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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
3
A humorous dialogue excerpt features a battle record set by Colonel Bullets and a wealthy college patron who jokes about donating 200000 but not wanting his name linked to the gift. Other bits include playful exchanges about affection, feet, twins, and a theater joke about wearing a summer suit through imagination.
Essay notes Signor Ferrero of Columbia University argues that classic depictions of Antony and Cleopatra are myths set by Roman historians. He suggests Antony pursued Persian conquest and Nile exploitation via an Egyptian protectorate, portraying him as a shrewd diplomat. He contrasts Occident resilience with Orient luxury, blaming romance for tragedy. The piece ends with Tennyson's prophetic verse.
The passage surveys varied topics from tobacco curing with citric acid reducing nicotine bite, to Shanghai schooling for fishermen’s sons, Clemenceau’s health travels, army pay for language study, Japan’s whaling gains, funeral customs in Japan, a Sierra Nevada tunnel project, and Chang Chung's death after an assassination aftermath, noting his wealth and leadership in Chinatown.
Discovery by two priests at Chappele aux Saints prompts Perrier of Paris museum to date the remains to the Pleistocene 170,000 years ago. Skull shows small forehead, simian traits, thick walls, and long jaw. implies limited mobility, no laughter. Poem and joke note included.
Mutual phone numbers and office and residence listings appear for a local business and its associated offices, noting contact methods and locations in a compact street-side directory entry. The entry references Gamble's Drug Store area and the Mutual firm with labeled office and residence numbers.
Director Perrier summarized a paper by Prof. Marcelin Boulle on a skull found with priest debris. The skull blends gorilla crown with chimpanzee facial bones and a prolonged jaw, suggesting upright posture difficulty. Boulle cites brain size and Neanderthal likeness as evidence of human affiliation.
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