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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
4
A Maine farmer cut an old washboiler into strips to mount copper toes on boots for Elbridge and Elmer, sparking a fad among district schoolboys. The tale notes the farmer’s wealth, later regret, and a humorous lesson about children’s rights and folly.
A Lewiston Maine Journal fragment recounts a train joke about a man from Bangor and a corkscrew or screwdriver. Neighbor’s wife recalls the tale as funny but wonders its meaning while she shifts to a new topic, the ribbon cake, as the reader resumes literary reading.
A passage from Ada C. Sweet in Woman's Home Companion contrasts Aunt Flora and Aunt Margaret in a January room scene. Lois, flushed by cold exercise, receives affectionate and blunt remarks about her red cheeks, shown through their differing speech styles and a biblical image of gentleness.
An American law journal notes Judge Donovan delivered the shortest charge to a jury: Believe the plaintiff, verdict for plaintiff and fix amount. Believe the defendant, verdict for defendant, follow the officer. An English periodical cites Commissioner Kerr with a briefer line: That man says prisoner robbed him. The prisoner says he didn't. You settle a
Parsniff asks Lessup for a motto for his bulldog kennel. Lessup quips use a dentist notice style Teeth Inserted here as a playful line.
A destitute man pauses before two young women and reveals a looking glass in his hand. The moral: vanity is eternal in men, just as curiosity remains in women, as illustrated by the tramp admiring his rugged features. The Baltimore News notes the playful observation on human vanity.
A lone traveler in early Australian history hears cries and finds a man bound to a tree. Robbers had rifled him and left a bundle of notes inside his breast pocket untouched. The victim vows to take the notes the others left, and the man escapes with the petty loot.
A new minister visiting the Fosdicks tries to kiss the young Anna who resists. The mother comforts with a quip that she would kiss the minister herself if she were the child. The girl then declines again as the minister asks for a kiss.
A humorous tale describes an English nobleman on a railroad train who misinterprets a stout woman as a bundle. He offers to place the rags in the rack and sits beside her, only to abruptly catch her around the waist before realizing his blunder.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent, a woman, earning eight dollars a day. Mrs Wintergreen jokes about the salary and the demand for such bureau furniture, reflecting a wary view of federal offices.
A piece emphasizes that small acts of kindness and everyday courtesies enhance character more than grand talents or displays of achievement, arguing these habits soften social interaction and add lasting charm to individuals.
A reader notes that New York state maintains 9 321 officials on its regular pay rolls. An appeal mentions a personal cure from piles using two boxes of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and warns of counterfeiter L M Bosworru in North Brook NY.
An old advertisement touts Forry's Hosey and TAR as a cure from lagrippe or cold that strengthens the lungs and restores soundness, claiming superior healing properties. The copy credits TILpEN & LOUGHRAN as sellers.
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