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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
8
The article notes waves named after a great scientist measure 150 feet from peak to peak. Marconi used much longer waves for transatlantic telegraphy, reportedly 600 feet or more. Waves travel at light speed, about 184000 miles per second, while light itself is only a few millionths of an inch in wavelength.
Aunt Rachel notes Archie visits and asks Mandy to marry him many times. Mandy responds he has not asked fifty times, but she acknowledges frequent proposals. The exchange shows domestic tension and relational expectations.
A humorous exchange highlights a husband and wife arguing over a telegram that mentions bringing the mother along. The wife explains she could not avoid it after reading the telegram and the husband questions the request.
A historical miscellany recounts inventive uses of gun barrels to obtain water and other pragmatics at sea and in deserts. It describes sailors cooling steam from fired guns to make drinkable water, bayonets used as fire irons in French peasant homes, a railway timetable guiding a ship near Oban, and rifle barrel materials from horseshoe nails. The piece also notes dynamite for piling in quicksand, a scuttled dam ship on the Nile, and poetic closing maxims.
Colonel Clark E Carr recounts Senator Douglas during the Lincoln and Douglas debates praising his impressive voice and confiding manner. He notes Douglas stood five feet four inches and possessed a surprisingly good figure, earning the nickname the little giant.
In South Wales audiences show appreciation by singing hymns after performances. Henry Irving once heard Swansea patrons burst into Lead Kindly Light as he appeared and later heard God Be With You Till We Meet Again sung reverently at the curtain call.
A four year four month old girl participates in a Sismillah rite called name of God. She wears cloth of gold with flowers and sits on a floor while an old moriah reads a Koran verse in saffron on a silver plate. She repeats the words and receives praise and gifts from friends.
Describes English prison pits used as night cells. Bristol held seventeen men in a seventeen by nine foot chamber reaching eighteen steps below ground, used until 1815. Warwick jail pit, octagonal and nineteen feet underground, held forty two men daily from 3 45 pm until daylight, with a cesspool and drinking water stream.
Deodand or deodandus meant an instrument causing a death and forfeited to God for pious uses. Abolished in 1846, these rights were often granted to individuals or attached to lands. The concept appears in Hudibras as a literary reference to landowners receiving the fallen instrument.
A serious citizen questions a congressman about national service. The congressman replies he may have a better record by not causing damage than by active effort. The dialogue frames accountability and restraint in public service.
A witty exchanges notes the impossible mix of wealth and fantasy talent as Dustin Stax cites a millionaire menu while referencing deck hand MM Wrechingeton Star in a humorous debate.
A collection of rewritten proverbs contrasts common sayings with ironic twists. The lines mock traditional wisdom by highlighting hypocrisies and paradoxes in familiar maxims, suggesting clever wordplay on common beliefs.
The London Globe criticizes slow storytellers for over detailing and circumlocution. He argues rapid recital spoils the tale and laments longs stories that are sentimental or lugubrious. He prefers concise, well told narratives.
A Parisian scientist testifies that forest surroundings improve air purity not by more oxygen but by removal of atmospheric vitiators common in towns. He cites Versailles, noting its forest shelter reduces epidemics, though water quality remains poor despite the greenery.
The text explains Venus appears as both a morning and evening star because it orbits near the sun. When west of the sun it rises before it as a morning star. when east of the sun it rises after it as an evening star.
Miss Strong urges her father to stay home as Mr Tar proposes tonight. The daughter speaks with resolve saying he will propose this evening. Catholic Standard and Times.
Nell recalls a man declaring he would kiss her soon and Belle jokes about using a batpin. The Philadelphia Ledger quotes the exchange as a humorous anecdote about bold advances.
The depositor asks if the cashier is in, the manager replies the cashier is away not for a rest but to avoid arrest. The exchange hints at a possible, unspoken incident leading to the cashier’s absence.
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