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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
10
The article explains that “signs” in baseball are used to guide pitches and runner actions. It details catcher signs for curve, fast, and slow balls, and batter signs for hit and run plays, noting various signaling methods and the need to avoid confusion during play.
The East Indian Kahars known as Jhinwarb are famed for endurance as runners and laborers in Punjab. Historical notes claim they can cover long distances daily and even 300 miles in three days. Jinrikisha men in Tokyo similarly age well, with many over fifty-five in a census.
A reader asked if Rev. C. H. Spurgeon smoked. The preacher answered that he cultivates his flowers and burns his weeds, signing the note Yours truly.
A puzzling exchange shows one speaker questioning whether a titled son‑in‑law will grow on them as the other jokes about charging him to an expense account. The dialogue hints at financial and personal strain without resolving it.
An old physiology note discusses the delta turcica behind the nose in the skull. It is described as a two lobed cavity once possibly a sixth sense aiding night vision and orientation, a theory debated by savants and Exchange.
A visitor describes Japanese shops from greengrocery to lantern and meat stalls. A typical shoe store displays geta and straw sandals everywhere, with sellers seated on mats amid vast displays. He notes a Japanese man reportedly buys eight to ten pairs each year.
Advice from Mary Heaton Vorse in Success Magazine explains quick fiber tests: soak silk or wool in caustic potash to see if the sample fully dissolves, indicating genuine animal fibers, or leaves residue signaling cotton. For linen, dip toweling or suiting samples in concentrated sulfuric acid to verify cotton or linen content, with caution due to vitriol hazards.
The African grosbeak builds the world’s largest nests, 100 plus intertwined structures formed by a colony. A thorn tree hosts a roofed, rainproof nest with a grass fringe, expanded yearly by paired birds, sometimes breaking branches under heavy weight. The bird is sparrow sized and highly gregarious.
An Italian magazine traveler reports Ticino’s villagers as exceptionally honest. Oldsters rarely recall theft. found items must be left for owners. A New York Sun note tells of an American tourist whose purse with gold coins and a jeweled watch was found and left conspicuously for her to reclaim in Val Capriasca.
The Parsees first landed near the ancient city of Surat when driven from Persia by Mohammedan conquerors eleven centuries ago. A small community, they preserved their religion and racial character through the centuries.
Harper's Weekly describes natural sound makers from the Pyrenees cliffs that resemble harps and organ pipes to Orinoco granite cliffs that sing at sunrise. It notes a Hawaii sand bank that emits melodeon like tones when moved, attributing the phenomena to air flow and friction.
The passage analyzes Thomas and Jane Carlyle as an ill assort ed couple marked by temperament conflict. Jane, highly strung and jealous of admirers, clashed with Carlyle’s rough but devoted nature. He lacked outward devotion, leaving Jane hungry for affection she could not obtain, as recalled from Lady St Helier’s Memories.
A critique of the term exercise as used in daily labor and gym routines. The author argues many forms of exertion harm health if they outpace the body's capacity, urging moderation and lifelong sustainability over aggressive workouts.
The Dobbs family recalls Uncle Gideon's warmth as he applauds Franklin Dobbs's yearlong invention. The device, a complex assembly of wheels and bars, is set on a heavy table and praised as a perfect success.
mE Taylor argues language is a branch of sign making chosen for thoughts, with each sound having a reason but different languages need not share the same sign. He explains language diversity arises from sound rooted in what is suggested, leading to many tongues.
Health is the foundation of the world's prosperity and wealth follows from toil. A strong body is good capital to begin business with and a sound mind enhances its value. With these, a man may earn a living and enjoy it.
Bear it Bullem has failed for about five hundred thousand. creditors anticipate about fifty thousand. Lambleigh remarks on the situation and questions remain unresolved.
A terse exchange notes the high price tag of fifty thousand and the hesitance to part with such money. 분위
A Washington Herald quip recalls a wife’s irascibility after a rum sale gone awry. The joke notes a hat swap for 35 cents during a rummage event, illustrating a lighthearted domestic poke in a brief item.
A physician explains music can influence circulation while readers respond with anecdotes about music energizing or cooling them. The exchange notes that music has a tangible impact on the body, sparking interest in how tunes affect health.
A reflective critique asserts physiognomy is unreliable and misreads intelligence. It argues brilliance often masks itself in ordinary looks and cites Byron Johnson Shakespeare as mismatches between exterior and poetry with historical voice.
In Spurr’s biography Alexandre Dumas refuses a 1 franc note after two millionaires tipped a servant 50 centimes. Dumas declares the other man erred, retorting the note was misgiven while defending the servant and his own disdain for avarice.
A Parisian wordplay on a Shakespeare line by Achard is cited. The tale’s translator renders Frailty, thy name is woman as Fragilite, c est le nom dune femme. This quaint quip reflects cross language wit from a noted French author.
A brief exchange on admiring hair and the trouble of finding a peculiar shade in shops, as reported by the Washington Herald.
A fragment from a Ladies' Home Journal scene features Etle lamenting a painful head and a friend suggesting rest, with brusque dialogue about coping and comfort. The context is informal narrative dialogue.
A fragment quotes Puck noting that speech given to a man by a girl silences him, calling it perhaps the grandest effect in the world and a bore to him. The line reflects themes of communication and gender dynamics.
Architect Herr Knauth argues medieval cathedral design follows the same triangulation and geometric laws as ancient pyramids and crystal formation. He posits that proportion laws in mediaeval architecture are the geometrical laws of crystallization.
Conversation reflects a delay in a friend’s return, with two possible reasons: enjoying himself too much or running out of money. The Buffalo Express notes uncertainty about which motive keeps him there.
Chronicling a quirk, the Houston Post recalls Jinx’s habit of knocking before entering and always knocking before leaving. The playful observation highlights insistence on manners in a business setting.
A concise meditation asserts that perfect self understanding yields perfect comprehension of all things. It proclaims that a man who grasps himself holds power, with all things becoming obedient to him within a frame of philosophical freedom.
A pensive line reflects on life’s pleasures versus pain. The author notes that pain feels abrupt, urging appreciation of life’s overall enjoyment and resilience in facing hardship.
A passerby greets Lord Chelmsford as Mr. Birch on St James Street. The ex-chancellor dismisses the claim with a sharp retort and continues on his way. Quoted from A Book About Lawyers by Jeafferson.
The remark notes that bravery can be the safer choice in many life crises, where hesitation risks harm. It suggests that prudent boldness often protects us when danger looms and caution alone may fail.
A passage describes how various animals groom themselves using different methods. Cats use a brush and tongue, cows and elephants groom with their tongues and showers, horses rely on owners and rolling, dogs wolves and mice scratch or rub, fur seals groom like humans, and elephants dust with dust. It references biblical linen and silk mentions.
From Princess Murat's Memoirs. Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte and Prince Pierre duel over a peasant girl after mouflon hunting. They settle the matter with a card game at an inn. Lucien wins and marries the woman, who stays on the island and dies around spring 1901 leaving her income secured in England.
A French scientist concludes that light, not oxygen, chiefly drives perfume emission in flowers. He says perfume intensity depends on the balance between cellular water pressure and sunlight. Watering increases turgor and oil release, boosting fragrance, while at night odors linger around flower beds.
A Scientific American report notes a Zoological Society of London discussion on egg shapes. Some eggs like owl and tortoise are nearly spherical while grebe and cormorant eggs are elliptical. most, like hen eggs, are ovoid with one blunt end. The hen egg lies with the blunt end first and larger eggs tend to come from larger birds. Yolk spheres remain studies regardless of outer form due to confinement in the white fluid.
Pure candy delights children and pure sugar pleases adults though exceptions arise when doctors limit sweets. Some say sugar aids marching soldiers and can curb alcohol temptation, while the recovering drinker may ignore sweets.
The manufacture of linens is likely older than silk with linen used by ancient dynasties and priests in Egyptian and Jewish ceremonies. References to fine linens appear throughout the Old and New Testaments, including the visit of the queen of Sheba to Solomon.
A fond father warns his son at Penn that success comes with seven letters in both words. The student fails midyear exams and must return home. The father quips that even in failure there are seven letters and even letters, hinting at luck and letters.
A broker recalls a money panic involving a fifty cent piece rolling under a street car seat and seven different women claiming it. The exchange frames the anecdote as the worst money panic observed.
Brief quotation notes that tyranny appeals to few minds and that power is felt through resistance, with delight in superiority proportional to conquered opposition. The line reflects a Johnsonian view on authority and human nature.
The quote asserts that true genius emerges from earnest enthusiasm. It emphasizes internal drive as the core force behind creative and productive work, suggesting passion fuels excellence across endeavors.
Coffee beans improve with age while tea loses drawing quality over time. Five year old coffee fetches higher prices. by two years weight falls 19 percent but price rises over 10 percent. Roasting and oil on brown beans require drying. moisture must be removed as tea is sun dried and heated before packing in zinc or lead lined chests to prevent moisture. New York World.
A Washington journalist tells a tale about a friend asking to borrow $5. The reporter, feigning sorrow, offers 20 cents and says he is broke before payday, planning to repay tomorrow afternoon. The friend agrees to return with the pay, completing the ruse.
A West African missionary settlement case describes a burly Black man bringing his wife to a doctor. He insists on pulling a tooth no matter which one, arguing if it hurts little then his aching tooth should be extracted as well. The doctor finds all teeth sound.
A Pittsburg Times piece notes a neighbor apologizing for not visiting since a birthday gathering a year ago termorrow. He explains fond memories and a homesick feeling from items claimed as his, reflecting local neighborly tensions in a light tone.
An exchange at a London barber shop has a shrinking man in the chair asking about flow, while the barber replies dull and the moment hints at a personal sting in a brief Telegraph item.
A Pittsburg Post snippet mocks a family scene where a father’s conduct at a dinner becomes the joke. The remark notes three forks and two spoons left unused at dinner, highlighting the absurdity.
The Toledo Blade records a witty exchange about marriage and attention with lines from H. Peck-Lord and Henry, noting a sharper mind after matrimony in a casual newspaper snippet.
A succinct quotation notes that a fool seeks to shorten space and time while a wise person aims to lengthen both. This reflection attributes the idea to John Ruskin.
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