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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
2
Harry Koons announces a public sale on the Scott farm located 7 miles northeast of Ames and 8 miles northwest of Nevada on Wednesday February 5 starting at 1:00 PM. The list includes nine horses, cattle, a bob sled, harness, 1200 bushels corn, and other farm stock with cash and credit terms detailed.
Opportunities across Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Missouri along the Chicago Great Western Railway seek competent men with capital for all branches of business. Special chances for creamery men and millers with good locations for general merchandise hardware harness hotels banks and stockbuyers. Correspondence sought maps and Maple Leaflets. W J Reed Industrial Agent 604 Endicott Building St Paul Minnesota.
Tickets to nearly all points in the United States are on sale at Chicago Great Western Railway ticket offices on the first and third Tuesdays of January and February. Fare is one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip with a 21 day return window. For details contact a CGW agent or J. P. Elmer G P A Chicago Til 2-18-02.
A discussion on how familiarity sharpens sight across professions from shepherds to sailors and hunters. The piece argues trained observers notice subtle details others miss, while noting occasional errors. It then shifts to a curio about a famed astronomer and a humor vignette where a boy cites bricklayer as a practical dream due to days off.
Reported in Siam merchants employ great apes as cashiers to distinguish coin quality. The apes test each coin by mouth for two to five seconds, depositing good coins and flinging counterfeit ones. They show vocal displeasure with counterfeit coins, while trained bankers cannot match their accuracy.
An earnest college settler speaker told a room of mothers and fathers about brightening Christmas at home despite tight budgets. He spoke from personal experience after visiting many houses in many cities and shared practical ideas. A humorous Irish American remark from the back praised his vigor.
The president asks why a battleship was purchased while the secretary of the navy defends the buy as a bargain. He cites engine flaws and gun issues but insists the vessel appears as fine as others and cost half as much. The Chicago Post notes the exchange.
A brief comic exchange quotes Nell and Bess from the Chicago News about a secret not to be repeated. The fragment hints at social norms and curiosity surrounding women in urban culture.
A brief humorous exchange contrasts a Merritt man avoiding a woman’s business talk with Cora urging him to speak to her father. The line illustrates social norms about courting and propriety in dialogue from the period.
A medical note explains keeping a saucer of shaved ice in a sickroom for day and night. Place the iced saucer in a soup plate, cover with another plate, set on a heavy pillow, and encase in more pillows for insulation. The method also mentions using an old jack plane as a ice shaver with the plane turned bottom upward for shaving.
A quotation from Lalzac argues that feeble minds dwell on sorrows, while strong, creative beings forget and reset continually. Nature herself begins anew each hour, turning misfortune into renewed productivity and mystery.
A court noted that passing Confederate money does not breach federal law unless the instrument was intended to imitate a United States obligation. The likeness of paper money alone is insufficient to constitute a crime, the opinion states.
The zenith power Mme. du Barry enjoyed a bath system released a cascade of golden louis with scented water when a tap was touched. The mechanism was said to symbolize the Danae legend, using a well supplied reservoir.
An Indian Almanac describes a flat wooden calendar used by Canadian Indigenous hunters. Each day has a hole to mark the date, Sundays and holidays are distinguished while fast days show a fish symbol. The owner moves a peg daily to track time.
A man kicks an innocent hat on the sidewalk and, limping, heads home to scold his wife for not having dinner ready. The exchange captures a moment of rash action and domestic tension.
A Paris tale told how an ambitious visitor offered to kill M. Rochefort, only for Constans to reply that he did his own murders. The anecdote reached Constantinople where French ambassador Constans noted excessive Turkish deference from Armenia, concluding with the phrase a man who did his own murders him.
In Yonkers Statesman dialogue Peggy declines newspaper advertising for her engagement. She tells her friends it remains a secret, avoiding any public notice or disclosure.
The jarrow wood grown in Australia is described as nearly the only timber that fully resists insect depredations. no insect will touch it.
A concise look at the Loughran and Bauer catalog highlighting their line of books. The summary notes the range of titles, potential subjects, and simple appraisal of the publisher’s presentation and scope.
The Short Course in Live Stock and Grain Judging at Iowa State College closed last Friday afternoon. A two week program will resume next year with changes in stock classes and added dairy and domestic science, involving five hundred special students across four departments.
New Century Comfort Millions praise Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for pain from burns scalds cuts and ulcers. It claims to cure eruptions boils felons corns and warts and is offered for 25 cents at L M Bosworth’s drug store.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers three through tourist cars weekly on distinct routes. Thursdays go via the Santa Fe central route, Saturdays via the Katy southern route through Texas to Mexico, and Tuesdays via the Rock Island northern route through the Grand Canyon of Colorado by daylight. Information and booklets available from any CGW agent or J. P. Elmer G P A Chicago Lil.
Wanted capable men in each state to advertise a wealthy business house. Salary 18 dollars weekly plus expenses paid weekly. Carriage provided if needed. Apply with references and self addressed stamped envelope to Manager, 316 Caxton Building, Chicago. 20-26t.
Times-Republican in Marshalltown Iowa advertises a free to good home stem wind set open face watch. The notice touts the timekeeping quality and invites readers to learn how to obtain it.
A conversational exchange explains how to verbalize the number seventeen hundred eleven. The speakers attempt to settle a bet on the proper spoken form, debating options like one thousand one hundred eleven and one one double one before agreeing on a phrasing.
A story about Robert Emmet showing quick resolve after mistaking corrosive sublimate for acid powder. He privately sought chalk as the antidote, then quietly went to the stable to obtain it and neutralize the poison without alerting his family or summoning aid.
A woman expresses hesitation at buying lettuce telling the marketman she owns a blue dish and fears green lettuce will clash she leaves with a hint of disappointment while the marketman reassures her the produce is green.
An advertisement asserts long life comes from healthy organs and germ destruction. Electric Bitters reportedly regulate the stomach liver and kidneys purify blood improve appetite and cure kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria. They promise vigor and strength at 50 cents guaranteed by L M Bosworth.
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