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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1894
Page
2
The day’s scientific note explains a long puzzled fusion anomaly. It highlights the world’s largest wheat farm, and reports on progress rendering ships and cruisers less visible to radar.
Col E Cortell an engineer surveying a 5 million dollar bridge across the Mississippi near New Orleans says the city is steadily sinking. Engineers seek a formal survey of delta subsidence over the last thirty years to determine exact sinking amounts and causes.
A compact iron cast device arrives in England to light a fire without kindling. Its box end houses a asbestos-like composition held by a wire mesh. The composition is soaked with parastine and placed in the grate, lit, and coals added. Once flames are established the unit is removed.
Dublin oil cake traders seek to comply with the ceding stuffs act by invoicing and branding linseed cake as 95 percent pure or describing American blends as a compound. The trade, including 7,000 tons handled with only about 0,000 imports from the United States, remains strong with large UK demand from Russia Canada and the United States.
The vertical system first used at the Samuel Ready school in Baltimore is attracting northern educators as a potential future standard for penmanship. Proponents note ease of learning, legibility, maturity, and attractive appearance, with Miss Helen J. Rowe asserting that individuality reemerges once basics are mastered.
Public opinion shifts as farmers abandon thick orchard settings for wide planting. Observing flourishing trees at orchard ends, progressives investigate causes and uncover explanations for the pattern, prompting broader adoption of the adjusted spacing.
The article notes a shift toward single border rows and a center double row in orchards. This setup increases air and sap access, expands the feeding ground for roots, and allows faster cultivation and harvest. It suggests end trees once dominant are no longer essential.
The article explains minutes elapsed since AD 1 by simplifying to 24 hours per day and 12 months of 30 days. Using these figures the calculation shows that by the end of the previous year about 652 million minutes have passed since the start of the Christian era.
The piece argues that maintaining household accounts is wise and valuable. It notes the effort yields yearly insight into family funds and enables reducing expenses on luxuries. It stresses food, medicines, and fuel are least reducible, while amusements and clothing offer more potential cuts.
A paper describes a method to capture two attitudes of the same person on one plate by attaching a Kodak. Frank A. Gilmore of Auburn R. L. contributed a photograph showing a head cut away to appear on a platter as part of a dining room display. The simple technique puzzles amateurs and hints at other novel photographic effects.
Judge John M. Rice of Louisa Kentucky details a six year battle with sciatic rheumatism ending in near death. After trying many doctors he found relief in Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, which revived his liver and overall health within days. The Covington Kentucky Post notes the pills popularity and lists claimed uses and purchase details.
The Dalrymple farm near Fargo North Dakota, at 30 000 acres, is cited as the world’s largest cultivated farm though Argentina had a 66 720 acre wheat farm last year. Argentina’s wheat area expanded from 120 000 acres in 1850 to 6 100 000 acres in 1893, yielding 1 920 000 tons.
Germany’s naval experts favor a dirty buff color to coat cruisers and torpedo boats uniformly so no deck elements contrast. A born musician has a great advantage over one not yet born.
A column of quick anecdotes and observations on women in society and fashion. Topics include fencing as a fad for New York girls, Swedish telegraph operators, maidenly beauty routines, old fashioned girl names, a Debutante incident, a New York kiss incident interrupted by police, the symbolism of the wedding ring, a joke about twins, hair dye risks, and Japan’s favored flowers. The piece ends with a light quip about painting and family guesses.
An inventive apparatus for making cube ice was shown in London. Blocks of artificial ice are shaped and, when tapped, break into uniform cubes. The device stamps the maker’s trade mark on each cube, ensuring purity and origin while reducing waste. The Lancet explains the regelation principle behind the process, noting the warm-up needed to release cubes and giving examples of block-to-cube yields.
In Pittsburg Rev. Dr. Sheldrake of Kentucky recounted episodes of a Kentucky presbytery member who preached eloquently in a walking sleep yet forgot the sermons upon waking. He read a French Testament in English during family worship and later quoted a Nebraska minister’s letter verbatim, a claim used to argue the soul’s immortality.
An interesting fact from diplomacy notes that a member of the diplomatic corps cannot attend a fancy ball in national court dress without risk of reprimand or recall. During a winter imperial ball, those diplomats who later attended the White House ball were required to change from their court costumes. The reason emerged from curious inquiries prompted by the event. Frank Pellicer of Down Branch Florida claims a calf with two bodies, two heads, four front feet and three hind feet.
A collection of aphorisms urging purposeful living and integrity. It contrasts thoughtfulness with aimlessness, extols charity, prayer, and a godly life, and warns that calumny harms unless checked by conscience. It notes the value of advice, marriage as virtue, and the danger of scams.
Idaho irrigated lands offer a decisive advantage for growing apples apricots peaches cherries pears plums grapes prunes hops alfalfa corn and potatoes with a ready market and good prices advertised by EL Lomax G FP T A Omaha Neb proposing mail advertising material on application.
In a lively exchange, Hardcake jokes about two orchestra seats while Mrs Hardacre protests ballets, declaring she cannot see well and calls the performance wicked, reflecting a humorous dialogue about stage access and taste.
Wabash routes with Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co present a six hour Lake Erie sail from Cleveland July 11 15. Niagara Falls short line travel and Asbury Park National Educational Association meeting tickets offered at half fare plus a $2 membership fee. Contact Horace Story or Horace Lery Des Moines Iowa for details. Includes ads for Syrup of Figs and divorce suits referencing Frederick Vaughn Social Circle Georgia. Wabash to Toronto for Baptist Young People's Union meeting July 1 4 with sleeping cars Chicago to Toronto berths $1.50.
In a domestic exchange Mrs. Billus questions the alderman’s pay, noting three dollars per meeting, while husband John contends times are hard and men should be grateful for such positions despite low wages. The dialogue reveals fatigue with civic service amid economic strain.
A five year old boy fell and cut his upper lip badly requiring a doctor to sew it. In distress the mother cried she feared a disfiguring scar. The child reassured her with a calm quip that his moustache would cover it.
A quirky note recalls guests arriving to find promised camel hump steaks replaced with sofa cushions boiled for meals. The exchange questions authenticity and banquet standards, hinting at culinary deception in a wry, period voice.
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