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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
4
In Philadelphia a young men's group debates public morals on amusements and sports. They urge joyful recreation without vice and highlight The Two Orphans, the Kate Claxton version, as a morally sound dramatic option. The production promises value and a complete scenic presentation, with audience satisfaction guaranteed.
An excerpt recalls Mafeking night of May 18 1900 when Britain celebrated the relief amid a grim winter. Observers describe wild joy in London with flag waving and singing while others note harbor tide changes and navigation limits at half tide.
A reflection on hummingbirds being fearless and nosing into open windows for flowers. They may nap against glass after entering rooms, injuring themselves. They cannot be kept in captivity except perhaps in greenhouses with flowers, where artificial food fails to sustain them.
A New Brunswick coast tale describes water rising up hill at the St John river mouth as Fundy tides surge. Through a narrow gorge the wave plunges into the river, creating a rare tidal reversal that lasts hours after the harbor tide falls.
An English law firm recalls a tale of a disputed £35 loan. The plaintiff testified he earned the money during the Boer War and fought in that war, which swayed the jury to a full verdict. The opposing counsel had pressed for details, hinting at the war record.
An old tale from C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography recalls a wife who lost her husband in a glacier crevasse. After forty years she waited at a glacier foot with a guide for the ice to yield his body. The returned man was young, while she was aged, preserved by the crystal tomb.
In Hertford assizes a poor letter carrier’s irregularity case features Anthony Trollope as a government post office inspector turned author. A cross examining Irish barrister provokes Trollope to admit his book Barchester Towers is fiction, prompting the judge’s spotlight on the witness’s credibility.
A London Scraps excerpt describes a French teacher in a large school with a reputation for odd errors. In a hot disorderly class he grows irritable after punishing several pupils and sending one to the bottom of the form. He finally commands the entire class to the bottom in a sharp yell.
A Louisville Courier-Journal note portrays an artist told his time is wasted yet argues his work sells. The exchange pivots to a quip about trying high stakes ventures like life insurance or steel bridges for big money.
Uncle Reuben returns from the city shaken after a law business visit to a skyscraper. He describes climbing stairs to locate Lawyer Barnes’ office, meeting a gum chewing clerk, a sudden floor collapse that dropped him and the clerk fifteen stories, and his grateful escape with a five dollar tip.
A lieutenant in Africa, fearless yet hesitant to shoot a wounded lioness, removes a thorn from her foot. She returns the next night, sifts through the regiment’s officers, and consumes every rank officer, elevating the benefactor to colonel.
Travel Magazine condemns stage caricatures that mock nationalities with exaggerated traits. It cites Irish, German, English and American stereotypes as deceptive travesties in performances and abroad.
Beginning January 1 1908 coal prices will be quoted by car or bin. Delivery within one mile costs 25 cents per ton, between one and two miles 40 cents, two miles 75 cents. Direct delivery to bin cellar or box only. Draymen and helper time charged 30 and 17 1/2 cents per hour with time slips OK'd by customers. Coal prepaid at direct delivery prices. if conditions differ on arrival rules apply. Manager Frank N Fowler notes worker reliability and thanks patrons, with New Year wishes. Tickets for Captain Racket on sale at Bosworth's next Tuesday.
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