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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1907

Page

7

Dress of the Eskimo in Traditional Clothing Styles

The Eskimo rely on reindeer skins for most garments, with summer hats and underclothes from short haired skins and heavy winter jackets from winter skins. Men wear hooded frocks and tight knee breeches while women use tight pantaloons and girdles, with clothing made domestically as there is no local tailoring and few changes despite modern influences.

A profuse tale of Dumas and a famed judge in Nevada

The fragment recounts Dumas as a kindly host who keeps his dinner guest fed for years while a friend curiously logs temperatures for ticket sales. It then pivots to the colorful career of Volney Hoggatt, a Bullfrog mine owner and former Guthrie mayor, detailing his journey from Nome to bullfrog properties and flamboyant offices.

Dumas Pere Theatre Historique Dumas New Bridge Chevalier Harper’s Weekly Volney Hoggatt Ames Nevada San Francisco Chronicle Judge Hoggatt Los Angeles Guthrie Oklahoma Ben Daniels Bat Masterson Weather Bureau Alaska North Pole Home Missionary Society Pittsburg and Greenwater Copper Company S. Francis Dewey Monument Pete Chambers Waller Street United States Nome San Francisco Addison Mizner Tex Rickards Ludlow London Bullforg Shorty Harris Schwab Shorty Tonopah Bill Betts Greenwater Capi

Foley's Honey and Tar safe under Pure Food Law

Special announcement says Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults by Druggist Cag Win.

Foley Cagwin

Twain anecdote at the White House in Cleveland era

Mark Twain recalls a note left for Mrs Cleveland and a playful exchange at the White House during President Cleveland's first term. The tale centers on a cryptic warning written on a card and signed by Mrs Clemens as the note is delivered to Mrs Cleveland.

Hartford Washington White House Cleveland Ike Livy Mrs. Clemens Mark Twain North American Review

Hush as a Child’s Question in Chicago News

A child asks what hush means. His mother explains with a tale of сестer and her beau visiting, showing hush as a quieting response. The fragment captures a domestic, light moment from a Chicago newspaper excerpt.

Willie Chicago News

Mr Biggs’s Call Noted at the Strand

A brief Strand Magazine vignette shows Mrs. Mary asking about callers while a visitor named Mr. Biggs is recalled by a house servant. The scene hinges on recognition and the social nuance of unexpected calls.

Parallel Lines and the Gentle Misunderstanding

A humorous exchange features Micky Mulberry correcting a teacher about parallel bars as parallel lines. Puck chimes in with a playful misunderstanding and a lighthearted correction from Miss Sharpe.

Micky Mulberry Miss Sharpe Puck

The Secret of Being Tiresome Quote

A Voltaire maxim states that tiresomeness lies in revealing every detail, warning against over sharing. The aphorism highlights restraint and selective disclosure as a remedy for dullness.

Voltaire

First national asylum opened in York by William Toke

In 1796 Quaker William Toke established the first national asylum for the insane in York England. Earlier French reformer Pinel advocated nonrestraint a radical approach ridiculed then but now widely adopted.

William Toke York England Pinel

A Curious Exchange On Engagement Length

A humorous dialogue contrasts views on engagement duration. She argues money dictates length, preferring short engagements if the partner cannot afford social treats. He registers confusion as the topic reveals differing expectations about courtship and expense.

Countering a Touch in a Detroit Free Press Exchange

A Detroit Free Press quotation features a speaker arguing that discussing thrift with Blank is useless since he has no money, while another counters that the speaker themselves do possess funds. The exchange underscores tensions over financial prudence.

Detroit Free Press

Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Offers Nerve and Muscle Benefit

An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tissue builder and reconstructor that strengthens nerves and muscles. It promises benefits after use and offers Tea or Tablets at 35 cents from L. M. Bosworth.

Hollister L. M. Bosworth

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THE Globe Trotter Missouri New York Tal Bill Mexico Spring Valley Mrs. Cleveland M. H. Kelso Hamilton Black Owa E. F. P Segate Bank of Kelley Kelley Iowa General Banking E. J. Penfield C. L. Liverty Daniel McCarthy Luke McCarthy & Luke Attorneys At Law Story County Bank Ames, Iowa Adams Calla Mutual Phone the Undertaker Burt Kooser Mutual L. A. Morris Man Street Ames, Lowa C. Hamilton J. S. Kirk Toc Loughran Bauer Bosworth Drug Store H. A. Wettstein Adolph A. Wettstein Wettstein Tailoring Co Cutter Gibson's Mat W. G. Stockwell Frank B. Spence
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