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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
6
The Iowa Grain Improvement Association show features top exhibits from across the state with a clearly improved northern section and a standout in large white oats. Winners include J C Maudsley Burt Iowa and Fred McCullough Hartwick Iowa, with prizes to be sold at Friday auction.
A heroic tale from Wide World Magazine recounts Captain William Jackman saving twenty seven lives during a 1867 wreck of the Sea Clipper near the Spotted Islands. He swam eleven times to recover the crew, then made fifteen more trips with a rope belt to haul survivors to shore. He saved a woman still on the ship, freed her from the wreckage, but she died hours later after thanking him for his efforts.
A Philadelphia Times anecdote tells of a steamship captain proving speed by a bucket of hot water under the galley drainpipe. A Yankee observer quips that the friction will wear the ocean out, prompting the captain to retort about course changes.
The article traces sugar etymology from the Arabic sukkar and follows its spread through the seventh to ninth centuries. It notes Persia Arabia Cyprus Rhodes Sicily Egypt and North Africa influencing Europe, with Spain hosting fourteen refineries around 1150 and Columbus introducing sugar cane to the New World.
A prisoner in Allpore claimed a Hindu idol and its ornaments were taken under a goddess’s command received in a dream. He said the goddess urged him, as a Mohammedan, to take charge of worship to prevent wrath on his family. The magistrate rejected the tale and jailed him for two months with a fine.
Excerpt from Miss Wylie's My German Year describes German men as passive “articles of sale” in a matrimonial market. Women and mothers review suitors like goods, choosing officers or other figures by price, while even geniuses prove unhappy partners and wealth influences outcomes.
Richard Irving Dodge recalls a small yet disruptive episode from the Mexican War in his work Hunting Grounds of the Great West. The tale underscores how a minor adversary can trigger notable confusion and impact despite its size.
KK L Spencer, instructor in the mechanical engineering department, delivered an address and read a paper on hot water heating and ventilation before the Des Moines Civil Engineers Club on Tuesday evening. County Clerk Soper is reported sick at Nevada and is threatened with fever. Charley’s Ames friends hope for his speedy recovery.
A cavalry column at Corpus Christi to Matamoras sees a soldier flee a charging bull that scatters several regiments. The bull finaly escapes unhurt, while the army later earns glory in a victory over five times its numbers. In London Kensal Green Leigh Hunt lies at rest and a visitor recalls his line Write me as one who loves his fellow men.
A brief exchange captions Mrs. Ferguson-George and Mr Ferguson about withdrawing money from a bank. The gag notes you must deposit first, and adds a Gladstone quote about rock and water as a pun on effort versus outcome.
Mrs Walter Morris and visiting relatives traveled to Des Moines yesterday for an appendectomy and other complications to be treated at Methodist Hospital.
Birth notices list a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bartholemew on Saturday January 1, a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Van Scoy on Wednesday January 11, and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sawyer at Gilbert on Tuesday January 10.
Dr. Gates of Des Moines has arrived and assumed the position as assistant to Dr. C. M. Proctor, joining the medical team and starting her duties.
Ed Rutherford has been under the weather this week with Roe Christian stepping in to fill his duties at the express office.
M. C. McLuen of Guthrie Center accepted a position at the Gamble drug store and began his duties yesterday morning.
Dr. Ben G Budge has arrived and taken offices in the Hamilton block. He graduated from I. S. C. in 1905 and Northwestern University Medical School in 1909 and did an interneship at Wesley Hospital Chicago.
Brings a vibrant tonic claim that builds up waste tissue and promotes appetite and digestion while aiding sleep. Marketed to support nourishing stomach function, the advertisement names Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy, with a testimonial style tag line.
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