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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
6
The copperplate engraving method arose in Florence during the 15th century when an engraver used lampblack to lift impressions from an engraving. The discovery revolutionized printmaking, saving the step of sulphur casts, but its full value was realized only later. Collectors seek early plates now housed in museums.
The text argues that the healthiest sleep is the unavoidable kind that follows weariness and that one should sleep when the urge arises but work when awake. It notes breaking a half night habit by rising after the first sleep and avoiding daytime naps, warning that lingering in half waking sleep is dangerous and resembles hypnosis.
A Philadelphia lawyer lectures a junior advocate on delays in a chancery suit and mentions Jarndyce versus Jarndyce as a parallel. The next day the elder returns in frustration after spending the night searching Pennsylvania law reports to find that case.
The term papa shifted from genteel courtly speech to ordinary use in English after its seventeenth century adoption. Though once a childish word, papa is as old as Homer with Nausicaa in the Odyssey addressing her father as pappa.
The piece notes France’s renowned canal and road network praised for practicality and beauty. It observes ferried poplar lines forming grand avenues. the system fits use while preserving decorative charm across the country.
A clipped dialogue shows Nagshby reproaching Nagsby for lack of cheer and Carsby explaining his mood as linked to marriage. The exchange carries a fractured, humorous tone amid the frustrated banter.
A fragment describes matrimony as two blades joined, moving in opposing directions yet inseparable, and ready to punish anyone who breaks their bond, attributed to fs, Smith.
A collection of anecdotes shows how quick wit and sharp remarks propelled soldiers. Napoleon privately tests a private who retrieves his hat, earning a commission next day, while Suvorov uses probing questions to reveal a sergeant’s wit and potential.
The article explains how certain insects deposit eggs in plant tissue using a specialized double saw like ovipositor. It describes the two long sheathing parts surrounding a central piece and two saws that alternately extend to cut a burrow for placing eggs. It notes the teeth and micro teeth on each tooth.
A boastful wit named Wood taunts a friend named Stone with a pun about Mrs Stone and the little pebbles. The reply sharpens humor as Stone rebukes the jibe about Mrs Wood and the little splinters.
A Leslie's Weekly quote by Charles Elsley Hall argues that milk is the chief food in sickrooms and hospitals and must be pure from pasture to consumer. It asserts pure milk products are most nutritious, economical, and easily digested when integrity and proper supply are ensured.
The passage argues that love creates idealists by giving people the will to look beyond rough reality. It asserts that without love, great achievements are impossible and life lacks meaning and magic. It holds that every person is an idealist through love unless utterly incapable of love.
A prospective woman tenant reading a typewriter omission received a startling statement. The note offered the flat on condition she repaint and redecorate herself.
A dialogue fragment shows a father asking for support in the daughter’s accustomed style and a suitor replying he cannot match the prior standards since engagement began. The exchange hints at expectations and personal concessions in a marriage arrangement.
Quotation notes that today’s fanaticism can become tomorrow’s fashionable creed and soon become as certain as multiplication tables, attributed to Wendell Phillips.
A collection of quips and witticisms on everyday life and human folly. Gentle misdirections and witty aphorisms discuss temperance humor, money, sport, charity, and character with light sarcasm. A playful columnist voice reflects on restraint, kindness, and public opinion.
In a historic scene builders claimed Jericho fell after sounding horns as the wall swayed. The narrative notes the lack of a phonograph and the people relying on simple mass signals and belief.
An old advertisement touts Dade's Little Liver Pills with claims to tone the liver aid digestion and cleanse the system. It notes sale by C A Gamble.
Mrs. Fry of Brookline Missouri was diagnosed with the last stages of pulmonary consumption. After starting White Wine of Tar she experienced immediate relief and after using a fourth bottle her health has improved for many years. Signed Rev J N Fry and Susan E Fry.
Pine salve described as highly antiseptic and unequaled for cuts and scraped hands. Sold by C A. Gamble.
The Weekly Iowa State Register and Farmer and the Ames Intel ligencer are offered for one year at 1 25. The Register and Farmer combines a weekly farm magazine with a newspaper. Twenty four pages per issue include expert departments and features including a high grade serial story. News from world, nation and Iowa in condensed readable form. It stops when time is up.
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