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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
5
A party of young men at a stylish cafe enacts a prank by wiring a waiter to tell a wife that her husband is detained at the police station for hours and unlikely to be home for dinner. The waiter jokes about the bluff while the jester notes the joke may relate to his own case.
A French regiment under Colonel Walhubert crossed a deep chasm on a thick tree trunk during a siege of Austrian entrenchments in the Simplon pass. After initial martyrs, the colonel led a successful ford and charged, forcing the enemy to flee, in a tale of remarkable valor.
A Baltimore American reflection on a wife who worships heroes while her husband quietly embodies one. She longs for bold valor she cannot see, while he keeps silent about a deed that makes him a secret hero.
A Durham collier recently married despite friends urging against it. Months later a friend asks if he has been abusive. The wife replies that they have been married eight months and she has not seen him strike, despite jokes about “little shin dies.”
A French actress Duchenois died. An old intimate friend lamented not being named in her will after three decades of weekly dinners. He said sympathy could not help him, for her ingratitude affected him more than the loss.
A Philadelphia Press cartoon caption jokes about fathers and interruptions. A proud papa notes his boy interrupts him when he talks while another replies his boy interrupts him when he is sleeping.
Edward IV mandates that every Englishman and every Irishman living with an Englishman possess a bow matching his own height. The decree emphasizes standardized equipment and readiness among subjects.
A Chicago Daily News quips that a girl should first learn bread baking before painting. The humorous aside suggests focusing on practical skills prior to art, reflecting period social views.
A simple household ring toss game using rubber jar seals on a smooth board labeled No 1 to No 10. Players throw three rings from ten feet aiming to hook onto pegs. winner reaches exactly 100 points, with bullseye No 10 offering extra challenge and no noise or damage.
The story from G W Steevens in India shows a prisoner jailed for a debt of barley asking for his brother before being hanged. A Pathan who breaks only dies when declared dead, learns the warder’s legal distinction and calmly returns to the scaffold for execution.
A Circassian fable shows a man with kettle and animals outwitting a kiss in a ravine. Moody’s England visit featured a blunt vote of thanks moment where he declared himself Dwight L. Moody and equal to the audience, shocking yet winning applause from English listeners.
In Kotron on the French Ivory Coast the community believes eating or harming a turtle brings death or illness. They recall a man lost at sea whose live turtle washed ashore days later, sparking a rule that this species is spared. If one washes ashore now, women sing, place a white cloth on the turtle, offer plantains, rice and palm oil, then release it back to sea amid dancing.
A reserve guardsman stationed about 100 miles from Cape Town at a remount depot ignored a farmer’s warning about a cock ostrich. He was knocked down repeatedly while trying to rise, yet lay on his back unhurt as the bird sat on his chest until rescue parties drove it off.
A young woman asks the parliamentary method to end a meeting and a young man replies that a motion to adjourn ends the session. The exchange ends with the suggestion to adjourn.
The heiress tells a confidant that her father fears the count may be careless with money. Miss Cayenne weighs in that the engagement proposal could be seen as evidence to the contrary, in a Washington Star reporting tone.
In a Boston Bazar snippet, Mr. Charles Augustus Cavill tells his wife Mildred he saw her sister Jane a week ago, sparking a quarrel as Mildred accuses him of secrecy and miscommunication. He insists he did not see Jane, leading to a tense exchange about truth and responsibility.
The Calcutta based Englishman describes thief training in poaching by swallowing a lead piece on a thread then guiding it to the throat sac. The lead is lime coated to enlarge the sac so thieves can pouch 8 or 10 rupees at once.
The article explains that metals differ in casting suitability. Iron expands on cooling and solidifies by floating in liquid iron, filling the die. Gold and silver contract when cooling, making them unsuitable for casting.
A Republican appeal urges voters to cast ballots on election day regardless of rain or shine and notes past GOP stay-at-home percentages that could have cost districts. It cites Democratic claims about congressional races and mocks a claim about Bryant’s electoral vote potential. It also recounts Ballard Smith’s swift rise in journalism after Dartmouth.
The notice lists freight and passenger trains with east west north south routes, times, and service notes. It specifies baggage handling rules and that Train No 15 will not carry freight but may carry passengers to Boone. G W Rogers signs off.
A quip from the Philadelphia Press notes a man and his companions struck some time ago while a clock and calendar discuss work. The calendar observes it refreshes him when the man takes a month off, illustrating labor and time in a playful dialogue.
Des Moines Daily News offers postpaid daily delivery for $1 a year or 75 cents for six months and 50 cents for three months. The paper promises condensed news, daily markets by telegraph, and literary content for the family. Address The News Des Moines Iowa.
Reporters quote the Philadelphia Record noting public speculation about Hoax-Borrowell’s family attire and frequent visitors. The item references multiple collectors visiting the house daily as the investigation proceeds.
A Chicago Record snippet shows a witty exchange about directing a bill to a husband with the note personal. The quip underscores domestic humor in a brief humorous moment.
McCarthy and Lee advertise collections loans and real estate services with prompt attention. College Park lots for sale are listed in Avenue 3 and Avenue 4 near Stevens’ Block in OWA.
The Illinois Central with Yazoo and Mississippi Valley lines offers Homeseeker's Excursions from west of Tara and Lyle Cedar Rapids Onawa Sioux Falls branches on the first and third month, and from Fort Dodge east on the first and third Tuesday, 1900. The Southern Homeseeker Guide details agricultural advantages and soils south of the Ohio River. For a copy and information contact E. P. Skene, Pand Commissioner I. C. Ry Chicago.
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