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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
3
An observed poem fragment from Mary Cleveland Wood in Ainslee's Magazine ponders whether intuition senses August’s waning heat and the coming autumn. It evokes birds in flight, a transformed landscape, and the cricket’s call signaling seasonal change.
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece notes diners imitate the end seat companions meals at lunch counters. The habit can spread from one person to many, creating a herd like pattern of orders and occasional embarrassment as whole rows copy the same choices.
A seminar on how alcohol affects brain unity and reaction time. Dr Victor Orsley demonstrates that after drinking the brain’s integrated action slows, shown by signal recall tasks and slower association of ideas. Experts note similar effects for chloroform ether nitrous oxide and related sedatives.
The Philadelphia Record describes Girard College using a stool of repentance as punishment. Initially one stool sufficed, but the system expanded to 64 stools in a dedicated room where students sit for nine minutes to think over their infractions.
A late night conversation features a woman pondering Maine’s motto Dirigo. Young Spoonamore, eager to leave for his hat, repeats the word and bows, claiming it will comfort Miss de Muir that she once called him dear.
A garbled OCR fragment references a physical culture class, Mr Smythers, and a visitor from Sweden. It also includes a riddle about removing letters to reveal the postman and a note about the rose as an emblem of immorality among Syrians.
A母 mother sketches a baby's portrait poem praising a little head bright eyes rosy cheeks and a roguish smile. The verses describe tiny dimples dewdrops kissing cheeks and a defined chin with sturdy shoulders and chubby hands inviting affection. The piece asks whose photograph the portrait represents.
The account of D L Moody's visit to Bethany shows how beggars influenced his generosity. A 16 year old speaker pressed for backsheesh, provoking Moody to depart, remarking he expected more munificence. The tale contrasts faith and material expectations in the village. Niagara Falls erosion described alongside historical notes on Horseshoe Fall wear.
Two brand new through sleeping cars leave Des Moines weekly for Los Angeles and San Francisco via Kansas City and southern lines. The Monday 8 45 p m departure goes via Santa Fe Route to Los Angeles. The Saturday 11 40 a m departure goes via Missouri Kansas & Texas and Southern Pacific to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The cars run from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City, are wide vestibuled and steam heated.
A 56 year old boy visiting his mother overhears a neighbor seeking to buy him. The boy asserts his mother would not sell him, noting there are five siblings and she would not break the family. The woman concedes she cannot buy him.
A timetable note describes trains from Chicago Great Western Rail way. One car leaves Saturday for Los Angeles arriving Wednesday morning and Thursday to San Francisco passing Waco San Antonio and El Paso. For info contact Traveling Passenger Agent at Cor Fifth and Walnut Streets Des Moines Ia.
The New York Sun notes annual U S production of excelsior runs about 60 000 tons with broad use in packing. It highlights eggs and iron toys as examples and explains demand centers around eastern manufacturing regions east of the Mississippi River.
The Illinois Central Railroad announces a new illustrated Hammond Louisiana winter resort folder. It highlights winter attractions, artesian water quality, and superior hotel and boarding house accommodations, mailed free on request from the assistant general passenger agent in Dubuque Iowa.
A Man of Sixty in Spectator reflects on aging finding quieter but equal pleasures in life. He notes joy from watching children grow and from activities like music, reading, and gardening. He adds learning whist and playing the violoncello as helpful pleasures in later life.
A dialogue where Mrs Enpeck urges Henry to say no more often and assert himself. Mr Enpeck agrees, noting a past missed opportunity. This Chicago News snippet reflects practical relationship advice in a domestic scene.
A line from a science or natural history note asserts that the world could be sustained if nut trees alone fed an amount three times the present population, highlighting the value of edible trees in long term food security.
Like most Natal rivers the Tugela is not navigable and a sand bar blocks its mouth, creating a natural barrier to shipping.
A Washington clergyman notes a breakthrough when his mute daughter, long deaf from scarlet fever, speaks after a cat scratches her hand. The moment, seen as a miracle by the father, comes as the child finally utters a word, shocking the household.
A 300 year old Rushton Northamptonshire house by Sir Thomas Tresham embodies the Trinity. The three sided structure features three stories and three windows per flat, trefoil shapes, a three sided pyramid roof, three entry mottoes, and three room corners on each floor with three sided apartments.
Pearson's Weekly notes two houses in Frankfort on the Main where opposite roofs meet over the street and one house in which Lord Rothschild was born. In Paris builders tilt houses back for stability, yet a central stone building is said to lean 30 feet over the sidewalk yet remains safe due to strength.
In a domestic vignette, a mother confronts Georgie about touching peaches. He denies lying and insists the unpicked fruit is the remaining peach, while stones found in the nursery imply other mischief. The exchange hints at parental discipline and a child's evasive reply.
A Chicago Tribune fragment depicts boarders at a boarding house reacting to the landlady with terse humor. One man mishears a question about the landlady as a weather report and jokes about threats and coolness while another boarder is slow to pay.
A brief exchange recalls counting paintings in a studio with the name Exel Lange implied as a signature or reference in the dialogue.
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