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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1899
Page
10
A playful rhyme hints at a secret romantic wager. The speaker teases the beloved’s wardrobe and blindness, declaring she is Cupid for winning many hearts, while noting a bet or risk in love. The tone is intimate and teasing.
In a Sunday Afternoon tale, Ida fills her classmates with joy by making and sharing valentines. When a new girl Josie Dean has no cards, Ida offers many, choosing a special one and inviting Josie to future valentine-making. The story ends with Ida reflecting that giving brings lasting happiness.
Omaha jurist Cunningham R. Scott, serving his final year of an eight year term in Nebraska's Fourth District, has long been known for a turbulent career. He faced impeachment threats, contempt actions, and heavy sentencing while gaining wide attention for his vigorous, outspoken style and political activity.
A poetically framed verse by Helen Chaffee recalls Valentine pasts and a present message from Sam. The narrator reviews courting gifts and the shift to marriage, ending with a witty receipt indicating payment received for silks and lace.
A Woman's Home Companion essay argues marriage endures with friendship and shared tastes. It says love fades with youth, but mental and moral kinship builds a stronger bond. The union rests on affection, companionship, trust, and memories.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia unveiled a monument over the grave of soldiers who died in the war against Turkey near Constantinople. The six acre square site features a crenellated wall, corner towers, gray granite, and white stone embellishments. The base holds a charnel house with bones, a chapel topped by a campanile and spire, with Christ Vladimir and Alexander Nevsky painted above the entrances. Construction began in 1883 under Col. Peshkoff’s design.
The Newly Made Benedict reports a tie in the contest between the bachelor and the coquette. The poor man must weather the storm while the rich man can stay at home and storm at the weather.
A fragmented OCR item recounts a letter to Theodore Roosevelt about an election, with a garbled reply prefixed by a boastful ad tone. It also mentions a mail reply and references various promotional lines from unrelated ads and rhetorical musings about investments and dinner customs.
Best farm lands in Minnesota along the Minneapolis and St. Louis line. Purchase a ticket to Madison or Dawson in I Qui Parle County. Certify that less than 30 bushels of wheat per acre is a small crop. Oil cereals including corn in proper condition show no failures. Some of the greatest men had ordinary wives.
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 23 in the Ozark Mountains. It touts mild climate delightful scenery unequaled medicinal waters and Chi excursion rates via the Frisco Line. J O Plank manager located at Room H Arcade Century Building Frisco Ticket Office 102 N Broadway St Louis. A man who never kicks usually gets the worst of it.
A handsome illustrated booklet issued by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway describes Cuba and Porto Rico for tourists. It highlights two daily through trains, the route, and places of note in the Indies. Free copies available from L Stone, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Some people worship the clergy more than God.
The Louisville Nashville Railroad promotes winter travel to southern resorts. Travel to Florida Gulf Coast or California via the railroad is advertised with folders available from C P A More, General Passenger Agent, Louisville Ky. The note ends with a comment contrasting teachers who teach foolishly with those who teach facts.
Chief Engineer W T Manning of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad introduces a new rail design claiming 37 percent per ton per year cost reduction. The design strengthens heads and wear-prone sides to extend rail life. Tests will occur on the B and O with 1000 tons from Carnegie Steel and 1000 tons from Pittsburg Western.
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