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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
8
A newspaper humor sketch recounts a poultry show scene where a man boasts his Dominick hen lays three eggs daily while another claims he gets three eggs from hay in the barn. Jokes about New Year's Eve and vaudeville follow, with a violinist engagement and observations on crowds and manners.
The ad claims epilepsy fits St Vitus dance and spasms are nervous diseases and asserts Dr Miles Nervine cures them. It urges persistent use for lasting benefit and offers a money back guarantee if no relief, advising readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist and follow directions.
A Record-Herald note reassures a child that Santa Claus exists with practical humor. The speaker stresses Santa may differ in appearance but remains real, visiting every house despite lack of chimney or reindeer. The message urges faith and comfort this holiday season.
A farmer weighs his wagon to buy a load of coal but rejects the batch as unsuitable. After driving back to the office, the dealer weighs the wagon again and jokes that the load is only 600 pounds. The exchange occurs at a Duncomb Tribune cited scene.
The Westminster Gazette describes how high backed ornate chairs emerged with the Renaissance signaling rank and power. It traces how bishops and abbots used dignified seats, nobles sat on stools, and only royalty could have armchairs, a practice extending to Louis XIV era and ending near the French revolution.
A historical portrait paints Charles XII of Sweden as a cold military genius, described by Morfill in Story of Poland. The depiction notes a dirty shirt and wristbands, a black crepe cravat, unkempt hair, and peculiar dining habits, suggesting a harsher view of the monarch.
In Clifton Johnson’s Pacific Coast sketches a rancher explains lodging norms on western farms. Travelers and laborers sleep in blankets and hay, not houses, with housing expectations shaped by vast acreage and self supplied beds.
A vivid line describes a man who spends over a quarter hour at meals, eats like a horse, and remains silent. The description evokes a kingly, romantic, and knightly image.
Carbon exists freely as graphite and diamond and combines widely with other elements. It forms carbonic acid gas with oxygen and Hydrocarbons with hydrogen, appearing in wood, starch, sugar, gum, oil, bone and flesh as a key plant and animal constituent.
A fastidious young man finds a sewing girl’s name in his new overalls and writes a romance filled letter. She replies that she is a working girl who earns well and won’t support a husband, noting her card found in the garment and preferring a partner who can afford better than forty seven cent breeches.
Dialogue shows Bacon How asking about his wife while Egbert reports improvements. A quip notes the wife has not been involved but purchased a bonnet for four dollars replacing her previous sixteen dollar bonnet. The exchange reflects casual domestic humor in the Statesman.
A bookkeeper asks to attend his mother-in-law's funeral this afternoon, prompting the elderly proprietor to express a similar wish before returning to work. The brief exchange captures a moment of human concern within a workplace setting.
Sailor quips about the ship when asked its speed. The banter notes the vessel is currently tied up and unable to move. The exchange reflects light nautical humor in a Baltimore American style.
The article notes that determining the height of the tower of Babel is impossible due to ancient remoteness. It cites Herodotus about eight 75 foot towers at Babylon and questions how the upper levels were reached, with opinions varying on the overall height.
Orientalists claim the tower rose to 10 000 fathoms about twelve miles while Ceylonese tradition makes it 20 000 elephants stacked high. St Jerome cites ruins suggesting four miles max. Other figures are more extravagant.
A Vienna public school teacher asked eight to nine year old girls to write on topics with no help. Readings show vivid pieces like My Three Happiest Days and a fairyland ideal. The London Chronicle notes a Stuart era billiards rule forbidding unasked advice and penalty payments for bystanders.
A humorous quip from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a husband’s late arrivals and a wife’s training as a joke. The line about “game one up when he gets home in the morning” captures playful domestic banter.
A humorous exchange from a Pennsylvania scene shows a father telling his son that political enemies belong to different factions within the same party rather than separate parties, highlighting intra party divisions.
The star Everett debuts outside major vaudeville venues this season performing from a large water filled milk can in full view of the audience. The show features the Black Crook Jr. Co and two comedic bar letters titled My Cousin's Rival at the Seminary and Three Married Men.
Uncle Sam to conduct spring examinations for railway mail clerks and related federal posts. Thousands of appointments expected. Open to any person over 18 in cities or rural areas. Free instruction and information by writing to the Bureau of Instruction at 1694 Hamlin Building, Rochester, New York.
City Council of Ames has prepared a plat and schedule of assessments for storm sewer work on Boone street Des Moines Avenue Lincoln Street East Avenue Center Avenue. The notices list each property fronting the improvement with its assessed amount and owner names if known. The plat and schedule are on file in the city clerk's office and objections must be filed within twenty days after the first publication dated January 6 1910.
Notice in the District Court of Story County Iowa states that an instrument purporting to be the last will of Henry Adolph Riggenberg, deceased, is on file for probate. A hearing is set for Tuesday January 18, 1910, at the regular January term. interested parties may appear to contest the will. Clerk C. M. Soper signs the notice in Nevada Iowa.
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