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Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1909

Page

3

Japanese Language Hard A Lesson For Army Officers

Army officers considering studying Japanese face a severe challenge. The language requires mastery of 214 signs and two distinct forms written and spoken. Even Japanese learners must translate written texts into colloquial speech and often rely on 2,500 to 3,000 ideographs for higher class newspapers.

Army and Navy Journal Africa

The Slapstick and Its Laughs Through Stage Trickery

A Bohemian piece explains the slapstick as two barrel staves fastened to a handle that click together when struck. It describes its varied comedic effect from a simple tag to thunderous violence and the broader power to provoke universal laughter in a crowded theater.

Delaying Summer Poem With Kate Carter

The verse portrays a speaker named Kate Carter watching summer delay its exit. She calls farewell repeatedly yet lingers, teetering between departure and attachment. Rural imagery shows hay nests, bees, nuts swelling, and a plowman in a desolate field while the sky remains blue despite wind and rain.

Parewell Ain

The Chariot of Fire in a Mexican Cathedral Mystery

Jack Carr and Harry Neal witness a so called sacred fire in a Mexican cathedral. A hidden gas effect cloaks a feigned miracle until Estrella reveals the truth. Jack survives a staged cremation and agrees to secrecy in exchange for marriage to Estrella and a safe future.

W. R. Hearst Mexico Wapath Jack Carr Harry Neal Elijah Jack San Francisco Senor de Castro Estrella Harry Padre de Castro California

Underground mountains in India near Himalaya parallel range

Trigonometric surveyors in India report a possible buried mountain range about a thousand miles long, running parallel to the Himalayas. They base this on gravity measurements, noting plumb lines deflect southward north of the chain and northward south of it, implying a dense rock mass beneath the surface.

Trigonometrical Survey India Himalayas

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