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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
6
The World Tongue notes English as a global lingua franca seen in travelers facing locals in Europe and the Middle East. Local social items report multiple visits, family ties, and upcoming trips in Ames, Des Moines, and surrounding areas plus kinship links among neighbors and visitors.
Glycerin does not freeze or evaporate at ordinary temperatures and shows minimal loss by evaporation below 200 degrees F. It decomposes with odor when heated strongly and burns with a pale flame at about 800 degrees. It stabilizes pigments in inks and ribbons, resists crystallization with water present, and forms varied textures under cold or sudden temperature shifts, making it a peculiar substance.
An old notice promotes 85 cent and other priced brooms at Perrys along with a health pitch for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. It also advertises a Yeoman Picnic at Adams hall on Saturday with attendance from Homesteads from Boone Kelley and Ames.
The piece describes Japan's elaborate mourning code among the well off, including 13 months of mourning attire and 50 days without meat after a husband's death. Grandparents on the paternal side receive 150 days, while maternal grandparents get 90, with similar rules for maternal uncles and aunts, illustrating strict social hierarchies.
Astronomers question the idea of a universal center and note stars move in straight lines or curved paths. Some groups of stars travel together and Sirius may cluster nearby stars as a master sun, making our sun a distant satellite.
The text notes that belfry originally meant watchtower and had no bell connection. It explains a Middle English root and its evolving sense, showing how the bell association grew over time.
A mother suggests inviting a young man to tea, but the daughter doubts the plan. The exchange comes from a New York Journal quotation about romance, marriage, and propriety in social scenes.
A sprightly matron boards a car at Eighth and Chestnut, pays a half dollar for the fare, and cannot get change. On Sixth Street she reveals she paid a dollar, prompting the conductor to search for more coins. After a comedic delay he returns two more four bit pieces, remarking on the cost of trying to be funny.
Dr Eduard Mayer, professor of ancient studies, contends new evidence challenges the belief that Peru hosts the oldest civilization with real records from BC 8500. The discussion centers on rec ords and the dating of early inhabitants and their spread.
A history researcher at the University of Berlin links the B. 4241 date to early Egyptian astronomy. The find notes Sirius rising as the basis for the solar year, describing the epoch as the oldest reliable date in human history.
The Chester claim to the birthplace of British turf centers on 1609 when William Lester as mayor ordered three silver bells to be run for on the Roode Dee. This earliest race prize inspired the proverb to bear the bell though the ring came later. The Chester cup later replaced the best pell as a local competition.
A student misuses procrastinate in a sentence about trying to steal a ride on a streetcar. The Toledo Blade cites the exchange to illustrate the word’s meaning as delaying action.
Comic exchange shows a brisk clash over paying at the door with a quip about giving money from a window. The dialogue captures a playful street scene tone.
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