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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1905

Page

3

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.

Digestive aids and lifestyle quips from old ads

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.

Ring C. A. Gamble

Two for three Subscriptions and Job Ad notice

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.

Chicago Manufacturing Hous Perman Anager Chicago Ao. A. Gamble O. A. Gamble

Rural route subscribers offered Chicago Chronicle deal

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.

Chicago Daily Chronicle Intelligencer Chicago Daily Chronicle O. A. Gamble

Love may be blind but not deaf or dumb

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.

Industrial Opportunities on the Chicago and North-Western Line

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.

Chicago & North-Western Railway

Chukchees Practice Death by Own Action in Siberia

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.

Siberia St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Pointed Paragraphs From Atchison Globe

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.

Old Time Football Voices on Its Brutal Beginnings

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.

Stubbes

All Wobbly In Their Walk

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.

New York

Donkey Fat and Adder Skin Elixir in Antiquated Recipe

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.

Albertus Magnus

Exclusive Best Seller Sparks Reader Split

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.

No clear news item found in quote

The provided text is a dialogue quote and does not present a verifiable news item, event, or person suitable for a newspaper card summary. No identifiable entities, dates, or organizational references are present to format as a T S record.

The Right Ring Enters a Courtship Scene

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.

Gusher

The Boast of Health and the Shadow of Death

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.

Hardihood London Spectator

Lamps that are clocks from seventeenth century devices

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.

Cassier

Power of Niagara Falls and its vast water sources

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.

Niagara Niagara Falls Lake Superior Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Erie Atlantic Ocean Niagara River

Editor’s Retraction Sparks Online Mockery

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.

Maguire San Francisco

His Women Folk

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.

Mr. Comrox Washington Star

Bragg Involved In Scrap Mentioned By Philadelphia Press

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.

Bragg Philadelphia Press

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations

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.

Rousseau

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