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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1904
Page
3
The great condor, among the world’s hardest birds to trap, nests on Andes peaks and cliffs. It has a twelve foot wingspan and keen sight. Hunters lure it by using a dead animal under a stretched skin and grab the bird as it gathers around, risking injury from powerful wing blows.
In a visit to the United States Thackeray met General Scott after admiring his Mexican campaign. A friend recalls Thackeray’s two hour talk, noting the novelist found that literature, not strategy, was Scott’s forte.
Van Antler offers a bell to Witherby for night service, but Witherby refuses claiming servant access is scarce. Van Antler insists the bell is safe and nonfunctional, noting its lack of sound as a defense.
A medical critique notes that frequent use and prolonged pocket storage of handkerchiefs spread nasal infections. It argues that many catarrhs are infectious, especially grip related, and the habit fosters self contamination when not washed promptly.
Dialogue from Puck recalls a flirtatious engagement scene where young Dr Jones asks for a hand and Ethel feigns confusion between romance and medical examination. The witty exchange highlights social mores and humorous tone of the era.
A humorous exchange contrasts scripture with common wisdom. She cites a soft answer that turneth away wrath while he counters that wrath often frightens away soft replies, turning the discussion into a witty barbed exchange.
A light exchange notes a wife’s voice as among the world’s best, joking it would be worn out otherwise. The remark plays on quality and longevity of talent in a casual conversation.
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a scene where an heiress asks if the duke would wed her if her father were poor. He answers yes, then jokes that she could become a curiosity to fetch wealth by exhibition.
Dialogue snippet recalls a sea arm described by a father and child with a wry, reflective tone. The exchange captures a moment of memory and humor reflecting on landscape and perception.
A brief exchange in Brooklyn Life portrays an owner and porter debating a trunk. The owner insists the trunk caused no harm while the porter asks if any harm occurred, concluding with a rebuke to treat the trunk as if it had harmed someone.
A Washington Star excerpt describes semicivilized tropical belles crafting their costumes from jungle materials. Lace bark dresses, natural jewelry, firefly hair accents, palm parasols, and jippi jappa grass hats illustrate resourceful regional styles. Soap berries toothbrushes and chew sticks serve daily grooming needs.
This piece surveys Scottish folk rhymes tied to noble families, noting pride and rivalries reflected in verses about the Campbells Drummonds Grahams Murrays and Kennedys. It cites instances from Berwickshire Moray and other regions, tracing hints of raid reformations and balladry as part of Scotland’s rich folk tradition.
In a Philadelphia criminal court exchange a jury man notes the defendants look thin and miserable and his companion agrees they have a pinched appearance reflecting hardship in the proceedings.
A fragment from Leslie's Weekly frames Brer Jackson praising a chicken as the "juiciest" ever tasted, noting the parson's dramatic astonishment and the chicken raised and brought up near a water mill in a humorous frontier voice.
A quotation attributed to Wilkins notes that true nobility reveals itself in how people act when not given grand opportunities or openings. It emphasizes ethical conduct over ostentation.
Engineering Magazine suggests coal remains plentiful in the United Kingdom to 4 000 feet with 371 years at current output. Deeper mining to 7 000 feet could extend this period, though coal area shrinks. More economical fuel use and central electric plants may further extend supply via Mond gas and gas engines.
The piece argues that sugar is nutritious antiseptic and fattening, and critiques the idea that sugar spoils teeth. It notes quick absorption and cites fasting use of sugar water. It mentions sugar chewing by grinders in Egypt and southern states and links sweetness to ancient honey references.
The camel is found in Arabia Persia Asia Minor Afghanistan Baluchistan Mongolia western China northern India Syria Turkey north Africa and parts of Spain. The word root remains similar across these regions and the creature referenced in many languages. Hammer Purgstall notes the language lists 5 744 names for the camel. Scripture is muted due to Holy Land topography where camel use is largely impossible.
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