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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1892
Page
4
A patchwork of rustic verses about harvest time and corn shocks followed by a travel anecdote on the Pali cliff region and a tale of a Florida convict camp tornado near Captain Powell. The narratives mix rural imagery with a humorous misadventure and a close call with a twisting funnel cloud.
A poem ponders a woman’s hair as a mysterious knot of russet threads. The speaker recalls admiring her braid, chasing its charm across years and fashion’s changes, and muses on the magnetic pull of her tress and the awe it inspires.
Author notes editors in america discuss how good roads are praised while Ecuador shows tough conditions. Whymper recalls a royal route rebuke and a deepest mud hole four feet deep. The piece then shifts to Joel Goodhope’s long told wrecking story, told around the shoemaker’s shop.
An Irish servant sent funds for her sister’s passage to Boston aboard the Cephalonia. The sister watched for the ship’s arrival in the papers and learned, to her distress, that the Cephalonia had broken its record.
A humor sketch presents Little Johnny’s cheeky maxims on truth telling and bravery. He quips that telling truth often earns a lick unless found out, and that a boy’s bravery can hinge on being watched or being unable to run. The bit riffs on parental absence and peer dynamics.
A little girl Isabel faces regular fines from her mother using her weekly allowance as correction. After repeated misdeeds she worries about the growing debt and calls the home a pricey place to live. Separately Empress Frederick gathers material for a memoir of her husband with help from the Emperor sister Queen Victoria.
Edward Bok advises mothers guiding sons into the business world that demand for bright young men is high in cities like New York. He stresses honesty, refusal of alcohol, and a clear choice between being a society or business man, with personal conduct to match office standards at all times.
Mme de Lome wife of Spanish Minister Henry De puy de Lome brings social charm and charitable zeal to Washington. He founded the Spanish hospital in Montevideo raising 50000 dollars in one year. She organized a Buenos Aires memorial festival securing 9000 dollars for charity. He speaks English and French and will enhance the Columbian festival as minister to the United States.
Elizabeth Preston Brown Davis, a young schoolteacher turned expert calculator, worked for The Nautical Almanac office after proving her skill to Prof Newcombe. She read proofs, verified calculations, and won a $1,200 computer position against twelve male rivals while completing studies at Columbian University, graduating in 1886. She then gained recognition for her discovery and contributions to astronomy.
A scientist accounts for longstanding inconsistencies in astronomical tables and notes the invention and copyright of the Washington Greenwich table. The table is now used by the government and aids the computing workforce in astronomical calculations.
Maude Haywood in the October Ladies' Home Journal urges prudent meals and regular exercise for girl students. She warns against long work days with insufficient nourishment and stresses daily recreation, outdoor activity, and walking with a purpose to counter nervous fatigue.
The article notes Mme Boucicaut founded the Bon Marche in Paris, sharing profits with department heads and many employees. She created a $1,000,000 pension fund for retirees and retained a plain, motherly, unpretentious public image to the end of her life.
In Paris Mme Mankasey unveils a dramatic Last Hours of Mozart scene then reveals herself to the talking harp accompaniment. Gilbert Parker profiles miners famed for courage with gritty anecdotes from Gympie and Antietam, noting medals and a Fourth New York dedication in Antietam’s shadow.
Baroness Adele de Portugal a famed European kindergartner and educator leads a Naples training college founded by Mrs Salis Schwabe. She introduced kindergarten to England in 1854 and studied the system for decades. By 1876 she organized the method in Geneva schools and remains a leading figure in educational circles at age 65 in London.
Mrs. Burton Kingsland notes favors at luncheons are overdone and abandoned. Flowers and small bonbonnieres remain acceptable, while ecards gain prominence for artistic or amusing touches with a flattering quotation on the reverse.
The Duchess of Montpensier, sister to Queen Isabella, became a grandmother at 33 and a great grandmother at 55. Lady Paget, wife of Britain's ambassador to Austria, is described as a faith healer who visits the Vienna children's hospital where doctors oppose her healing attempts.
A nostalgic poem recalls veterans and the fallen from the old regiment. The speaker’s memories surge like a river as a singer’s voice evokes the march toward battle and the enduring urge to honor those who sleep in memory.
An inventor tricks a Brazilian emperor with a starch block that halts a train, prompting a laugh as it crumbles to dust. Meanwhile Confederate veteran George W. Levings recovers a two bar flag at Orange Court House and brings it home to Roelford, amid a crowd’s reaction and lingering Civil War memories.
The National encampment featured a notable reunion of colored troops. Lieut. F. M. Welch of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts opened the meeting, followed by Col. Dick Hinton praising the troops bravery and value in the war.
Rim came Charles Pickett, the sole survivor of fifteen men aboard the Kearsarge, who gave a realistic account of the great fight between his ship and the Alabama.
Describes a Massachusetts association badge showing a soldier with gun in a field scene with a plow and factory, captioned Minute Men dated April 15, 61. Discusses a proposed engraving option featuring Lincoln and the rallying boys of 61, framed by portraits of governors who responded in April 1861.
Gen. Robert B Beath past Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic ranks as the oldest G A R member in Pennsylvania and the longest attending National encampments with twenty-two uninterrupted years. He authored the History of the G A R and the Blue Book of laws.
General Longstreet plans three months in October November December on Virginia battlefields to check maps against landmarks and fix inaccuracies for his upcoming history of the rebellion. A curious mix of notes and reminders on tin-plate makers and Iowa tributes follows in this compact clipping.
Julia Stark Evans of Hampton Town and wife of a practicing lawyer and mother of five is studying for graduation at the State university.
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