If good clothes made a man all tailors would be millionaires
A light humorous note suggests fashion makes the man and jokes that tailors would be rich if clothes determined status. It promotes subscribing to the Intelligencer for news.
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1905
Page
3
A light humorous note suggests fashion makes the man and jokes that tailors would be rich if clothes determined status. It promotes subscribing to the Intelligencer for news.
It praises Dr. Dade's Little Liver Pills and Ring's Dyspepsia Tablets sold by Gamble firms. It notes historical note that sliding seats appeared in rowing races in 1873.
An offer bundles Intelligencer and Chicago Daily Tribune at 3.00 for new subscribers. A Chicago manufacturing firm seeks a trustworthy assistant in its branch office with weekly 1800 pay, no investment, prior experience not essential. Pineules advertised as a cure for backache and kidney bladder issues sold by O A Gamble.
Special arrangement enables rural route subscribers to get the Chicago Chronicle and Intelligencer for 3.00 a year. The Chronicle is republican, illustrated, complete and non sensational. applies outside city delivery area only. Man Zan claims instant pain relief and pile cure sold by O A Gamble.
A brief humorous line notes that love can be blind yet still hear and understand, contrasting common sayings about sight and intelligence in matters of the heart.
A folder offers concise information on industrial openings along the Chicago and North Western Railway with details on factory buildings and desirable sites ready for immediate use. It highlights numerous openings for manufacturers jobbers and retailers across the North Western Line and outlines extensions opening premier western territory. Free on application to North Western Line agents.
A Russian correspondent describes Chukchee practices in northeastern Siberia where suicide by delegation is common. Death coats with hoods hang in homes while relatives perform the act. Despite the trend, the Chukchees are described as happy, moral, brave, and temperate.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe offers aphorisms on progress, effort, and human behavior. It suggests avoiding resentment toward others, the difficulty of keeping what one earns, and skepticism about promises. It also notes relativized fears and the unreliability of post reflection decisions.
The piece cites Master Stubbes from 1583 claiming football was a violent, almost murderous game. It notes players collide on hard surfaces, risking broken necks backs legs and facial injuries as part of the rough early sport.
A gray headed New Yorker complains that pedestrians never walk straight. He notes crowds still zigzag on clear sidewalks and says even with space a sober walker veers from curb to stoop line. The piece mocks city strolls and urban crowd dynamics.
An old Latin translation of Albertus Magnus cites a bizarre preparation using an adder’s skin, aur pigmentum, greasings, beeswax, and donkey fat. The mixture is simmered in water over a low fire, then cooled to form a taper whose light allegedly makes viewers appear headless.
A Philadelphia Ledger column notes debate over a highly popular book. Mrs. Nuritch dismisses mass appeal, seeking a more exclusive choice while the clerk presents the day’s most read item creating a clash over literary trendiness.
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A playful exchange centers on love and a ring as the couple tease romance. Miss Cute-Yes asks for a kiss while Mr. Gusher-Darling asserts affection, noting his finger remains ringless.
A London Spectator reflection notes that a supposed rally before illness may be nature's last defense against sickness. It urges caution against boasting of health as it can precede a fatal turn, illustrating with cases of consumption and fever and warning that boasting signals weakness and often precedes relapse.
The article describes lamp clocks used in the seventeenth century. It outlines a base oil lamp with a vertical oil reservoir and a scale showing hours from 4 PM to 7 AM, and a later two chamber design with a float and pulleys driving the dial. The pieces show early clockmaking ingenuity though accuracy was limited.
The Niagara power is driven by the Great Lakes system with Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie forming a 90 000 square mile area and watershed totaling 250 000 square miles. Water falls 165 feet into the brink and drops 55 feet near the falls before the plunge, with engineers estimating 275 000 cubic feet per second and over 6 000 000 horsepower theoretical energy.
A San Francisco News-Letter item recalls a gossiping paper remark about Mr Maguire and his toilet habits. Maguire demanded a retraction which mocked him, triggering renewed anger and a sharper rebuke.
An old time friend compliments a house as a home, but Mr. Comrox calls it a residence, arguing the distinction and implying family warmth beyond appearances. The Washington Star quotes the exchange reflecting social tone.
The Philadelphia Press quotes Bragg saying he got mixed up in a scrap yesterday and implies he came out with the advantage, noting he would not discuss it otherwise.
Rousseau states that falsehood can take endless forms while truth remains single in its mode of being, emphasizing the rigidity of truth compared to deceptive varieties.
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