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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
3
The text argues horses were war animals in Homeric times and chariots carried warriors. Riding is treated as unusual and likened to a late practice, citing Ulysses riding a plank like a horseman and suggesting centaur myths arose when seen man on horseback was novel.
The Tartuffe performance ended after the fourth act when the manager announced the fifth act was unworthy of Moliere. The crowd's reaction is not recorded, and patrons may have left to read the finale in solitude.
Mrs. Guschley noted Proudley’s claim that marriage to a clever man would be pleasant. Proudley replied that he could not know, for he had only been married once.
Helen Johnson of Good Housekeeping advises readers to readjust Sunday eating to rest mind and body. Have a lighter breakfast and at most two meals if hearty, or three light meals if possible, and avoid heavy digestion while reducing exercise.
A Philadelphia Record quote shows an heiress resisting a suitor who claims to be a luxury. The impe sunious suitor argues that he is a luxury himself and should marry her for status and wealth.
The account from Gardner W Allen describes Commodore Decatur as a lieutenant boarding a Tripolitan vessel off Tripoli in 1804. He faced a larger captain, fought hand to hand, used a pistol from his pocket, and killed the foe while a seaman suffered a scalp wound. The Tripolitans lost seventeen killed and four wounded before surrender.
A historical note covers the Agra diamond’s 1525 seizure after the battle of Agra, its smuggling via a horse swallowing, its sale to the Duke of Brunswick, and its recutting to a 31.5 carat rose pink. It also recalls Andrew Johnson’s limited handwriting due to a tailor’s iron goose injury and his son signing his letters.
A natural Pearl oyster find yields nine pearls forming a Latin cross with seven upright and two cross pieces. The ecclesiastical emblem is valued at least 50 000 dollars and is dubbed the Great Southern Cross pearl.
A speaker describes his wife as shifting from a clinging vine role to a self assertive stance to obtain desired items like a dress or hat. The pattern is that when one approach fails she switches tactics and secures what she wants. The dialogue labels these two personas as recurring strategies.
A new South American ruler commissions ornate uniforms for the navy army and notably the secret police. An artist identifies sketches, noting a long plume on a three cornered hat and purple trim as part of the secret police ensemble.
In a brief dialogue a man asks why he wants to marry and receives the reply that people should marry their annosties. The line hints at social expectations and playful irony in a historic context.
A call to spend more on the living than the dead urges readers to write letters and send kind words to loved ones. It warns of heartbreak from unspoken words and distant families and urges timely, tender messages before regrets arise.
A fragmentary inquiry questions why some individuals appear set back at the outset and why ambitious proposals often falter. The piece muses on communication, leadership, and the seeming ease of error over accomplishment in public life.
Brazilians train a fifteen foot gibola snake to catch rats at home. It is harmless to people and lazy by day, but at night it roams the house to twist necks of prey. Brazilians wear slippers at night to avoid stepping on the cold snake.
A selection reflecting Marcus Aurelius notes the paradox of loving oneself while valuing others opinions less than one’s own. The aphorism underscores self perception versus social judgment and human vanity. The passage invites reflection on inner worth against external praise and critique.
A concise reflection on how everyday acts of kindness elevate character and society, contrasting minor polite gestures with grand ideals and urging mindful consideration of others in daily life.
The article surveys a wheel house in a Victorian prison where four treadwheels run in two tiers within a thirty by fifteen foot space. A brick wall divides each wheel into compartments to prevent prisoners from seeing or hearing others while allowing subdued conversations.
An old big game hunter notes elephants in Africa are extremely shy and avoid human areas. They are mostly nocturnal feeders, travel long distances to water, rest in shaded forest clearings, and have keen scent enabling rapid silent retreats when alarmed. Travelers often find fresh tracks but seldom sight the herd.
The scene describes a busy page at the empress’s side who, on hearing the bell, stays to watch the hand she judges as strong. She sends the page on an errand and then sits to hold his cards until his return, maintaining control as the bet unfolds.
In a light paragraph from Harper’s Weekly a boy claims descent from a monkey prompting his mother and Miss Simpson to react. A quip about race and wealth follows with a sharp remark about money and character contrasting a centless father with a millionaire mother.
A pithy maxim urges calm before speaking when anger rises and notes the absent are like children unable to defend themselves. Attributed to Reade, the line reflects restraint in personal conduct and rhetoric.
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