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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
5
A sermon argues Congress should insert the words Trusting in Almighty God into the Constitution and praises public leaders for wisdom. It laments attacks on lawmakers, lauds prayer at battles, and envisions a multiracial, multilingual America drawn by shared faith and divine guidance.
A report quotes Dr. Ravagli, Italian consul, on Tiburzi a famed brigand who since escaping in 1874 has lived in a wood near Viterbo. He demands annual payments from local elites and protects them from crime while evading arrest and traveling to Rome and abroad. He has reduced local crime and is described as a good shot with an English repeating rifle. Time will tell if he is ever caught.
A discussion on office seekers at the start of administrations. The speaker cites the Garfield era example of a hopeful who waited in Washington with the refrain nothing focal yet. He notes many seekers lack funds, salaries rarely allow saving, and private business often offers better returns and advancement.
A large factory for razor manufacture by special machinery is being erected near Berlin. A beer barrel exploded in Paris injuring four people. A French society is forming in Paris to study and improve sheep dog breeds.
A Chicago Record remark notes a woman with many admirers and a hint of social vanity as she decorates window curtains with her engagement rings, illustrating a fashionable yet pointed social observation.
The text surveys air pressure on humans, Mount Everest height, dog respiration rates, arc temperatures, camel foot adaptation, Sahara travel wear on horse shoes, frog egg hatching in sunlit water, snake beds, croc and sea tortoise egg laying, earthworm regeneration, wound healing growth, and European sunshine hours with Madrid versus London.
A collection of light quips and anecdotes from varied themes. Includes jokes about a policeman, artists, ornithology, a Texas cowboy in a breach of promise suit, a Dakota plan to cure socialism, and a Denver trunk theft case with an unusual prosecuting witness.
A compact column quips about theater and collectibles linking a show Hamlet to a postage stamp and Central Park. It notes piano care, museum commerce, public mood, and Uncle Sam in national affairs with satire on social norms and money as remedy.
The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as steadier than a free system from chills fever bilious remittent or dumbague. It claims to fight malarial poison in air or water and serve as a remedy for bilious rheumatic kidney issues dyspepsia and nervousness. It also states it improves appetite sleep and speeds recovery.
A dialogue between a child and Papa about the nature of a king. The Papa explains a king as a person with nearly unlimited authority whose word is law and obedience is expected, then the child asks if mamma is a king.
Gathered remarks cover Hall's Catarrh Cure price 75e and Piso's Cure recall. Quotes touch on office votes and sales, Mars to Alpha Centauri distance, California wines, Chicago child labor in stockyards, fashion bloomers, a Utah jury of eight men.
The scared bachelor claims advancement of women to equal intellect will not ruin beauty and notes there are more pretty women today. He jokes about whether equality affects charm as the boarder questions the idea.
A fragment notes Takem with a wedding ring on his fourth wife and hints at ongoing romantic changes. The remark uses playful exclamations as a cultural aside about personal life. No further context or names provided.
The text lists assorted promotional lines and quotes for remedies and products. It mentions Syrup of Figs by California Fig Syrup Company, Webster and dictionaries, Dr Istine’s Nerve Restorer, Sir Robert Ball on the sun’s shrinkage, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, Parkhurst quotes, Parks Tea for gentle bowel relief, and Rosa Bonheur’s early life as a dressmaker's apprentice.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a sheriff explaining a trap and a condemned murderer, with a line about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and happiness shadowed by fear of the devil. The text is incomplete and contains stray phrases and unclear attributions.
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