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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1895
Page
2
Rachel and Hugh marry after Uncle Ben buys a shabby cottage for their start. He guides the couple toward a far lovelier country home, and Rachel schemes grand Gothic improvements while Ben watches, knowing the gift will prove both practical and transformative.
The column presents a long poem by Frank IL Stanton titled Thirty Years Ago, recalling Civil War memories with Southern imagery. It recounts hardships, reunion years, and the evolving nation, alongside notes about Cady Brownell and Rhode Island volunteers. The piece blends personal reminiscence with reflections on reunification and national progress.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr plans a 32 foot overall, 21 foot waterline racing yacht with two sails and no bowsprit built at Poillon's yard under John Driscoll. The keel is oak with bent frames, inner planking white cedar, outer planking mahogany, and decks of cedar and white pine. He will sail the boat himself in Larchmont races this summer. commission expected by late June.
The Iowa Prohibition party met in Des Moines June 19 1805 at the Y M C A auditorium with B F Wright of Charles City as state chairman. Prof Hirsch chaired temporary organization with M W Atwood as secretary and A A Coates as reading secretary. The platform urged immediate abolition of alcohol, strict government action on liquor, tariffs for revenue, a bimetallic currency, government control of railroads and utilities, tax reform, and strict emigrant laws. Frank Bacon nominated for governor and M W Atwood for lieutenant governor.
A medical authority cites kleptomania as more common in women, linking it to hysteria and weakness. The piece mocks the idea, noting a Virginia court chicken theft arraignment where a Black defendant quips that hypnosis and kleptomania caused the act.
Ninon de lEnclos reportedly claimed she maintained youth at seventy by a skin regimen. She advised applying a benzoin tincture rose water mixture to damp skin after bathing, then rubbing in linseed oil twice daily to prevent attenuation of the arms and neck.
A New York World account profiles Mrs. Robert B Brownell of 252 St Nicholas Ave who has received full Grand Army of the Republic membership. Born in 1842 to a British Army officer, she lived in England after birth before foster care brought her to Providence and later meeting her future husband.
Veterans and readers in Indiana push back against school histories that omit or glorify the Civil War. They insist they helped end the war and oppose portraying the South as the sole victor, arguing old soldiers defended Old Glory and history should reflect all who fought.
A concise statistic notes that among one million deaths twenty seven thousand are attributed to apoplexy.
The New London race is set for Thursday June 28 if weather allows. On June 21 a three cornered race will feature the University of Pennsylvania Cornell and Columbia crews. Ex champion rower Bubear plans to come to America to row Gaudaur after a $250 expense offer. Hank Ward of the Ward Brothers is found dead May 2. Joe Laing Canadian oarsman dies in Montreal. Ellis Ward named rowing director at Manhattan Athletic Club. Cornell seniors vote to donate a shell for Henley regatta at $600.
The 2:10 list includes 33 trotters with all but two living. A plan to build a winter racing track in St Augustine Florida gains strong horseman support. English turfmen oppose Richard Croker's plan to breed Dobbins to several mares and race him later. Col Br Pepper of Kentucky dies May 19 in Frankfort. owner of the stallion Ormond. A push to establish a first class winter track at St Augustine gains business backing.
In a lively postcard exchange, Mrs Bliffkins questions the bathers about being shocked. Mrs Snifkins replies she has traveled in Africa, adding an unexpected twist to a humorous kitchen-table dialogue.
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