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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
5
A lawyer learns of his wife’s death via a telegraph from New York as she delayed outfit deliveries from an English milliner. The sister quips about the fate pairing with a pink chiffon skirt, highlighting mistaken clues and urban shop delays.
The article describes Turkish street life with counters of iced water, lemonade, and syrups lined by green leaves. Vendors, booths, and portable bottles keep drinks cold, priced cheaply at a farthing per tumbler, while ice cream sellers draw crowds with distinctive outfits and pure ices. The best business comes at night when Europeans dine al fresco along the Bosporus terraces.
Anthony Hope Hawkins devoted effort to aid a fund raised by the Authors' Society of London. The fund supports pensions for writers whose literary output does not provide substantial income, helping them face aging with dignity. A notable anecdote recalls a grateful writer who sought Hawkins at Buckingham Street near the Embankment Gardens, and his witty reply about Providence.
During the Baluchistan expedition of 1898 camels were lowered from ships into the sea. Their drivers swam to the camels and perched on their backs, lifting the animals' heads above water so they could be piloted ashore.
A staged exchange satirizes a speech where Naggus complains the rhetoric’s physiognomy. Borus questions the term and Naggus quips the I’s are too close together, reflecting a humorous wordplay moment in the Chicago Tribune.
Mr Sappeigh laments to Mr Softleigh that Miss Gabby is terribly set in her ways and has refused him nine times. The exchange appears in a Baltimore American item.
Mrs. Gallup dictates a thrifty funeral budget to husband Samuel as she faces death. She arranges flowers, seating, and visitors while humorously predicting his future, and notes how a second wife would need many comforts. He ignores her, engrossed in a medicine ad and moon phase.
Iowa Central Railway promotes Clear Lake Iowa as a premier inland resort with cool weather ideal for fishing sailing and bathing. Prominent vacationers from Iowa Illinois Minnesota and neighboring states visit, with many planning to settle next season. The article notes low round trip rates and invites travelers to contact Geo. Batty G P A Marshalltown for information.
The famous Pacific coast lighthouse on Tillamook Rock, 70 miles south of the Columbia, endured a severe storm that breached the roof with 63 pound rock fragments, flooded four rooms, damaged 11 lantern panes, and forced a temporary rise in the structure with a new concrete roof. Keepers faced supply shortages as coal was hoisted in wet slings and a rescue basket used for inspections.
A reader laments the overuse of the term most unique in newspapers and advertising. The note argues true uniqueness cannot be a superlative and cites phrases like one of the most unique as improper language in media.
A quip about the cow and the milkman from an Indianapolis Press line notes the cow gives pure milk, while the cow does not extend credit, highlighting a humorous difference in a noted jest. The exchange showcases a memory for jokes and rural references.
A quotation notes that power and virtue vary with time yet prove identical when examined over centuries, reflecting a philosophical view on moral and political force.
The fragment conveys a theme of longing and restraint where initial pleasure fails to curb deeper cravings, hinting at a recurring human conflict between immediate satisfaction and enduring appetite.
Young Nansen shunned extra gear and fasted for long treks. At a resting place he produced smoking pancakes from his coat lining and offered them to friends who refused. He insisted they were warmed and had jam inside.
An Oregon farmer asserts marriage is a great success describing Lucindy's morning routines milking cows feeding livestock and managing children and chores to argue that a wife’s work is priceless and cannot be outsourced despite jokes about marriage’s failure.
A reader mocks a rising author about a dry book while the author replies that the heroine weeps real tears on 253 pages, reflecting a terse publishing house dialogue reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A partial historic rail schedule shows east west and southbound departures and arrivals for named services such as Chicago Express Atlantic Express Overland Limited and Pacific Express. It lists times for Ames Marshalltown Carroll and Des Moines routes with notes on daily and Sunday services and freight.
A concise plea for readers to subscribe to the Des Moines Daily News with postpaid delivery. Rates shown include $1 per year, 75 cents for six months, and 50 cents for three months, plus brief mentions of telegraphed markets and family reading content.
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