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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1896
Page
6
The essay argues against praising early mornings as healthful, noting some people prosper by noon rising. It cites physicians and a desire for rest, then says nature and life schedules show night hours were meant for sleep, while many successful folk wake late and still thrive.
An American Field writer argues photography reduces duck numbers as perfecting albumen requires eggs. He notes natives and explorers raid breeding grounds from Hebrides to Labrador. The impact on ducks and seabirds may be severe as eggs vanish.
An experimental asphalt concrete described as a brown earthly powder with tar odor is being evaluated in Austria. It is composed mainly of sulphur and iron slag with 33.53 percent sulphur 0.21 tar 57.83 iron slag and 0.43 water. Hardness is linked to iron sulphide formation with tar as a reducing agent.
The dialogue depicts Greene exhausted from overwork. Gray notes Greene’s strain and recalls an incident on a train where Greene tried to open three different car windows for three different ladies. The Boston Transcript commentary links overwork to public perception.
The first paper produced in western Europe was made in Spain in 711. The technique reportedly arrived from the east and was transmitted to Iberia by the Moors.
A compact reflection on human cowardice and revealed inner fear. The speaker notes that even when people swear they are steadfast, their trembling hearts betray their boastful tongues, drawing on Dryden’s ironic wit about moral courage and hypocrisy.
A retrospective on Lady Blessington noting her status as a fashionable authoress, her editing work, and a fraught association with Count d Orsay. It recalls her failed engagement with The News under Dickens and Forster, the precariousness of her literary standing, and public rumors reported by papers like The Age.
A New Orleans Times Democrat remark cites Mr. Fay of the Southern Pacific on electricity effects. He notes nine tenths of men's umbrellas are magnetized due to electric car motors and metal ribs. He adds corset steels could be similarly magnetized, warning of possible awkward encounters with cuff buttons.
An eminent physician notes carrot diet reduces harshness and nervous irritability. Peas build fatty tissue and promote joy, turnips have opposite effects, celery in excess harms eyes, cabbage helps lung issues, lettuce acts as a mild sedative, and red beets boost blood production and plumpness when boiled tender.
Howells argues liberty gains meaning only as a path to equality and equality leads to fraternity. He insists fraternity follows once people recognize shared humanity and common comfort in likeness.
In a pond duel during a fox hunt two foxes used a bent tree as a lookout. The male and female fox laughed at the pursuing pack from the tree and logs, eluding capture until the scent drifted and the male leaped into the water. The dogs killed the wet fox as the onlookers reached the scene.
The article chronicles John H. Surratt not proven present at Lincoln's assassination. It details his Elmira claim, escape to Canada and Europe, disguise as Wat son, capture prompts, and two month Washington trial with over 200 witnesses. It cites Four Lincoln Conspiracies by Victor Louis Mason.
A survey of historic artillery ranges from Krupp and Armstrong siege guns to the 22 ton Armstrong gun with ranges from 12 to 15 miles. It notes high costs, limited firings, and the rise of quick firing weapons like the Maxims. It also mentions the $195000 Krupp monster and $4750 per shot cost.
The olive oak laurel myrtle rose mary cypress amaranth and parsley were funeral plants in Greek and Roman culture. Parsley became a euphemism for death and legend says an Athenian army was driven from the city by two mules carrying parsley as an omen of need.
A playful exchange between 7 year old Tom Dillingham and a caller reveals a joke about a parent who supposedly played “second fiddle” at home. The quip highlights a family moment about music and perception.
A wartime interview recalls fear, pain, and the shock of being shot in Virginia. The article shifts to a North American Review passage arguing the West loosens ties to the East as new generations rise and politics shift from Wyoming to California, noting presidents and officials never venturing to the Rockies.
New York clubs now host large semi public dinners with in house kitchens. The Metropolitan club, Lotos, University and Manhattan clubs arrange dinners for 200 to 275 attendees, supported by extra waiters but not stressing kitchen capacity.
A 600 year old loaf of bread from the Soar family of Ambaston Derbyshire is kept with the original deed and writs as a sacred relic. King John granted land to the Soars and the loaf served as a witness of good faith. A separate whimsical note imagines a machine to instantly pick baby names from pennies.
A plumber in Bremen or Hamburg working in a favorable season can make no more than 5.40 dollars per week, reflecting harsh labor conditions for tradespeople in the era.
The Pall Mall Gazette explains icebergs originate from vast Antarctic barriers that extend many fathoms below and above sea level. As they drift northward they break into colossal forms, some ten miles long, with blue caverns carved by waves and sunlit melts, gradually shrinking and vanishing as they travel north.
The New York Sun imagines the city smithy not under a spreading chestnut but amid downtown commerce. It envisions forges atop elevated structures, under steel frames, or riverside foundries with riveters, drills, and glow of gaslight torch.
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