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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1893
Page
4
A fashion column reviews Paris styles, noting altered hats, bonnets, and hair arrangements. It contrasts 1830s coiffeurs with modern trims, describes varied headpieces, gowns, and accessories, and cites Leatheric on hair care while highlighting bonnets, turbans, and Toques as fall trends.
A mixed piece recounts Civil War reminiscences and German military logistics. It contrasts battlefield hardships with the German iron ration system, detailing packed provisions and discipline, then reflects on memory, courage, and veterans’ shared humor. It notes a veteran Steinbach pulling a spent ball from his flesh with a quip.
The Des Moines Ex change compiles Iowa as first in schools teachers pupils and illiteracy rate, grain and corn products, hay and livestock outputs, and leading in coal and gold related figures. It also lists comparative state outputs, bank deposits, and railroad mileage, with a later note on literacy and a curious anecdote about a German officer and the Marseillaise.
The article notes the iron treasure of Germany in Spandau and foreign war risk, then details the Admiralty’s plan to widen Chatham dockyard slip No 7 for the Magnificent battleship, costing 4.8 million dollars with 67 ton guns, with drawings due from Whitehall. It closes with a 1813 antic battle anecdote about ants obscuring a Pyrenees fight.
A Russian foot soldier carries over 68 pounds, more than other European troops. French and British soldiers carry 62 pounds, German 61, Swiss 49, Italian 43, Austrian 47.
A young Clarke county groom aged fifteen weds a bride twenty years older. In Christiania Sweden only twenty seven liquor outlets serve 160000 residents. A dredge unearths false teeth with oysters near Moorehead City. A Philadelphia bride postpones her wedding due to lack of a good servant girl. A private Book of Death collects deeds and sayings from eminent men at death. The British admiralty aims to complete sixteen warships and ten torpedo boats within a year. The Better Half counsels patience with children. A pair of feminine riding boots costs 35 dollars. Dame Fashion welcomes mandolin playing. A quip about couples and lifelike river journeys ends with a coxswain aside. Royal wedding gifts include many walking sticks and numerous fine pocket handkerchiefs. A daughter recalls standing in a streetcar for lack of a seat, a humorous moment between mother and child.
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