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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
3
The piece traces the encore from 17th century opera in France to Gluck and royal preferences in Bavaria. It notes kingly prerogatives, a midnight curtain in Bavaria, and the term bis as the French equivalent. A humorous schoolmaster anecdote closes the fragment.
The article explains icons in Russian religious life as blessed images used in worship and worn as plaques. It notes their presence in churches offices homes and shops and describes soldiers and regiments carrying icons as portable altars.
The London Telegraph notes that under Anglo-Saxon law every life had a fixed value with peasants at 200 shillings and nobles at 1200 shillings. A king’s death carried 17 200 shillings, allowing the heir to murder a king and pay the fine to purge the crime, recovering the money later.
A schoolmaster punished late arrivals by keeping them after school longer, with five minutes late earning ten minutes detention. One morning a pupil arrived late, and the incident unfolded revealing the stricter discipline regime and its consequences.
A Browning letter replies to a hopeful young poet asking about publishing a volume. Browning recalls his own struggle to get a line printed, noting he had to publish at his own expense and began decades ago, offering a quiet reminder of persistence for today’s poets.
The exchange between a penitent young man and a surprised young woman turns on a claim about a quoted exclamation point in a Chicago Tribune snippet. The woman protests the kiss, while the man recalls the said invitation ending with emphasis.
In a playful exchange, Smith announces plans to marry and settle down while Jones jokes about remaining single and settling up. The banter hints at wedding talk and future plans between the two individuals.
Astronomers report a February 1866 without a full moon and warn such an event will not recur until the year 2499962.
William Shaffer a Denison Ohio brakeman lay bedbound with inflammatory rheumatism. He tried many remedies before sending to McCaw's true store for Chamberlain's Pain Balm. After one week he could go to work again, claiming happiness and relief. For sale by all druggists.
The passage surveys edible insects worldwide with examples. West Indies natives eat stag beetle larvae, Bourbon creoles cook cockroaches, Arabs eat locusts, Greeks and Mexicans enjoy grasshoppers, Chinese eat silkworm chrysalis and a palm grub, Africans cook insects in butter, Brazilians mast p a resin sauce, Siamese eat ant eggs, and Indians roast white ants into pastry.
A humorous exchange features Aunt Jane praising Uncle George for his tidy habits while Edith and others discuss Mr. Spender. Aunt Jane notes he kept only his clothes on his back, contrasting with men who scatter their belongings.
Dialogue snippet shows Mrs. Whit preferring to see a departed husband’s ghost over spirits while a character dismisses the idea. The exchange features a puckish banter and a call-and-response tone about ghosts and spirits.
A reflective aphorism notes that every smile and hearty laugh enriches a man’s fragment of life, implying small moments of joy accumulate over time.
Its pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlains Cough Remedy a favorite with mothers of small children. It quickly cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia or other serious consequences. It not only cures croup but given at the first sign will prevent the attack. For sale by all druggists.
Rebecca Harding Davis recalls Emerson as a tall gaunt Yankee in Concord 1862 and jokes on Thoreau. Emerson critiques Thoreau as lacking a human soul while praising his animal like intelligence. Davis also describes Hawthorne as shy and seclusive with a strikingly melancholy, powerful face.
An amateur in Milan attended Aida twice and complained of expenses. he sent Verdi a thirty two lira bill including two lira for a detestable supper. Verdi deducted the supper and refunded the balance on condition the man sign an agreement not to attend the opera again, which he did.
Statistics show mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis. The ad claims Dr King’s New Life Pills prevent and cure these diseases. A Chicago man endorses them for constipation and biliousness. Available for 25c at L M Bosworth.
The St John News notes several ancient Canadian castles including Chateau de Ramegay in Montreal built in 1765 by Gertrude de Ramezay. It later housed governors and after 18th century served as a museum under the Antiquarian Society, preserving relics from New France.
If troubled with weak digestion belching or sour stomach use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will get quick relief. For sale by all druggists.
The decayed vegetation of forests enriches fields and supports human food supply. Ancient forests store centuries of matter in living trees and rotted litter, while nature does not gauge usefulness. Humans must favor valuable growth and redefine forests as cultivated woodlands rather than primeval forest.
The text recalls palindromes such as Madam I'm Adam and a Latin line Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor, noting their rarity in English and the playful how language mirrors in reverse. It cites a famous self-introducing line as an inimitable example of a palindrome.
Notice states the partnership between H. Watkins and Charles F. Skellenger dissolved as Skellenger withdraws. The business of machinery manufacturing will continue at Ames Iowa by others who assume all old firm obligations and are entitled to debts due. Dated March 4 1905. Charles F. Skellenger.
In Syracuse New York Chas Lemberger treated his son's eye wound with Bucklen's Amica Salve promising quick healing He notes the salve saved the eye and also helps burns and ulcers Available at L M Bosworth’s drug store for 25 cents.
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