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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
3
Walter Camp notes in The Century how much roast beef athletes can consume at one sitting. He recalls Yale players in Cambridge and Boston dining before match days with colossal meals, including a rusher who charged $13.85 for dinner.
A retired anecdote from A Sailor's Log recounts an officer prank in India where a Mohammedan snake charmer was drugged to sleep as snakes crawled around him while five American officers watched from a table. The incident ends with the charmer awakening and leaving with his snakes, and the men refrained from repeating the experiment. Also advertised is Northern Wisconsin railway farm lands for sale by The North Western Line, offering about 350000 acres for sale with easy terms and locations near streams and lakes.
A Boston Record anecdote tells of a suburban clock that behaves oddly. The device runs only when tilted on its back or head and stops when set upright, puzzling its owner.
The International outlines the sleeping car code: a traveler should settle in like a familiar club member, store belongings, wear a traveling cap, light shoes or slippers with overgaiters, and prepare with newspapers and a book. Slippers require overgaiters to satisfy the unwritten rule of train travel.
The 1815 geography characterizes California as a wild and largely unknown land with year round fogs and damp air. It notes interior volcanoes and vast shifting snows that rise in columns, described as hard to believe without well authenticated traveler accounts.
In Philadelphia a servant Mose declines a late night cellar cleaning request from Mr Subbubs. The master recalls Mose has cleaned the chicken coop at night but Mose questions if that was satisfactory. The exchange highlights contrasting views on diligence and acceptable work hours.
Indianapolis News notes a house offered for rent with needed repairs. The dialogue shows a light exchange about condition, implying challenges in securing a tenant for a fixer upper.
The earliest Japanese translation is a German work rendering Meine's songs. The discovery marks a milestone in cross cultural literary exchange as a German source influenced early Japanese print.
Northwestern Line announces May 1 start for Pan American Exposition trips to Buffalo New York with Tuesdays offering particularly low return tickets. Chicago connects via fast trains on all lines. Booklet available by mail for two cents from W B Kniskern General Passenger and Ticket Agent Chicago. Canier Bros and Herman advertise low shoes for ladies gentlemen and children.
The Illinois Central announces a Chicago to Jacksonville Florida through sleeping car on the Lookout Mountain route. The chic Jacksonville car departs Chicago daily at 6 10 p m on the Central’s fast Limited vestibule train with a dining car. Connections at Mattoon link Peoria line. arrival Nashville next morning, Chatanooga next afternoon, Atlanta early next evening, Jacksonville second morning after Chicago departure.
California Excursions offers two through sleeping car routes from Des Moines to Los Angeles and San Francisco. One departs Monday night via Kansas City and Santa Fe, the other departs Saturday morning via Kansas City Missouri Kansas Texas San Antonio Arkansas Pass and Southern Pacific. Both cars are brand new and steam heated, running from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City.
The item discusses jockey weight pressures with stories of Mark Overton and Mike Bergen in dangerous weight tactics. It shifts to Rev D M Steele recounting a wedding service scene where a bride refuses to say obey and the groom balks before compromise emerges.
A Milwaukee area parish on a sunny Sunday sees many male parishioners, inspiring a priest to urge patience and kindness toward wives. An elder quotes that three months of marriage would change the tale, prompting a wry reaction about the sermon’s language and delivery.
Two men staggered along Long Street just after midnight in a drunken dispute about honor. One accused the other of being worse than men in jail, and the exchange escalated with hiccuped insults before they parted.
A London Standard item recounts a sleeper in a railway carriage who snored loudly. An elderly gentleman shakes him awake, asks about the noise, and the sleeper quips not to believe all you hear as he drifts off again.
In a clubroom scene from the San Francisco News Letter two men converse by a fire. One asks Jack Darling to lend him $10 after repaying a recent sum, and Darling readily agrees before they move to get a drink.
A mother reads a tale of a boy who helps support his mother after his father dies. The boy balks at work, arguing about the house and pantry until he jokes about finding another husband for his mother. The LondonAnswers note ends with the mother yielding.
A confidential figure questions a professional politician after a abrupt interview ending. Senator Sorghum says the man began with a falsehood claiming disinterested motives and no desire for money. The exchange highlights trust and honesty concerns in political interviews.
A Chicago Post excerpt recounts a board of trade clerk insisting on a quick $2 payment as the clergyman considers the deal. The clerk promises to wait 60 days for the true value, while the parson weighs the risk and accepts the upfront fee.
A brief dialogue shows a husband pressing a wife about a mysterious package. She remains stubborn yet hints the item is for the one she loves most. He guesses suspenders, hinting at domestic tension and a lighthearted domestic moment.
In a Washington Star snippet Miss Miami Brown questions why someone left a place with a man. Erastus Pinkley replies that the man paid full rate but his clothes were so out of style that he risked social exclusion.
A Detroit Free item depicts Mrs. Fosdick describing her husband’s supposed sleep problem as imaginary insomnia. The physician questions the diagnosis while noting the husband sleeps enough, highlighting a humorous domestic misunderstanding.
A dialogue from the Detroit Free reveals a husband and wife debating how to handle a burglar in the cellar. The exchange lingers on who should go downstairs, joking about space in their ten room house for three people.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes that a political fight has fully opened but restrained by sinews of budget and funding. The piece suggests fierce public contention over appropriation is imminent as factions push for action.
The fig is described as the favorite fruit for many animals including horses cows sheep goats and even elephants and birds. The passage notes animals readily eat figs and the elephant treats them as a dainty while fowls eagerly devour them.
An editorial reflection notes that athletes have brief careers due to the intense exertion and limited lifespans, arguing giants in sports expend vast vitality and tire quickly, shortening longevity.
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