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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
9
A fifty year old Western Tibet report recalls tigers once common in high hills. A man-eating tiger attacking a woman near Chipla prompted a hundred villagers to stone and trap the animal. The tiger was worn down and killed after a long chase. It also notes animal senses and instincts in water-seeking behavior and blind animals.
The Philadelphia North American recalls Amontons as a pioneering fifteenth century contributor to aerial telegraphy. He devised a Paris to Rome signaling system using posts and telescopes, with codes known only to Paris operators and distant recipients, though officials opposed his work.
The article outlines normal pulse ranges from birth to old age, noting birth around 140, and aging values 100 at age two, 80 in adolescence, 75 in adulthood, and 60 in old age, with exceptions. It cites remarkable cases including Napoleon’s reputed 44 per minute and elderly individuals with unusually low or steady pulses, plus a curious example of a man whose pulse decreased as health worsened.
Observations note blind horses avoid fences and walls, sliding away from dangers. They do not rely on shade or shelter to warn them of obstacles. On a sunless windless day their behavior remains notably careful as they move through surroundings.
A Detroit News quote recalls Maxim Gorky's remark on Russian censorship. While writing about a grand duke’s headquarters during the Russo-Japanese War, the article included a line about a large photograph of Marie la Jambe. Censors replaced it with a map of the theater of war.
A Mississippi Historical Society piece by M J Walsh recalls southern domestic economies during the Civil War. Women and children kept up heart while siege shortages bred makeshifts from parched corn coffee to burnt corn bread and molasses substitutes.
The list notes New York milestones: the first governor Peter Minuit appointed in 1626. the first European male child Jean Vigne born 1614 and first female child Sarah Rapalla born 1615. first physician Dr Johannes La Montague began practicing in 1638 as the colony's lone doctor. first engineer Kryn Frederick authorized in 1626 to oversee a fort on Manhattan. earliest meeting room for worship in 1626 at a loft on South William Street. first warehouse erected in 1626 described as a rough village store where Indians drank white man’s fire water.
A New York Press coffeehouse note discusses Dutch superstition about gifts and thanks. It recalls gifting a kitten to a washwoman, who warns that thanking a friend for a present brings bad luck. The piece ends with a wry remark about modern men and gratitude.
A blushing girl resists a persistent young reporter who pursues romance, insisting on propriety as the conversation nudges toward a promised brief 250 word retelling. The scene centers on social tension, longing, and the rush of late hours affecting judgment.
A man tells a tale about mistaking a counterfeit for genuine money and his belief in a subtreasury for exchanging bad money. At the Washington subtreasury he offers a bad half dollar, is served a sample blow by a clerk, and leaves swearing he will not be so conscientious again as the liberty head is battered into a big O. The piece ends with a speculative note about glass pieces and astronomical time needed for changes in a hypothetical instrument.
The late T Bevan once Gravesend MP arranged cremation with ash ground to powder and dissipated. A dying angler asked for ashes to ride a bait can and scatter over his favorite stream. Mrs Ernie Erie Drax wanted embalming and a glass coffin in a circular mausoleum with stained glass. Lord Newborough was buried, exhumed after twelve months, and reburied on Bardsey Island near 20,000 saints.
A two or three year old boy in a high chair eats corn batter cakes and molasses then, after being told no more, lifts the plate and declares I ain't got no more use for you. He tosses the plate behind him, sending it flying to a dove and shattering on impact.
A hostess tries to entertain Mr Blank, famed butter author, at a party. A guest discusses weather and farming to spark his interest, but Butter proves useless. The twist reveals his passion is Buddha, not butter, prompting chuckles at Strand Magazine.
In Hull elementary schools a prize urged essays on the harms of alcohol with nearly 12 000 pupils competing. Dr. Eccles shared excerpts in a Society For the Study of Inebriety lecture, citing lines about jail for self destructive acts under drink and the medical view on alcohol in death and disease.
A noted mathematician calculates that a kaleidoscope with twelve glass bits could churn through patterns continuously for ninety one years and forty nine days without repeating a combination. The discovery highlights the device’s astonishing combinatorial variety and perpetual novelty.
Peter Burrowes, an Irish lawyer, was found shaving with his face close to an empty wall. He explained he was looking in the glass though there was none. A servant then revealed the mirror had been broken six weeks earlier.
The London News notes Sheridan’s Oude charge speech was delivered a year before the Hastings impeachment, not during the trial. He spoke five hours and forty minutes to a roused House, with no full report surviving. the best account appeared in the London Chronicle of February 8, 1787.
The New York American notes that opinions vary on when humans first appeared. Some scholars, including John Fiske and others, contend that man inhabited the earth tens of thousands to possibly half a million years ago, while the exact age remains unknown.
The text explains bullet impact differences on bone versus brain and fluid contents, Kocher experiments with canisters and skulls filled with water, and then discusses gemology listing the big four stones, their colors, clearness, and cuts. It mentions the diamond, ruby, emerald, and sapphire with their crystal systems and step cuts. Also references unknown heirs in a district court filing.
A globe trotter recalls divers off Himla near Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Greek girls from Himla dive for sponges, wearing no more than seas and sun, pulled by stones to descend. They leap and harvest sponges, then rest on deck before their turn.
In a humorous exchange, a patient admits eating leftover pork that may be spoiled, prompting the doctor to quip about curing a diseased stomach but not spoiled meat. The line, from Flievende Blatter, highlights dietary folly and medical limits in a wry tone.
A Glasgow church sermon ends by mocking slothfulness with a quip about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden having their hands in their pockets. The remark appears in Harper's Weekly as a light anecdote from a rural sermon tradition.
A London Punch caption jokes about a dry voyage with an angler asking for a match in a boat and the boatman replying to try his throat, capturing a humorous scene of travel and appetite.
The District Court in Story County Iowa receives a petition from the plaintiff seeking a divorce and other relief on desertion grounds. Huey must appear before noon on the second day of the August term beginning August 26 1907 in Nevada Iowa or a default will be entered and a decree issued. Dated July 12 1907. G A Underwood attorney for plaintiff.
A petition filed March 2 1906 seeks appointment of an engineer to establish a drain district in Warren Township Story County Iowa with specified reach from Section 33 to the public highway between Sections 6 and 7 and its laterals. Damages claims due five days before the hearing. Hearing before the Board of Supervisors August 20 1907 at the County Auditor's Nevada Iowa office.
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