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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
6
A Chicago Journal excerpt describes how small gestures reveal a girl's character. Practical women brush specks with thumb and forefinger. romantic types use a soft lapel touch. athletic women sweep with a full hand. coquettes place a flower with a jauntily held wrist. ambitious girls show only tips of fingers.
Eugene Wood argues in Everybody's Magazine that cold or hot baths stimulate skin and circulation, while tepid water fails. He compares skin to lungs, notes pores release impurities, and says vigorous rubbing helps return blood to the heart with vein valves directing flow.
An Aldershot feature describes cavalry horses from inland regions resisting water. Trainers use collapsible boats and forceful dragging to push reluctant mounts into deeper water where they must swim. The piece compares Italian horse training and notes dramatic maneuvers by Italian officers in river Arno and Spezia.
The heart's four chambers alternate between contraction and relaxation. Auricles contract one-fifth of each beat, ventricles two-fifths, and a two-fifths pause follows, giving the heart rest. Sleep aids by reducing the rate of action, enabling untiring work.
Travelers marvel at shrines atop tall mountains in Japan where each peak is believed to house a guardian deity. Forested temple grounds and clouded summits reinforce the belief that gods control rain by withholding or sending clouds.
The piece extols serenity of temper as a sign of mental health and self control. It urges bearing life’s petty trials with equanimity, notes scolding or irascible folk as their own worst enemies, and praises the art of not hearing as a useful lifelong discipline.
A humorous Chicago Tribune item features a widow wagering a pound of chocolate that Mr. Crogan is single. He concedes defeat and jokes about wanting triplets.
A brief quip from a Philadelphia Record item notes Miss Antique-Why have you always remained single. Odbach responds simply from force of habit stating I was born that way.
Education is essential for both job tasks and better enjoyment of leisure time, guiding practical skills and personal fulfillment. It supports productivity and invites richer, more informed recreation and cultural participation.
A Los Angeles Times report describes the monkey faced owl Strix pratincola inhabiting cliff hollows along the Santa Ana river in Southern California. By day the animals sleep, by dusk they appear with humanlike faces, hunting mice and insects at night, aiding farmers by controlling pests.
Humorous historical notice shows Bill Nye offering for sale a raspberry cow aged eight with strong attachment to home and a stay chain, claiming mixed breed blood and milk output. He includes a thrown in shotgun and mentions May calving, but prefers a nonresident buyer.
A farmer describes placing a porcelain egg in a hen nest and seeing larger eggs. He then inserted a goose egg and a whitewashed football, finding a football sized egg next visit with no hen present. An engraved line on the egg and the hen found inside the egg conclude the tale with a humorous twist.
A mother urges her daughter to stop staying out late with her fiancé. The daughter fears danger on the streets at night and pleads for caution, expressing that something might happen and she would die if harmed. The two discuss providing the fiancé with a warning while their engagement remains at stake.
Humorous exchange from the Cleveland Leader notes a learned man telling his wife he will write a dictionary so he can at least get a word in. The quip reflects marital banter and wordplay on communication gaps.
A New York Press clipping notes that the inexperienced traveler relies on a guide book while the experienced one carries a check book, contrasting approaches to travel preparedness.
The piece notes Japanese restraint in public affection and emotion, explaining how stoicism can mask deep pain. It recounts a devoted son who mourned his mother abroad, kept her letters, and privately marked her death anniversary with meditation, while avoiding public acknowledgment even to his wife.
The piece recounts Thomas Carlyle’s dyspepsia and harsh view of fellow writers and editors. A painting bought for £500 by Lord Ashburton provoked Carlyle’s cold reply that £500 was £495 too much, illustrating his cruel temperament toward friends.
The text advises light morning activity if only morning time is available and warns against drawing energy at the start of the day. Afternoon exercise is preferred after morning and noon meals for strength, with vigorous night exercise paired with a midday dinner. Exercise should precede bathing, reflecting ancient Greek wisdom that strength rests on two pillars: exercise and bathing.
A London Globe excerpt recounts Tim failing to locate Moscow on a map prompting his father to defend the teaching and promise to report the issue to the school board. The exchange highlights debate over geography instruction and educational priorities.
A teacher comments that Jimmy’s note from his father reads like the boy’s handwriting. Jimmy replies that his father is uneducated, and he is teaching him. The anecdote shows a family scene where the child educates the parent.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes the adage take care of the pennies and the det rs will take care of your heirs. The brief observes frugality matters for families and future generations.
Town Topics notes a playful exchange about marriage with the bride expressing nerves and the mother downplaying the permanence of a first marriage. The quip reflects lighthearted social commentary from a local column.
A Chicago and Northwestern official extols railway maps as essential traveler tools. He praises Wisconsin road maps as near perfect and notes maps for western lines are similarly comprehensive. Public libraries hold these map records, reflecting a systematized, science-based map publishing business across major railways.
Excerpt from Balance: The Fundamental Verity by Orlando J. Smith explores how individuals confront choosing between two evils in life or death, hunger, deceit, and self defense. It argues that moral decisions arise under pressure without clear guides, forcing each person to pick the lesser harm.
Matthew of Westminster recounts Henry I ordering soldiers to crop hair to a proper length and not imitate women. William of Malmesbury notes a later shift to feminine grooming, Anselm’s 1102 edict on clerks with long hair, and a knight’s fearsome dream leading to widespread cropping. but the fashion soon returned to its prior folly.
Jeweler M Carcenat reports stones stolen from his Rue Le Courbe stock. Police commissioner M Raynaud investigates and, noting a parrot roaming the shop, suspects the bird. An emetic causes the parrot to disgorge diamonds worth over £200, after which the culprit is chained to its perch.
A stevedore recalls a clever ruse by a down east skipper to transfer rats from his ship to an English freighter by docking a plank smeared with red herrings through a port. Overnight the rats moved from the American vessel toward the cheese laden side, as reported by the New York Press.
The phrase namby pamby originated with the poet Pope who used it for puerile verses by Ambrose Phillips. He meant Amby as a baby pronunciation of Ambrose and added a jingling second half to fit the rhyme.
A job applicant tasked with selling subscription books returns in hours with a complete order for a book in full morocco. The man at the desk commends the applicant, remarking that he’ll do, sir. This Chicago Tribune item highlights a quick sales success.
In a pamphlet titled Better Say J. C. Fernald recalls two friends arguing whether news is singular or plural. They asked Horace Greeley, Are there any news The reply was Not a new.
A violinist boasts the instrument to be used at a household tomorrow evening, claiming it is over 200 years old. The other speaker dismisses the detail, saying no one will notice the difference.
A Melbourne leader quotes a Japanese woman who argues that Western toys are ugly for children and that Japanese mothers prefer simple, beautiful items like silk balls and carved ivory. She claims children grow into what toys shape, so Western playthings risk making them clumsy or crude.
An editorial warns laziness and its link to dangerous indolence threaten life and property. It contrasts malicious, impaired individuals with the broader harm from collective indolence in society.
A student asks what composition means and a teacher explains it as the art of turning simple ideas into complexity. The Manila Times quotes a young girl and a teacher discussing the concept in a classroom setting.
Parson asks if the groom will take the bride for better or for worse. The groom answers that the bride’s family thinks better while his own thinks worse.
A brief dialogue features Browne and Towne debating the source of world troubles. Towne jokes the cause lies in the lower jaw's mobility.
Quote attributed to Jacobi about lack of guiding principles letting impulses rule judgment and conduct.
A witty exchange notes that the best laughter belongs to the one who laughs first and whose laugh endures. The quip contrasts the old adage with a sharper truth about timing and staying power in humor.
A classroom exchange quotes the Cincinnati Tribune noting Puritans came to purify their blood, reflecting on colonial motives and historical attitudes in a history class discussion.
A historical note quotes Bishop Warren mentioning Davids herding sheep Lincolns splitting rails and Garfields work in towpaths as a snapshot of frontier life and social roles.
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