Parson and the Skipper on Time and Custom
A globe trotter notes how east west travel alters the calendar and recounts tales on a voyage from England to Australia and back. He and others misread date changes while a captain proves the day can shift unexpectedly. An anecdote from Peking explains cultural habits lack of rationale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Seas
England
Australia
Pacific
Baltimore Sun
Peking
Isaac Taylor Headland
University of Peking
Washington Star
Dickens in Steinway Hall Stuns New York Audience
A veteran judge recalls hearing Charles Dickens read his own work in Steinway Hall New York shortly after the Civil War. The crowd was large and appreciative though Dickens wore a velvet smoking jacket and flaming red necktie, an outfit seen as eccentric by fashionably dressed attendees. The judge notes newspapers did not denounce the sartorial choice.
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Charles Dickens
Steinway Hall
New York City
Nicholas Nickleby
New York
Washington Post
Seed corn for sale 200 bushels kiln dried
200 bushels of kiln dried white and yellow seed corn for sale at 1.00 per bushel. Tested 100 percent. Seller: W. P. Coon. 49-6tp.
Sam Delivers Laughs About New Marriage On Streetcar
On a late Long streetcar two African American men share joy over Sam's marriage. The last speaker, Sam, jokes he has a good start with "an old woman with eleven little pickaninnies," prompting amused reactions from riders. The scene captures a local humor moment from Columbus, Ohio.
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Sam
Mr. Johnston
Columbus (O
Dispatch
Those Loving Girls Spark Gift Exchange Plans
A brunette recalls Marie's kindness in gifting a blue gauze scarf she admires though it suits her friend. She plans to keep the scarf safe until Marie's birthday next month when she will have it dyed scarlet for her.
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Marie
New York Mail and Express
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Ad
The blood purifier claim is tied to lungs liver and kidneys health and regular bowels. It asserts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior, with one dose more beneficial than a dollar blood purifier. Price 25 cents samples free at Tilden & Loughran's drug store.
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Chamberlain
Tilden & Loughran
Neighbors Report Local Movements and Small Enterprises
Munns invoiced the lumber yard early this week while Will Lytle, recently home from college, visited briefly. J W Lytle attends the trustees meeting in Huxley this week. Fred Davis of Gilbert visited uncle L G Rosenfeld. Alicin and family improving after illness. Mrs T Davis and children from Gilbert visited sister Mrs Rosenfeld. Jess Gossard opened a new butcher shop last Saturday, hoped to be a success for town.
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Fred Davis
Gilbert
L. G. Rosenfeld
T. Davis
Jess Gossard
Ames Notes and Visitors Highlight Local College Page
A list of campus visitors includes A. D. McKinley and trustees Hungerford and McElroy. Miss Frank French of Humboldt and Mrs. Nina Smith with Clement visit Ames, while Dr. Louis Klein travels to Fort Worth. Army ration foods arrive from Armour & Co. and the Cole residence hosts smallpox patients under quarantine. Easter services feature Knights Templar involvement and a tiffin in Margaret hall. Miss Sadie Hook returns to assist in elocution and Miss Hook’s background is noted. Marion Rooke testifies to Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Washington township committees plan a meeting in Ames, with Read's hall as the venue, followed by an adjourned meeting.
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Knights Templar
Excalibur Commandery of
Boone
Knights of Ames
Cessna
Beardshear
Tiffin
Margaret Hall
Cicadas in Malay Peninsula Seen as Delicacy and Ritual
The London Daily Mail notes Malay peninsula natives eat cicadas as a luxury. Swarms are lured by light and sound, then captured, cooked and eaten. An obituary follows for I. K. Eckart, who died March 28 of paralysis at Ames Iowa, with details of his life and survivors.
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John Morrison Sr
Hedrick, Jr
John Morrison Jr
John Morrison
Philippines
Beyer
Ames
C. A. McCall
Civil Service
Kansas City
Andy
Spencer
Malay Peninsula
London Daily Mail
Zoological Society
I. K. Eckart
Fred K. Eckard
Harrison County
Indiana
Clay County
Ind
U. S
Fannie Deal
Story County
Iowa
Franklin Township
Sarah Rigby
Jesus Christ
United Bretheren Church
U. B
Ontario
City Council Reports Staff Elections and Rail Crossing Talks
At last Monday's council meeting city officers were elected including C. Giddings as clerk Jas Hale as street commissioner Wm Ricketts as marshal Miller and Son named city plumbers The railway company agreed to install gates and towers at Duff and Kellogg street crossings after frost thaws and to study Hoggatt street crossing further An overhead crossing at Crawford street hinges on vacating Carroll street crossing A sewage plan favoring filter beds with separate system costs 15000 to 18000 and future water system expansion Also listed are standing committees: Finance lights water works streets and alleys side walks parks.
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C. Giddings
Jas. Hale
Wm. Ricketts
Miller & Son City
Aiaeiada
Duff and
Kellogg
Hoggatt Street
Crawford Street
Carroll Street
Underwood
Daff and
Kellogg Street
Ames
Mann
Schueter
Bower
Bissell
Morris
Cavell
Brownlie
Lanning
Schlieter
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Proves Quick Rheumatic Relief
D. N. Sinks of Troy Ohio reports severe rheumatic pain in arm and shoulder disappeared after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm on strong recommendation from Geo F Parsons Co. Druggists. He endorsed it to others as the best muscular rheumatism remedy, available through Tilden & Loughran.
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Chamberlain
D. N. Sinks
Troy
Ohio
Messrs
Geo. F. Parsons & Co
Rom Ls
Tilden & Loughran
Sensitive Paris Death Reveals Family Finances
A young Lyons man, living in Paris with 30 000 francs from his father to fund a Paris office, killed himself after losing 25 000 francs. Police found his body on the Parisian bed with a note claiming misused funds, and later recovered the missing pocketbook in a bureau drawer.
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Paris
Lyons
Did She Get the Hat A Mystery of Curiosity and Deception
A woman notices a man hide a note in a library drawer and reads a challenge promising a new hat if her curiosity leads her to reveal the secret. She weighs how to claim the hat without exposing herself in Chicago Post style.
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Chicago Post
Queen Victoria Delights Dickens With Delicate Compliment
The queen invited Charles Dickens to dine at Windsor during his peak fame and gave him her book Tour In the Highlands with a fly leaf inscription praising him as the humblest to the most distinguished author in England. She later favored Lord Tennyson but did not elevate him as highly.
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Victoria
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Windsor Castle
Highlands
England
Lord Tennyson
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Piles and More
Itching piles are highly troublesome but Bucklen’s Arnica salve is advertised as curing the worst cases nationwide. The product claims to heal injuries pains and eruptions with thousands already cured. Priced at 2 cents a box with a cure guaranteed and sold by druggists Tone Bros. coffee at Letts’.
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Bucklen
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Ings
Noti
Price
Asa Vandermast
Fowler
Tazlor
W. P. Coon
Kelley
Munns
Will Lytle
J. W. Lytle
Huxley
Trustees
Alicin
Georges
A. D. McKinley
Hungerford and McElroy
Frank French
Humboldt
Nina Smith
Clement
Des Moines
Alice Steele
Vina Clarke
Louis Klein
Fort Worth
Texas
W. F. Briggs
Nevada
Board of Supervisors
Armour & Co
Cole
James Wilson Jr
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids
Eldora
Dwight Davis
A. M. Newens
Hatch
Grandy Center
Miss Hook
Newens
Sadie Hook
Department of Elocution and Oratory
Marion Rooke
T. M. Thompson
Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago
Washington Township
H. Brepe
W. E. Harriman
Kennedy
Letts
Sarah Eckard
Council
Victoria and Dickens
Job
Tone Bros. Coffee
China
Crochery and
Jardinieres
Rock River
Northern
Dakota
E. E. Sowers & Co
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