products, claims birthmarks and facial blemishes can vanish without surgery, and notes testimonials from prominent clients and a 145 page treatise. The piece also mentions his Dermatological Institute and urging readers to seek his methods.
The article notes New England women remain dwindling while men rise. across six states the population grew 17.2 percent in ten years with male increase at 18.1 percent and female growth at 16.3 percent.
Mose Schaumburg plays with his youngest child as he tests affection asking who is loved more. The child answers I love you most father by twenty five percent. Reported in Texas Sift with a humorous family moment.
A dialogue mocks a sum of 300000 as a romantic prize. Jack mentions Miss De Rockso and a finer figure, while Will responds that such an amount could capture any heart. The banter centers on wealth as a lure.
Advertises two harvest excursions on August 30 and September 27, 1892 via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Invites appeal to nearest ticket agent or Geo. H. Heatford as general passenger agent in Chicago. Ends with a quip about the heart leading into scrapes.
A collage of old advertise ment copy features Slanson’s Magic Corn salve claiming cure or refund, inexact prices, and notes about a stingy man. It includes various morale sayings, teething syrup claims, mail order education pitches, Des Moines land offers, and other quirky quotes on business, music, and temperaments.
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