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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
7
Historical note discusses acuity differences between human and insect vision. It compares human sight with naked eye resolution, and explains that insects with compound eyes see less detail due to small lens aperture and facet spacing. Dragonflies, bees, and flies would merge nearby objects into single images at modest distances.
A luxury shrub called the stinging tree grows from two inches to ten feet tall in Queens land. It emits a foul odor and can provoke intense pain without marks. Travelers report sudden agony, sensitive skin for months, and animals reacting with panic or aggression after contact.
The article details various folk practices used by Russian girls to glimpse future husbands. Methods include candlelit mirrors creating twelve reflections, suppers for two attended by a supposed apparition, wax impressions from melted candle wax on snow, and cock divination with rings hidden in corn. A cautionary tale accompanies as well as a testimonial on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Ontario.
A French scientist M Camille Melinard discusses vanity as a wish for praise in La Revue Paris. He says vanity starts as a caprice, may breed vices, and appears in dress manners and intellect. Early guidance and modest praise prevent vanity. compare a scholar to his own past. joy in learning outweighs rivalry. only justice cannot be vain.
A Judge notes three men each propose a different approach to the new year. One swears off habits, another claims no bad habits to discard, the third stays silent. Public reaction mocks all three, proving any guess is wrong.
The text notes France traditions where ring handling signals marital sovereignty or protection. It also observes that abroad the ring’s presence matters more, citing Norway’s view of marriage symbol and Greece’s custom of a gold husband and silver wife circlet, linking to sun and moon worship. London Madama.
A Minneapolis Journal tale recalls two pastors who notice each other and two sleeping congregants. Each pastor asks the other to sit nearby and nudge the other awake during sermons. The plan to monitor one another disrupts the minister’s dignity the next Sunday.
A brief ad likens a frightened horse to daily accidents and promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns cuts and sores available at L M Bosworth’s drug store. It also advertises Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant purgative with no nausea.
A humorous note claims Allbone can foretell storms and even cause them by staying out until midnight. The gag riffs on weather superstitions and nightlife.
Blunders are sometimes costly as life itself, yet Dr King's New Life Pills promise gentle thorough relief for dyspepsia dizziness headache liver and bowel troubles at 25 cents from L M Bosworth's drug store.
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