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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1896
Page
3
Kendall visits a town seeking rest and meets Mrs. Caer as the prodigal father returns after years away. The conversation reveals a restless son who built a business and supports him, while the town scene hints at changes and quiet routine amidst memory and expectation.
A preacher laments moral drift in listeners and contrasts worldly pasturage with the soul the gospel offers. He declares all have sinned and cites Christ bearing the iniquity of all, inviting sinners to accept the rescue and mercy on Calvary. Also offers home making tips and moral counsels.
A collage of verse and prose riffs on Susan Simpson and Stephen Slocum with random lines about summer, sewing, and sighs transitions into a crowded ad fragment. It shifts to promotions for seeds, oats, and farm supplies from A Saizer Seed Co with mail order details and prices.
A workman waiting at the bottom of a mine shaft caught a falling dynamite stick that slipped from a lowering bucket. He reacted with a cricketer’s swing, preventing a deadly blast and likely saving his own life.
A year end tally lists centenarians who died in the United States with two-thirds being women and most white. Thirteen colored men are noted. The oldest claimed age was 125 for a colored man, while a white man in St. Louis claimed 140 but evidence supports 121. The oldest white woman was 100, and fourteen people aged 110 to 125 are recorded.
The article notes African ant hills as the largest structures on earth relative to the size of their builders. It states some mounds reach fifteen feet high and nine feet in diameter, implying a human habitation scaled similarly would be enormous.
A collage of old notices and ads including Frank J. Cheney oath notarized in 1886 and Hall's Catarrh Cure claim. Also mentions Send 25 cents for the Corn Belt illustrated monthly from Chicago to receive a year’s issue.
In a lively town exchange, Mangies questions a churchgoing crown while Citizen asserts broad Christian devotion except for a Tuesday and Friday morning. They reveal the period when townspeople gather to trade horses.
A journalism professor admonishes a student for omitting the key fact that a boy was rescued just as he was going down the third time in a rescue story. The exchange highlights emphasis on critical details in reporting.
A caller with a $14 weekly salary tells a physician he cannot sleep, and the doctor replies he will treat the chronic insomnia. The exchange highlights financial strain impacting health care access and persistent sleep deprivation.
A humorous exchange reveals a daughter’s marriage path via advertising through her father’s business. The dialogue contrasts the notion of advertising for a spouse with the practical marketing of a business strategy.
A terse exchange between Ferguson and Spencer shifts from dental visit pain to the bill. Ferguson notes pain only when the dentist presented the bill.
Rev Dr Ferguson at a Scottish Temperance league gathering in Glasgow lauds three African chiefs as a blessing to temperance. He cites gospel teachings and urges prohibition at home as a moral duty, linking religious duty to political action against corruption and bribery.
The passage reflects on gratitude as a vital breath of a thankful spirit and notes that while thankfulness is not all of life it sustains living. It argues that not expressing gratitude leads to a lack of real thankfulness.
Two shades discuss seeking a path through a realm of gloom as they walk and compare directions toward a place they hope remains true to their aims. The exchange hints at purpose and misdirection within a eerie setting.
A dialogue excerpt shows Mudge questioning a woman losing finer instincts and Wickwire retorting that one may still marry him if true. The exchange centers on gender roles and prospects of marriage.
Dialogue note shows Dick Tait asking about a typewriter bell while Miss Ribbon explains she borrowed it to fix her bicycle. The exchange hints at light comic mishap over borrowed desk tools.
The dramatist recalls a career peak when his Sinbad played at Morris Park, a long shot at 40 to 1 that won and defined his life in theater.
A cryptic exchange hints at an unidentified cashier and a rounder questioning the motive. The dialogue suggests a tense scene outside a bank and references Sunday access and side doors.
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