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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
4
A Chicago Tribune excerpt compares human senses with instruments that reveal vast unseen scales. It notes photographic plates and telescopes detect stars unseen by the retina, microphones hear faint sounds, barometers sense tiny temperature shifts, and wireless coherers capture Hertz waves, illustrating how instruments vastly extend human perception.
The diary notes by Dr. Edward Vaughan Kennealy recounts a dinner with the lord chief justice Lord Houghton Bulwer Lytton and others where Bulwer Lytton is described as a clown and shabbily dressed entering with hat in hand.
The speaker paints a vivid scene of a man who visibly falters and remains silent as accusations arise he may be the author behind his own works. The description compares facial features to Fitzball and Bardolph and notes a shaved beard and a gaunt appearance. Mrs Round is brought to dinner but the guest remains mute, leaving others unsure about his true character and literary claims.
A couple after church on Sunday night sit on a sofa. Mary asks Tom to prove his heroism by asking her to marry him. Tom agrees, affirming his readiness to marry, and she urges him to speak the vow. The scene centers on a romantic and decisive proposal.
A traveler spent a year among Arabs and found no dolls or ball games among girls or boys. The sheik explained Western youths are odd to let youngsters play, as Arabian boys aim to resemble men when not in duty or study.
A playful note highlights the idea that a book play requires strong appeal and loud engagement to capture audience interest and drive performance.
A quotation from the Louisville Courier Journal contrasts praising citizens with press agents, suggesting the need to provoke denunciation rather than endorsement of a production.
A London Sketch compares married men to a cautious spender who never loses receipts with a bachelor who is prey to thieves and footpads, living imprudently and unscientifically.
A brief dialogue shows a teacher and student debating expectations and surprises. The student cites a line about the unexpected always happening while a parent is cited as saying that. The exchange reflects classroom humor and parental insight.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a playful exchange as a five year old questions a newborn’s affection. The father answers the baby loves both parents and laughs off the child’s worry about the baby crying when seeing him.
Loulaville Cou humor column jokes about a king building the hanging gardens of Babylon to outwit neighbors' chickens, presenting a playful origin of an ancient wonder. The piece uses tongue in cheek to poke fun at kingly projects and domestic disputes.
Des eret News notes farm workers during plowing and planting season as they lean against barns or fences when hands turn away. The piece centers on local routine and observation of farm laborers and their habits around activity times.
A judge notes the high expense of education while a speaker laments limited study effort. The exchange centers on the perceived value and personal time invested in learning, highlighting tension between cost and accomplishment.
A humorous exchange contrasts moral talk with materialism. Gyer notes the bump of benevolence sits at the crown, while Myer questions the phrase and nods to the irony of generosity distant from wealth. Chicago News tone and wit.
Not enough readable facts to form a proper summary. The line appears to be a single quoted aphorism from a historical Manchester Union page with no discernible event, date, or named entities.
A New York Sun item recalls a confession by a man claiming his wife cut his hair and he tearfully asks readers to extend sympathy as the historical puzzle is resolved.
A crowded program lists music by bands led by Prof. BE Kaye Smith and Prof. Houston, lectures by Gov J Frank Hanly on peace and socialism, and recitals featuring the Whitney Bros Quartet and Innes Band. Notable speakers include Dr. Thos E Green and Dr I A Loos with multiple concerts.
Morning services at 11:00 followed by 2:30 orchestra, 5:00 sacred concert, 7:36 orchestra concert, 8:00 lecture by Dr. Thos E Green. Monday August 17 includes 9:00 Bible Hour on Revelation led by Dr. James Hoffman Batten.
Bible Hour at 9 00 titled The Argument from Miracles led by Dr J H Batten. 10 30 Whitney Bros Quartet concert. 2 30 Lecture Sam Jones by Geo R Stuart and associate friend. 8 00 Final Grand Concert of the Whitney Brothers.
A busy program at Ames features the Norwegian Choral Union of Story county directed by Prof. John Dahle, with 150 voices. Dr J N Kildahl of St Olaf College lectures on common people and aristocrats. Norse language address and evening concerts round out the day.
Friday events include an 9:00 Bible Hour on Argument from Experience and a 10:30 lecture on Abraham Lincoln. At 2:00 Maude Ballington Booth discusses Lights and Shadows of Prison Life, followed by an 8:00 closing concert by Parland Newhall Co. Quartet and Bell Ringers.
A travel note details Berlin beer halls wine halls and beer halls serving beer only. Officers frequent proper venues publicly and observe formal etiquette. Guests bow before sitting and again on leaving, contrasting with American seating manners.
In an early 20th century New England town Mr Church buried four wives in one lot. Relocating the remains to a new cemetery, he used fresh headstones with inscriptions confessing the bones of Hannah Emily Mary Matilda were mixed. A final verse urged strangers to pause and cry for Emily held with others.
A French article notes Napoleon I kept dainty personal habits. He washed with eau de cologne, sponged his head, and poured remaining perfume on his neck. He prized clean linen, sending relays of it during campaigns, and wore each garment only once, casting them about the room.
The star Arcturus ranks among the six greatest in the sky. Despite its brightness it is far away, remaining fixed in our sky as we travel 186 million miles yearly around the sun. If placed midway between Arcturus and the sun it would outshine our sun. yet its light is muted by a veil of metallic vapors. Its apparent motion is southwestward, changing position by moon-diameter scale over about 1,000 years, implying immense space velocity.
Dr O Clayton Jones of Silverton England cites peppermint drops as a simple cure for early smoking in youths. He notes a bullseye in the mouth blocks tobacco taste and lasting peppermint sweetness reduces urge, making the habit less harmful medically.
A humorous discussion presents fashion conundrums including choosing between a bowler or tall hat with a frock coat and how to handle damp collars. It humorously weighs social optics and practicalities for travelers and diners.
London Globe notes a public mood that many households cannot afford laundry services, framing it as a reflection of rising costs and financial strain on ordinary families.
Instructions describe coating two paper sheets with yellow or white wax on a copper sheet over a gentle flame to produce a transparent waxed paper. A sponge spreads the wax evenly. too weak flame slows the process, too strong risks browning. Stearin can substitute for wax.
An elderly Scotch farmer feigns death to command funeral plans. His wife mocks him and says he will be the principal man there, prompting a humorous exchange about his role at the event.
A Denver reporter recalls Langdon Smith's vivid first trip to Washington. Smith, tall and lively, guides the narrator past a pale dome rising above the capitol as he quips that it is the national gas works.
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a man boasting he taught his sister to dance by stepping on her foot. The exchange highlights strained humor about dancing and control.
A brief exchange in which Noah Fetherbrane is misnamed as Cholly. Browne notes Noah acted sensibly to avoid the rain. The Philadelphia Press quote contrasts ignorance with rationality.
A British soldier in the trenches grins while his captain asks why he holds his hands above the parapet. He says he is “feeling for a furlough,” then a rifle ball shatters his arm and he quips, “And faith it is a discharge,” recalling humor amid pain.
A dialogue contrasts merely looking at houses with actively looking for one. The wife says she spent the day viewing homes, highlighting the distinction between casual browsing and pursuing a purchase.
Humorist editor mocks my jokes with sharp wit and blunt critique. The piece contests lack of punch and echoes newsroom banter about talent and timing.
A Danish proverb notes a flea blowing dust into the eyes as a sign of irritation. The saying reflects rural wisdom on perception and irritation, linking a small creature to a larger nuisance.
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