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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
3
The article argues that nasal breathing is essential for health and proper growth. It contrasts mouth breathers with nasal breathers, describes exercises to train the nose, and warns against douching or spray treatments. It urges starting from infancy to ensure lifelong nasal breathing to prevent respiratory issues and improve ear conditions.
The article cites examples of jokes about women and marriage and then discusses Moslem women's legal status. It notes Turkish law granting women protection and independent property rights within marriage, comparing these to later U.S. divorce laws and property rights. It emphasizes the marriage contract and maintenance provisions.
The article notes that silk can come from multiple vegetable substances beyond silkworms. It mentions bamboo fibers yielding inferior and less excellent colored silk due to porosity and lightness, and silk cotton tree pods producing vegetable silk from several existing varieties.
Collier's Weekly examines how the word but shapes American speech by balancing praise and criticism. It links frequent qualification to cautious skepticism rooted in regional character and contrasts it with a more expansive, less hair-splitting style.
Chambers' Journal recounts remarkable narrow escapes and casualties during the Ladysmith siege. An officer fleeing a heated hut discussion survives when a shell hits the roof and detonates among his companions. A doctor stepping out after a fortnight in his dugout is killed by a shell, while the writer is forced to dismount as shell fragments slice his saddle.
A philosopher from the Atchison Globe reflects on life as a rocky journey from birth to death. He notes contraries define a man's path with shifting judgments on wealth, politics, charity, and success, while the road remains a shared human voyage.
The piece describes sneeze signals in Monomtopa where subjects shout upon the sultan’s sneeze and Sennar where women in the harem avert their gaze and strike hips in contempt. It contrasts ritual responses to a sneeze across two eastern polities.
A reflective passage celebrates small things as sources of beauty and value. It compares tiny elements like pearls and dewdrops to larger virtues, asserting that much can be contained in little, and that small joys endure longest.
A reflective note argues that those who claim to care for welfare often mask cruelty. It contends that boasting of bluntness and hatred of flattery hides brutality rather than sincerity.
The quote attributes to Sir Francis Jeune stating that no woman can love two men at once while a man naturally divides his affections. The remark reflects late 19th or early 20th century gender views and social norms on romance.
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