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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1895
Page
4
Veterans' Corner presents a poem tendering to Captain Cleina Major and a historical relic of war. It contrasts a noble hero who fought and fell with another who could not rise to battle, their fates shaping a tale of courage and loss remembered in Heaven’s halls.
An elderly slender tailor in Walla Walla is found dead in peace after living quietly. An inquest reveals a life of service in India Malta Gibraltar and with the Union Army. Grand Army of the Republic members honor him with two flags laid on his breast, England and the United States.
The Continental Army ordered a 150 pound 2 by 2.5 inch iron linked chain from Townsend the mine owner with 16 foot buoyed logs to resist tides. Finished in six weeks the 1,500 foot chain lay across the river near New Windsor and Newburg. The preserved section was raised in 1855 and most of the rest sold as old iron to West Point.
The army plans a simpler blouse with braid only on the front edges bottom collar and sides, bearing U S in gold and branch insignia on the collar. The sword belt remains and revolver carried on the belt right side. field service changes place sword outside left. The new cap is dark blue with a black mohair band and a flat visor, resembling a porter’s cap, drawing laughs from street urchins. Comfort and practicality matter but appearance remains a consideration for soldiers.
Captain John Clem, the drummer boy of Chickamauga, promoted to major. Born Newark August 18 1852, son of Roman and Elizabeth Clem, of German descent. After Civil War adventures, he became captain and assistant quartermaster at Atlanta and married Anna French on May 25 1875.
West Point visitors notice iron chain remnants near the hotel marking the Hudson crossing barrier from the Revolution. Above Tuxedo Park’s entrance on the east of the tracks lie the Augusta forge ruins, a small 4 foot square building where iron was smelted by sash charcoal under the Sterling Iron Company era.
General Grant faces initial doubt from the adjutant general who doubts his abilities but assigns him to rule blanks for report forms. In a plain ante room, Grant sits with ink and ruler, beginning his ascent from clerical work to command.
The Fairfax ad of 1895 recalls Abraham Lincoln as a great and good man who upheld the nation’s unity, writing his name among immortals. It argues his belief in a government of the people and his role in preserving the Union, suggesting his birthday as a national holiday.
A lyrical meditation compares love to a clear dewdrop in the soul’s shrine, asserting its enduring purity and liquidity within a steadfast inner fortress. The prose treats beauty and truth as timeless, guiding inner life.
A terse line hints at past losses and lingering regret sparked by an old glove. The brief note suggests sorrow follows a mislaid keepsake, inviting readers to consider memory and loss in everyday objects.
The article surveys Nicaragua with a 310000 population, detailing demographics, exports like cattle hides coffee bananas and cacao, and woods such as mahogany. It notes Managua and Leon populations, Corinto port, and 100 plus mines with American capital, plus government structure, army strength, rail lines, telegraphs, and finances. It mentions Billy Walker as a historical reference.
A fragment urges avoiding close contact with an unconscious person and advises allowing them to breathe. The text frames this as a general safety caution rather than a full article. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities are present.
A famed surgeon urges the public not to interfere in medical emergencies. He says to mind the caution and let a doctor handle the injured or sick person, as untrained help may hinder the situation. He emphasizes calling for professional aid when needed.
Stuart Robson's boyhood tale recalls a home made Castile soap experiment. A bath turned comic chaos as a greasy fat layer clung to him, prompting a frantic scramble by parents to remove the stubborn coating. The episode ends with him held over a stove to melt the fat away.
The blow gun, a simple cane tube, uses compressed air to propel light darts. Tribes from Chetimachas in Louisiana to Cherokees in the Carolinas and from Central and South America employ it for birds and small game, sometimes poisoned, with ranges up to eighty to one hundred yards.
The Globe-Democrat describes how Bobtail cars used as fare currency drew theft schemes. A driver found a grasshopper assisted by a thread bound to his hind legs to lift tickets from the fare box, selling grasshoppers for $1 to recruit others. The scheme collapsed after multiple drivers were discharged.
A humorous exchange highlights changing romance and rising costs as a husband recalls bringing candy before marriage while joking that now he brings meat and potatoes, implying greater spending on treats and meals.
A compilation of curious observations and figures including daily UK movement costs, Belgium draught dogs, grape planting near Mattewan, US railway companies, whale speed, scorpion stings, freshwater laws, condor wings, rat control via cayenne, salt fish soaking, polar hare additions to London Zoo, London parks growth, a huge Aberdeen shark, Siberian wolf rumors in Minnesota, hollow captestee billiard balls in Sweden.
Senator M. C. Butler of South Carolina tells reporters that Washington warned against entangling alliances but advocates sending several ships to observe British actions at Corinto. He muses about landing marines for fruit and expresses desire to lead 10,000 men into Canada to seize the country from Britain. England, he says, is valuable commercially but may blunder into war.
English scientist Professor Owen recounts a coast walk in Cornwall where his dog Lion retrieves a seaweed plant after the master admires the tiny creatures on a fragment. The dog’s quick action highlights nature’s hidden riches and curiosity.
A Newark police officer arrested the aggressor in a street dog fight and confined the animal in a station-house cell amid ridicule from colleagues. The incident centers on the officer’s action in handling the brawl between two dogs.
A bicycle rider in Munich must pass an examination to prove ability to mount and dismount the machine then pay fifty pfennigs to obtain a license.
Native hunters obtain from fifteen to twenty five dollars for the hide of a full grown giraffe used for whip and sandal making in Africa.
In a light sketch style scene Jones returns a borrowed umbrella to Brown while staff gossip about a customer Spudkins and a fashionable tailor ponders losses. A club insult prompts Harold and an old lady seeks an intelligence office as The New Woman eyes neckties and a junior guides to the toilet department with mustache invigorators offered.
In the text a health claim touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive against malaria and air-borne illness. It is described as a universal remedy for biliousness constipation dyspepsia rheumatic and kidney issues nervous debility and general weakness.
A suburban husband questions his wife about trips to town. She explains she will go twice more to exchange a toothbrush she bought, clarifying the need to make another trip the following day.
During the National Educational Association gathering in Denver July 8 to 12 Chicago Great Western Railway offers one first class fare plus 2.00 round trip with sale days July 4 5 6 and 7 for arrivals at St Joseph or Kansas City. Return by Sept 1 1895. The line runs through cars with modern conveniences. In Berlin a man breeds rats for hospitals for vivisection purposes.
In the Yakima Valley irrigated farms give genuine fun and control over crop growth. The article notes satisfaction in managing watering speeds for fruit orchards berries and alfalfa fields. It mentions sending four cents for stamps to Chas. Fee Gen's Pass Agent Northern Pacific Railroad St. Paul Minn for an irrigation pamphlet and cites a new magazine rifle from Captain Cel firing twenty shots in two seconds.
Burlington Route public notices offer free information on Hot Springs South Dakota Summer Tours in the Black Hills and Yellowstone National Park. The card lists Estester Colorado and invites readers to choose any. J Francis G P and T A Omaha Nebraska signs.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company issues a compact illustrated lecture on Mammoth Cave by Dr. Ellsworth Call. Photographs taken by flash light appear in the edition priced at ten cents in stamps sent to C P Atmore, general passenger agent, Louisville Kentucky. The note claims three thousand marriages are daily performed worldwide.
A brief opinion piece argues a man cannot thrive without work even in the Grand Valley, urging industrious effort and saving for hard times. It contrasts a lazy man’s fate with a productive life and invites readers to write for more details. It also notes a popular Japanese edition of Pilgrim's Progress and the idea that Christ’s yoke fits a willing neck.
Knowledge quotes comfort in using Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative. It claims to cleanse the system, relieve colds headaches and fevers, and cure constipation by acting on kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. Produced by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold in 50c and 1 bottles.
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