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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1903
Page
3
The New York Press notes that sailors paint ships with absolute detail from brig to three master, yet lack life and motion, often adding static landscapes or toy-like backgrounds. Window displays in South Street ship stores show such works. retirees pass them to heirs.
An American recalls a shabby looking Englishwoman who turns out to be royal when a governess visits the Ufizzi in Florence. The older woman is the Duchess of a title, with her granddaughter Lady Emily, revealed by a maid calling them Your Grace and Your Ladyship.
The article argues that music forms the core of Welsh character and that a Welsh preacher’s hymn intonation, the hwy, often sounds discordant to English ears. It notes the sensitivity of Welsh musical intonation and how matching the key set by the instrumentalist is crucial for Welsh congregations.
The quote contrasts innovation with reform, attributed to Burke. It reflects a stance on how new ideas relate to institutional change and cautions against conflating novelty with meaningful reform.
Joaquin Miller recounts a tale from his Klondike return a miner hosts a dance in a cabin. Bill Dalton plays the fiddle as miners dust the floor with gold dust to keep it slippery for dancing. The miners depart at dawn and ride away with dog sleds. Captain John Healy in the box backs the story.
The piece traces noon from the 3 o'clock Roman hours through medieval rules and monkish practices. It explains Saturday preparation for Sabbath, the noon service called nones, and how monks shifted eating to noon. The term high noon arose to distinguish 3 PM from 12 PM in early references.
The Galapagos tortoise seeks shelter before rain with a reliable sign that rain will follow. Along the African coast tortoise farms observe overhanging rocks as a predictor of downpours. Birds like the American catbird and robin reportedly warn of storms by vocal cues or behavior, reflecting widespread moisture instincts and atmospheric changes.
A New Jersey clergyman hires a man as coachman and gardener. He directs applying horse liniment to a lame horse. The man uses a spike as a brush, misreading the label that urged applying with a large nail or toothbrush, claiming no toothbrush available.
Parnell resisted a thirteen clause draft insisting on a fourteenth claim and feared a green scarf as unlucky. A dog note traces the pointer’s shift from bloodhound type to the modern English foxhound, praising a versatile, bird sense sporting dog suited for wide plains and retrieving.
A war office officer sought a screwdriver from government stores but was told only screwdrivers in tool boxes and not singly. After more rounds, boxes of tools were limited to carpenters' shops, leading the officer to apply for a carpenter's shop instead and finally receive it.
In 1830 Paris a law student was kicked by a king's officer for tearing down ordinances. In 1879 the officer, Patric de MacMahon, resigns the presidency and congratulates Jules Grevy on his election as successor, praising him as he dies aged and honored.
The Eskimos of Point Barrow obtain tobacco from whites and show keen taste. Chewing is universal among men women and even infants, with large quids constantly in the mouth. The juice is swallowed with saliva and causes no nausea.
Mrs. Comrox praises her daughter Arabella for a fine disposition. She notes Arabella can sit for hours listening to herself play piano, demonstrating remarkable self control.
An earnest exhorter tells a religious gathering that true religious fervor comes from the fountains of life and the heart rather than from mere outward water imagery, urging brethren to seek genuine faith.
The article explains how evergreen leaves use sunlight year round while deciduous trees shed leaves in autumn. It notes cork layer formation in deciduous species and contrasts with evergreens, which have leathery leaves that resist frost and shed gradually.
A New York man, eager for Masonic initiation, stepped on a rack that pierced his foot and caused severe pain. After two hours with no relief, he asked to remove the tack, only to learn it had nothing to do with the ceremonies.
Biographer Morley recalls Gladstone's youth facing an examiner who tried to skip theology. Gladstone pressed on with more discourse. Morley notes Dean Gaisford's famed brevity and the lack of transmission of that laconic gift.
The first fire engine ever made is kept in the old parish church at Dartmouth England. It measures four feet in length and four feet six inches in height and rests on four small wheels. The hose sits on top and a dumsy lever at the rear starts the machine, though the water stream was small and likely inefficient.
A young woman with glasses recalls an admission of admiration for Bacon that sparked no drama among Shakespearean students. The incident involved a Chicago pork packer who coolly stated he did not care to talk shop.
The speaker uses the term blubber to describe infant fat as unhealthy in a humorous quote. A father counters that his baby is not fat but sleeps poorly due to excess blubber, illustrating a playful debate on infant weight and sleep.
A lecturer on physiognomy remarks that brilliant and impulsive people have black eyes, or will develop them if they lack them due to their impulsive nature.
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