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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
4
Ames notes list rentals and sales, births, sickness, and social events. A Kansas State University appointment, Chautauqua recap, and local business changes are recorded alongside rail and road mischief, civic meetings, and a poultry success story from Maxwell missing in parts.
The article recalls old daguerreotypes and tin types then details Charlie Quade’s Ames studio upgrade. A 20 by 40 addition adds a large operating room on the ground floor with a basement finishing room, plus remodeling of the old frame section into reception, dressing, and stock areas. It notes Quade’s growth from amateur to professional, and features sample portraits including Dean Curtiss and Hank Wilkin Jr.
The piece extols the small mouthed bass as vigorous and combative from youth. It recounts its bold attack on pickerel and notes bass introductions can drive out other species such as trout.
The Finns of Norway tied a rope with three knots to command winds. Untying the first knot brought a breeze, the second a gale, and the third a tempest. Ranulph Higden notes similar windsales by Manx witches.
George Hodder cites a Jerrold quip from Manners of My Time about a tall thin doctor and a short square partner. Jerrold tells a bystander that the scene resembles a mile dancing with a mile stone.
A home missionary visiting Sing Sing prison spoke privately with a convict saying crime never brings success and is achieved by hard labor. The inmate replied he served six months in one stretch once and came out no richer than he went in.
A witty exchange in the Philadelphia Press presents Gotrox, an old bachelor, insisting he could become a good husband while Miss Pechis retorts that he is not too old to spurn. The humor hinges on age, romance, and stubborn pride.
A reflective Life quote describes love as a waltz always short of perfection. It notes balance in tempo and hold, and the risk of missteps when the right partner and fit seem elusive.
A Scottish guest deemed a meal inadequate and, when asked to dine again, answered simply that he would do so now.
The note explains the cicada's life cycle, stating it can live up to seventeen years in some species. It contrasts cicadas with grasshoppers, noting locust is a misapplied term for grasshoppers.
A husband complains he is unique before marriage. The wife sharpens the rebuke by noting she would not want to think any other man could compare, delivering a biting line that twists the earlier claim.
The week saw normal temperatures and abundant rainfall improving corn pastures and potatoes. Moisture remains adequate for corn if late season dries, with harvest progress steady and winds causing typical damage. Pastures and clover yields are strong. wheat and oats yield quality is reported good and fall plowing ongoing.
Henry Kaness and wife Ada convey lot 8 in block 3 Ames for 71 dollars. Mary J Smith transfers lots 8 and 9 in block 10 Ames to Rebecca Adams for 1200 dollars.
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