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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1902
Page
5
A Richmond Dispatch reminiscence on colonial kitchen fare from hoecakes to flapjacks. It contrasts open fireplaces with stoves, notes ashcakes require ashes, and imagines antebellum Virginia homes with grand hearths, a gingham-clad Black cook, and a rustic garden, ending in wistful nostalgia.
Cooking notes describe boiling salmon with bicarbonate to deepen red color and roasting fowls in a hot oven before slow browning. Gravy from roasted meats precedes with milk in place of water, bluefish baked with tomato garlic sauce, and a quick cake using four eggs four tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Pancake batters benefit from two hours’ resting to improve swelling and wholesomeness.
The Boston Herald recounts a bright horse in Pie Alley feeding through a bag over its nose. The animal inches toward a wagon wheel, rests the bag on top, and completes its meal, a humorous triumph of mind over matter.
Advice urges continued youthful activities to stay vigorous and flexible. Citing Peter Cooper and William E Gladstone as examples, the piece argues that mental limits near age eighty would have halted their life work.
A Chicago Post quote features two girls in conversation about a man who swore he'd never be happy again. The blue girl laments not accepting him while the gray girl considers how marriage might have ensured happiness or doubt.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a saying on marriage: a man marries a cross eyed wife who speaks silly things and whose love returns at the end, if her father is worth about $2,000,000, then marriage is a necessity or luxury depending on circumstances.
Mrs Peck returns from Niagara with speechless awe as Mr Peek exclaims wonderful to Niagara wonders reported by Detroit Free Press.
The Pilgrim advises that sleep is a physiological rest for the brain and body, urging regular bedtimes and midday naps for busy people. He recommends daily twenty minute quiet rests to relieve anxiety, reduce neurasthenia, and improve family life.
A woman questioned a piano tuner’s reliability after a prior botched job. She recounted a quarrel at a piano ware room where the last tuner claimed the instrument was in poor condition and had been tuned recently. She learned the accused man was the one she blamed, as he fled with his coat tails acting as a card table.
A London Express anecdote about a French learner of English who struggles with pronunciation. He mishears "rough cough and hiccough plough me through" as ruff cuff and hiccuff, then tries roff coff and hiccoff, illustrating how English spelling conflicts with sound.
A dialogue from the Catholic Standard and Times shows Mrs Marryat Mamma planning to close her house and move in with relatives. Mr Marryat doubts the arrangement, suggesting his difficulty supporting two households and noting his mother in law would be insupportable.
A Baltimore American excerpt records a crafty railroad agent telling a bride and groom that their company does not prohibit kissing on platforms and touts having more and longer tunnels than any other railway in the world.
A Life magazine quote features a sharp exchange about city origins. A New York girl reacts with anger as the speaker compares her unfavorably to a Boston girl. The brief quip signals regional playful rivalry.
Forests blanket 464,500,000 acres or 36 percent of Russia. About four acres of woodland exist for each person in the country.
The article traces how Gray’s Elegy first appeared in print around 1751 after a hurried copyright scramble. A copy reached Owen of the Magazine of Magazines prompting Gray to seek Dodsley’s immediate printing without his name. Publication likely occurred in London mid February 1751 with rival editions within hours.
A reflective piece on how deer hide in the woods and how observers mistake their presence. The author contrasts elusive glimpses of shoulders ears and neck with the absent glittering antlers, describing woodland scenes and natural frames that lure the eye away from a full deer sighting.
In a rural Scotland village Johnnie McCraw visits a doctor asking all his teeth be taken out. He explains he has nothing to eat so the doctor pays sixpence for him to buy a loaf, revealing the humor in his charity tale.
A dialogue between a doctor and a medical expert discusses naming a discovered disease. The specialist contemplates whether the term should end with itis or osis, highlighting early stage taxonomy considerations in medical nomenclature.
A dialog from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a French count planning a visit. Richman says he has arranged a French tutor to learn a polite refusal about lending money, ending with a humorous line about his rule never to lend.
Dialogue captures tension as May Roxley dominates conversation with a sharp back and forth exchange. A terse exchange reveals irritation and a playful respect in a Washington Star snippet.
A short Chicago News item notes that friendship purchased has a high cost, reflecting a moral stance on valuing genuine ties over material offers.
John Ruskin argues the first test of greatness is humility not doubt but a proper sense of one’s limits and social context. He notes that truly able people understand their skills yet avoid overestimating their own importance.
In a lively Philadelphia salon, Miss Tartley faces a wager with Madge Brown as she prepares to reveal a bold statement to Mr. Timmid-I-er-no doubt, sparking intrigue and playful tension among the company.
A man with an unusually large mouth often opens very wide. His dentist lightly rebuked him saying not so wide, please, I prefer to stand outside and work.
Wry exchange from Puck panel with Gladys asking why she married him and Ethel quipping about a medal for life saving, illustrating quick wits in a lighthearted comic strip dialogue.
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A concise reflection on how one’s treatment of others sets the standard for self expectation. Emphasizes consistent kindness and accountability as core to personal character and social responsibility.
The Iowa Central Ry will sell tickets to bonafide landseekers at one fare plus $2 to points in homeseekers territory in Minnesota and North Dakota on any Tuesday. Ticket good for 21 days. For details contact Iowa Central ticket Agents. 27-6w.
The notice advertises bulk mince meat from T. J. Mitten & Son and promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for fatigue and depression. It cites a price of 35 cents and mentions L. M. Bosworth.
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