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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1910
Page
8
A collection of quirky vignettes and humor about everyday life. The narrator recalls bold statements about Caesar, a slick sidewalk, a theater outing, a tense homecoming, and a Pittsburgh preacher recounting the World Series crowd.
The Slater News front page obituary tradition draws comment as townsfolk joke about death notices. Critics say preaching and sensational displays, like a tin woman target, undermine morality while defending modest public decorum. The exchange ends with a taunt from Eh Hennesy.
A London Chronicle line muses on courage while asleep, proposing one man among many sleepers could emerge as a hero only in a dream. The remark frames sleep as a stage for bravery beyond waking actions.
A neighbor questions Uncle Jed about his son at college. Jed replies the boy is excelling, funding himself, earning class honors, and has been promised a professorship. The neighbor jokes that with his size he should be a center. The Chicago Tribune records the witty exchange.
A succinct quote from Success Magazine contrasts making a good living with making a good life. It notes that some men earn well yet live poorly while others lead splendid lives on modest means.
A Collier’s based sketch extols pigeons speed and endurance, noting miles per minute records and 700 to 1000 mile journeys. It describes their flight rhythm, wind and weather challenges, and lifelong homing instinct including a World War I era anecdote of a pigeon released after ten years returning home.
David Soskice recounts a Russian fortress case where Grachevsky, declared insane, killed himself by fire after gaining moments of lowered guard. Witness Ludmilla Volkenstein relays a night of screams, smoke, and the burning of his clothes and bedding.
A Roumanian study notes that remote villagers maintain ancient practices from cave dwelling days. Millet grinding by hand, primitive granaries, archaic plows, and a coliba funeral repast persist alongside limited fruit and herb use. peasants call rural doctors wizards.
An excerpt traces asphalt pavements from early natural rock mined in Val de Travers to its use in Paris streets by 1854 and London by 1869. It notes bitumen content, road testing under wheel load, and the spread of asphalt macadam from Europe to other nations.
In a London Scraps sketch a villain aims to kill Bertrand Maltravers but the revolver fails. The villain strikes with its butt and the hero falls. A tardy policeman discovers the body and cries Shot! He’s beep shot through the back!
A club discussion notes that in dreams the dreamer is always the underdog, facing horrible danger without heroic deeds. The remark highlights how people perceive bravery differently in subconscious scenarios. The passage suggests a reflection on self image and courage.
A fragmented Baltimore American snippet implies a humorous or sharp remark about a dog and a husband, leaving specifics about the incident or individuals unclear. The dialogue suggests a domestic context with a punning exchange between a speaker, a doctor, and a woman.
A Cleveland Leader item notes a humorous exchange about legal services and pricing, highlighting a lawyer declaring modesty about value and another asking what the opinion will cost. The quip emphasizes the cost of legal work.
A cramped scene describes a friend peering through a corridor in Brown’s bare flat. The narrator exclaims “Brown-Passageway” and realizes the space serves as a dining room, highlighting a small, lived in urban interior.
An anecdote by Carlo Ceccarelli recalls Verdi during a winter night unable to shed tears for a dying friend. He sat at his piano and improvised a sublime Miserere for the Trovatore, giving utterance to his deep grief.
A father in his office uses a forbidden word during a long distance call and apologizes to his son Willie. The boy retorts that he will not say the word but confesses he has learned it anyway, illustrating a child’s quick copying of language.
The London Globe notes that Britain’s golden age of the pun aligned with King James I I and the Stuart era. Puns moved from merry verse to grave pulpit and councilroom discourse, becoming a solemn, respected device in serious works and speeches.
A fragment recalls a doctor noting a man growling savagely, suggesting possible madness before the scene cuts off. The readable text centers on a tense encounter and a belief in unhinged danger. No further names or places are present in the readable portion.
A German Southwest Africa colony report notes telegraph wires and insulators vanish after installation. Chiefs display stolen wire neck rings at a governor's birthday entertainment. Natives wear rubber heels as nose ornaments and pink silk garters as earrings.
The account from Life of Sir William Broadbent recalls Sir Evelyn Wood at Sandringham. Deaf yet curious about music he practiced scales until his sister urged him to stop. He began as a sailor then joined the army after stints at the bar, with the church the only path he never tried.
In Dalhousie Castle grounds Scotland a famed oak is linked to family death. A legend says a branch falls whenever a family member dies. The original tree fell in the early eighteenth century and a new one grew. In 1874 a forester saw a branch fall and cried The laird's deed now News of the eleventh Earl of Dalhousie's death soon followed.
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