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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
3
Major X, famed as one of India’s wildest men, measures the mess table and prompts Captain Z to ask the colonel to saw off an inch of the legs. A betting round ensues with every officer guessing the table’s height, and all guessing correctly, leaving the Major defeated.
A society girl known for judging others faces the sting of wit that brands people as not to the manner born. The piece cites a debutante and a famous maxim about shoemakers, illustrating social snobbery in era dialogue. Nearby is an advertisement for Northern Wisconsin farm lands on sale via The North Western Line with ambitious acreage and regional markets.
A Washington priest Father Boyle who built a chapel near the navy yard bought an old bell with a crack. After trimming the rim at a Georgetown foundry the bell rang softly. He joked a Presbyterian minister that blessing it removed the Presbyterian devil, restoring its tone.
A humorous exchange features a barber and a customer discussing killing a bear. The bear wore a claw on a watch chain and the barber claims he talked the grizzly to death, with a 15 minute wait for the customer to finish his business.
An Irishman warns the river would sink a ship if higher water existed, while an Irish soldier shows a tall hat with a bullet hole and claims a lower crown would have saved him from death.
The climate of northern Ontario is not unlike that of northern Europe and its soil is equal to that of many thickly peopled portions of the old world. A physician notes the town of Aigu hurst as an ideal move, despite warnings about sickness in the area.
The Romans established London around 50 A D with the city wall following later in 306 A D. This notes the sequence of early urban development and fortifications.
The Northwestern Line announces May Special low-rate tickets with favorable return limits for the Buffalo Exposition, direct Chicago connection, and illustrated booklet by mail. Canier Bros. & Herman advertise Ladies, Gent's and Childrens low shoes.
The Illinois Central offers a through Pullman sleeping car from Chicago to Jacksonville Fla aboard the Limited southbound service with a dining car for supper. Depart Chicago daily at 6 10 p m connecting at Mattoon to Peoria line arriving Nashville next morning and continuing to Chattanooga Atlanta and Jacksonville.
Two through sleeping car services depart Des Moines weekly for the West Coast. One runs Mondays 8 45 p m via Kansas City and Santa Fe to Los Angeles. The other leaves Saturdays 11 40 a m via Kansas City Missouri Kansas and Texas San Antonio Arkansas Pass and Southern Pacific to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Both cars are brand new wide gestibaled and steam heated and run from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City.
Honduras unveils a grand pavilion at the Pan American exposition featuring its mountainous landscape, forests, minerals, and vast cattle holdings. The building sits in the western court, with an octagonal rotunda, porches, and four side pavilions illustrating chief crops like bananas and growing coffee and cocoa, and housing government offices for 15 departments.
Michigan and New York plan large exhibits at the Pan American exposition while Louisiana California and Canada announce extensive displays. Sousa and other bands prepare concerts. Buffalo hosts summer events including logs, stamps and a giant pinepile sight.
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