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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1904
Page
3
A Fort Fairfield woman awoke at 3 am to a loud telephone ring. She rushed downstairs and grabbed the phone, only to hear a shrill soprano voice ask if she had finished her washing yet, claiming to have had hers done half an hour earlier.
A dialogue scene shows a dismissive response about labor agitators with a humorous exchange featuring Goodman Gonrong and a rest agitator character during a domestic moment.
The piece outlines ancient year starts in Israel with Abib and Tissi, a solar year with lunar months totaling twelve plus an intercalated thirteenth month Yeabadar. It notes Egyptian, Chaldean, Persian, and Phoenician starts at autumn equinox, Greek shift from winter solstice to summer solstice around 432 B C, and England’s March 25 start before 1752.
A physician quips about treating the scoffer as he dismisses the idea of wasting medicine on "good dogs" in a brief exchange. The remark reflects a cautious stance toward medical action and skeptical humor in a social vignette.
Mrs Ferguson criticizes her hat while Mr Ferguson offers harsh truth in a domestic exchange. The piece ends railing on a remedy advertisement for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad urges a double dose at early symptoms to ward off attacks and notes wide use by druggists.
A sprawling list details payments and salaries for election administration, jurors, witnesses, clerks, constables, and assorted vendors. Items include judge election fees, room rents, per diems, and supplies from multiple firms, with numerous entries for Beedie W H returning ballots and various two and four clerk roles.
A Texas hotel scene ends as a pompous eastern traveler refuses to lie on the floor during a cowboys dispute. The Texan warns him to yield dignity or face a 44 revolver, and the stranger loses his dignity as the conflict escalates.
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes Easby Abbey ruins near Richmond in Yorkshire hold a curious legend. A main wall is cracked but upright awaiting a fateful fall said to bury a newly married couple, making a moonlight honeymoon under its shade unlikely.
Towne and Browne tease Slopsy about debt while noting his new suit. The exchange hints at financial trouble behind a prosperous appearance.
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