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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
6
A New York Sun summary recounts a Colorado man and Dick Haynes who confront rattlers on the plains. The tale details swift strikes and near misses with a bowie knife and pistol, ending with a bitten thumb and a vow to avoid rattlers thereafter.
A Chicago Post snippet jokes about a Wisconsin man's claim to solve perpetual motion. The dialogue features a man boasting a model claimed to achieve perpetual motion and naming it Jimmie, noting it is five years since its last birthday.
A traveler quips thirteen dollars and a half is high for a short trip, while a steamer line agent explains the price. Uncle Eben notes people avoid truth when it’s disagreeable, in a Washington scene about travel costs.
A Denver Times vignette describes a sturdy young paperboy protecting a flower girl after being knocked down by a rushing man. The close reader learns the boy supports a crippled mother and invalid sister, choosing responsibility over running away. The remorseful man refunds the girl and praises the boy's moral fortitude.
A country summer resident dreamed of a theft at her city home and saw two men rummaging trunks by candlelight, moving upstairs to steal curtains. The next day the house was robbed, the best curtains remained, and a lame painter with Auburn penitentiary ties vanished. Five witnesses confirm the dream.
A historical note describes the slow adoption of the potato in France under Louis XIV. Learned opponents claimed leprosy, villagers resisted, and a ruse with guarded potato fields fooled trespassers. Kingly punishment loomed for forest trespass, yet cultivated fields were eventually revealed as the king’s new crop.
The article notes Henry Irving's piercing eyes and intense expression in a Manchester Macbeth performance. In a key scene Macbeth tells a murderer there's blood on thy face, and Irving's earnest delivery caused the actor to forget his cue and exclaim in surprise, later fearing he had burst a blood vessel.
Clear Lake Iowa lies at the northern end of the Iowa Central railway offering fine summer cottages at low tourist rates. Bathing fishing sailing and rowing attract visitors. central ticket agents can provide rates. Local agents advertise herbal remedies and DeWitts Little Early Risers for health cleansing, with insurance services from The Bankers Accident Insurance Co. and local agent referrals.
A new Chicago to Jacksonville sleeping car connection via the Illinois Central system will depart Chicago daily at 6 10 p m. It travels via Lookout Mountain to Nashville Chattanooga and Atlanta with a dining car serving supper. Connections at Mattoon join from Peoria with Peoria departure at 6 45 p m. Further details available from local Illinois Central agents.
The Des Moines Daily News increases to eight pages using AP telegraphic service while keeping a $1 annual subscription, or 75 cents for six months and 50 cents for eight months. The paper offers worldwide news daily for families and reports circulation over 20,000. Address The News, Des Moines, Iowa.
A New York Press quip says a famed lawyer charged a client a $1000 retainer in a major case but the suit was settled the next morning before any writing. When asked to refund part, the lawyer exclaimed that refund is a fund unknown to the legal profession.
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