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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
4
Howells recalls Bret Harte during a week in New York from California. Harte’s fashion, beard, jovial face, striking eyes and hair, and distinctive mouth are described, with note of his pitted skin but memorable charm.
A collection of wry maxims on human folly. The fool profits from others, temptation distracts from genuine work, and money tempts to disguise intellect. Love and courtship temptations contrast with real matrimony while laziness breeds invalids and political favors.
A tavern keeper in New York supposedly created the Porterhouse steak by accident when a traveler found no steaks and the inn keeper sliced a sirloin roast for broiling. The delicious result led to the dish being named after the Porter house and its proprietor.
The article outlines Thomas Jefferson as a prolific inventor of daily use items. It cites a three legged folding camp stool revolving chair a light wagon a copying press and a distance measuring instrument plus a plow and hemp cultivator. Jefferson never profited financially from his designs believing they should be free for all.
A lyrical reflection on approaching winter contrasts bright days with gathering frost. The speaker notes shrinking sunlight, shadowed nights, and the north wind's shriek, while remembering summers past and hoping for spring beyond the storm. The piece quotes Ninette M. Lowater from the New York Sun.
N Durham, leading expert on game laws, operates a poultry business on Washington street near Duane. The reporter finds him working among cracked ice in the morning, wearing rubbers, keeping cold at bay as he chats while he works.
A quirky collection of pithy lines on life honesty and home keeping. Witty maxims compare capsize fears to long lives, organ stops to speed, and poker odds to married life while urging domestic tidiness and sensible governance.
A child recalls overheard insults from a neighbor at the back door as his mother frantically tries to shield him. The piece blends memory with moral musings about discipline and propriety, set against a Baltimore American column.
A collection of quips about conscience, reform, finance, real estate, and social mores. Witty maxims targetting hypocrisy, aging, and modern life with a sharp, period voice.
A collection of witticisms from the Philadelphia Bulletin notes a doctor’s prescription within limits a large head covering the mantle of night and soldiers like seeds in an apple share a common corps. The piece also jokes that a religious editor serves duties religiously and that trouble brews when brewers come home late.
The article notes Dutch girls face strict chaperone rules and attend dances with elders present. It contrasts with English and American freedoms, describing performances by adults at gatherings and the expectation to return home when parents desire.
A dated anecdotal column discusses poker’s paradoxes and social quirks. It notes crooked deals, drawing limits, and the psychology of bluffing, warning about betraying tells and emphasizing the game’s casino atmosphere with humorous aphorisms.
A brief, satirical colonial-era note from the Atiapta Constitution mocks idle disaster and religiously busy folks. It argues that those who busy themselves least fall behind in life and in rent, while the always-working seek doctors to prolong worldly staying.
In the Colorado desert rain storms occur where no water touches the earth. Rain is visible from clouds but is absorbed by dry air before reaching the ground, evaporating midway to the surface.
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