04 Nov 1903
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1903
Page
1
A lank countryman outside the Library of Congress reads room door begs admission claiming no intent to read. Doorkeeper refuses. Three congress members enter, then he asks the cost of membership, offering money if needed, hoping to gain entry.
In a public dinner tale about Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan Stephen Wheeler recalls a native who cried that the Ruastone were coming. The ameer orders the watcher to climb a tree and observe. The episode, whether sincere or humorous, reflects perceptions of Russia’s aims toward Afghanistan.
The Peking Gazette notes Chinese in foreign lands dress and speak differently yet are not called devils. Children are kept from crowds by police, shopkeepers treat Chinese with respect, and Chinese visitors are shown courtesy in homes and public spaces. The writer cites experiences in France, England, America, Japan, Spain, and South America, warning some laundrymen may not share the view.
The piece explains that stimulating the optic nerve or damaging it can trigger light sensations or flashes in the brain, and that the auditory nerve can produce sounds without actual sound input. It muses on how many ghosts might be destroyed by such neural phenomena.
A Brooklyn Eagle item highlights a child hostess who notes guests enjoyed a party except one maid who felt she had a horrid time. The maid confesses her sentiment, saying she enjoyed the party but adds she owed the sentiment to the fact it was her party.
The fragment shows a dialogue between John and Betty about getting married, with a humorous exchange on parson errors. A separate note from Cruiver Guile in Orient New York dated Oct 19 reports the United States cruiser Baltimore sailing to the Philippines, stopping at Norfolk, and accompanied by five torpedo boat destroyers.
A London Spectator essay asserts direct questions aid learning and influence, while traps and insincere inquiries destroy trust. It warns against impertinence and misused curiosity, arguing that well phrased questions sustain agreeable intercourse without coercion or bore.
A column surveys diverse female figures from science, literature, and royalty, noting personal superstitions and quirky beliefs. Roga Bonheur clings to Saint Anthony relics, Caroline Herschel divines stars from morning encounters, George Eliot avoids work after seeing a hunchback, Lady Millais fears stepping on cracks, Harriet Beecher Stowe preserves toothbrushes, and Queen Victoria guards wedding ring superstitions and cats bringing luck.
The text notes characteristic body odors in several illnesses. Gout skin secretions resemble whey, jaundice carries musk, suppuration smells like vinegar, sour beer in scrofula, warm bread in intermittent fever, and diabetes perspiration smells like hay or acetone, with Bouchardat noting mixtures of aldehyde and acetone accounts.
A bashful young man tricked his sweetheart into firing at him with a pistol he claimed held only powder. After she shot and he feigned death, she mourned over the 'dead' body. He then sprang up and married her, in a tale from London Tit-Bits.
A humorous quip about containing milk in a cow and a string of odd animal facts from various papers. It lists figures like an elephant carrying three tons, a lammergeier’s wingspan, and a bearded vulture, with mentions of horse height and a paper mache note.
An old Washington Star reminiscence recounts Andrew Jackson, famed bluntness in business, yet courtly manners in social rites. A foreign minister, misreading etiquette, arrives at the White House to a puzzled Pat the cook who translates setbacks. Summit diplomacy unfolds quietly in the green room as Minister and President meet.
Practical tips on keeping turkey hens near the house and using a cock to fifteen or twenty hens for free range. Notes on broiler breeds Bronilest breeds like Dorkins Cochins Brahmas for maximizing meat yield per feed, nest care, and vermin control with tobacco stems.
At Boulogne during a royal reception many English ladies pressed toward the soldiers, hindering duty. The officer ordered a drum roll and warned them to stand back or kiss them all. The scene prompted wry comment in a Parisian journal.
A New York press item recalls a recruit policeman who had to arrest a very old offender. At the station he escorted the culprit with the injunction to mind the steps. The prisoner answered solemnly I knowed these steps afore you was born. The scene drew laughs among the constables and fellow recruits.
The Baltimore American narrative describes a caucus chair presenting charges to the treasurer over unpaid rent, provoking indignant reactions before harmony returns. The fragment highlights internal political tension and financial dispute within an organization.
In a quaint reminiscence, a tax officer named Burna strolls through Kenplahall where a cottage industry crafts candles. He observes the busy gudewife, remarks on her activity, and quietly passes into the parlour, reflecting on duties of excise in olden days.
A playful exchange between a young wife and husband over a dinner pad remark attributed to Teo 6 a Kktad. The wife quotes a puzzled line about the pad ding while the husband refines the moment with a double dose of chocolate melted.
A fragment from an old paper features a playful exchange about timekeeping and identity with a Blosa & Goss reference. It also clips a senator’s punning line on punctiliousness and a brief note on sedans and English usage, plus stray bits of dialogue and a Kansas City joke.
A frustrated sales traveler recalls a firm preferring weather reports from Washington to orders, highlighting a harsh demand for business over forecasts. The tone mocks misaligned priorities in commerce and finance.
A collage of quotes from Somerville Journal and Baltimore American contrasting authorship and life inspired fiction. The piece discusses likeness between characters and real people, then pivots to a curious superstition about foretelling future husbands via a boiled egg ritual from English folk rhyme.
A Kansas City Journal item records a dry preacher exhorting perpetual vigilance as the price of liberty, followed by a listener’s retort that minimizes the speaker’s lengthy address. The audience heckles, calling the speaker a fool.
Mrs Wederly reads her husband's paper and exclaims at the headlines. The husband replies without looking up, hinting at a geome bigamist case in a wry exchange from the Toronto Moon.
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