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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1903
Page
3
The Ames Times itemizes a buffet of social jests and current curiosities. It notes Hobson’s hypothetical novel hero, calls for famine aid, mocks Yale reforms, hints at Parliament and court scandals, and jests about celebrities and fashion. It also references Mrs. Russell Sage, the American girl’s beauty crown, slang versus grammar, and Rockefeller’s tax assessment reduction.
New York dressmakers claim they can beat Parisian creations but likely fail to win the trade as they do not charge as much as French competitors.
A Polish plumber dies at 116 in Lodz while waiting for a helper’s item. The remark about city gamblers glosses on gullibility of rural men. A Mexican company plans airship service to Washington with 500000 dollars capital facing potential suits.
John Mitchell refuses politics lectures a house and fundraising by friends. If he continues the public may build a large monument to his memory in the future.
The article traces a link between Rabelais ideas of auto moving roads on the isle of Odes and a Paris exhibition moving platform of 1990 predicting mechanized travel. It notes parallels to Pantagruel voyage and cites Friar Roger Bacon foreseeing motion without horses.
A reform in Indian education seeks to preserve native given names while adopting paternal surnames on records. The change ends a practice of replacing Indian names with English or fanciful titles, reducing inheritance disputes and confusion. It notes Indians historically used matronymics and clan names, not patronymics, and a unified surname tradition will be introduced where practical.
A series of testimonials touts Peruna as a universal remedy for grip and chronic catarrh. Aldermen, union members, and other individuals from New York Minneapolis and Atchison recount rapid recoveries and praise the medicine's effects on nerves digestion and overall health.
Capt E R Powell urges modernized passenger service on the Mississippi with enlarged staterooms and a restaurant style dining plan. He argues for deeper channels to 20 feet and larger ships similar to lakes and oceans, to attract winter and summer travel to New Orleans Florida and the West Indies.
The Japan Weekly Advertiser criticizes Japanese fashion for copying Western styles. It mocks silk hats paired with kimonos and calls such “bowlars” and “toppers” common and unfashionable abroad. The editorial notes the silk hat seen as a sign of intellectual inaptitude.
Mr and Mrs F N Chase of Summer Street have decided to complete the list of juvenile diseases with mumps. Mrs Chase took the matter seriously while the head of the family kept duties with help from the office force. Both are much better now. Neighbors gave vinegar lemonade food and acts of kindness. sincere thanks are returned.
Mrs. W. H. Bradley, once called chief actress in a deathbed wedding to a Milwaukee capitalist, receives $500 a month while disputes over the estate are settled. The deceased's property is appraised at $700,000.
Paris records a rising rate of consumption with about 12 000 deaths annually from the disease, signaling a growing public health concern and the need for medical attention and policy responses.
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