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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
6
A look at winter owl behavior notes two color phases in screech owls, their feigning death when captured, and their hunting feats on dark nights. It explains owls’ acute hearing, quiet flight, and abundance of prey like wild mice visible by tracks in freshly fallen snow.
A reflection on the newspaper as essential to fame and progress. The author argues that a great man's influence relies on the press to spread ideas, awaken society, finance ventures, and validate scientific work, with the newspaper described as the famemaker of the age.
The eighteenth century punishment for criminals often used the wheel. A bound victim had limbs broken with an iron bar as crowds watched. The executioner earned a fee of 25 livres for the gruesome work.
A New York Post item recounts a bedtime standoff where a boy refuses to sleep and brashly bets his mother that she will come to him. After repeated refusals, the child proclaims victory with the phrase The devil and all his works, illustrating a witty parental moment from a household scene.
A sorrowful writer in Dumas complains he needs 800 francs to save himself and his two children from death by smoke. Dumas searches his coffers and finds 200 francs, suggesting the author might sacrifice only himself and one child to avoid utter ruin.
A wry exchange notes that poets often dismiss themselves as rhymesters while those who call themselves poets may also be rhyme writers. The quip reflects on self designation in literary labels.
The maid confirms Miss Banks is not in the house after a photograph exchange leaves doubts clarified. The scene suggests tense, personal intrigue in a Chicago setting.
A terse aphorism asserts that being good and disagreeable constitutes high treason against virtue’s royalty, credited to Moore.
In a humorous exchange from the Catholic Standard a telegraph messenger asks about the paper’s owner and the officeboy identifies the sportin editor as the key figure. The dialogue highlights a playful newsroom dynamic.
Cartoon dialogue from Detroit Free Press shows a pessimist asking what makes an optimist while the optimist replies by noting cheerful people. The exchange contrasts gloom with cheer in a light humorous panel.
In the Tennessee mountains large numbers of eagles attract mountaineers who capture the young birds for profit sometimes earning up to 2000 dollars for a year’s catch. Hunters spy nests await the mother’s absence then shoot her on return. some strike at night while others set snares or nets though many are unsuccessful.
A pipe linked to Alfred Lord Tennyson, gifted by his housekeeper at Freshwater to Mr. Kelsey of Yarmouth in 1875, long smoked and repaired, was recently sold in the Isle of Wight to Mr. Spencer of New Oxford Street and now rests in a glass case.
A traveler notes Indian men use hair combs far more than women. A Cinga lese gentleman favors a circular comb and a tortoise shell back comb for gathering curly hair, plus a full beard. His servant, limited to the circular comb, trims his master’s beard.
An examination of the nautilus explains its shell chambers that admit air or water to adjust buoyancy. The animal moves through chambers as it grows, passing from one to the next to sink or float.
The joke frames the Rev Longwynde as a doctor figure famed for curing insomnia. Paw Figgjam notes he has cured many a person of a supposedly hopeless case of insomnia, reflecting a humorous exchange from the Baltimore American.
In a Philadelphia restaurant a playful dialogue unfolds with a customer offering a lobster and a surprised response about the sudden moment, capturing a light moment in local dining life.
A concise newspapers style quotation notes that dyspepsia ruins more men than marriage, witty as a snowball analogy. The remark cites a Puck line and an Atchison Globe comparison about reputational impact.
The notes list arrival times for several trains including Cube 60pm Ace 5:45.8, Mail Express 2:45 am, St P and Sioux City Ex 5:12 pm 6:15 pm, Dakota and Des M Ex 11:43 pm 11:58 pm, and No 58 57 not running on Sunday.
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