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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
6
In an English view on Gibraltar a siege of seven years is planned with galleries and magazines hidden in the rock. Modern needle guns, 15 mile range, and 110 ton shells defend the fortress while signal stations watch the seas and keep order through constant gunfire and searchlights.
A traditional haggis is prepared by chopping sheep heart tongue and liver with bacon and breadcrumbs, adding anchovies lemon rind pepper and salt. Mix, beat two eggs into the mix, pack into a kettle or mold, then boil or steam for two hours and serve hot.
Abstract science dispels cobwebs of superstition and shows thirteen had varied meanings in ancient times. Oriental cultures saw it as divine and auspicious, while Old Testament Jews noted thirteen dedicated cities, thirteen high priests, and thirteen kings in ancient councils.
The piece extols the human hand as the key to human adaptability and tool use. It argues hands enable eating diverse foods, crafting tools, and bodily growth. It urges training children's hands through varied hand work to stimulate brain development and true education.
The Boston Globe recounts how famed writers dictated and drafted works in idiosyncratic positions. Pope sought ideas in bed, Hugo wrote standing, Napoleon dictated on a chair arm, Scott used a lounge, Balzac wrote overnight fueled by coffee, Morris translated on a moving train, Whitman and Traubel preferred lying atop lumber to think.
A rural Alabama court debates appointing counsel for Jed Blake, a Black defendant charged with murder. The judge insists on representation, while Blake denies needing a lawyer and claims he has nothing to prepare a defense. The exchange ends with Blake stating he has nothing to say.
A fragment shows a speaker urging the judge to drop the matter, stating willingness to let it end now. The quote suggests a sentiment to avoid further action and settle the issue. No additional context or names are provided in the readable lines.
A historical note quotes Talmudic lines praising women and the home. It describes a good wife as heaven’s gift, a housewife's dedication, an experienced woman as an ornament, and compares the wife to a temple in which a man finds rest. It also asserts women's greater ability to judge.
A historical note explains a Chinese method where if a man commits a crime and flees, his immediate family is punished in his stead. The custom aims to compel the offender to return to the scene, appealing to religious beliefs about the soul's fate for abandoning kin.
A terse remark notes prompt compliance with the law and comments that John Chinaman does not relish taking desperate chances.
A student asks why Columbus did not settle the country. The professor notes the Spanish form Cristoval Colon and explains the colon as not a full stop. The dialogue returns to the lesson.
The piece urges openness to diverse people of all ages to maintain perspective. It warns against staying home or sticking to a small circle, which inflates a few individuals while diminishing the wider world.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item hints at social scrutiny as a new suitor with money begins courting Miss Mamie, while the older circle jokes about being chained on Sunday nights. The exchange contrasts the Old Bulldog and the Young Bulldog perspectives on propriety and influence.
A Naples physician named Manini presented Garibaldi with a medal forged from the general's own blood. Manini, famed as a petrifier and preservator of the human body, offered the unusual token, noting it as a memento tied to Garibaldi's leadership. The report ends noting Garibaldi's reaction to the gift.
A medal bearing the engraved words The Blood of Gari baldi Is Forever Red was created to brace him for the final fight and is now preserved by the general's descendants.
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Bigsbee is described as melodramatic while claiming to drain his heart for the woman he loves. The piece notes Bigsbee as an agent for a drain and sewer pipe firm.
A London Punch cartoon caption shows an officer scolding a recruit who has missed every shot. The recruit tearfully explains the shots left him, highlighting a humorous exchange on poor aim.
A compact reflection on habit as the strongest force shaping behavior, attributed to Thomas Carlyle. The saying highlights routine's power over choices and character.
Instructions describe transferring text from printed paper to a clean page using a soap solution turpentine and heat. Mix three drams yellow soap in one quart hot water add one and a half ounces turpentine place print face down under a weighted book and press.
In Story county Iowa a petition in the September term of the District Court of Iowa A D 1909 will claim from Hannah R Schooler and H C Schooler the sum of fifty nine dollars and ninety cents with 6 percent interest from February 22 1907. If you fail to appear by the next term you will be in default and judgment may be entered. Dated June 14 1909. C H Passey attorney for the plaintiff. 8-4t
Bert R Lean of Cheny Wash credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe lung illness after costly visits to Spokane and a failed California trip. He praises the remedy for coughs bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough and other lung troubles and notes trial bottles are free 50 cents and 1.00.
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