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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1896
Page
3
An application from Michael for a sanitary department place is under review. The signer confirms Murphy wants it signed and notes Michael’s five year pursuit and belief he is fit for the role.
A brief domestic dialogue depicts a young wife admitting uncertain love to her husband after a fraught exchange. The scene centers on a fragile emotional moment within a marriage.
A garbled list of patent medicines and quotes. Items include corn meal paste with molasses for roach infested areas and Dr Kline’s Great Restorer promising no fits after day one, plus teething remedies, cough tonics, camphor ice, and miscellaneous aphorisms about literature and nature.
A Youths' Corner piece extols parental piety and household godliness. It emphasizes gentle words teaching love and patience, with verses on beauty, peace, and prayer guiding souls homeward toward divine blessing. The poem reflects on prayerful support lifting families from sin and guiding children toward righteousness.
A neighbor hood mischief maker disrupts Hull House meetings by throwing stones and ringing bells. Miss Addams refuses police action and instead treats him with kindness inviting him to boys’ meetings. Over time the boy's hostility fades and he becomes a devoted ally.
After Oil creek dam failure floods Titusville in 1892, a brave man named John Kelly fights through fire and torrent to reach a mother and child. He bears them to shore, dives again to escape flames, and emerges with both survivors amid cheering onlookers.
A story recalls Willie noting his Christian duty to pray while his Christian mother and father seldom prayed. He asks why they do not pray and wonders if a child should bear the family burden. The tale ends with the mother and father embracing a life of prayer.
The story describes how Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago achieved a quiet victory through kindness shortly after Hull House opened as workers there grew annoyed.
A motivational piece argues that success hinges on doing small tasks well. Habitually performing every job to the best ability cultivates readiness for bigger opportunities and fair rewards, while neglecting minor duties leads to discontent and failure to rise.
An Irishman, told to kill a burdensome mastiff, completes the act and then reads a newspaper. A friend asks for the latest bulletin, and Pat replies that the latest bulletin is the master’s mastiff, killed by his own orders just minutes before.
A household scene shows Bridget unable to recall a shopping list. The mistress orders a pound of steak bread salt pepper butter and salt. Bridget, claiming to remember items by association, fails after realizing she had nothing to remember first.
Rear Admiral A H Markham recalls the Arctic expedition in the Alert with eleven bottles of a strong Allsopp ale that survived in rich brown color and Madeira-like flavor. Wyoming politics swirl around a possible run by Miss Estelle Reel, the state education superintendent, for governor.
Humorists Corner presents a sentimental poem titled Sweetheart of Mine by George Vere Hobart. The verses speak of enduring love across seasons and storms, urging memory of one true beloved beneath moonlit skies.
A playful dialogue centers on the return of a bustle and the bloomer craze with humorous digs about curves and weight. Mrs. Wickwire recalls a boast about world dominion while Mr. Wickwire dodges laying a carpet in a lighthearted exchange.
A playful exchange between snow on the roof and an icicle at the eaves is recounted in a Truth column. The snow taunts the icicle about a future advantage, while the icicle vows to grow and strike later.
A dialogue contrasts a sociological remark about self-help with Potts assertion that only self-reliant people deserve help. The exchange frames a view on aid and worthiness in human affairs.
Mrs Younghusband critiques two dollar cigars for matching her husband’s smoking jacket while Tobacconist confirms two and eight dollar options. The exchange hints at a domestic shopping moment and the tension of bargain choices.
Fragment mentions Myzer and a remark about giving up the ghost and not getting paid. The dialogue hints at a humorous or taunting moment but lacks full context, names, or concrete actions to identify a clear event or outcome.
Dick Hicks the actor discusses the idea of progression in nature. Banks compares soak to a haunted house and describes it as full of spirits in a concise exchange.
A collection of aphorisms on truth duty and prayer urging moral courage and compassion. It contrasts sin with safety and warns against political cynicism while stressing daily faith and love for all people. The piece underlines resisting evil with good and living out Christian ethics consistently.
The notice touts Salzer's big crop seeds claiming 4 to 6 tons of hay per acre, 20 bushels corn, 116 barley, 1 200 potatoes, and 209 oats per acre with oath-supported facts. It urges sending 10 cents postage to John A. Salzer Seed Co. for a mammoth catalogue and 10 samples worth $10.
Tommy complains that Uncle Robert’s compliments about his height make him feel silly like a centipede. The scene shows family tension as the boy resents perceived mockery.
Circulating ad copy touts Campbell Sub Surface Packer from Sioux City Engine and Iron Works promising moisture retention and higher yields, plus pamphlets with farming pointers. Other items include travel ads for Rock Island Route, saline corn advice, insect notes, and various patent medicine promotions.
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