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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
6
A cashier shows a half‑impressed cent described as a misstrike with a left finger pushing the blank disk halfway to the die. He notes a raised edge on the blank metal and says such coins are exceedingly rare, perhaps one in ten million, worth about 25 dollars.
The sense of hearing detects sound direction like the eye focuses, using instinctive processes. Sound travels as waves, with background senses aiding perception, yet a head shield can mute distant sounds and hinder locating hidden sources.
A historical note explains how winds affect temper and behavior. Bracing cold winds refresh, while hot winds like the khamseen and sirocco trigger unrest, fatigue, and even crime. The piece cites Algeria Spain Egypt Havana cases of wind driven conflict.
A discharged artilleryman Flannigan rigs a rusty cannon on his cottage door with hidden wires to fire bricks at burglars while away. A constable nearly gets hit when the brick smashes his door. Flannigan returns to hear the news and boasts of his home defense.
N O Nelson sought a favorable country site for his co operative business and was joined by Dr Edward Everett Hale on tours. A location was chosen and the name Leclaire selected in honor of the pioneer French profit sharer, after rejecting Hale who was six feet four.
A humorous exchange cites overeating as one character jokes about crowded meals. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quips on dieting through a two meal pattern and rest of the day.
Humorous exchange from the Cleveland Leader features a speaker claiming his wife forgives faults while joking about a wife who forgets his faults. The lines play on forgiveness and a pun about skinning.
Comic exchange shows a prisoner declaring five years enough while the counsel laments limits. A London Sketch dialogue captures vanity versus glory themes.
A reflective excerpt notes silence as a slow poison in relationships. It describes love eroding without violence, as hope fades and emotional frame weakens until a quiet dissolution over time. The passage uses restrained metaphor to convey cruelty hidden in gentleness.
A humorous exchange features the bride teasing about testing biscuits on the dog before offering them, while the groom quips about the bride’s sharp temper and her fondness for dogs, in a Cleveland Leader excerpt.
A brief exchange notes the question of why a man turns bad and the reply attributes the cause to efforts to be good in a sharp, period voice. The fragment reflects a moralizing tone typical of early 20th century commentary.
A short line from Ramaswami's Indian Fables asserts that fools hear for knaves to misuse. the quip highlights the clash between naive listeners and cunning speakers in traditional moral fables.
A humorous panel joke about budget fashion where one character laments living on $5000 a year and the other jokes that wearing less drives up costs, a nod to frugal wit from Judge's Library.
A London tale recalls Lord Stanhope evading a purse snatcher by offering to fetch a 100 pound note from Chevening. He later receives a letter claiming the note helped start a man’s life, illustrating the Stanhope clan as a “strange race.”
A florist recounts a Turkish belief that the red rose sprang from the Prophet Mohammed's blood and that the flower is sacred in Turkish culture. He notes the rose is valued, used for rosewater, and revered, with cleansing rituals after conquest and during religious observances.
An English incident shows Holbein defending himself after a nobleman seeks rude confrontation over a life drawing. The king intervenes, warning the nobleman that punishment will fall on him, not Holbein, asserting royal power over lords.
A practical guide explains using eye level and hat brim as a sight line to measure river width. Stand at the edge, align brim with opposite water edge, then rotate slowly to transfer the measured angle onto flat ground for a rough distance estimate.
A celebrated jurist, while en route to hold court, met a marketbound young woman. Her witty reply about butter and depth of a creek moved him to propose. She agreed, rode behind him to town, and they were married at the courthouse, a union said to be notably happy.
A handwriting expert explains that disguised hands misrepresent social status. the writer is often of higher station than the disguise implies, allowing investigators to focus on individuals above the apparent level and save time in detective work.
A humorous Chicago Tribune quip plays on the idea of the fourth dimension as a metaphor for a man feeling small when his pastor catches him slipping into a saloon, framing a social moral with wit.
A Philadelphia Inquirer anecdote reports a man named Mr Chacer with a compound fracture. His fiancée Miss Doughbag discovers the fact and ends their engagement, highlighting a dramatic social reaction.
Araminta asks what keeps the moon from falling and Charlie replies softly that it must be the beams. The dialogue centers on a poetic, childlike explanation of celestial balance.
Chief Justice Marshall reads a correspondence between Virginia Governor Giles and Patrick Henry. Giles asks if Henry called him a bobtail politician and what he meant. Henry replies he does not recall the term but may have used it, inviting Giles to share his view. The exchange ends with Henry’s deliberately evasive reply.
A plump waitress is teased by a young man while a sedate middle aged man enters. She asks for a face check and receives a blunt remark about a cuticle. She protests and leaves in high dudgeon, reported by Lippincott's.
A pickpocket explains his presence among prisoners as due to a momentary abstraction. An incendiary cites a habit of dry humor, a forger seeks a name, and a burglar admits exploiting an opening in a large town mercantile store.
The London Opinion quotes Bob arguing that twins are one boy and one girl, while another speaker challenges the idea, highlighting a debate on gender in a lighthearted exchange.
A terse warning echoes the quote from Homer about delaying action. The line underlines a cultural emphasis on immediacy and integrity in decision making.
A playful exchange between Mr Backward Weller Yes and Miss Coy about foreseeing a future spouse. Miss Coy suggests skipping a fortune teller and using the saved money toward buying a ring.
A short line notes that thicker grass makes mowing easier for Alaric, implying a simple yard care observation without further context or details.
The article notes Boston consumes about 32 million quarts of baked beans yearly with beans and brown bread common in bakeries. It describes large scale bean baking operations, brick ovens, soaking kettles, and preparation methods, highlighting industry scale and equipment. It ends with a short ad for Chamberlain's Liniment for injuries.
A health advert notes tongue coating and foul breath as stomach issues and promotes Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a first remedy. It claims easy dosing and effective relief, with sale through all dealers.
A nervous man carried a clock into a Euclid avenue shop and asked the jeweler to test its chime. After listening the expert says it strikes thirteen instead of twelve, promising a simple fix. The client expresses relief and says he suspected the anomaly for years.
A thoughtful reflection on why readers seek books that make them cry. The author argues that sadness in literature deepens empathy and enjoyment, noting tears do not breed bitterness and that sad stories often hold a special beauty. St. Nicholas is cited.
The advertisement claims purification of the blood and improved complexion through Dr Kings New Life Pills. It asserts liver trouble signs like pimples boils jaundice and blotches can vanish and promises rich red blood rosy cheeks and better health. Available for 25c at druggists.
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