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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
7
Lincoln McConnell brings a bold message to Ames Chautauqua with talks on Colored Folks as I Knew Them and Doin Things. An optimist and skilled orator, he engages crowds with humor and reason, promising lasting impact beyond the hour. He speaks August 19 at 10 30 a m and August 20 at 8 p m.
A sailor recalls a church service and explains what a hanthem is through a rambling exchange. Edward Everett Hale attends a millionaire dinner where costly grapes are itemized to the penny before a guest cheekily asks for more credit.
A short verse by Lucy Larecom celebrates tree planting as a gift that grows love and shelter. The poem links planting with future benefits seen by others, praising the lasting rewards of care for nature and community.
A father sees his youngest child hiding backstage and learns she is the baby waiting to be born in a parlor drama. The scene centers on courtships and weddings as the plot moves along.
A New England clergy delegation urged Lincoln to free the slaves. He challenged them with a sheep joke, showing a tail does not become a leg. He argued emancipation should wait until the country is ready.
A Citiman questions the seller about a horse sold yesterday and alleges fault. David Harum counters that the horse interferes, or not, clarifying the animal interferes only with itself in a humorous exchange from Lippincott's.
The recollection recalls General Henderson meeting Speaker Blaine in Washington before Blaine's Congress term and again years later at Wormley's hotel. Henderson notes Blaine's famed memory for names, describing a dining room encounter and the head waiter confirming Blaine remembered him as Henderson.
A young girl Nellie in a western village discovers the moon and rushes home to tell her mother she has the best joke about heaven. The mother, shocked, asks what she means. Nellie explains that God forgot to take in the moon.
A Buffalo pastor, aiming to guide his ten year old son, set a test in his parlor. He placed a Bible, an apple and a silver dollar, then watched unseen as the boy chose. The scene ended with the boy seated on the Bible, holding the apple.
A pair of scenes shows a boy biting and a man grasping a silver dollar as he tells his wife the boy will become a captain of industry despite all. The exchange hints at ambition and social ascent within a family vignette.
Pat and Mike spend their first night in America in a boarding house room without screens. They keep a light on all night to ward off robbers and mosquitos, then fireflies enter the room and a surprised Mike jokes about lanterns.
A Western city mayor receives a curious inquiry from an eastern resident about a man named John Sipes. She asks if he was killed or eaten by a bear near the mountains, and details potential marriage ties, wartime history, divorces, and possible properties including Detroit News.
A humorous portrait of Senator Call celebrated in Florida lore. The piece recalls his day long electioneering treks in a worn outfit, stopping at cabins to greet families, accepting sorghum on bread, and begging blanket repairs from farm wives who patched his pants only to witness a повторable pattern in later counties.
London Letter in Town and Country argues that England's legal system creates two classes the solicitor and the barrister. It contends solicitors bear the burdens of client matters while barristers act as aloof specialists who profit from cases, with some facing temptation and prison.
In Chicago Tribune style, a building agent accepts a tenant after inspecting papers for Mr Spondoo who seeks a second floor flat. The agent cites advance rent and references as required, mentions piano harp and zither, and notes the owner Mr Hunks. The tenant jokes about leaving Hunks’ apartments. Morning.
Dr Henry Smith Williams outlines gravitation as a daily force that drives winds and rivers, wears down mountains, and circulates soil. He explains how falling rock, aided by wind and water, gradually erodes high terrain and returns material to the sea bed, continually mixing and sorting soils.
Mrs B J Joneston of Linton Mississippi says after three doctors failed to help her sick child, Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy brought relief within hours and the child is now healthy. For sale by Judisch Bros.
R A Gray J P of Oakville Ind recounts ten years confined to bed by kidney disease. He sought top medical care but found no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended. He calls it a Godsend, as noted by the local druggist Cagwin.
Practical broiling advice from the Philadelphia Ledger covering fire temperature, greasing the gridiron, halving birds inside first, handling meat juice, buttering fish with flour to prevent sticking, frequent turning, and using a pan to cover the gridiron to minimize smoke and heat loss.
The excerpt explains the idiom paying through the nose meaning paying an exorbitant price or being cheated in a deal. It cites Henry VIII with a line about being bored through the nose and references sources from 1602 and 1650 illustrating usage by English writers and travelers.
A cheat in Notes and Queries describes selling forged manuscripts to young travelers in Italy, noting English buyers who overpay to acquire these fake works. The passage highlights how the deception thrives through high prices and gullible collectors seeking literary cachet.
London Ladies' Field notes hawking as the oldest British sport. Hawks, wild and wary, are trained to surrender liberty and return swiftly to the falconer, a feat striking especially when birds are mature in the wild.
An old circus man quoted in Everybody's Magazine claims circus performers are the most moral people. He notes 200 years with no domestic scandal or divorce among couples from recognized circus families, and says scandals arise only when one partner is an outsider.
A patient asks if a doctor can treat himself and is met with the retort that the physician will call in a colleague. The line hints at medical hubris and collaborative care, reflecting a humorous exchange about who can prescribe care and the limits of self treatment.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item quotes a boater planning a fender for a runabout. He jokes the shield is to prevent hitting someone and to spare the radiator, reflecting casual nautical humor.
Says G. Hayes a prominent Bluff businessman Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the quickest and surest healing salve for sores burns wounds and piles. Used it and knows what he is talking about. Guaranteed by any druggists 25 cents.
The Inland Revenue taxes armorial bearings yielding about 350000 yearly. Many pay merely for carriage plates and heraldic adornments while truly old families use armorial emblems more extensively on silver and panels than most outsiders imagine.
A brief Strand Magazine snippet depicts a polite shopman presenting the latest item to Mrs Rounder who jokes about preferring curios. The exchange highlights a light domestic moment centered on novelty and wit.
A district court in Story County Iowa during the August term 1907 handles an original notice against the unknown heirs of Shadrick Worrell and his wife Mrs Shadrick Worrell as defendants in a civil action.
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