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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
3
A gentlemanly passenger protests a seated man’s oversized foot in an elevated train car. The owner, calm at first, finally grips the foot’s owner with a twist, revealing a wooden leg, then departs as the car titters. Also, a lawyer jokes about state evidence after a preacher’s quip.
A London Tit-Bits quip on a grocer scolding a new clerk for sending over “the best butter” to a customer. The boss laments misfired timing and profits, claiming the butter will reignite customers’ appetites and force two more years of struggle to regain efficiency.
The oldest tree on earth is the boo tree in Amarapoora Burma believed planted in 288 B C. Sir James Emerson cites historic documents showing it as a branch of the fig tree under which Buddha rested at Urumela. Pilgrims carry its fallen leaves as relics, though leaves are not gathered after fallen due to safety.
The Spanish alphabet has a single silent letter and each letter has one sound. Verbs inflect for mood and tense by endings while English uses auxiliaries. Spanish follows Latin closely and rarely borrows words, making it a rich, self contained language.
In the Arctic brief season day and night blur. Two naturalists depart a ship at different times and meet saying good morning and good evening. Both agree the hour is seven but disagree on which seven. They conclude it is seven last night and dine once more before sleeping.
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows Edith and Dory in a tense exchange over a $10 loan involving Theodore and Jierven. Edith scolds Dory for trusting Jierven and hints at parental approval to overlook the issue.
A physician called in against the patient’s wishes questions adherence to treatment. The patient refuses and derides the doctor as believing in “throwing physic to the dogs,” while the doctor argues some dogs are valuable.
A historical advertising blurb advises adding one fourth to one half teaspoonful of emulsion to a baby's bottle several times daily for improvement, with larger children receiving half to a teaspoonful in milk. If mother's milk is insufficient the emulsion helps both mother and infant, available in bottles priced 50 cents to a dollar from Scott & Bowne chemists.
In the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph a father from Emsworth mildly chastised his young son. Later the boy offered a bargain to grant a favor in exchange for sparing the previous whipping, saying he would excuse the punishment if the father granted the request.
A brief dialogue exchanges tease each other about being educated and interesting. One participant accuses the other of vanity while the other deflects with sharp retorts. The tone sits between playful mockery and social jab.
A Washington Star quote notes Mr. Binxon chose suburban life to teach his children patience. He states his residence on a suburban car line was part of his purpose.
An Atchison Globe line warns that when pressed for honesty one should prepare to lie or utter a disagreeable remark, reflecting a blunt stance on truth telling.
The Iowa Central route offers low round trip rates to California and Pacific coast points this winter. A four day California trip from St Paul and Iowa towns via the Iowa Central and southern route is highlighted. The Pullman Tourist Car service returns for the season, with agents and pamphlets available through Geo G Batty G P & I G A Marshall-
The Iowa Central Railway offers home-seekers excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas and more. One fare plus two dollars for the round trip with a final return limit of twenty one days. Geo. S. Batty G P & T A Marshalltown Iowa provides full details and printed matter through agents or by mail.
A New York Times piece recounts a Lake Keuka sportsman’s tale of Indian whitefish nets at Sault Ste. Marie. It explains guides like Garron debunk the magic eye and detail how two Indians in a canoe use a ten foot net to haul five pound whitefish from boiling rapids behind shelteringrocks.
Orion Horne recalls Leigh Hunt on a bitter winter day visiting a large room. Hunt sits by a wide fireplace with a plane on the hearth, happy as he plays, replying that though the heat may ruin the piano, the sensation is delicious.
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