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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1904
Page
7
Miss Isabelle Lawman appeared before the insane Commission forenoon and afternoon hearings. Reports indicate she will likely be sent to the asylum for treatment as evidence continues and a decision is expected this evening.
The traffic department of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway has issued a handsome illustrated booklet describing the Overland Limited, the luxurious train to the Pacific Coast via the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. Copy available by mail for a 2 cent stamp.
A promotional note from LOUGHRAN & BAUER touts Berg's Sweet Laxative Chips as harmless and effective for constipation. It urges purchase at 10 or 25 cents and mentions delivery via rail lines, highlighting two daily trains and an electric lighted overland limited from Chicago to California.
A detailed 42 by 64 inch world map mounted on rollers and bound with cloth shows new island possessions the Trans Siberian Railway Pacific Ocean cables railway lines and other features of Japan China Manchuria Korea and the Far East. Send 25 cents in stamps to W B Kniskern P T M Chicago and Northwestern Railway Chicago I
In Story County Iowa the district court clerk announces a will for Curtis Knight, late of the county, on Tuesday March 22 1904 for probate. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the instrument should not be the last will and testament. Nevada Iowa February 22 1904. C P McCorp Clerk Dist Court.
A Scientific American summary recounts Jaquet-Droz automatons and their feats in the 18th century. In Dresden Henr Martin preserves them as marvels, including a writer who pens without dictation, a draftsman, and musicians. The clockwork interacts with the court, the moon and stars, and a chimeric dog guards fruit while a shepherd plays.
In Grunberg Bohemia a life size silver statue of St John with one arm is linked to a mob incident. A thief is blamed but a priest saves a peasant who loses his left arm when a church arch collapses. The man stays in the church all day and night and is later seen years later as the armless old man kneeling at the sanctuary threshold.
A didactic meditation urges the young man to compare his public and private conduct across times and places. It emphasizes honesty, temperance, and consistency from noon to night and in-town to out-of-town settings.
A joke recounts a dentist complimenting Mrs Flannigan on her “splendid set” and her reply that her teeth are imported from Ireland along with herself. The punch line reveals the teeth are her own, delivered in a humorous Irish lilt.
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