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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
7
A column urges teaching children to memorize ads from Story County Bank to foster thrift. It promotes Nelson & Moore electric irons and fans and touts Dr Shoop's Restorative for nerve and stomach weakness, claiming quick popularity and urging readers to buy it at Cagwin's drug store.
An old swimmer offers simple, practical tips for staying afloat in still water. He advises clasping hands behind the back, facing upward, and keeping the mouth and nose as the highest point. He compares deep-water buoyancy to an empty pitcher that tips safely when the hands are moved.
A teacher discovers a student Maggie Jones wrote a quip about London being dense. The paper cites the book saying London’s population is very dense, prompting a humorously incorrect but insightful misunderstanding.
A clerical figure asks a man if he plans to prevent his brother from falling. The man replies that he is involved in a lamppost manufacturing concern.
Maynard faced a tense duel with Regnier but sought help from Comte de Clermont-Lodève. The count concealed himself in bushes, delaying the match until a peaceful settlement. Maynard blamed his nerves on the delay and vowed to rely on his own wits next time.
The piece traces the origin of the word score from counting by twenties, noting how notch sticks and tally marks tracked people and accounts. It explains the term taille as a tally and how medieval and premodern ledgers used tally sticks to record drinks, meals, and exchequer receipts.
An exhortation that memory does not fail but needs regular exercise. It urges persistent effort to recall names and dates, noting practice strengthens recall for future tasks and improves overall mental faculties.
A crowd of poor women with shawls and babies mob a display table of ten cent embroideries. Mary Heaton Foster notes the crowd’s single emotion and describes the whispering, animal timber of a mob as shoppers push toward the goods.
The article praises Edward Everett as a leading American orator and scholar. It notes his role in funding the Mount Vernon home purchase, his repeated lecture on Washington, and his donations totaling over $60,600 to the Ladies Mount Vernon association, likely securing at least $100,000 for charitable aims.
Douglas Carruthers reports from the Geographical Journal on Bedouin life. He describes eating with hands, wearing Arab dress, and drinking coffee while enduring cold desert nights. Eloquence is prized as storytellers sing extempore songs by a single violin.
The Kennebec Journal recounts Kittery Point’s historic towering elms that lined nearly two miles of shore road. Major Thomas Cutts initiated the project in 1791 awarding Samuel Blake a contract for planting ninety trees, each paid with a pint of rum.
In a prairie district near Moose Jaw Canadian locals started a coal mine selling fuel to nearby farmers. The self styled superintendent logged outgoing sleighs and wagons in the snow with a stick, marking initials and tonnage, until the narrator disrupted the neat ledger.
An 19th century note explains how garden spider threads became the finest lines for telescope fields of view. It chronicles earlier silver wires and silkworm threads, praising Troughton's spider thread as thinner and stronger for precise star position measurement.
The alimentary canal hosts the densest microbe population. daily about 126 billion microbes arise in the average adult. Once deemed essential, new investigations suggest many healthy animals exist with little to no intestinal bacteria, including polar bears and penguins.
A critic exposes a marketing stunt by a magazine using personal letters. The recipient Brown responds skeptically to article claims in Trash Magazine, prompting the editor to reveal prior exposure and a vow never to read another issue.
In fifty four years W E B Henley endured severe illness from youth, losing a foot and nearly a second. He sought aid at Edinburgh infirmary with nothing but a few shillings and found salvation through Dr. Lister. His resilience inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s portrait of John Silver.
The piece muses on miraculous survivals in war from bullets and shells that fail to wound, and then shifts to a vignette about Dr Johnson’s friend Derrick, who helps Floyd when found sleeping on a street bulk. It reflects on strength of mind and camaraderie amid hardship.
A humorous note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer depicts a couple seeking a quiet marriage a duke and others worry about a roaring crowd. The exchange highlights concerns that creditors would attend and expose the couple.
The Columbus Journal ponders meteors as remnants of a shattered world. Observers note hundreds examined in search of fossils of life and suggest pieces may have originated from a planet once between Mars and Jupiter. Over 500 larger fragments catalogued.
Mrs Lapsling expresses remorse for missing a neighbor’s funeral due to illness. She says she feels she should attend a friend’s obsequies but could not go, reflecting on the duty of presence in bereavement.
Professor Longhunter greets Henry Peck and praises his son's "sincere taste for it." The parent agrees, noting the boy inherits the inclination from his mother.
A brief comic exchange shows Martha arguing she is not heavy as she stands on one foot to hang a picture. Her mother warns the table cannot bear her weight. The vignette highlights domestic banter and a playful punchline.
A compact reflection on trust stating that we tend to believe strangers who have never deceived us, attributed to Johnson.
Farmer Corn tessel says his son is doing first rate at school. He already knows botanical names for cabbage and beans and only needs to learn to raise them, a sign he will be a great help on the farm.
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