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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
3
A New York physician argues at the Lawyers' Club that medicine benefits from secrecy while law faces constant public scrutiny. He contends doctors' blunders are kept quiet by nurses and that medical practice relies more on empiricism than science when judged against legal trials.
Leslie's Weekly details a typical five day schedule for midshipmen at the Naval Academy. Reveille and roll call start at 6am with meals, drills, and three two hour recitations daily. Saturday and Sunday bring liberty with sunset roll calls and optional mess meals.
A Philadelphia Record feature explains oyster training schools where oysters learn to keep their shells closed out of water. Dealers describe gradual exposure to air in water troughs, with trained oysters lasting longer while untrained ones die quickly.
A partridge nest near a plowed field was disturbed as a plow passed within a yard. The parent birds moved twenty-one eggs to safety in about twenty minutes. The hedge provided safety as the mother remained on her eggs and nineteen chicks hatched and escaped unharmed.
The magpie builds a thorn barricaded nest and interlaces the bush to guard its home. When forced to a low shrub or hedge the bird fortifies the entire shelter and creates a covert exit to guarantee escape if disturbed.
A University of Pennsylvania medical faculty member reports from a Philadelphia Record study that well trained athletes, especially rowers, develop larger, stronger hearts and lungs. Gradual training builds capacity. sudden strain risks dilation, not injury. With proper development, athletes can endure intense races and recover quickly.
A compact collection of maxims and reflections from Shenstone Emerson Mercier Schiller Hazlitt Franklin Carlyle Feuillet Rochefoucaud featuring ideas on friendship learning merit kindness and human folly expressed in concise, thought provoking lines.
A cryptic note from the Baltimore American hints Gabsky may decline to perform at a private gathering tonight unless an unknown method can deter him. The item reads as a fragment of chatter rather than a full report.
A reader named Meandering Mike replies that a work offer would be fine and he can take a joke as well as anyone else in a brief Washington corresponding snippet.
Castleton confesses to the Detroit Free Press he is unsettled by a widow and wonders if she will marry him. The lines reveal his nerves and indecision about the engagement.
The learned Porson stayed with canon Jeremiah King of Ely. During dinner a discussion on etymology led King to mock a Porson derivation as farfetched. The tale ends with Porson replying that Jeremiah King becomes Jerry King then Gherkin, like the cucumber pickle.
The London Telegraph recounts Robespierre during the terror playing chess at Cafe Regence where a youth in disguise beat him twice. After the losses he asked for payment and the rival, a girl in disguise, produced an order for her lover’s release which Robespierre signed. Bonaparte later visited the cafe but did not reveal chess mastery.
A New York Times quip captures a diner’s complaint about a Swiss cheese sandwich. The waiter responds that the cheese is present, noting the holes in the bread as the joke’s punchline.
In a witty exchange from Puck style humor, Faith questions Gladys about rejecting a suitor. Gladys insists she wants a man who has endured sorrow and gained wisdom. Faith notes the suitor would have soon met that standard if accepted.
A quotation from De Maintenon notes Hope’s constant urging to move forward, guiding people toward the grave with a stern, unyielding directive and emphasis on perseverance despite fate.
A brief Atchison Globe quip notes that the day after a man quits his job he finds himself in the way, a humorous reflection on change and obstruction.
The article advises pruning peaches annually and using low headed trees for wind resistance. It suggests not grafting an entire tree at once and using dwarfing via bud grafting on slow growing stock. Moss on fruit tree stems signals wet, poorly drained land and roses need rich, cohesive soil. Remove wood over two years from currants and gooseberries to boost fruiting.
A small girl spills ink on her mother's desk rug chairs and apron. The mother is surprised, and the father returns home to a quip from the daughter about ink cost. The girl asks how much a bottle costs and comments that the fuss over one bottle was excessive.
A New York Times quotation describes Mrs John Peters' method to quiet restless children before prayer. She calls each child by name, urging silence with brisk commands to Alice Eddie Maud and John as the blessing begins.
A brief exchange reveals Tom claiming luck after escaping with Goldman’s daughter, while Dick questions the fortune and Tom asserts he managed to get away.
Comic exchange shows Gawge teasing Charlie with a single eyeglass while claiming to see with the other eye. The terse joke highlights playful wordplay typical of San Francisco Wasp humor.
A humorous Harvard Lampoon exchange references twins and a playful line about keeping them calm. The quote mentions Faith, Mrs O Hara and a character named Dinnis with Moike as a safeguard against biting.
A Charles Dickens line extols a heart without hardness a temper without fatigue and a touch that never harms blending gentleness with resolve in enduring compassion.
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