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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
3
An Everybodys Magazine excerpt notes that farming remained underdeveloped for millennia while advanced civilizations built governments armies and arts. It contrasts ancient Egypt’s tools with neglect of agricultural science and mentions historical hunger and poor early farming methods.
The article recalls Lord Kelvin's slips in arithmetic and a near fatal lab incident. Kelvin misread a weight while testing chemical ingredients, narrowly stopping an explosion that could have killed him and his assistant.
Water, seen as the tamest liquid, can explode geologically under certain conditions. It breaks up earth far more than all explosives in a day, as it freezes and expands splitting soil. In cracks in rock it repeats the force, and when frozen in a tree’s pores it can burst with gunshot like force.
An official at a major watch factory explains a unique use for bread. Fresh bread is reduced to dough to clean oil and chips from tiny watch parts, a longstanding practice in watchmaking. The method involves kneading bread to form dough for removing residue from components.
A Hartford clergyman recalls Mark Twain's seventy second birthday remark praising his kindness. The anecdote notes Twain's habit of pleasing others even at his own expense and ends with a sharp quip about a sermon that interrupted a parishioner’s thoughts.
The piece explains Descartes turning inward to examine the soul like a microscope, doubting all but his own existence. It asserts consciousness as the base of certitude and links clear ideas to science, noting the mind contains the idea of infinite perfection as proof of God’s existence.
A visiting scientist muses on the mind during sleep and vivid dreams. His remark leads to an anecdote about waking from a dream when a husband’s key fumbling at the front door signals an incident or alert.
In Paris two rival papers, the Razor and the Scorpion, clashed weekly. A philanthropist sought peace by dining them together, but a lone guest arrived and claimed to be editor of both papers, revealing the conflict endures in one person.
A Whitman excerpt proclaims personal freedom from restraint and mastery of space. It asserts self superiority and boundless goodness while declaring indifference to disowning or recognizing others.
De Dion the French car in the round the world race passed this city last evening about seven o'clock traveling east to west on Boone street then to Jefferson by moonlight after a light lunch. Farmers blocked the road. the car was forced into a ditch and moved on. The incident spurs calls for American courtesy to foreign contestants. A reverse note on 17th century Parliament rounds out the excerpt from the London Chronicle about the petition of rights and Sir John Elliott.
Rev. F. Starbird of East Raymond Maine extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best healer for his old army wound and obstinate sores. He also praises its use in his veterinary practice. Price 25 cents at all druggists.
A narrator recalls a grocery weigh in by Brenda who says she weighs ninety nine and a half pounds. Mr Follansbee quips that ninety nine is witches weight and grand father notes Ma'am Jones was a witch with that weight.
The text explains how caterpillars, such as the American tent caterpillar, form silk nests in leaves for shelter. It notes winter sleeping places called hibernaculums, thick silk walls, and groups of thirty to fifty caterpillars awaiting warmth to resume feeding.
B F Crocker an 84 year old Justice of the Peace at Martinsburg Iowa reports severe sciatic rheumatism in his left arm and right hip and says three bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm relieved him greatly. For sale by Judisch Bros.
A historical list recounts major earthquakes from Asia Minor to Lisbon. It notes cities swallowed or buried, with casualty figures such as Alios, Port Royal, Sicily cities, Catalonia, Lisbon, Aleppo, and tens to hundreds of thousands displaced or killed across centuries.
A fragmentary note discusses the sanctity of the speaker as a parliamentary law in England, contrasting it with moments when national necessities override tradition and test procedural norms.
A tax assessor recalls historical taxes that could not be dodged from birth, burial, and marriage duties to levies on servants, dogs, horses, carriages, hearths, windows, watches, wigs, and acres of everyday items, illustrating rigid fiscal systems of old.
Alexander Cruden the devoted compiler of the Bible Concordance was appointed bookseller to Queen Caroline by Sir Robert Walpole. His landmark work, published in 1787 and dedicated to Caroline then Georgina III, cost him £800 for later editions. An eccentric figure, Cruden spent years in lunatic asylums and died in Islington on November 1 1770.
The article traces Ground Hog Day to Candlemas not as a weather predictor. It notes Europe’s midwinter celebrations on February 2 and the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin. It cites varied animal superstitions in Germany France Switzerland and England and debunks a direct weather prophecy link.
The town of Twickenham is celebrated as the residence of Pope, Walpole, Swift, Gay, Wortley Montagu, Boswell, Johnson, Tennyson and Dickens. Horace Walpole dubbed it the Balae or Tivoli of England and the Montpelier Road house is linked to Tennyson and his early verse. The former Tennyson House is noted for its literary gatherings and its role in works like In Memoriam.
A New York Press piece argues that sending lax workers on sea trips instills shipshape discipline and time-saving routines. It asserts the regular, goal-driven life aboard ship can improve behavior, with the caveat that inherently disorderly individuals remain resistant to change.
A sailor tells a passenger that the boat pitches due to the waves, revealing a nautical truth kept private. The exchange captures maritime humor and seafaring realism on a ship.
Delbert Building architect Norman R. Coulter praises Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. He calls it effective for stomach, liver and kidney issues and a superior blood purifier sold for 50 cents at druggists.
The Woodford Stock company, two or three nights at the Armory last week, failed to draw well and was considered a weak attraction among several poor touring outfits this season.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Cough Cure as safe for mothers to use with babies. It highlights green mountain shrub ingredients, calming coughs and healing bronchial membranes without opium or chloroform. Joel B Cagwin endorses the remedy.
An irate parent confronts a young man who kissed his daughter in the parlor. The suitor explains kisses are all he can offer at this stage, reflecting a humorous quip from the Detroit Tribune.
The employer questions why an employee is late as two track wrecks occurred that morning. The sub urbanites confess guilt and name a second accident witness. The exchange highlights workplace pressure and commuter disruption.
A Philadelphia Record item notes errors by novelists as they describe a hero’s state with terms like un manned and references a divorced character. The brief critique reflects editorial wordplay and ambiguity in the author’s phrasing.
When the mucous membranes are inflamed the disease germs you breathe lodge and multiply especially the pneumonia germ. Foley's Honey and Tar soothes the air passages stops the cough and expels the cold from your system. Refuse substitutes. Cagwin druggist.
A Philadelphia Inquirer exchange shows Mr. Nix denying belief in a story and Weary-Well defending the nine-year work gap as gospel, highlighting dispute over facts and credibility.
We express heartfelt thanks to many kind friends and neighbors and the lodge for assistance during illness and after the death of our loved one. Thank you for the many beautiful flowers in tribute to his memory. Mrs. Laura Mabie and daughter E Mabie Mrs. C Kleasner.
Kirksville Iowa merchant W S Pelham declares Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the leading throat remedy for over twenty years. He notes its effectiveness for croup and its pleasant, harmless composition makes it a favorite with mothers and customers. For sale by Judisch Bros.
The annual city hall election produced 264 valid votes with two cast out. For school director the results listed Henry Wilson H. B. Corlette J. E. Judge and G. D. Warnem, while Parley Sheldon was elected school treasurer. A meeting next Monday night will install officers and conduct general business.
A historical ad emphasizes Dr. Shoop's Restorative as a cure for indigestion and weak internal nerves. It claims to restore health without drugs, targeting stomach, heart, and kidney nerves. A test by Joel BE. Cagwin endorses the remedy.
These are diseases for which Cham berlain's Salve is especially valuable. It quickly allays the itching and smarting and soon effects a cure. Price, 25 cents. For sale by Judisch Bros.
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