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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
6
Barnett and a stranger discuss his peril and a possible path to justice. A mysterious agile man hides in a tree and delivers a note to Grace Ellison. Job Hendricks encounters a seemingly blind old man begging in town and fears a larger plot ahead.
The article traces Luniolatry among Dakotah, Delaware, and Iroquois peoples and notes Merth as the moon deity in Mexico. It describes Teotihuacan near the capital, with sun and moon pyramids, and mentions Inca moon chapels near Cuzco, including a large silver plate displaying a moon deity and radiant design.
A New York Times study notes some people can guess the hour within ten minutes by natural cues or inward sense while others like railway workers rely on precise clocks. It discusses sleep, naps, the effects of work type on time perception, and how public speakers and clerics gauge elapsed time.
A Chicago Record-Herald roundup details how various societies punish bachelorhood. It notes Oxford All Souls fellows forfeiting fellowships for marriage and a Piccadilly Bachelors' Club expelling members who wed. In Germany a Junggesellen club fines culprits 100 to 250cy and shames them at dinner. Argentina enforces a progressive tax, charging a $5 monthly fine after age twenty-five for remaining single.
All baggage to be checked must be delivered at baggage room two minutes before the train arrives. W Rocuns.
Jean Lombard, a French writer, used a staged protest from Marseilles to promote his latest novel. He signed a letter in Paris accusing the work of endangering public morality and demanding the author’s imprisonment. Investigations revealed the writer and author were the same person, achieving his aim.
Senator Hoar recalls Edward Everett’s method during the 1850 Concord celebration. He paused to address Amos Baker and Jonathan Harrington, veterans of the Revolution, then instructed them to stand and later to sit. The anecdote ends with Baker’s puzzled remark about Everett’s intent.
The piece explains old rent practices where roses substituted for money as tribute. It cites English customs of sending a red rose for a manor and notes a York shire example. It also references a 1346 47 charter by King David II granting John de Baynton a rose yearly at St James the Apostle and 8 shillings for ward of the castle at Edinburgh.
The text compares fatigue in animal matter and metals, noting that repeated irritation reduces galvanometer deflection and muscle or nerve responsiveness. Professor Bose observes metals exhibit the same fatigue signs, mirroring biological fatigue, as constants are worn down without rest.
A witty exchange features two girls and a Judge toy, debating love tests. One girl cites apple seeds to reveal true affection while the other prefers a playful social test by seating a man on a sofa and watching his reactions.
The ceremony features a white silk kimono bride and affianced husband seated with two ritual tables. Cups, sake, and a dual spouted kettle symbolize shared joys and sorrows. Plum and fir trees, plus a stork on a tortoise, denote beauty, strength, and long life. The veil later serves as burial shroud.
The Eskimo relies on the dog as the sole domestic animal for transport, hunting, guiding to seal breathing holes, and even feeding the family in times of hunger, with the animal often giving its life or coat to sustain the household.
The extreme age of the oak is unknown though living specimens are at least a thousand years old. It thrives in deep loam with rocks, hates stagnant water, and favors poor sandy soil over poorly drained rich ground. The trunk straightens into a cylindrical shaft with maturity, and the tree does not produce good seed until after six years.
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