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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
The piece describes methods by which jewelers and banks warn staff of suspected thieves. From coded phrases in a jeweler’s shop to bank plate signs and electric alert systems, employees act without overt signals, alerting others the moment a suspect enters or moves.
Cambridge claims a 635 founding, with continuous history from 1109. Paris founded 792 and rebuilt 1200. Oxford traces to 802 with Alfreds academy and 1248 charter by Henry III. Bologna dates 1116 and Salamanca 1239 according to Argonaut.
The Philadelphia Record notes the death of Muggins-So Bjones, a noted hustler who kept active and quick on his feet. Contemporary remarks praise his energy while acknowledging his abrupt end.
A saying attributed to Napoleon asserts that a force applied for a defined time at a specific point will prevail. The statement emphasizes decisive action and persistence in achieving outcomes.
An anecdote from McClure's Magazine recounts a tense moment with President Lincoln seated opposite a nervous man. Lincoln dramatically accuses the visitor of avoiding his gaze and demands the paper be taken back, dismissing the matter in anger.
Sunday Magazine recounts China and Japan’s famed four and twenty paragons of filial piety. Tales include a son melting ice to rescue a stepmother’s fish, a daughter clinging to a tiger to save her father, and Rorashi a seventy year old man dressing as a baby to fool his elderly parents.
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Tablets as a remedy to regulate bowels clear the blood aid digestion and promote overall health. The claim is presented by L. M. Bosworth with a price of 35 cents.
A Moslem ruler asks his Friday crowd what to preach about. Weeks pass with evasive replies until he declares Let those who know tell those who do not know. The clever turn traps the worshippers and ends the service.
The great naturalist Cuvier notes a rat's tail contains many muscles, enabling it to act as a hand. The tail aids crawling on ledges, balancing and gripping, and serves as a prehensile, monkeylike appendage. It can even act as a projectile spring to reach otherwise inaccessible heights.
More than nine in ten rheumatism cases are muscle rheumatism from cold or damp weather or chronic rheumatism. In such cases no internal treatment is advisable and external care suffices.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Liniment for fast relief from pain and soreness. It sells for 25 cents a large size or 50 cents, with J. E. Cagwin as the seller.
The Jericho walls, excavated by German archaeologists, are famed for Joshua’s biblical conquest. It notes the seven priests with trumpets, the city's fall, Rahab, and the later rebuilding by Hiel before Herod’s era, with Jericho finally destroyed by Vespasian in A.D. 68.
The Russian czar, upon spotting Martineff the comedian, urged a demonstration of impersonation. The mimic imitated Volkhonsky and demanded 1000 silver rubles, which the emperor ordered paid, then laughed at the clever ruse.
The anecdote recalls John Bright’s rare abstinence lapse when Edward Miall faced a nervous speech. Bright urged a pint of champagne and noted champagne can fail as a tonic. It also mentions Bright’s few marital frictions and his threats to appeal to Mr. Gladstone for a knighthood to influence his wife.
An ocean liner captain recounts a nervous old lady who fears a rat in her stateroom. He quips that he is not superstitious but asserts the rats are and they will leave when the ship does.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a parent praising a daughter’s potential as a singer while noting ongoing friction with the mother who finds her difficult to manage. The exchange hints at family tensions and the child’s promising talents.
Mae admits engagement to Georgel and that she refused him three times. Ethel questions the implication of his earlier remark as the dialogue hints at a hidden motive or consequence behind the engagement decision.
The source notes a man telling the New York Journal that he had endured several narrow escapes. It records his claims and the newspaper's interest in the testimony.
Clara recalls an old flame as Kate questions the scene. Clara explains he flared up once and then faded away, leaving a brief, heated memory behind.
An excerpt contrasts the rhinoceros as a formidable, lethal hunter in the jungle with its tendency to flee when possible and fight to the death when cornered. It notes that only a skilled rifleman can tilt the odds, and includes literary asides on Victorian autograph albums and a Morocco travel passage.
Pittsfield Vermont attorney N. H. Brown says the pills are a staple family medicine. They claim to cure chills constipation biliousness and sick headache and cost 25 cents at all druggists.
The article recounts how a 1903 Odessa traitor was bricked alive in a cellar by Russian revolutionaries. Regnier, a French spy for the Russian police, was finally captured and found suffocated by sulfuric hydrogen fumes in his shipboard cabin near Antwerp. The method of execution remains undiscovered.
A playful exchange centers on a clock with a face as a departing lover kisses. The fiancee teases that someone might see them and the clock keeps its hands in front of it.
A Philadelphia Ledger line captions a humorous exchange where a baldheaded man says he misses his hair only when provoked by a foolish question and desires to pull it. The remark carries a light, wry tone.
The Town Topics line remarks that rain falls on all, yet the unjust often share the other’s umbrellas, a wry reflection on fairness and perception.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic that relieves constipation and indigestion, regulates bowels, builds waste tissue, and purifies blood. It claims to make readers strong and healthy, with a price of 385 cents and a listing under L. M. Bos worth.
Louis Doggett was sick last week with a touch of the grippe that nearly developed into pneumonia. He has recovered enough to be up and about again.
Red appears as the most common color term in Shakespeare and other major authors, outpacing white black yellow green and blue. The essay notes red’s link to passion and vitality, its warmth and life, plus its impact on growth and behavior in humans and animals.
A large mercantile house manager wrote to five year ex employees asking for frank reasons they left. Letters revealed hard work for family support, delayed pay raises, and abusive management. Reform measures followed, addressing mismanagement and improving conditions.
A Chicago News note traces the evolution of the term person from Latin roots to its modern legal sense. It cites Benjamin Butler and a London suffragette arguing over whether women count as persons under franchise law.
A London Chronicle tale recalls Bishop Butler dispensing lavish hospitality at Durham. When asked to fund a charity, he queried the house's funds and, learning £500 existed, said it should go to the donor since it would shame a bishop to possess so much.
A strong man testifies in a justice court about his work. He says in spring he catches and sells young mockin birds, in summer he mostly sells rattlesnakes and rattles for babies, and in winter he sometimes chops wood.
In a humorous exchange, Alfred justifies smoking a third cigar by citing three doctors who each allow one per day. His wife refrains from scolding, while the joke hinges on three separate medical opinions forming a daily limit.
A Gibbon quote on education emphasizes two educations: the one we receive from others and the more vital knowledge we impart ourselves through effort and reflection.
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