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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
3
Fact recounts how Andrew Jackson spared Creek chief Weathersford after his surrender following Fort Mims. Despite calls to kill him, Jackson advised mercy, allowed departure, and granted aid for starving women and children, leading to Weathersford’s later plantation life.
A young brakeman proposed passing two long freight trains on a short sidetrack. He traced a simple diagram in sand that showed how to “saw by” and pass without backing. The method, once little regarded, became standard knowledge for railroad workers nationwide.
A fragment from a periodical mixes a detective narrative moment where Mrs. Jenkins questions her husband with a sensational description of the white shark. The piece notes the shark’s size and jaw power, recounting tales of swallowed objects and a bullock’s head.
A story recalls Meissonier visiting a wealthy Parisian patron who boasted thrift. While breakfasting, Meissonier admired the tablecloth’s texture and drew a detailed portrait on it with a pencil. The cloth remained unused and effectively preserved as a keepsake of the artist’s wit.
A host gifts Meissonier crayons a penknife and india rubber at breakfast. The painter quietly carves a halberdier from the tablecloth, but then uses the knife too vigorously, leaving a corner of cloth removed while the guests admire his handiwork.
Memoir-like reminiscence recounts 1871 Wilhelmshohe conversations where Napoleon predicts Bismarck would rule France and thereby master Germany within six months. The exchange ties Napoleon III, Murat and the plan to supplant the fallen emperor to the German chancellor.
A remnant Araucanian people in Chile’s southern province use a castoff crab shell as a barometer. In dry weather the shell is white, but red spots appear with moisture in the air. As humidity rises the shell turns fully red and stays red through the rainy season.
Iridium is a hard brittle silver white metal discovered by Tennant in 1808. It is often found combined with osmium and is among the heaviest metals, used for pen points contact points on telegraphy and wear prone parts of scientific instruments. Its specific gravity is 22.4.
A brief reflection on hope describing it as the cheerful anticipation of escaping deserved punishment. The speaker presents hope as a mental stance that tempers hardship by imagining a better outcome beyond current punishment or consequence.
The Boston Journal recalls John Allen a famed Methodist revivalist in Maine. His wit matched his speech as a story says his wife chided him for not helping her into a carriage and he quipped you are not as buoyant as when you were a gal.
Jinks quips that Smith’s father left him debts rather than a fortune. Binks notes Smith is coping, remarking that he has greatly increased his inheritance despite the debts.
The Kansas City Journal notes a man married a woman despite plans for an immediate divorce. He cites concern for the engagement's honor as the reason, while she questions the motive and timing.
Not a news item. Unable to summarize a quotation as a newspaper card without a readable article.
A neighbor taunts Mrs. Byerly about her elegant home furnishings. The other woman predicts the sheriff will sell the items within six months, and she vows to buy them. Source: Chicago Tribune.
London Tit-Bits recalls Beerbohm Tree’s first Falstaff on Windsor for est. The oak stage prop lacked pegs causing a comical exchange with the property master who repeats No pegs to the director. Also notes whale and wandering falcon flight speeds and routes.
The London Saturday Review details Swedish divers performing combination diving including upright lifts head downward holds and somersaults from high platforms. It highlights handspring dives back dives and double somersaults from thirty to fifty feet as graceful and impressive capabilities.
Mrs. M. L. Dix of Clarksville Tennessee credits Dr Kings New Discovery with ending four years of severe lung trouble and chest pain. The advertisement touts relief from coughs colds hay fever la grippe asthma and bronchitis with trial bottles free and guarantees at 50c and 1.00 by all druggists.
The piece compares speeds of humans and animals and a horse. It notes swimmers reach about thirty-nine inches per second in comfortable swimming, oarsmen in an eight about 197 inches per second, skaters nine to ten yards per second, and horses can gallop six miles per hour for long periods. It cites the borzoi as fastest dog at seventy five feet per second and mentions the gazelle exceeding eighty feet per second.
Excerpt advises maximizing sleep for all under one's authority and enforcing an early bedtime. It argues sleep should be tailored by each person, likening natural wakefulness to the sun and suggesting regular rest to protect mind, body, and estate.
The ad claims Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets assist nature to drive impurities from the system and restore organs to health and strength. Sold by all dealers.
Miss Louisa Packer recalls rigid letter etiquette eighty years ago with even the twopenny post deemed sufficient for all. A father writing to Landovers in his class was conveyed by a servant, while within the same city mail was seen as vulgar for local correspondence. London Chronicle notes a proverb on self desertion and friendship.
Maria chides John Billus for piling mistakes after a caller departs. She notes the blunder of saying she is ten years younger while he then reveals he is fifty two, a humorous mismatch in the exchange reported by the Chicago Tribune.
In a Bon Vivant quip, Henry asks about neighbors. The reply jokes they are so quiet that moving risks discovery and muffled conversations for his mother. The exchange showcases a lighthearted domestic humor tone.
A Philadelphia Record quip compares marriage cost to lifespan. An eager youth asks how much it costs to get married and a somber man answers it depends entirely on how long you live.
A New York Times dialogue humorously contrasts sacred and profane history with a tale about George Washington and the cherry tree. The father dismisses the question as silly while offering a blunt, comic definition of profane history as the non sacred portion of history.
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