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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
8
A historic tale recounts a Breslau bell cast July 17 1386 after a master bell founder killed a helper fearing ruined work. The bell proved superb in tone and the founder was executed, the bell rung at his deathbed to pray for his soul, earning the name the poor sinner's bell. The piece also notes ancient Meshic baptismal rites and gendered childbearing commands.
A watercolor painter explains why a Holstein appears purple in summer light. He notes the green pasture, yellow sun, and red complementary color combine to tint the cow, making purple inevitable under those conditions. The piece ends with a playful nod to Gelett Burgess’s poem.
Actress Rachel deceives a artist and banker with a fake guitar story. Rachel displays the guitar in her apartment and fleeces Achille Fould by selling it to him for a thousand souls. The banker discovers the ruse when trying to resell at the Hotel Drouot.
The passage explains Eratosthenes measuring Earth’s circumference around 276 B C. He compared shadows in Syene and Alexandria at solstice noon, deducing a 1/50 ratio to the globe’s circumference. Using 5000 stadia as the Earth’s small-circle length, he estimated about 31,250 miles, a close early result.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that Mexican women's role reflects a mix of Moorish Spanish conqueror ideas and native savage ideas. It says the Castilian hides his wife and daughters behind stone walls and romantic lattices, shaping gender norms in Mexican life.
Maurus Jokai proposed a toast to the Ladies at a banquet in Tor da. He joked about aging, then revealed a brown wig to show his bald head, declaring his hair will never gray. The ladies reacted with mixed amusement.
A curious plant called the flower of the air grows in China and Japan. It appears to have no root and hangs on a twig, twining around dry trees or rocks. Each shoot bears two or three lily white flowers that are odoriferous and translucent, capable of being transported 600 to 700 miles while growing suspended on a twig.
A New York Sun correspondent explains how to spot stale eggs by peeling difficulty, foaming, yolk and white behavior, shell shine, and air space size. Candling and hard boiling help judge age. larger air spaces indicate older eggs.
A tenant tale describes a moving family exposing that they pay rent promptly each month, prompting the renting agent to keep quiet while avoiding eviction. Another item recounts Jeremiah Atwater in New Haven discovering silver dollars hidden in a nail cask, gifting a silver basin to Center Church for baptisms.
A New York City resident sees a roadside Irish police regulation listing: every vehicle must carry a light as darkness begins when lights are lit. The remark appears in Saturday Evening Post during a tour abroad.
In a Houston Post cartoon a playful exchange imagines a fruit orchard on a wife’s hat. The joke pivots on a clever wordplay about investments and orange groves.
Harper’s Weekly reports that normally patient camels may become enraged if abused. When angered the animals rush at their driver with open mouths and strong jaws causing damage. To survive, handlers sometimes throw clothes to distract the camel while it vents its fury before calming.
In a chat cited from the Chicago Record-Herald, a boastful man describes earning 500 dollars last week from real estate and praises his successful son and wife. He contrasts sympathy seekers with braggers, while another friend fears their son's looming trouble and the family’s eight year mortgage.
Longfellow's Hyperion argues art reveals both man and nature. He likens creative thought to oceanic vapors returning as rain and rivers, where impressions on the soul become living art. Art and nature are harmoniously interwoven rather than discordant.
The London Lancet reprints Dr. F. William Cook's account of Robert Liston’s December 21 1816 ether operation at University College Hospital. A 36 year old man had a thigh amputation. Liston claimed the Yankee dodge would make men sensible and declared the method superior to mesmerism.
An exuberant tribute to India praising its uniqueness and wonders. The passage asserts India as the birthplace of various remarkable and infamous ideas and inventions, mentioning plague, the black death, the juggernaut car, and the suttee, expressing a sweeping, if satirical, view of history.
A Church of England comment portrays India amid famine with 800 widows burning themselves on their husbands' bodies yearly and warns 800 more would do so if Britain allows it. It calls India the birthplace of many gods, caste, and the Thuggee underground.
A Washington bank scene shows the congressman's pretty wife tapping the window with her parasol and demanding attention. A teller replies that they pay nothing there and instructs her to go to the next window.
A short note cites daffodils as poisonous and unlucky especially when single. The verse from Herrick is quoted linking a lone flower to misfortune, with Devon folk saying a farmer fears lost ducks unless the single bloom is replaced by a bunch to break the spell.
The tontobane, a South African songbird, builds a cotton nest on its host tree. The female works inside while the male stays outside guarding from a sentinel box. He warns the family of hawk or snake danger but does not enter the main nest.
The Washington Star notes a claim that Ribbles avoided responsibility by using a handwriting expert to challenge a forged signature after previously pledging duties.
A fragment from Harper’s Bazaar shows a wife reassuring her husband that a planned visit will be affordable after purchasing several dresses and having outfits cleaned and pressed. The tone suggests domestic budgeting and social shopping themes.
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