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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
3
A New York picture dealer recalls closing a private studio and giving women catalogs as they entered. Every catalog except one bore a gilded smear from the door knob. The sole undecorated catalog belonged to his future wife who understood the trick.
In 1880 a cat climbed the Washington Monument shaft to the 160 foot landing. It leaped off the edge, glided like a flying creature, and landed hard. A dog killed it soon after, and the Smithsonian mounted the preserved skin with a label recounting the feat.
The ducking stool or tumbrel was a device to punish women by dunking in a pond chained to a chair. It was common across counties, with Liverpool reportedly abolishing it in 1776 per The Gentleman's Magazine of 1803.
Washington scolded steward Fraunces over a February shad bought for him. The fish was described as very fine and cooked to a turn, but Washington demanded the price. Fraunces confessed it cost $3, and the president ordered the fish removed, eating it later in the servants' kitchen.
A playful exchange ends with a woman asking George to marry, claiming three years of waiting. The London Standard notes a Victorian era drama tone as a pivotal moment unfolds. A separate excerpt mentions cast iron plows in 1797 facing soil fears, and China having twenty times Europe’s coal.
The North Western Line offers about 350000 acres of choice farm lands in northern Wisconsin at low prices and easy terms. Locations on streams and lakes provide abundant water and fishing. Fertile soil and timbered land support cattle and sheep raising with markets in Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Duluth Superior and more. For details contact Geo W Bell Hudson Wis or G H MacRae St Paul Minn.
Illinois Central announces a through sleeping car service from Chicago to Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta and Jacksonville with dining car supper, connecting at Mattoon to Peoria line and leaving Chicago daily at 6 10 p m. Details available from Illinois Central agents. schedule notes include VIP connections and route specifics.
Des Moines departures each Monday and Saturday offer two routes to California. The Monday car travels via Kansas City and Santa Fe to Los Angeles, while the Saturday car runs through Kansas City the Missouri Kansas and Texas San Antonio Arkansas Pass and Southern Pacific to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Both are brand new through Sleeping Car services from the Northwest to Texas points, with wide vestibules and steam heat.
Train routes outline departures and arrivals to Los Angeles with intermediate stops at Waco San Antonio and El Paso. Services emphasize travel avoiding Sunday busy times and include agents available for full information and assistance.
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