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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
6
A detailed lay description of the ear's structure and function. Outer, middle, and inner ears are described with the mallet anvil and stapes bones, the cochlea like a snail shell, and how vibrations travel to the brain. The piece notes that hearing can occur with the mouth open and even with sealed ears.
A tepid bath at about 99 degrees Fahrenheit is praised as an excellent substitute for sleep by Henry Bennett We Edinburgh in Perfect Health. He asserts it can cure chronic insomnia and serves as nature’s restorer, with cases showing prolonged sleep improvement.
In Siam all newborns receive the single name Dang meaning red, a practice noted by Ernest Young in The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe. Newborns often go unclothed for months, blessed cords are tied at birth, three rice balls are tossed by three elder women for luck, and offerings seek guardian angel protection. The heat and crowded conditions make the air stifling and inhospitable, deterring evil spirits and wanderers alike.
Dr Andrew Wilson discusses that flower traits serve seed production and cross fertilization. He notes colors scents and scents invite insects to carry pollen between flowers of the same or nearby species ensuring a sturdier race. He mentions bloom timing arrangement and reproductive structures as further plant aids.
A prize of a guinea was awarded to the author who selected three sentences deemed most pregnant and felicitous. The chosen quotes include Ruskin on imagination and heaven, Mazzini on discouragement, and Stevenson on wisdom and adaptability in life.
The excerpt recounts Davy Crockett’s early electioneering, his ignorance of government before meeting Andrew Jackson, and his humorous self description in Raleigh. Crockett recalls meeting General Jackson and Colonel Polk, joking about the judiciary, and a vivid self-introduction to a stranger on the way to Washington for his first Congress.
Very low rates to Deadwood and lead via Northwestern line for International Congress. Excursion tickets sold Sept 2 3 4 5 6 with favorable return limits. Northwestern line also offers Indiana Ohio trips on four Tuesdays Sept 1 3 15 and Oct 6 return within 30 days. Information on farming lands near Winnipeg Manitoba and Alberta available from W H Dayton Ames IA.
Chicago prepares a citywide centennial jubilee from Sept 26 to Oct 1 featuring a military parade honoring President Theodore Roosevelt and a reenactment of the great 1871 fire. Five hundred tons of Roman fire will blaze atop tall buildings, with DeKoven Street and Mrs. O Leary’s home as vantage points. Fort Dearborn replica, 400 Indians camping, industrial parade, fireworks, automobile and swimming races, and yacht contests are among the events. OK & North-Western Railway offers fall information.
Max Beerbohm replaces George Bernard Shaw as dramatic critic of the London Saturday Review and vows to work hard, noting Shaw’s deep drama knowledge makes writing easy while he must learn the craft.
On October 28 in year 312, Constantine the Great reportedly heard a mighty noise and saw a cross in the blue sky. A white cross appeared with the Latin inscription In hoc signo and a Greek phrase En to nika in the halo.
The Hygienic Gazette argues that healthy appendices resist seed entry and that consuming ripe berries and fruits helps prevent constipation, a major contributor to appendicitis. The piece urges physicians to correct patient fears and promote fruit intake as protective and harmless.
The Chicago Post notes a moving moment as inquiry about Binks daughter brings tears. A remark questions the force of a kick. The state earns over 5 million dollars each season from summer boarders, while the saying Pot often triumphs but never conquers is attributed to Roux.
A dialog from the Chicago Tribune features an old smoker admitting the solace of smoking a fresh cigar to ease the discomfort and craving when not smoking. The exchange frames smoking as an expensive, useless habit yet offers a paradoxical sense of relief.
A humorous Life magazine exchange contrasts a seller promising a highly concentrated food with a consumer preferring a product that distributes through the body, highlighting a clash of preferences and marketing claims. The dialogue mirrors midcentury consumer culture and satire.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes that in whist much depends on luck and a good deal on fortune, with Pietro agreeing that luck governs many plays while Joey-Yes adds that luck itself hinges on favorable deals.
A brief item in Smart Set notes a approach to child development focusing on early speech training and later restraint, reflecting the period’s social attitudes toward parenting.
A young couple share a moonlit farewell at a gate. He departs promising to remember her even unto death. She vows fidelity. Six years later at a party they reunite and she no longer recognizes him, doubting if it was him, his brother, or perhaps his father.
A man orders lunch near Park Row and tries to bypass pepper openings with a hairpin. The waitress calmly fixes the caper and the patron bolts, prompting a bemused remark about his impatience from another customer.
Public notice announces the Illinois Central Railroad Company annual stockholders meeting in Chicago on October 21 1903 at 12 noon. Registered holders receive free travel tickets for the meeting period with conditions, obtainable by written application to the President Mr W G Bruen, in Chicago.
The crown owns treasure trove in England and discovery by accident triggers penalties for concealment, including fine and imprisonment. Systematic searching or finds from occult methods do not fit the law, historically possibly a hanging matter but now a deterrent.
The text recalls the legend of Blackbird Days on Jan 30 31 and Feb 1 in Constantinople Brescia and along the Danube and Rhine. It says white blackbirds turned black after birds fled cold European chimneys, with Brescia’s feast I giorni della merla marking the transformation.
In a playful exchange, Mrs Hayskeep asks for a nice dinner today and Hungry Higgins answers with a tongue in cheek reply about liking the cookery and returning at ten. The quip captures a social moment and wit from a Philadelphia Press item.
A partial quotation attributes a maxim about choosing a full-lived day over a long blink of life to Antrim. The fragment hints at resilience and valuing lived experience.
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