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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1895
Page
5
A sermon recounts Shamgar the farmer who slew 600 Philistines with an ox goad. It argues in war for God for us to use our available tools, from smiles to sermons, plows to pens, and to rely on divine aid rather than failed means. It urges everyday believers to join the moral fight with their unique gifts.
W L Hewey watched his Jersey cow daily lose milk until a snake emerged from the pasture. The black and white pied reptile wrapped around the cow’s hind legs and sucked the teats, a common cow-sucker species in the region. Hewey learned neighbors report such snakes cause losses for cattle owners nearby.
The Letters of Erasmus reveal sixteenth century courtly social and literary life, the tutor system, patronage, and travel hardships from Basel to Leuven. It recalls frail health, rough roads, cold meals, tavern conditions, and fears of plague, ending with Erasmus sending doctors to the devil and recovering in three days.
A west England magnate, a doctor of divinity and Quarter Sessions chairman, is seen fossil hunting. On a quiet road a farmer finds him breaking stones with a hammer for fossils, remarking with astonishment at the abrupt change in his life.
A man who receives the mitten may be found guilty of contempt of court. The statement suggests a link between informal rejection and legal defiance within courtroom conduct.
A collage of children’s verse and prose including Mother Shipton sayings with tee hee responses, a Pearson’s Weekly labyrinth puzzle about a boa constrictor, and a garden story featuring Elsie and Dick with doll seed, wax doll, and playful tricks. It cites 1485 England predictions and a Boston Standard quip about Dick.
The article notes the second class matter stamp never leaves post office hands and is used as prepaid postage on periodicals. Government receipts from postage stamps for the quarter ending March reached a record high of 19,405,571 dollars, signaling an economic revival after a prior panic and indicating improving postal business overall.
A reptile catcher explains the dangers and method of capturing a boa constrictor. He describes building a labyrinth of matting to entrap the snake, forming an eight foot high web two feet across between opposing walls and supported by stakes.
A Boston Standard description presents the penguin as a flightless bird that swims like a duck and walks upright on land. It nests little, raises one chick with two parents, inhabits southern seas, is noisy and fearless, and stands about three feet tall with varied varieties.
A new pastime called Perry spreads among Eastern youths modeled on Chasing the Fox. Players form a circle around a marked boy named Perry, break the ring to escape Matteawan, while others hold hands for a minute, then seek the fugitive.
A compact reflective line emphasizes self reward arising from strength of endeavor the giver and the lover. The fragmentary verse hints at inner payoff beyond outward praise with the word Emerso suggesting awakening. The text presents a philosophical meditation rather than a narrative event.
A late night hailstorm swept across San Patricio and Nueces counties from Meansville to Corpus Christi, damaging homes crops and livestock. In Meansville, hail as large as goose eggs wrecked farms of C L Moore, R A Anthony and A Willnson, destroying cotton melons and other crops. Moore lost nearly all his 90 to 100 acres of cotton leaving only potatoes and ribbon corn. The Moore family sheltered under beds as roofs shattered, kitchen and dining room suffered, and animals mostly escaped with minor injuries.
A London based inventor, descendant of Lord Brougham, unveils an aluminium golf driver aimed at replacing wooden and iron clubs. The club head uses a strong light alloy with a wooden face, offering improved balance and repairability with replaceable blocks and a single back screw for quick adjustments.
A new six seat tricycle driven by a two horse power engine is praised as a mechanical triumph. Tested on city streets it reportedly handles starting speed steering and stopping with ease and can carry three people while drawing a wagon if needed. It stores twelve hours of gasoline and runs ten to twelve miles per hour on good ground. The device is described as safe simple and sturdy. The article also notes a medical claim that after age thirty a woman's brain weight decreases.
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