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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
8
The Elkhart Free Press will publish its inaugural copy on Thursday December 8 under editor N. E. Said from Chicago. Local businessmen reportedly place encouraging orders and the venture is viewed as promising amid readings from Cambridge Leader.
The passage recalls Sir Charles Napier opposing steam power in the Royal Navy, fearing boilers and boiling alive. Within a few years he led the largest steam-powered fleet, illustrating how initial resistance often yields to transformative technological progress.
A riddle asks for birth year digits minus four then adds age at next birthday if before January or age at last birthday otherwise. Multiply by 1000 then subtract 685423. Map digits to letters A to Z to reveal a Chinese table delicacy used in this country for elec tioneering. Remove the first letter and transpose remaining letters to form a word.
The term anaemia is traced to 1732 in a thesis by Albert Michel but the condition was known long before. Hippocrates described the disease, while Halle first used the word for a mining-related illness noted in Anzin, France in 1802.
The Story County Board met over multiple days in November 1904. It extended Geo A Armstrong’s bridge contract to 1906 with bond, approved numerous road and poor relief appropriations, renewed jail insurance, and granted several poll tax refunds and ditching projects. Officials reported on county jail, poor farms, and tax funds while appointing staff and preparing for further sessions.
A vintage pitch claims Electric Bitters quell nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upsets. It supposedly tones the stomach regulates the kidneys and bowels stimulates the liver and clarifies the blood with quick, thorough effectiveness. Priced at 50 cents and guaranteed by L M Bosworth.
The St James Gazette recounts Wellington praising Washington as a purest noble character and notes that he declined a 1814 expedition against Washington's countrymen. It also records Wellington recommending Sir Edward Pakenham thrice, leading to his death at New Orleans.
The wealthy of Rome savored song birds as delicacies in meals. Horace and Martial praise roast thrushes, Ovid advises a crown of thrushes for a lover, and Apician Patina apiciana includes thrushes among its ingredients.
A historical note recalls English statutes from October 14, 1495, prohibiting sale of feather beds bolsters and pillows unless stuffed with feathers. It condemns unlawful stuffing like scalded feathers or fen down, later raising concerns in the eighteenth century about fen down resale amid feather markets.
The piece recounts Thomas Jefferson describing Benjamin Franklin’s fame in France during the Revolutionary mission. It notes Franklin’s venerable appearance and popularity across ranks, including feasts at court. A chess anecdote with the Duchess of Bourbon ends with Franklin’s quip that Americans take kings in play.
The London Spectator describes a newborn ritual in some English districts where a bowl of rum butter mixed with butter sugar spices and rum is hidden in the home. Young men search for it and if found they contribute money to a fund for the newborn, then return the bowl.
The Calcutta Statesman reports a practice among the Coorgs where a man who kills a tiger or panther is married to the dead animal. The framed carcass is carried in procession and the marriage rite is observed amid lavish hospitality.
A heated exchange centers on eggs offered for sale with the housekeeper insisting on freshly laid, not salted or manufactured eggs. The dealer defends the freshness and insists the eggs are laid eggs, not created items.
In Kansas about 100 miles from Kansas City two men with one pass for John Smith and wife attempt to ride. Smith fools the conductor by presenting the passenger ticket and declaring the extra seat for his friend behind. The plan succeeds as the young woman remains unaware she briefly played Mrs. Smith.
The larvae of ephydra fly swarm Lake Mono California and wash ashore in wind rows. Indians collect and dry the wormlike pests to make koo-chah-bee a nutritious staple, fattening them for meals as birds flock to feed on the abundant larvae.
London critic John Hollingshead recalls William Thackeray writing in public. The author carried small notes in his coat pocket and read them aloud at the Athenaeum club before continuing at the Garrick club. His habit unsettled some longtime club members.
Excerpt from Orlando J. Smith arguing that nature operates under universal laws and that any claim a natural law is defective reveals a flaw in human reasoning rather than in the law. The passage defends the consistency and balance of natural rules.
A social dinner in progress becomes tense when the host’s rude behavior toward his wife is remembered. The wife leans in and asks loud enough for all to hear what story she was to lead up to, prompting a charged moment at the elegant table.
A countryman declines local newspaper use saying he already gets all news through his wife in a women’s club, a daughter in a millinery shop, another daughter at the post office delivery window, and his role as the village grocer. The remark appears in the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A Philadelphia Press humorous note shows a wife always winning by one vote in a domestic election. The quip contrasts household ballots with national elections and underscores a playful debate about influence.
A reflection on Stoic discipline urging steadfast conduct without fear. It emphasizes that events are indifferent and individuals control only their response, guiding noble action regardless of outcome. The passage frames external events as distant, urging calm resolve.
A humorous exchange quotes a colonel recalling a two year engagement that ended when the girl married another man, illustrating a light wartime quip about love and delay.
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