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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
4
Amherst Massachusetts report claims Professor John Mason Tyler of Amherst College made a posthumous deal to sell his head for ten thousand dollars. Tyler denies seeking a sale while recalling a Leipzig joke about a square and long head.
Harper's Weekly outlines the high cost of life in New York detailing how a single man, a family with three children, and a working poor balance meals, rent, and coal. It contrasts poverty living with perceived economical choices and warns that genuine solvency requires restraint and perilous social pull.
The text lists U S Army generals and their West Point graduating ranks. Grant graduated 21st in a 39 member class led by William B Franklin. Sherman ranked 6th of 42, Sheridan 34th of 42, Virginia Thomas 12th of 42, Meade 19th of 66, Hooker 29th of 50, Stonewall Jackson 17th of 50, Longstreet 60th of 62, Hancock 18th of 25.
A native of Borneo the clock plant features three leaves a large forward extending leaf and two side leaves. Sunlight causes the leaves to swing like a pendulum the large leaf moving fully in 45 minutes and the small leaves completing a forward and back motion every 5 minutes resembling clock hands.
In Crook’s October Century reminiscence President Johnson and General Butler exchanged private letters during the trial period. Crook recalls being asked to deliver notes at night and that Johnson often tore up the messages after receiving them. The arrangement puzzled Crook as Butler pressed a case against the president.
A Harper's Weekly writer recalls Bishop Potter baptizing in a Massachusetts fishing village. A nervous young fisherman struggles as the infant wails at the font. An aged mariner in the back shouts guidance using nautical language to solve the moment.
A dialogue fragment shows Lovelorn flirting and proposing marriage as a humorous response to Miss Sweevrgirl’s remark about being different. The scene hints at a light romantic tone and playful banter between two characters.
Bang asks if he will succeed as a doctor and Bang answers that he cannot raise a beard.
This guiding piece urges gradual buying if needed, stresses personal expression, and explains how lighting, color, and restraint create a harmonious room. It recommends avoiding mixed woods, choosing suitable frames, careful bric-a-brac selection, and neutral wallpapers with simple drapery and tasteful lamps.
A brief notice lists contact points for local offices and mutual services with phone extensions 121 M for office and 122 J for residence, plus mutual office line 199. The snippet identifies downtown commerce access and service numbers in a compact directory item.
A how to on keeping pumpkins from harvest to season end by sealing stem air with wax. Also instructions for glazing pie crust with milk and egg wash. Includes recipes for Gold Cake and Daplelous Carrot Pie with step by step ingredient lists and methods.
The article notes evolving roles for women in Europe with early electoral candidacies in Bohemia and Prague. Maria Jumiore receives 144 votes in Hohenmauth while a male winner gains 592. In Stockholm three women policemen earn 1500 kronor salaries as an experimental step. England names Sophy B. Jackson first woman school physician in Croydon.
A new inexpensive curtain material called Arabian cloth is praised for its pretty cool look. It resembles scrim or cotton voile and features tulip designs on a dull ecru ground with floral, conventional, and striped colorings.
A fashion note explains a new checked skirt with sun plaited bias lines. Checks start tiny at the waist and grow larger toward the hem. Skirt is stitched in flat plaits about half a yard from the top, creating a striking black and white effect.
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