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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1901
Page
5
A mean employer in New York hires an engineer to improve a stone crushing machine. The device becomes more efficient, producing more work in less time, yet the boss cannot offer more contracts. He shifts pay to hourly, prompting the engineer Henry to resign after protests.
A London radical newspaper, once read by supporters, collapsed after the editor alienated both sides. He denounced social democracy and atheism, shrinking circulation until he ran the paper without subscribers and finally gave it up as unreadable.
A playful exchange about word lengths. Tom claims a word with miles between ends exists. Rob counters with incomprehensibility and smiles as examples. Tom then boasts a word with over three miles between its start and end: beleaguered.
During a visit to America Michael Gunn, who aided Gilbert and Sullivan, tested candidates for the chorus. A singer used a Mediterranean Italian accent, the stage manager objected, and Gunn asked the man’s nationality. The singer switched to Irish and claimed the same country as Gunn.
The Chicago News notes Quinn objects to letter markings after Finn’s promotion to corporal. The piece critiques pomposity in the army and questions the propriety of calling letters private in light of rank.
A newspaper excerpt cites a writer who asserts odors cause deafness. The boarder jokes about loud music, noting the claim with a wry tone from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
A collection of witty exchanges from early 20th century papers. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a cheeky Wintergreen winning a haughty Mrs. De Young over with a sharp compliment. The Indianapolis Journal features Freddy reacting to his sister's new beau with humorous banter about long hair.
Poem excerpt from Ella Wheeler Wilcox urging careful use of words to nurture love health happiness and plenty while warning against speaking evil or negativity that conjures misfortune. It highlights the ripple effect of language on personal fate and home.
A man recounts a Wisconsin trip to buy a colt and a night at a traveling show. He bets a crowd on wrestling a giant and, after winning, rises to manage lumber camps and become wealthy, calling it a match for a million.
A Richmond tramp describes sleeping under a sidewalk after hunger and exhaustion. He recalls waking near a ship unloading pig iron and earning money by helping load to buy breakfast, praising the meal as perhaps the best ever.
A short tale about Little Harry who prefers pudding over meat and potatoes. He plots to save the pudding, declaring the savory plate looks so good he will eat it last, revealing a humorous take on impulse and self control.
A typewritten note to an applicant recounts Mark Twain saying requesting an autograph is polite for professionals but asking for a specimen of work is not. The story notes there was no autograph accompanying the letter.
The Atchison Globe remarks that encouragement cannot replace financial help for the needy, stressing substance over sentiment in relief efforts.
A concise note from the Chicago News urges kindness toward the departed and occasionally a kind word for those still living. It emphasizes respectful remembrance and gentle memory in daily discourse.
A New York Tribune excerpt recalls army humor about moving troops on the Tombigbee and quotes an anecdote from the Charleston bombardment. It notes the Swamp Angel gun and that costly jokes at the expense of superiors were not wise.
John Strange Winter, writing for a London paper, contrasts French and English cooks. She notes the French waste less, handle housework cheerfully, and love copper pans. The English cook would moan at copper upkeep while the French keeps copper gleaming and walls wreathed with copper accents.
A New Yorker recounts a Brooklyn club offering first class dinners on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays at low prices, with luncheons available other days. The quip explains the three dinner days as wash day ironing day and the girl's day out, a light remark from a club member.
In Mrs Thurlows account Cardinal Wiseman dined with friends on a Friday they forgot a fast day meal. He blessed the table and proclaimed all this to be fish, then enjoyed the food with evident relish.
A humorous exchange cited by Columbus State Journal notes Uncle Reuben stopping in town to fetch two sideboards but clarifies he means his farm wagon. The dialogue highlights rustic wit and rural life emphasis.
The passage notes that Prussian blue is an English produced chemical, Irish stew is actually English, and Turkish baths originated in Russia rather than Turkey, highlighting misattributed national origins.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers new Pullman Tourist Sleepers with wide vestibules and gas light on the Kansas City to Los Angeles Santa Fe route. One sleeper departs Des Moines at 8 45 p m every Monday via Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles and Southern California via Kansas City arriving Friday. An experienced escort travels with the train to its destination. Prices for a double berth are about half the standard rate, with full information available from F H Lord, General Passenger Ticket Agent, 118 Adams Street, Chicago.
A vintage ad copy touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as dainty pills that do not cleanse the liver nor remove obstructions but claim to invigorate the system as a tonic. The text attributes the product to I. M. Worth and markets it with period health rhetoric.
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