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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
2
A British colonel in South Africa, occupying a railroad headquarters, misinterprets a telegram from the General Traffic Manager as an insult. He replies G. T. M. can G. T. H. and faces a board of inquiry. The officer explains G. T. M. means general traffic manager and G. T. H means get the house. Tobacco pirates joke noted.
A noted local tobacco expert recounts how a discerning merchant once praised cigars yet after a downturn in taste he could not tolerate the cut plug aroma. The dealer notes that even top tasters can misread quality and suspects a lingering influence on appetite.
The article explains the production of pearl tapioca from Manihot utilissima tubers grown largely by Chinese in the Malay peninsula. Tubers weighing 10 to 25 pounds are scraped washed pulped sieved to separate febula, then dried bleached and formed into granular pearls by sun and rotary framing followed by sun and fire drying.
Comedian William Mestayer recalls Edwin Booth breaking into laughter during a Baldwin's Theatre Frisco performance of Julius Caesar. He describes Booth as Brutus and Charley Bishop and Mestayer as ordinary citizens in the final night of the run.
The name gazette traces to a Venetian coin once worth about half a cent. Newspapers adopted the term from the charge readers paid to view early journals in 1550, with the paper returned to the owner for the next reader to pay a peep fee.
An expert warns buyers to beware of silk substitutes and adulterated fabrics sold at cotton prices. Tests include burning odor, taste for metallic salts, and microscopy showing smooth tubes. false silks use cellulose, mercerized cotton, or heavy dyes to mimic silk and add weight.
Poem excerpt from Madeline Bridges in Woman's Home Companion praising unwavering support and devotion. It compares the beloved to balm dew dawn light and pillars of guidance through life, ending with a tender declaration of love.
The Pittsburg storyteller recalls a Mississippi tale where Julius, accused of theft, is spared by a sleeping defense. A colored justice dismisses the case and orders Julius to return the items in his sleep, leaving the narrator to receive his property back once Julius complies.
The olive tree is described as a thorny wild shrub that becomes a 20 to 40 foot cultivated tree with white flowers and various colored fruit. It is valued for old age, wood hardness, and profuse production. In Greek culture it symbolized purity, peace, and honor. olives were sacred to Minerva and used in crowns and peace rites. The text notes olives in China and Japan for fragrant flowers used in tea flavoring.
A Chicago Post item recalls a feud where a stranger calls a youth “a bird” and a native answers that tar and feathering once occurred about a year ago, highlighting a past incident in local factional history.
A playful Detroit Journal quip praises poetry as healthful while joking about boiling Pierian spring water before drinking. The Atchison Globe notes a claim that the pipe organ idea came from the human chest mouth and larynx, and observes bluffs in poker and politics.
Kelley Will Lyne and a college friend spent Sunday at home. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs R W Crane last week. Mrs J J Oliver of Cummings visited the Crane home Monday. Henry Gord’s family welcomed a daughter last week. A medicine show drew full houses at the M W ball all week. Raymond and Maud Erb of Ames visited their uncle James Hutchinson and W P George’s family. Edith George began school in Hutchinson district Myrtle Gossard at Sunnyside and Miss McCall of Boone in Kelley school.
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces excursion tickets to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition from April 30 onward with return within 15 days at one fare and one third. Special Tuesday rates in May apply, and tickets are valid until midnight on the Saturday after sale. Contact Great Western agents or J P Elmer in Chicago.
A new schedule starting April 28 adds a dining car between Eagle Grove and Centerville with a 6:20 a.m. departure from Eagle Grove and 1:42 p.m. arrival at Centerville, plus a return at 3:12 p.m. The westbound runs from Chicago at 7:30 p.m., with breakfast and luncheon served a la carte, and an eastbound dining car serving breakfast in Chicago. The Watertown link extends to Redfield with morning departures and evening arrivals, integrating with connections to Mankato and St. Paul. The return service mirrors the daytime pattern, with daily operation except Sunday.
The week had ideal farming conditions with above normal temperatures and minimal rain. Soil moisture is adequate though a light shower may aid crust and germination. small grain grows well and plowing progress is good. Corn planting begins in southern counties as warm weather continues and pastures improve. Fruit trees bloom and foliage grows rapidly.
An old newspaper fragment promotes $20.25 rail trips from Ames to California and Pacific Northwest cities via the Northwestern Line with weekly ticket sales through April 30. It touts shortest travel times, scenery, and tourist car excursions, urging inquiries to Chicago and North Western Bay agents.
A brief London Answers quip contrasts two people, Jones and Miss Wilpin Smith How so, about a donkey. The exchange highlights a playful misunderstanding during a guessing conundrum session.
Cheap through tourist car service for settlers and homeseekers leaves St. Paul Monday night and travels via Minnesota and Iowa every Tuesday. For full information contact any Chicago Great Western agent or S. Greve Ga P A Chicago.
Private sale items include a team of mules and two lots with immediate bargain. Inquiries directed to The Leader.
In London robemakers keep expensive state robes such as registrar robes on hand and lend them for major ceremonies. Peers often borrow crimson and ermine from tailors to add to their family portraits for a small fee.
A Philadelphia Times item portrays a scene where a father urges patience as a young woman discards a suitor Edward. He is reassured that she may marry in a few years, while his concern centers on her wellbeing rather than his own.
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