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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
4
Margaret Hudson torn between doubt and belief on Thanksgiving morning as she prays for her heart's desire. Twenty years after her son Jim ran away, he returns and they walk to the home together, faith restored and a simple dinner shared.
In a Prairie Dog saloon on Thanksgiving, Wild Bill boasts of a notorious life as he lists stages robbed, jail terms, and shootings. He taunts Grizzly George with his infamous family, including a son serving time and a daughter entangled with the boss thief Texas Jim, before swaggering away.
A sermon on Caleb giving Achsah a south land and springs of water contrasts worldly wealth with heavenly blessings. The speaker warns that a life built on material wealth is a poor portion, urging faith in God, eternal life, and the “upper springs” of unfading joy over transient earthly gains. He cites historical figures and the changing earth to urge spiritual focus.
Jim Heard, a Yale student in the late 1860s, recalls Dickens public readings in New Haven. He credits Dickens as a powerful actor and notes the stunned silence of audiences as the author shifted from harsh to tender tones during readings from A Christmas Carol.
Washington Iowa November 21 two Rock Island trains collided four miles from Moscow killing brakeman Jake Donahue fireman John Neiswanger and injuring many others in a fogbound wreck. A second collision as a wrecking train and fast mail collided worsened losses with 14 workers hurt and John Niswanger killed. The wrecks cost over 200000 with several locomotives and cars demolished.
The poem laments a common urge to covet others’ turkey during Thanksgiving. It playfully questions why moments of joy trigger envy and hunger for someone else’s plate.
Dinah and Mose discuss Thanksgiving lacking turkey while noting Farmer Bowen’s loaded rock salt gun. The exchange uses dialect to frame domestic tension and humor in a rural setting.
The dialogue satirizes an editor and Scribbs as they miss the chance to publish Thanksgiving jokes. One quip notes the speaker cannot work without turkey and cranberry sauce, highlighting timing and mood in humor delivery.
A man reflects on gratitude during Thanksgiving kneeling in prayer. He contrasts forgetfulness of the festive season with the realization of being grateful, noting that he did not marry his summer girlfriend.
A newspaper piece notes the decline of large family Bibles as a parlor centerpiece. A publishing manager explains demand shifted to smaller, individual Bibles with maps and flexible covers, marking a move away from the family Bible as a shared heirloom.
A brief item notes how a sparse pantry inspired reflection on hunger and resilience. The line suggests scarcity may spark ideas about nourishment, resourcefulness, and community support.
Nine section men died when a freight train passed unseen in heavy fog on the Hackensack meadow crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad. Three more died later and two were badly hurt in Jersey City hospitals. Eleven men were struck as they stood on one track, unable to hear an approaching train due to the fog and noise. An advance guard was killed while trying to warn the crew.
Rebels attacked and looted the town of Kwie Fu in the upper Yangtse-Kiang valley and burned the Catholic mission there. No further details are available at present.
A historical note mixes a breakfast muffin recipe using one egg one tablespoon butter one tablespoon sugar one teaspoon salt one cup milk two teaspoons baking powder and three cups flour with a demographic statistic: England’s death rate dropped from 7.23 per thousand in 1850 to 1 per thousand by 1895.
A vintage note describes daily bowel movement as essential for health, mentions gentle effects on the liver and kidneys, and lists prices of 25 and 50e. Also notes silkworm eggs about the size of mustard seeds.
An 1880s Toledo area document records an oath by F J Cheney and Co promising payment for unspecified catarrh cures. It advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure, Hall's Family Pills, and mentions prizes from Diamond C Soap and camphor sources in Japan and Formosa.
A letter from R. E. Werkman of St. Paul Minnesota advertises government land sales in Washington and Oregon. It claims thousands of acres available at five dollars an acre or more and notes varied climate. It invites readers to write for location tips at 199 East St. in St. Paul.
A description notes the endurance of a fine Arabian horse capable of twenty four hours of canter in summer and forty eight hours in winter without drinking, illustrating its remarkable stamina.
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