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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
6
Roger Pollock describes Greenland west coast scenery and Jakobshavn life. Danish settlements mix urban sociability with Inuit culture, dress, and diet, amid nine days of festival and calm in arctic outpost society. Chesterton contrasts detective fiction with Hamlet’s enduring mystery.
The Missouri Democratic convention spillover over governorship contest culminates as Francis Marion Cockrell hails Charley Hardin before throwing his hat to the hall ceiling. He then wins the U S Senate seat by unanimous Democratic vote and serves five terms, unmatched by any Missouri senator except Benton.
The author argues detective stories rise beyond sensational labels, aligning with ancient and classic works that expose real sins and judgments. The sole valid critique is that police mysteries erase the mystery they create, failing to leave readers with a lingering, final sense of wonder.
A section from the Atchison Globe discusses boredom as a major hindrance to reform work. It notes that candid talk harms, frowning on endless discussions. It contrasts male focus on selling prices with female focus on buying prices in social contexts like funerals and weddings.
A Chicago Chronicle quote warns that overcooking coffee beyond three minutes ruins its character, turning it nearly poisonous. It argues ignorance or greed causes overboiling and suggests a law to make boiling coffee beyond three minutes a capital offense.
Mrs. M. I. Basford of Maryland testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives her child Garland prompt relief from severe croup attacks. She notes no more household uneasiness and full confidence in the remedy, which is sold by all druggists.
A Minneapolis Journal commentary rails at rooster vanity and its affronts to refinement. The piece notes the bird’s lack of civility and jokes that hens should form a club to discipline him, likening it to a Sorosis style gathering.
In a school inspection a rule for spelling was taught. The inspector said to place the i and e exactly alike and dot them in the middle, claiming it a simple infallible method.
A New York stockbroker says newspapers miss many suits against brokers due to mis understanding with customers. He asserts ninety nine of a hundred customers blame brokers for losses and rarely credit gains, noting juries refuse verdicts for brokers due to market losses and held grudges.
In Kilwinning Robin Allison, a deable gravedigger, carries goods for a traveler and is given extra pay and a dram. He remarks that the gesture is kind and hints at helping in the future, ending with a cheerful Scottish exchange about giving a good turn.
The efficacy of Chamberlain's Pain Balm is shown as Parker Triplett of Grigsby Virginia reports permanent relief from rheumatism in the back after other remedies failed. The product is for sale by all druggists.
An 1685 covenanters execution site at Crossgelloch on the moors above Old Cumnock saw three men shot. In 1825 workers uncover their bodies rolled in plaids, preserved by peat moss as if embalmed, showing peat's antiseptic and preservative qualities.
The first step against a cold is to relieve the lungs using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It frees tough mucus, promotes expectoration, opens secretions, and leads to a complete cure quickly. It counteracts pneumonia tendencies and leaves the system healthy. Sold by all druggists.
The demand for artificial flowers began in Italy due to fashion and lasting color. In the middle ages both genders wore cambric and other fake blooms. Today the best artificial flowers are made in Paris.
In Colombia a tree prized as shade for the coffee plant thrives in tropical Brazil as well. It tolerates poor soil, with a sixteen month old sapling shading 144 square yards. At full growth it reaches fifty feet tall with a fifty foot spread.
A motivational note urges confidence in humanity and personal undertakings. It emphasizes belief, fearlessness, love of work, ongoing effort, and staying practical and up to date to achieve success. It encourages continued effort and staying connected with the present.
A humorously heated exchange as a wife accuses her husband of anger while he laments his struggle to follow a fearfully exciting Scotch dialect tale. The husband jokes about being unable to hurdle the language quickly enough to keep up with the hero.
A Washington Star quotation shows a woman with multiple marriages rejecting the whipping post for wife beaters and preferring a stove lifter flat iron as punishment, reflecting period attitudes.
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