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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
6
A collection of reflections on moral education from religious educators. Emphasizes early training, independence in moral judgment, balance of play and work, and the role of natural development in shaping character.
An autumn tale from Wales describes a farmer and his sheep dog who repeatedly fetches the door on Welsh cues and then returns to the fire. After the farmer frets that the sheep are in the corn, the dog silently proves the logic by returning to sleep, yelping twice, and remaining unimpressed.
Gray squirrels do not hibernate but venture out on mild winter days to forage and visit their autumnly stored nuts. Red squirrels nest in cedar bark but stay outdoors by day and hide many hoards under brush, logs, and hollow trunks at multiple sites to guard against starvation.
The Raven Inn at Hook near Basingstoke dates to 1653 and preserves half timbered charm. It gained fame in the American War era as the residence and capture site of James Aitken known as Jack the Painter who attempted to burn shipyards in 1776, injuring Portsmouth and Bristol, before being captured there and executed in Portsmouth.
The anecdote shows Field Marshal Moltke in a light moment over a whist game in France. Bennigsen asks about playing, Moltke recalls daily games with half farthing points. Berthusy partners with Moltke and a play over spades prompts a lesson on playing by rule, not by idea.
Brooklyn Eagle reports a joke where a newspaper man dreams of being a space rate reporter on a Russian paper. He imagines covering a court ball with names so long and titled that each name becomes a yard long, a vivid comic exaggeration about making money in journalism.
A New York Press stance argues that a great singer is a gift of the gods and should belong by divine right to all people. The government should claim talents like Santley Patti Jenny Lind Campanini Edouard de Reszke Nilsson to sing for the nation and lift spirits, beyond mere libraries helping a few readers.
The piece ponders why a single humming bird travels from near the equator to the Arctic Circle each spring. It reflects on the tiny migrant’s journey beyond visible human life, riding rapid wingbeats across vast skies and arriving roughly the same date annually, weather permitting.
A woman quarrels with her features until she applies rouge powder and black pencil to alter her reflection. After toiling she smiles, and her face returns a pleasant smile. Moral it is better to make up than to continue differences.
A Boston Transcript item quotes Mrs Meekins praising Mrs Selden for kindness in not demanding a returned call. Mrs Pratt questions familiarity and Mrs Meekins confesses remorse for delaying contact, but is reassured she may keep the call back as long as she wishes.
A fragmentary exchange shows a female lawyer and witness in a tense courtroom moment with a quip about age. The Philadelphia Record references a maxim about learning from others’ mistakes.
A humorous exchange in a Chicago Record-Herald item shows Mrs Oldcastle asking about her husband’s alma mater. The hostess explains Josiah signs his initials simply, without embellishment, reflecting plainspoken, old fashioned manners.
A quotation from the Saturday Evening Post notes how a woman's sex is used to alter perceived strength of a case, suggesting weaker cases gain advantage and stronger ones impose tougher scrutiny.
A reflective guideline urges that how you treat others sets the standard for your own goals and behavior, emphasizing empathy and responsibility as foundations for self-improvement.
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