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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
3
A natural history note details astonishing feeding rates by nestlings and fledglings. Robins, wrens, vireos, sparrows and cuckoos are cited consuming hundreds to thousands of insects in short periods, with individual juveniles reaching record daily intakes and rapid growth driving their voracious appetites.
The New York Sun profile portrays the Duke of Norfolk as wiry and frugal, famed for shabby dress and a stern gaze. He is described as the worst dressed man in the house of lords despite immense wealth and status, with anecdotes of humorous misperceptions at Portsmouth and on Arundel grounds during a school event. The piece notes his role as earl marshal and his presence at Gladstone's funeral, where his humble appearance contrasted with his high ceremonial duties.
In a London Sketch tale Cousin Arthur helps protect Margaret Ridley from a runaway marriage with Eustace Conroy. He foils an rail journey plan by misdirecting the couple, retrieves a lost dressing bag, and later notes a second Paris honeymoon. Margaret thanks him while insisting on privacy.
A brief item notes an office located over Gamble's Drug Store with contact numbers for office and residence at 121-M and 123-J and a Mutual phone listing at 199.
Harper's Weekly notes a New York dinner for Judge Lev reversing retirement remarks. Speakers argue salaries of 17 500 for supreme court justices are not the issue but incentives to resign for higher private pay. Judges often cost the public less than their later private value. The piece suggests reforms won t stop resignations.
A residence of at least five years is required for alien naturalization. Regardless of time in the United States, two years must pass between the declaration of intention and admittance to citizenship.
A May 4 1886 event in Chicago known as the Maymarket riot occurred. The incident involved clashes between workers and authorities leaving a lasting impact on labor movements in the city.
Commissioner Bingham of New York cites a policeman found guilty of shielding gambling houses. He calls the man naive in lying and uses a metaphor about a carpenter and a soundproof wall to illustrate the fraud. The humorous tale ends with a failed test of sound transmission between rooms.
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