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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
1
A compilation of opinion items and vivid quotations from the era. Topics include apple and potato crops impact, newspaper reading as character signal, Emma Goldman and Kage, sour grapes, political shifts on free silver, export trade, Presidential monument plans, Paris tolls and smuggling, a Buffalo postal exhibit, and reflections on assassination risks and public receptions.
The passage notes coincidences linking burial dates to the death anniversaries of Garfield and Lincoln, with details of Guiteau Booth and McKinley shootings. It references Garfield's death in 1881, Lincoln's in 1865, and McKinley’s in 1901, as reported by the New York Herald.
The author argues that repressive laws and patriotic moral education do not curb anarchy. Even with liberal rulers and widespread schooling, assassins remain ready to strike, driven by ego and notoriety. The piece warns against believing simple solutions can quell violent upheaval.
Iowa Homestead reports that the Pan American exposition model dairy aims to boost dairy education through butter and cheese exhibits and a nationwide competition for diplomas and high state averages. Judges operate independently with close scoring, while improved dairy utensils and school influence broaden the discipline. Dairy production covers breeding feeding and milk handling, with state fairs increasing cash premiums to spur progress.
Tickets on the North Western Line offer one fare for a round trip to MinngaPouis Minnesota with return extended to October 31. Ticket sales through Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Seekers are urged to inspect large tracts along the North Western Line in Northern Wisconsin offered at low prices and easy payment terms. Locations listed include Minneapolis St Paul Duluth Superior Milwaukee and Chicago with timbered land fertile soil and abundant cold water. For folder and information contact Geo. W. Bell Hudson Wis or G. H Macrae St Paul Minnesota.
A marriage between an Englishman and a Greek woman in Constantinople requires three ceremonies. Legal formalities occur at the consulate and the Greek church rite at the bride’s home completes the process. The Greek ritual features a wreath not rings, three circumambulations, candlelight, and the best man’s wreath exchange. Coins and tokens are tossed to celebrate.
A horse in good health has a strong appetite and can endure work, eating about four times daily. Its small stomach relative to body size requires frequent feeding, with two meals early morning and late at night, ensuring constant availability even on journeys.
A historical account describes a Japanese method to prepare the dai by removing most edible matter from its bones while the fish remains alive. The fish is kept breathing with wet seaweed over its gills during the process, reflecting refined cruelty for palate pleasure.
A simple disinfectant recipe for a sick room uses ground coffee on a shovel with camphor gum in the center. Light the gum to ignite the coffee and release a refreshing sanitary perfume.
A well known politician sets out for a day of sport with a friend and bets a guinea he can rouse a large spaniel asleep in a hall. After whistles and a blank cartridge fail, the dog is revealed as Mahatma, a stuffed animal the politician had recently preserved, and he notes it is the tenth guinea the dog has brought him.
Italian bees are described as more energetic and productive than native bees, gathering honey during partial droughts and from blossoms natives avoid. They are stronger fliers, fly more directly and swiftly, and are less irritable.
A colorful exchange from the Detroit Free Press features Languid Trotter urging Weary Willie to pack and follow toward a mythical Sahary desert with no water all year. The dialogue evokes a humorous travel plan and a sense of adventure.
A Philadelphia Press gag line contrasts heat rising with cold on the head when feet are wet. The professor asserts the opposite, while a pupil questions the experience.
Dialogue reveals a lighthearted misinterpretation about a new girl's character. Mrs Housekeep notes she sings at work as a sign of kindness, while Mr Housekeep dismisses it as irrelevant, joking a mosquito would sing.
In a Philadelphia Press quip an editor returns a manuscript asking for opinions and points out the writer’s claim of originality. The editor notes the paradox that the ideas themselves seem original.
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