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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
7
A London Graphic note describes a traveler about 200 people accompanying him. Upon reaching Norwich he danced in and out of the city twice because his overseer lost him in the crowd and made him redo the distance to ensure accuracy.
The article describes the false peak mirage seen by sailors near Tenerife and the Dardanelles. It explains how atmospheric refraction creates distant, inverted images of land and ships, misleading captains and fueling legends of ships in the sky.
The text summarizes Selous observations on lion hunting behavior. It notes that lions typically seize a sleeping man by the head to cause instant death and target the throat or vitals in animal prey. It mentions single lions often break necks by forcing the neck or attacker weight, while multiple lions bite and tear, taking longer to kill.
A historical anecdote recounts William Kemp’s famed Elizabethan dance from London to Norwich. He danced with companions and gifts, faced crowds and markets, and avoided stalls by rising early. Despite a hip sprain, he continued the performance to the crowd’s delight.
A British officer pursuing a wild boar in India atop a fleet mule is unseated when the boar bites the mule. The mule recovers quickly, rallies the pursuit, and then bites, crushes, and defeats the boar, returning to her master with a triumphal heehaw.
A well known doctor asserts that many people feel below par though not truly ill. He argues fasting between supper and breakfast and a completely empty stomach at night worsens emaciation and weakness. Continuous nourishment during sleep and wakeful periods may increase weight and vitality. London Globe.
Two Irishmen discuss sleep joking about nature's hair restorer and the luxury of slumber. One laments that true rest ends as soon as a fine nap seems near, and the other agrees that slumber is pleasant yet fleeting, ending with morning.
A brief quip in which a woman chides a man for taking offense at sharp words. He responds with magnanimity and a playful remark about her mouth saying it is eighty small. The exchange is reported as a light social moment from the Philadelphia Press.
In Scott's account a practical joke by Henry Irving and Harry Montague causes panic on a picnic day. They vanish after lunch, Smale finds Irving bloodied with a knife, Montague lies gagged and then rises laughing as the prank is revealed. The piece notes this foreshadowing of later dramatic violence.
The text notes archaic laws in Nepal and India linking cow killing to capital punishment and describes a ritual where a girl is betrothed at birth to a betel fruit cast into a sacred stream. It suggests the girl would not become a widow due to the fruit's uncertain fate and mentions a divorce possible only through a husband.
A police commissioner's remark on training highlights disciplined officers. A witty exchange between two physicians ponders a nurse's training and rapid engagement to a wealthy patient, noted by the Washington Star.
A man at a Broadway theater asks a woman with stylish hair to remove it for a better view, saying he would see more stage. She coolly answers, If you weren't my brother I'll slap your face. The anecdote is credited to the New York Globe.
A girl plays train conductor with her father, issuing a paper ticket that is valid only for yesterday. He pays a dime to ride after realizing the ticket is expired, while the man acknowledges his worry but has no choice.
A boy’s answer to what Moses did with the tabernacle in the wilderness draws a laugh. He cites Exodus thirty three verse seven, saying Moses pitched the tabernacle away from the camp.
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