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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
4
A cordial invitation invites Story county residents to inspect a new central Iowa store in Ames offering clothing furnishings and hats at city prices with the aim of providing the newest goods at the lowest prices and inviting patronage to support ongoing selection and value.
Town and Country profiles the deer taking sport at Bridge park England. A seven to nine year old red stag is pursued by underkeepers and hounds through parklands ending in the lake and capture by ropes to be sent to the home park for fattening.
A reflection on the value of heart over intellect, asserting that love surpasses knowledge in human worth and moral priority, attributed to Frances Power Cobbe.
Lively account of boys enjoying rope and coaster riding. They race down slopes with bold speed, dodging bumps and bikes, despite snow and ice. The narrator notes uphill climbs, rope holds, and the thrill of rapid descents. Published in Judge with vivid, period voice.
A student shines at the school entertainment with a declaimed piece. A mother from the audience jeers but acknowledges the pupil as Sarah Jane Doran's son and notes his desire to borrow something reflects his lineage.
A brief exchange frames a humorous moment as a passerby asks why women are so stupid and another replies he wants to know, saying it is to compliment the men. The light exchange captures a social quip in a public setting.
The passage laments post holiday routine and labor daily life in Indianapolis with hints of forecasted changes one month ahead, noting pay, spending, and social missteps as the year resumes.
A bystander questions the need for pluck as a voice explains that removing feathers from a live goose requires nerve. The quote appears in the St. Louis Republic.
The note appears as a humorous dialogue fragment from the New York Press with lines about affection and parental figures. It reflects a casual theatrical banter tone rather than a news event or report.
A poem by Biliouskin in the New York Telegram voices a satirical persona who scorns cheerfulness and extols his power over workers. The verse frames life as mere existence and satirically frames grouchiness as a force.
A centuries old tree at Wood Street and Cheapside, London, remains uncut amid walls of ancient lights and sacred ground laws. Historic disputes reached the Lords, with property rights and parish protections delaying development for decades.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a comment on family size stating the average American family has 4.6 persons and Paw Hoptand jokes about being the center of his family.
David Belasco to supply a new play for David Warfield next season. Hal Reid’s Unto the Fourth Generation secured by Henry B. Harris for potential Robert Edeson. Hattie Williams to star in The Marriage of a Star by Alexander Bisson replacing Fluffy Tufftes. Sid Herbert, veteran Shylock from Daly's, starred in The Thief. Margaret Anglin invited to act in India before Australia trip but declines for now.
Germany consumes 85000 tons of tobacco annually. Fourteen percent of Prussia pays income tax. Secession from the Navy League of Germany may reach 140000 due to discontent with naval plans. Alsace Lorraine faces marriageable shortages with Kneuttigen listing 1500 single women for 5000 men.
Niagara Falls shows rapid population rise from industrial expansion. Rockland Maine ships more lobsters than any comparable town for a decade, exporting to the Pacific coast. Three Rivers Michigan is also mentioned in passing.
The Pennsylvania Railroad adopts a third rail system for New York area tunnels. An electronic track in Omaha yards is controlled by wireless signals. An official report notes 258,020,836 passengers in New South Wales over seven years with only one fatal accident.
Bowdoin college is placed on the Carnegie foundation. Hawkshed grammar school at Ambleside England founded 1585 by Edwyne Sandys is to close. University of Michigan reports 4530 students and ranks second to Harvard when summer schools are not counted.
The decision in Raymond versus Glanceress holds a creditor cannot use equity to force payment of a debtor's conversion claim. Slater versus North Jersey Street Railway finds a slip on an oil slicked street crossing. The case grants recovery for injuries caused by the slippery surface linked to trolley company actions.
A young man leaving his aunt’s home was stopped from opening an umbrella by a cautious aunt. She declares the umbrella has never been wet in twenty three years and she won’t let it be wetted now. The London Express notes the curious scene of attachment to a dry umbrella.
A newspaper notes a spelling error swapped vegetables for valuables in a report about a prominent society man held up by highwaymen. The editor explains the last word should be valuables, not vegetables, and a correction follows.
A New York normal school exam asked for the educational value of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. A prospective teacher answered that the tale teaches children to be kind to animals, especially rats, provoking discussion in the New York Times.
A brief exchange discusses crime and weight, noting no fat criminals and joking on the difficulty a stout person would face in committing wrongdoing, as quoted from the Kansas City Independent.
The quotation argues that true praise for goodness requires the power to be bad and that much apparent virtue stems from laziness or weak will. It frames moral judgment as balanced by inner strength and potential vice.
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