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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
8
A chaotic miscellany of anecdotes and scraps, including Horace Greeley dismissing a Five Points Mission plea with sharp sarcasm, a Venetian dinner tale about a scullion who made a lion, and various vignettes on humor, philosophy, and a royal anecdote about King Edward’s grandchildren.
A devotional poem by Elizabeth Akers pleads that heaven holds no appeal apart from the beloved’s presence. The speaker rejects sectarian creeds and insists that true joy or damnation comes only with the beloved, claiming heaven or hell reside where thou art or art not.
A southern journalist mocks a new type of golf caddy as independent and witty and recounts John D. Rockefeller’s Augusta visit where he mis-hit a shot and the caddy quips Georgia, boss. A Richmond clergyman’s servant Ju Han amuses by sending the minister’s substitute to duties, then reveals the pastor’s improved health.
Schopenhauer argues that pleasure stems from kinship feeling. Beauty appeals mainly to our own species and race, and social preference favors those who resemble us. Even a blockhead prefers fellow blockheads over groups of great minds when in company.
Two top boys in Sunday school were asked who made them and what they return to. With the lead pupil absent the second boy answered dust of the earth. The teacher insists God made you but the boy replies the boy God made has gone home with the stomach ache.
A scullion boy named Antonio Canova at Signor Fallero's mansion offers to repair a spoiled confectioner’s large table ornament. The head servant, astonished, asks who he is and allows him to try. The tale, as recounted by George Cary Eggleston, highlights young Canova’s early skill and ambition.
A 12 year old Ida Lewis rowed out in a small boat to rescue four stranded men near Lime Rock lighthouse in Newport R. I. during 1854. Over the next thirty years she saved nine more people in peril, acting alone with skill and courage.
Willie shares a dream about heaven with his father. St Peter assigns a chalk ladder to write sins on each rung, but Willie stops when he sees his father descending for more chalk, revealing his father’s absence and the joke’s twist.
Benjamin H. Brewster, Philadelphia attorney general, faced a heated Philadelphia trial over Pennsylvania railroad franchise rights. An opposing lawyer likened Brewster to his scarred face, prompting Brewster to recount a childhood accident in which he saved his sister from fire, explaining his facial scars and his continued resolve.
A jumble of quoted lines and scenes includes a lawyer’s sharp courtroom remark about a black heart, notes on Teresa Carreno and her husbands, a Berlin Philharmonic aside, a domestic scene about rubbers and grace, and a humorous exchange about debt settlement with a Black man named Tony.
A traveler recalling San Francisco’s ruins meets a friendly stranger who offers a pocket-sized 100 page guide titled The Right Word In the Right Place for 25 cents. He praises the book as a solution to express awe and astonishment amid the scene.
The passage argues that excessive reading and constant book use suppress original thought. It likens constant study to keeping a spring under pressure, claiming erudition often makes people less creative and diminishes writing quality.
A boy named Jack Prindle proudly tells his mother he has been a good boy after tea with company present. His mother confirms his behavior, reflecting a child centered scene of praise and religious upbringing.
The passage portrays Sir Walter Scott's deep humor as a radiant yet restrained laughter. It traces his progress from a sly grin to a full, heartful mirth that never overwhelms his speech, while his Scots voice grows louder and more emphatic in playful storytelling.
Tom Ochiltree, injured in a railroad crash and using crutches, meets a friend who asks if he can walk without them. He replies that his doctor says he can, but his lawyer says he can't.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a cure for weakness in women, claiming they restore strength, nerve, bright eyes, and smooth skin. It emphasizes upright health and appeals to readers with promises of a beautiful complexion, noting availability at druggists for 50 cents.
The Ames city council solicits sealed bids by July 18 1907 for constructing sanitary sewers and subdrains on College Lincoln Warrell and Kellogg streets. Bids require a 5 percent certified check as liquidated damages. Plans on file with the city clerk.
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