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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
7
A humorous anecdote praises sharp wives over boastful hunters and includes a tale of a Southern wife exposing her husband’s hunting brag by testing his partridge catch. The piece laments clever quips about eating habits and translation gaffes, noting a family dinner mishap with the word plates at the end of a menu.
The doctor tells a girl that apples contain albumen sugar gum malic and gallic acids fiber water and phosphorus. He says apples balance meat intake aid complexion brain nerves and digestion and even renew youth. The instance cites ancient reverence for apples.
The article notes Dr. Priestly repeating passages in his work Harmony of the Gospels on the Passover topic after forgetting he had already written them. He copied the same reflections twice and only recalled the duplication upon reexamining his own papers. He even failed to recognize his own published writings.
A witty exchange between Charles II and Dr Stillingfleet is cited in the St Louis Republic. The king asks why the chaplain reads sermons before him when he can preach without notes, and the doctor replies he cannot trust himself in the king’s presence.
A writer in the Epicure recalls amusing menu mishaps in Ceylon. The head servant writes menus and learns English as "she is wrote" creating quaint notes. One lunch featured roast beef with a tiny print remark indicating a savory smell.
A penny postage stamp triggers a chain that leads to the ruin of Hobart the British iron king. Misread urgent ciphered news, unpaid letters, and a key partner's warning prompt massive leveraged bets. Prices plummet two days later, leaving Hobart bankrupt.
Harry N. Pillsbury memorized thirty challenging words chosen by Prof. Merriman and Dr. Threlkeld Edwards read only once. He immediately repeated the list in the original and reverse order, including terms from science, places, and names such as Antiphlogistine, plasmodium, Mississippi, Philadelphia, Russia, and theosophy.
A 1617 account by Minshen, a London dictionary maker, connects cockney to sound of Bow Bells. It narrates a novice hearing a neighing horse and a crowing cock and asks if the cock neighs, deriving the term from Incoctus meaning raw or unripe in country matters.
A summer theater audience witnessed Passatore and his armed gang enter the stage and demand a per head tax which they immediately collected before fleeing with their booty. This vivid scene is recounted in Lady Presturch's Essays.
In a tense exchange a speaker notes Briggins looks downcast and suspects a failed venture. Ble warns that a man who claims disinterested friendship may be trying to borrow money, signaling financial strain and distrust.
Nanteville House in St. Peter Port Guernsey Victor Hugo’s exile home remains exactly as left. His name appears as Iugo on walls and ceilings with priceless pictures tapestries and furniture. The dining room features Delft ware wallpaper and a Michelangelo pupil’s salt cellar valued at £600. The study offers harbor views and a bare rest room lined with volumes. Mottos and aphorisms are written in various places. Life Is an Exile is carved on the dining room door.
A fragment notes Garibaldi once occupied the space with no study of occupancy. It mentions an oak gallery with chairs labeled Pater Mater Filius and Filius marked Amatus Amat. In the red drawing room and other rooms lie tables from Charles II a Francis I bedstead and a Pompadour worked fire screen with a Louis Philippe dessert service.
In old days boys stood sentinel in tall sentry boxes to spot fish activity and guard flocks and crops. The Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is a valuable medicine for throat and lung troubles offering quick relief from painful breathing and dangerous coughing. Sold by all dealers. Indoor winter life continues.
The great Everett makes his first appearance outside large vaudeville houses performing a milk can water immersion in full view of the audience. Two bar letters titled My Cousin's Rival at the Seminary and Three Married Men feature in the season with the Black Crook Jr. Co. as the backdrop for laughs and star power.
A Norwegian watch boy sits in a wooden sentry box high above the fjord to spot fish schools for farmers. When alerted, villagers grab nets and rush to their boats, a system similar to Mediterranean practices once spread by Vikings.
Historic ad copy claims Bucklen’s Arista Salve quickly cures burns scalds wounds cuts and bruises and relieves skin eruptions boils ulcers felons piles and pain. Sold at druggists for 25 cents with instant relief.
An old fashioned man seeks to hire a team, but the liveryman notes the pair are wedding horses. Some horses shy at rice and shoes, while Bays are calm about old shoes and rain and are slated to head tonight’s wedding procession.
A farmer and his son debate early rising as the college boy dismisses the idea with a shaggy chain of jokes about the early bird and a string of animals. The punchline deflates the benefit of waking early, recalling a Chicago News quip.
Ad copy touts Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea as building up waste tissue boosting appetite aiding digestion and inducing refreshing sleep for renewed strength and health. Mentions J. E B Cag win likely a partial name from the ad.
A youth seeks advice on choosing among three admirers Esmeralda Eulalie and Evangeline. The wise man uses clocks at each house to reveal Evangeline loves him, noting her clock is fast while Esmeralda slow and Eulalie just right. The judge concludes Evangeline is true.
A former police captain recounts advice a society woman asked for if awakened by a burglar. The guidance says to scream for help loudly, as most burglars fear attention and a professional avoids harming others unless cornered. He contrasts amateurs who panic and shoot with seasoned criminals who prefer escape.
A pompous lawyer hired a hansom cab and paid only the required legal shilling. The driver refused to show annoyance and politely invited the man to step in again, saying he could have driven him farther for the fare.
A New York Press item notes a settlement worker learns a family rejected a rental due to a broken railing seen as coffin forming a health concern. The piece ties winter strain on mothers to a tonic claim for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, endorsed by R. Cagwin.
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