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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
6
A Washington Times reflection on aging and discipline. It argues an older man endures strain, stays steady, and is less temptable. Elderly men are loyal, responsible, and prudent in choosing agents, drawing on experience and stable character.
Report by G H Tilden Treasurer of Ames Iowa detailing balances on hand received from water works fund electric light fund and county treasurer and vouchers paid from funds including improvement grading and electric light interest fund. Certification by Treasurer G H Tilden and Finance Committee Chairman on April 5 1902.
Summary of Ames Iowa mayoral report for year ending April 1 1902 noting figures on water works loan interest bonds and cash on hand including a cash balance of 700 97 and 1197 28 as stated in the report.
Statement of Electric Light Plant by Linebaugh superintendent outlines the plant status and operations with reference to 10887 48 as notes in the record.
Entries show cash movements for the electric light fund totaling 16841.09, including multiple credits and debits. A note states funds credited to the electric light fund should have been directed to the water works fund at the bank.
A Nebraska judge recalls how residents earned the sobriquet bug eaters after a grasshopper swarm in 1874. An eastern audience heard Nebraskan eloquence claim grasshoppers ate wagon tires and tracks, leading to the phrase describing the state.
A tombstone near Bridgewater Somerset memorializes Doctress Anne Pounsberry who died December 11 1813 at age 73. A seventh daughter of a seventh daughter she was credited with healing powers using herbs and charms for ailments such as the king's evil including a toad leg remedy.
Glass use dates to 2000 years before Christ with artifacts in the Slade collection at the British Museum. A lion head molded in glass bears an Eleventh Dynasty Egyptian king's name as the oldest dated glass piece. Breezing, a glaze on pottery, likely originates in the first Egyptian dynasty, evidenced by glazed glass beads in tombs of that era.
The literature on weeping trees blends myth and fact. Travelers recount the rain tree of Padradoca on the Isle of Ferro and John Cockburn’s 1735 Vera Pas report of a Central American tree that drips pure water from every leaf and branch.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich received a feminine letter announcing a little daughter’s death and asking for a verse from Babie Bell. He sent the full poem, then found it on sale by an autograph dealer with a hearty price attached.
A neighbor comments on a girl’s musical talent learned by ear. Mrs. Kostique retorts, implying the girl should be sent to a conservatory. The exchange ends with a witticism about being learned by ear.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption presents a groomed kitchen scene where a man voices praise for a new cook yet fears acknowledging it. He reasons his compliments could raise wages and that expressing dissatisfaction might cause her to quit, an ironic wage dilemma.
The Philadelphia Record notes London’s dense population and jokes falling flat as residents discuss crowding. The Chicago News contrasts travelers pursuing education abroad with those starting locally.
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