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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
4
Salem, Oregon, February 3. The Oregon House passed a bill limiting hatpin stems to 10 inches as proponents say longer pins endanger wearers. The measure moves to the Senate where filibustering politics prevail. French fashion hints that coming hats will be broader with wheel sized brims.
Long Island farmers in Suffolk report deer destroying cabbages and vegetables, with authorities fearing loss of value as deer remain protected. Captain John Burr notes nightly depredations and calls for self defense and policy changes to curb the nuisance.
The article explains pearl sorting by ten brass baskets through which dead fish pearls pass. It defines classes ani perfect in form and lustre, anitari seen as flawless, masauku irregular yet valuable in clusters, and the twinned kural with the famed Southern Cross cross pearl found near western Australia in 1874. It notes seed pearls ground into chunam and used in sweets, with heavy seed pearl demand in India.
The Berlin royal library holds about 1 280 000 volumes with a staff of over 150 including 45 librarians. Last year 344 000 volumes were lent in Berlin and 26 000 elsewhere, daily reading room demand averaged 5? volumes. Cataloging employed 16 staff. 6 700 leaves added. 18 000 new titles registered. 57 000 volumes added. A 1906 musical department, gifts from publishers, and 90 16th century books from Heiligenstadt marked the expansion.
A recount of 39 doubtful ballots in a speaker dispute led to six discarded ballots and a 16 to 17 split between Baxter and Corrie. The key committee, chaired by Speaker Feely, ruled unanimously on all contested ballots as the tally shifted.
A New York Press reporter sought details for a death notice at a widow’s residence. She refused to answer as the doorbell rang repeatedly. Finally she peered out and declared she would not speak, but the reporter cried that she had shut his coat tails in the door.
Poem laments vanished eras from Elizabethan and Shakespearean glory to Kennlworth and Crusades and summer joys replaced by a new sad era. The speaker yearns for bright summers long past and imagines them living on in a warm, flower filled land.
A selection of short humor snippets featuring jokes about Jones the quiz whiz Mia Peck and various wordplay exchanges. Each gag delivers a quick pun or punchline in a breezy dialog format.
A local listing notes an office above Gamble's Drug Store. Contact options include Iowa phone 121 M for the office and residence 1233 J, with Mutual phone line 199 available. Additional details are not provided.
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