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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
5
From Outing, a hunter ranks elephant first and rhino third among big game. He warns of elephant charges, mud filled jungles, and the seladang’s swift deadly rush. The tiger and lion threaten by speed, while the rhino offers a hard shot through small brain targeting eye or ear base.
The guidance emphasizes keeping medicine bottles out of sight and treating talkative visitors with discretion. It notes the value of a rubber ice bag, cleanliness, and avoiding arguments with the sick. It asserts nourishment matters more than medicine, advises avoiding sweet flowers, and suggests using a tall screen to regulate light and ventilation.
A New York Post correspondent cites a Duchess of Ormonde letter written in 1668 and an epistle dated March 26 1785 from North Yarmouth Missouri about domestic labor. The writer laments scarcity of good servants and the preference for independence over hiring locally. The note highlights enduring tensions over servant labor and reliance on domestic help.
A dialogue recalls a man visiting a brain testing machine trial. He plans to propose but delays after realizing the test failed. The exchange with the weary partner underscores his realization and intent to wait another week.
The Tibetan Bible or Kah gyur comprises 108 volumes with 1,000 pages each totaling 1,083 books. Each volume weighs ten pounds, and 225 commentary volumes accompany the scriptures for understanding. The printing type needs rows of houses like a city for storage.
The 1772 will of Sir William Browne bequeaths gold medals to Cambridge University for Greek and Latin odes and epigrams and requests a private burial. It specifies no pallbearers or attendants except his menservants, desiring the funeral not to entertain spectators or burden friends, and to place his faded Horace in a leather coffin at burial.
A fragment from a vintage column contemplates humanity’s enduring urge to live and the less common impulse toward death, noting longevity as a perpetual topic of public curiosity. The quotation hints at existential motives behind human life without detailing events or individuals.
A dying Irishman told a priest he would rather stay where he is best acquainted after receiving the last rites. The Kansas City Independent echoes the sentiment with a universal nod to staying put.
A Baltimore American dialogue notes a music teacher praising a daughter’s voice for its potential yet calls for better control and clarity from the airship inventor, who explains in professional terms the craft will fly high and far but not dirigible.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Journal features a boss denying an applicant a job, who retorts by claiming intimate knowledge of the business and mocking the boss with a line about the typewriter.
The Atlanta Constitution notes Jones growling at the world again as he wrestles unexpected good fortune, contrasting public praise with his wary stance.
Albert Bigelow Paine recounts Nast cartoons linking Boss Tweed to a charge of kidnapping two American children. A Vigo arrest followed a misread wall inscription, then Tweed sailed back to America to die as Harper’s reprints the tale with the arrest image.
The text recounts a literary figure who repeatedly began projects such as a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and a Survey of Experimental Philosophy but abandoned them. It notes delays and indolence, including a shaky nine year Shake speare edition and criticism from Churchill, ending with a quip about subscribers and honesty.
A brief meditation on reading aloud from Emerson on eloquence. It cites Emerson’s praise for John Quincy Adams as a reader and notes how voice and delivery reveal the speaker’s mind and power, even when age alters the instrument.
A convent near Hakodate Yunakawa houses young silent women aged sixteen to twenty seven under a fifty year old matron. The 250 acre farm estate surrounds the building but residents do not work the land. The women live indoors and observe a strict rule of silence.
An analysis contrasts educated and uneducated speakers on self reference. The educated discuss morals with detachment, using few personal pronouns, while the uneducated imagine themselves in the situation. It notes the uneducated can seem self righteous and the confident, sympathetic figures unwittingly earn trust and confidences.
A Washington author on Cape Cod found the log book of the schooner Hera from Boston in the seventies. A first mate with ambitions disappeared over the down haul of the mainsail during the voyage and was never recovered. Upon return, two Englishmen met the Hera and learned the mate had died in England making the lost man the Earl of Aberdeen.
The village postmaster refuses a bulky missive from Uncle Kiah saying it is too heavy to send for just one stamp. He recalls warning the writer to slow down, noting the letter grew heavier as he kept bearing down on the pen. He offers to return it for rewriting with a pencil and balks at spending more 2 cents for the sender's pigheadedness.
The late Miss Julia Moore niece of Sir John Moore delighted in her age and claimed three coronations passed while she was away from London. When asked if she would attend Edward VII’s coronation she replied she had been out of London for the last three coronations and would not change her record.
A scientist claims three eggs equal a pound of beefsteak in strength. An observer cites it, and an actor replies he once met an egg that would have eliminated the other two eggs in the proposition.
Near Aberystwith a single arch bridge over the Monk river is linked to a devil built myth. Locals call it the Bridge of the Evil Man, while antiquarians favor early monk construction. Cardinganshire residents echo Old Harry’s role in its erection.
An essay argues that the great novel and Gothic cathedral are no longer pursued for reasons beyond capability. It suggests shifting forces redefine why enduring works cease to be created, reflecting broader cultural change.
The quote notes exhaustion stems not from mere fatigue but from unforeseen shifts in social and economic conditions making progress impossible. It emphasizes structural forces over individual effort as the barrier to advancement.
Dialogue excerpt shows a suitor pressed for explanation after claiming engagements with sixteen women. The woman questions the claim while noting the face she sees influences her doubt. The scene emphasizes romantic tension and social perception in a whispered exchange.
A neighbor painter who stayed last month painted doors and windows but then refused to finish the common work. The farmer did not authorize him to proceed after seeing one of the artist’s paintings.
A light exchange shows a man conceding to his mother and a woman, noting it is easier to yield to a woman than to argue. The brief exchange captures domestic humor in a Detroit Free Press item.
Stanhope Hall recounts a perilous first voyage near Mobile Bay where a boy fell overboard and clung to a rotating paddle wheel. The wheel’s teeth ground and sucked, but a rescue by a deckhand through a trap door saved him as he fainted aboard.
In Scotland golf is called a disease and an Edinburgh bachelor finally wed after boyhood play. A caddie predicts romance, while another quips that marriage may improve the game as Mae mann, the champion, did last year.
A column captures a heated exchange where Mrs Bitter expresses intense ill will toward a rival, while Rev Goodhart urges praying for enemies. The Philadelphia Press quote shows raw hostility and a call for spiritual restraint amid conflict.
A traveling man found a chair in his honey order at a Muscotah hotel and complained to the landlord. The landlord explained the chair was bought for combed honey, suggesting the mix up was not his fault.
A quoted comic quip from Puck frames a surgical dilemma about Jones with doctors split on whether he had appendicitis or not. The remark reflects discord over the diagnosis and possible fortunes.
Miss Chilbeen of Boston questions music taste in a trickster tale from Lead Pipe Gulch. The millionaire mine owner’s daughter is knocked out for twenty minutes after a foul claim, then retreats, while insisting the loss was due to a foul.
A whimsical tale reveals Aladdin summoning a breath of air from a New York tenement, prompting the genie's puzzled disappearance as Brooklyn Life chronicles the odd moment.
An Indian merchant uncovers a rival's plot to poison him via cigars after a bedchamber kidnapping scare. Wax keyhole traces lead to a sixth cigar with a thorn and brown slime. Police arrest Laj, who confesses when forced to smoke the tainted cigar.
A Chicago Record-Herald account describes a hotel dining room scene where a brisk waitress pours syrup over buckwheat cakes. The interaction shows humor and small talk as she asks rounds or puddle and then serves the guest with a friendly, observant gesture.
A spot nearly unknown to civilization on Midi's Red Sea shore houses pirates and slavers. The sheik rules with warrior marriages limited to the best, and the harbor's narrowing inlet blocks vessels. It pays no Turkish tribute and may continue its unchecked career.
A Chicago Tribune joke features Uncle Ephraim explaining his two livelihoods. He preaches and raises pumpkins, noting the pumpkins bring more money though he gains a virtue from preaching to balance the income. The humor rests on the contrast between preaching and farming.
A Philadelphia Press piece recounts Mr. Pompus praising the common people and plain folk while Pepprey counters with calling it egotism. The exchange frames everyday virtue versus ambition in a parliamentary style dialogue.
In parts of England when a pub loses its license the sign board is buried. On closing night old customers remove it from over the door and carry it in a procession to the grave. A burial service ends the ritual with beer or whisky poured on the grave.
Judge Rockwood Hoar, noted wit and jurist, brother of Senator Hoar, spoke of a dream shortly before his death as his daughter entered his room in the morning. The fragment suggests a personal reflection at the end of his life.
A fragment from Brooklyn Life recalls a dreamlike sight of the angel of death appearing at the foot of a bed. Initial fear soon gives way to calm as the visitor leaves, described with a fur cap, in a reflective, era tone.
A man and woman sit on a porch at night discussing what a young man sees in a shooting star. The moment contrasts youth and perception as a line about the Tribune passes by.
An exchange from a Pittsburg Post theater note shows a young actor stammering his two line debut cue "Who goes there" followed by the crowd shouting "Supe supe" as Godfrey-Godfrey is mentioned.
A fragment shows Mrs Hoyle learning the BI band died intestate and Mrs Doyle questioning the need for an operation, reflecting a light domestic conversation.
A Century review praises John Keats as richly endowed with poetic instrument and range. It highlights his late life output and the enduring power of Hyperion The Eve of St Agnes La Belle Dame sans Merci and Ode to a Nightingale. The piece notes his dreamlike lyricism and the enduring vigor of his early work.
The text describes how Cortes used the compass and chart as tools and how Aztec allies believed the magnetic needle could reveal thoughts or loyalties. Cortes notes include a letter to Emperor Charles V confirming this shared belief.
Excerpt discusses truth as ultimate victory over error and the enduring struggle between sincerity and dishonor. It compares social and political conflicts to natural forces, noting truth emerges through testing and unfolding, while error fades.
Philadelphia Record reports a wife went out to shop and misplaced a pocketbook containing $20. The hoax questions whether it was lost while shopping or on the return path. The item sparked discussion about the missing money claim.
A remark on human nature notes that people often see how criticism suits others more clearly than themselves, attributed to Insurance Presa.
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