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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
5
In Washington Pingree meets Colonel Mosby after 25 years and recalls a wartime uniform confiscation. The column then shares a ghost story from Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff and a playful tale about warts with a Europe trip cure anecdote.
An eminent jurist met a market returning girl and asked about butter. She replied ninepence and knee deep in creek. He offered marriage, she agreed, they rode to town and wed. The unlikely union proved wonderfully happy.
The Falaha king on the west African coast faced a Moham medan assault and chose suicide by fire. He gathered family and officers, proclaimed refusal of Mohammedanism, and ignited a stockpile of gunpowder, blowing up the palace and all inside.
Guidance on keeping bottle labels clean by pouring with label up. Also suggests moistening the lip of the bottle with a finger to deliver small drops. Exchange.
Mrs De Good recalls the roof leaking last Sunday and three or four drops running down his back. He notes repairs have been made since, joking they will want money to pay for the repairs.
Quote filled note shows Mr. Dolyers confessing shyness about proposing to Miss Fosdick. They hint at an upcoming affair scheduled in about a month with coy dialogue suggesting a possible engagement.
The text notes that Tom Bowling Dibdin was the first man to play the piano in public, a feat performed in 1767 at the first night of The Beggar's Opera.
The text notes that arts withstand extreme temperatures, with forty eight hours of frost not fatal. It also records a specimen building its nest in the cracks of a blacksmith's forge.
Mr. BE G Green of Ceylon, a noted insect expert, reports red ants using silk produced by captive grubs to repair a torn nest. Ants pass the grubs along and direct their movements as a continuous silk thread sews the shelter shut, showing surprising ant intelligence.
Visitors see weathered moss covered bowlders that anchor themselves by strong roots. These are trees shaped by harsh polar winds, a unique form of plant life. The stones lack grain and are unusable for fuel or lumber.
A witty exchange unfolds over a kiss as a reward. The woman estimates the value at $100, while the man argues its value changes with possession, revealing a pragmatic hunger behind the flirtation in a Chicago Post item.
In Sadieville Kentucky Mrs S P Whitaker long troubled by chronic bronchial trouble improved dramatically. Her husband credits Dr. King's New Discovery with curing her and their granddaughter of a severe whooping cough. The ad touts the remedy for coughs colds bronchitis and lung troubles with 50 cent and one dollar bottles and free trials at Bosworth's drug store.
Railroads Chicago & North-Western and Union Pacific announce summer excursion tickets to Colorado and Utah with tiered rates. July 1–9 and Sept 1–10 offer Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo at 25 dollars, Glenwood Springs 35, Ogden and Salt Lake City 40, with 30 day limits and Oct 31st or 90 day final limits. June 18–30 and July 10–Aug 31 offer Denver area at 31.50, Glenwood 43.50, Ogden/Salt Lake 44.50, with 30 day limits and special end dates. Colorado tickets end Oct 31st, Utah tickets 90 days to Oct 31st. Stopovers and seasonal trains named Chicago Special, Pacific Express, and Overland Limited described with times and routes.
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