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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
The Interborough company starts an all women car experiment in the McAdoo tunnels. The first car leaves Hoboken at 7 am with signs reading This car exclusively for women and guards announcing The rear car for ladies. Morning rides show crowding and approval from the Women’s Municipal league.
The piece explains magnetic poles as the points where a compass needle stands vertical, distinct from geographic poles. It traces history from lodestone to navigation, notes deflection and dip, and cites locating the north pole near 70 N, 96–97 W, and the south pole near 72°25′ S, 154° E. It highlights the scientific value for global magnetism studies and navigation.
An old 1762 family letter recounts a Milton anecdote: Charles II supposedly visited Milton who was blind. The king allegedly said God punished Milton by taking his eyesight, and Milton reportedly replied that Milton lost his eyes while Charles II lost his head. The note adds the writer spoke of a London resident in 1696 and a Tavistock connection.
Harper's Weekly argues for replacing given names with numbers to spare future citizens from unwieldy names. The piece mocks long combinations like William Howard Taft Sunny Jim Sherman Boggs and supports direct primaries in naming decisions.
In a fragment from Tit Bits a couple discusses a beloved honeymoon book. The woman recalls they read it eleven times in the first week, while the man dismisses the current gush about love as foolish and questions the book’s origin and the picker’s taste.
A new electric railway line runs from Castle Raymondo to Camerino powered by water power. The system uses hydroelectric generation to supply electricity for train operations along the route.
Elder Richard Evans of Toronto, a Mormon presidency member, spoke at the Latter Day Saints church in Kansas City. He described Christ preaching the gospel on this continent, the Book of Mormon as scripture, the Nephites and Lamanites, Cumorah in New York, and Indians as Israelites, with North Pole exploration hinted.
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