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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1903
Page
3
A humorous exchange between a rooster and a hen features the rooster professing devotion and willingness to endure fire and water while the hen jokes about his inability to swim and his burned feathers. The quip captures animal wit and affectionate banter.
A brief note from the Atchison Globe remarks that gossip thrives with a har, and a man who persistently complains mirrors harsh behavior.
The speaker recalls Harold after being told he was too poor to marry. The father mentions meeting Harold at the club, a conversation, and Harold striking him. He notes Harold’s uncle has left him about 200000, implying wealth.
A commercial traveler recounts how weather spoils his trips until a firm replies that they value concrete orders from Washington over forecasts. The anecdote underscores the primacy of actual business over predictive data in sales strategy.
A brief quirky quote from the Chicago Post contrasts two men over lending money. One asks to borrow from a prudent Titefist figure who expects repayment, highlighting a humorous mismatch in attitudes toward debt and accommodation.
Dialogue from the Somerville Journal about whether book characters reflect real people. The Humble Admirer asks if the characters are drawn from real life and the Haughty Author answers about interesting people observed.
A terse Baltimore American aphorism notes that reducing the number of wrong steerage could spare many bulls in life.
In an issue of Good Housekeeping the author argues most sleep aids fail when focused on local mental tricks. The proposed remedy is involuntary deep breathing achieved by ankle pedaling the feet, starting on the right side with knees flexed, synchronized to breathing to induce relaxation and sleep.
Benvenuto Cellini, about to cast Perseus in Florence, fell feverish. A workman cried the statue was spoiled, but Cellini rushed to the furnace, fired dry oak, and saved the metal despite rain. He then ate a plate of salad, slept well, and credited his mind with conquering illness.
The text discusses annuals that must be sown yearly and complete life cycles within a year. It notes their adaptability to changing seasons and brief blooming windows. It contrasts them with perennials, highlighting a preference for permanent effects and seasonally flowering plants in a garden.
The principal of a deaf and dumb asylum notes educated foreigners come to study English there. A teacher must mouth clearly to be read by lips, so instruction is precise. Foreign learners say the teachers articulate distinctly and help them master language in about half the time.
The bird of paradise has a tiny habitat limited to New Guinea and nearby Australian coasts. Despite favorable conditions on other nearby islands it remains confined to this region, and its beautiful feathers are valued in the millinery trade.
The Atlanta Constitution quotes Brer Williams and Brother Dickey debating glory in a chariot fire. Williams recalls a December remark about snow on the ground while Breer Dickey challenges August as the hotter time for such talk.
A poem style weather folklore note explains moon signs for forecasting. It describes frost from a clear moon, rain from a dull moon, storms from a single halo, and boisterous weather from a double halo. It links moon position and crescent orientation to upcoming dry or wet periods.
Dr. Potter, head of the Boston Electrical Medical Institute, tours the state offering free consultations and examinations. He claims cures for deafness, catarrh, weak lungs, indigestion, and nervous disorders using electricity and absorbent medicines. No charge for medicine. examinations free. visit Thursday October 20 at Nelson Hotel Ames.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer humorously debates a supposed twenty foot saurian carcass on the Penobscot banks. Skeptics query if such a giant fish could exist or be bought in boxes, while locals mock the print for misprints and sensationalism.
The Colonel says he must leave and become a hermit after years at the club. He explains he knows everybody’s family history, and the chorus questions this. He admits he has a habit of thinking aloud.
The famed Weald smith Saint Dunstan archbishop of Canterbury Mayfield in Sussex supposedly clashed with the devil at the site of an ancient archiepiscopal palace. Legend holds the saintly anvil hammer and tongs were kept at Mayfield palace.
A brief quip records a past drive and a curious misunderstanding about engagement. The dialogue hints at a mistaken commitment unrelated to a formal agreement, framed as a humorous or cryptic exchange.
A concise reflection describing infancy as the germ period of life, likened to springtime and seed sowing, emphasizing youth as the starting phase of human development.
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