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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
5
The piece argues Moroccan practice makes all fortunes of governors crown property at death. It cites confiscation of governors wealth, preemption by the sultan, and loss of private and familial assets. It notes governors may be multimillionaires, with wealth traced to tribals and prerogatives of office. It laments families fall into poverty after such seizures.
A horse’s blinders are typically concave inside and dark on the surface. Light reflects off the curved surface, guiding rays obliquely into the eyes and blurring perception. Removing blinders often calms nervous horses by restoring clear sight. Uncle Bob’s Hailistone Story notes a weather anecdote about hail and a sly nickname for a fibbing neighbor.
A Latin inscription from Chantilly presents a riddle about Aelia Laclia Crispis Lucius Agatha Crispia and a tomb that holds no body. The lines declare a body that is both in every place and in no tomb, inviting nimble minds to solve the old puzzle.
Inventor boasts a flawless machine while a lawyer questions its perfection. The inventor admits during a final test his reflection appeared whiter than the shirt, a remark noted as a quip about the device’s purity.
In Andreasburg Prussia in the Harz mountains a noted canary industry rears 250000 birds annually with four fifths exported to the United States. Professorial birds sing to train youths to imitate seasoned songsters, highlighting a thriving, melodic trade.
A young man in Auburn paid a barber 85 old fashioned cents as a joke. The barber later sold one of the coins for 35 dollars, leaving the joker uneasy about his prank.
The article notes arsenic is widely taken in small doses by peasants in Austria Hungary and France. They claim the poison helps them climb heights they could not reach otherwise.
The Atchison Globe notes women stressing a young married woman must begin with her husband and behave with assertive leadership, likening it to a horse trainer starting with a colt.
A Chicago News correspondent describes Cairo households where Arabs live simply and sleep outdoors. Fatima guards a rare parlor bought with scarce funds, while squalor surrounds others. A Birmingham lock, a rose carpet, and cretonne curtains mark a rare luxury amid pervasive want.
General Grant visited the Temple of Heaven in Peking with Chester Holcombe who secured rare access for him. Several ladies in his party followed into the sacred grounds against Chinese custom and Holcombe apologized to the emperor’s representative. The intrusion was deemed to be overlookable but must remain secret to avoid antiforeign unrest.
The guide advises wiping woodwork with a cloth dampened in paraffin oil for two to three hours to loosen dirt. Then wash using soap and water with care to avoid interior piano parts, dry with a soft cloth, and finish with gentle polishing using linen or chamois leather.
A Chicago Record item presents quips about marriage dynamics with lines on a husband’s influence over his wife’s purchases and the resulting complaints. The snippet contrasts remarks about temptation, consumption, and domestic negotiation.
A light quip from the Detroit Free Press notes a humorous habit of a man named Harry after indulgent downtown lunches. He returns home and offers to treat his companion to a trolley ride as a playful offset.
A fragment from a Indianapolis Press page presents a terse exchange about arrests and accusations. The dialogue hints at a past horse stealing charge in Arizona and a live witness questioning the prosecutor in a courtroom or criminal context.
A Kansas City Times sentence notes that after a preacher marries a couple they immediately begin searching to determine who is the better fit as the other.
A visitor at a summer hotel reveals he is awakened each morning at 6 by orders from his city job. He then returns to bed, savoring the dream of rest as the bellboy bangs, calling this small moment of joy worth the hotel stay. The tale appears in the Chicago Times Herald.
A winter tale recalls a man who steals a potato from a barrel outside a store. He explains to the pursuer that he farms thousands of bushels and runs the county's largest market garden. He insists the act is a joke and that stealing is pointless for real help.
An elderly man in Dublin remarks to a coal cart driver about a worn out horse whose tongue hangs from its mouth. The boy retorts that the animal is exhausted, blaming the driver’s bad manners for overworking it.
In 4 shillings a year Mrs Abigail Vaughan left a legacy for buying fagots to burn heretics at St Martin Outwich later demolished. Vaughan's remains were moved to Ilford from St Martin Outwich. The notes appear in a history of St Helen's Bishopsgate by a late rector.
A 4 year old asks if boys are made of dust and fears a nurse will brush him away. Papa replies that boys are made of dust and agrees the nurse could brush him but promises protection. The vignette evokes childlike fears in a humorous exchange.
Tess asks about the wedding mood and Jess replies she enjoyed it but notes the gown fit poorly and guests complained about the presents.
Iowa vacationists shift from Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and seaside locales to Clear Lake. The inland lake offers cool weather fishing sailing and bathing with top hotel services and cottages filled by visitors from Iowa Illinois Minnesota. Low round trip rates via Iowa Central Railway invite inquiries to Geo G. Batty Marshalltown IA.
A community near New York uses a meat and vegetable grinding machine as a kitchen aid and even for cutting food, prompting worry it may supplant dental work earnings. An elderly woman boasts buying the device for 1 15 and saving on false teeth, while cautions about gun handling are offered in Forest and Stream guidance for safe gun use on boats and canoes.
A fragmented timetable lists trains like Overland Limited Pacific Express Chicago Express and Dakota routes with arrivals and departures at various times and notes Sunday and daily services.
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