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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1911
Page
12
A historical note on English sovereign protection laws for illness traces Coke's 1610 view that a privy council warrant could authorize physicians to treat the king with written records and council consent, while modern practice largely confines treatment to the royal physicians who oversee the case.
The silk cotton trees of Jamaica rise 200 to 800 feet with sparse leaves and massive roots. They are centuries old, shed pods like cucumbers that release cream colored silk cotton used now for pillows. Native Jamaicans cut them into canoes that last for generations.
A European beggar story recounted by Hamilton Mabie describes Dupre the sculptor giving a new pair of shoes to a barefoot old man. The next day the beggar says he pawned the shoes, explaining that wearing them would prompt no further charity.
The article notes places called Lake of Blood in England and South America and explains Lake Trasimene earned the name Sanginetto due to bloodied waters after Hannibal’s victory. It mentions Yaguar Cocha in Ecuador formed by extinct volcano craters in the Andes.
The passage notes a donkey head emblem used by early Asiatics as a deity representative. It claims the same symbol appeared among the Hittites, Egyptians, and others as a symbol of Sut the red god. It links this motif to legends like the yellow donkey of India and the ass of Dionysius as survivals of that strange emblem.
A brief discussion notes religious worship focused on the adoration of the ass head. The piece examines symbolic meaning and historical context within devotional practices.
In a fable style exchange the fool proclaims himself king and the king mocks him. A week later the king confesses his own folly and the fool again laughs, this time at the king’s honest admission.
A witty quip notes that studying is valuable yet warns legal authorities may not accept drinking as an excuse when arrested. The remark contrasts self-improvement with real-world consequences in court.
In a quip from Harper's Bazar a father asks when a man earns freedom of the city. The reply notes a wife traveling to the country for the summer as the timing.
Heinri Meine asserts that solving each era's unique problem advances humanity, framing progress as a continuous, collective effort shaped by intellectual and moral effort across generations.
In New Guinea the narrator reports pervasive death and a culture of blood for blood. Papuan groups practice immediate retaliatory killings to balance deaths, often selecting random victims to satisfy ritual payback.
The officers under Lord Howe coldly refused his health at mess due to his reputation. The chaplain, loyal to Howe, urged a toast using the first two words of the Third Psalm. The officers complied, but the verse you would expect begins with Lord, how are they increased, revealing the humorous misquote.
A Chicago Tribune idea outlines a method where a drinker self hypnotizes to quit alcohol. The hypnotist notes that shifting the mind from craving to necessity removes the urge. He suggests repeating phrases that undermine the perceived need for a drink and questions why this cannot cure other habits.
A newspaper man called Alexander Graham Bell the greatest inventor, but Bell humbly refused that title and joked he had never been a reporter, illustrating his modest view of his own talents.
A crusty character tells the barber he is not close to tipping. The barber asks if he means close to tipping, and the reply denies tips are the goal, highlighting a blunt exchange over gratuities.
A compact paraphrase of Milton’s view that ruling oneself overcomes bias fear and desire, yielding true authority beyond crowns.
George Rh. Sims recalls a cold stay in Bordeaux where a grand hotel room failed to keep the chill at bay. A traveling companion uses sticks and blankets to improvise a tent by the fire, finally warming the group as they endure the Siberian drafts and recall other adventures from 1876 7.
In Wide World Magazine, Spanish cowboys or vaqueros are described as tall, lean horsemen who ride high on big saddles and use a long garrocha lance. They wield heavy spurs that mark the white horses with red stains, and the garrochista shows skill in dominating even wild bulls.
A Scientific American writer describes the dragonfly’s transformation from aquatic pupa to winged adult. The insect emerges at dawn after absorbing air in its digestive system to inflate the wings, with dew aiding first flight.
A Life magazine reflection argues that ego is a personal essence independent of gender or politics. It distinguishes ego from soul, body, and race, noting all people possess ego regardless of status or crime.
A crowded auditorium scene describes an anaemic looking girl among latecomers behind a bench as a young man seated in front seems only half absorbed. The fragment preserves mood and social texture of a theatre audience moment.
A London New Age reflection asserts that each intellect holds a unique power to attract others without losing self. The original mind remains constant even as it draws in other minds, like a lodestone drawing iron while staying unchanged.
The Father of His Country wore ivory artificial teeth carved and fitted by a New York dentist after the Revolutionary War. They were riveted to a gold plate with clamps and springs, worn for many years, and now reside at a Baltimore dental institution, as Harper's Weekly notes.
An English church magazine story recalls a collier in Staffordshire who ordered a coffin after a quarrel with his wife. He used the coffin for years, then converted it into a bread and cheese cupboard to appease her, and the couple ceased arguing.
A Philadelphia printer, penniless yet eager for knowledge, formed a circle with eight to ten companions. Night after night he studied old volumes by firelight and shared them, laying the foundation for the first circulating library in the United States.
A Chicago News item features Harker discussing a vine metaphor with a boy. The boy Tommy replies he would not want to be like the vine because then he would be a porch climber.
A judge quips that the man did not break the record but says he shattered nearly everything else leaving a wry remark about near sightedness and past luck.
In the quirky snippet, Mrs B is linked to a Mary in a vine clad cottage while Mrs M is tied to a Martha in a rubber plant flat, as if part of a playful riddle from Marper's Bazar.
A terse remark on the nature of thinking and speech attributed to the philosopher Joubert. The line contrasts thoughts with words, suggesting thoughts may exist without expression while words may fail to carry them.
The Rowley family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for their kindness during the illness of a loved one. The notice also includes a separate business offer announcing a 20 percent discount on all baseball goods and running shoes starting March 25.
Evelyn Compton is appointed executrix of the estate of Pr C Compton by the Story County Iowa District Court on January 17 1911. Creditors must file claims and debtors must settle accounts with the court in Nevada Iowa.
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