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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
6
In March 1848 Niagara Falls ran dry for about 24 hours due to an ice dam on Lake Erie and a later burst wind reversal. Spectators explored the river bed discovering ancient gun barrels and hidden caves as the roar of the cataract vanished and then returned on April 1.
A writer in Our Dumb Animals praises Dartmouth College as having produced two eminent lawyers Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate. The account recalls a Boston Supreme Judicial Court trial where Webster and Choate argued together on one side against a hostile witness. Choate demonstrated exceptional cross examination skill in securing crucial testimony.
A doctor tends a gravely ill child as dawn breaks. Remedies succeed and life returns. The grateful parents, once divided by a toy barrier, kiss beside the sleeping baby, signaling healing and renewed union. Atlanta Constitution.
In a provocative Collier's critique Paris is accused of producing a degrading “guide” that embodies the lowest form of sentient life. The essay portrays the guide as an evolutionary throwback, tracing humanity to troglodyte origins and a primordial slime, with harsh imagery about Parisian culture and behavior in street life.
A Pall Mall Gazette piece surveys superstitions of leaders and writers. It cites Lord Macaulay Johnson and rail touching, Max Muller with ha penny lore, Dickens preferring north-south beds, Parnell and coffee ritual, and a Portrush gentleman gifting a horseshoe to Lord Roberts amid campaigns in South Africa.
A asylum director notes that blue eyed infants are more popular for adoption in orphan asylums. He cites that donors and staff perceive blue eyes as indicating virtues, leading to higher chances of homes for blue eyed babies regardless of other eye colors or traits.
Quote from St Louis Post-Dispatch notes the challenge faced by children of another eye color and the expectation that a youngster will rise to meet harsher social bias. The remark highlights prejudicial treatment and resilience in youth.
At twenty seven Sir William Gilbert, famed writer, recalls his father the retired naval surgeon wrote Shirley Hall Asylum the first book. Edith A Brown asks if the son stirred the father. Gilbert says the modest father believed any could write and then began his own pursuit.
The text notes that early burials across nations covered corpses with pliable gold sheets that captured the features. Schliemann found gold masks or repousse plates in Mycenae burials, asserting each mask reflects the deceased's likeness.
Chesterton praises Dickens for capturing the life and laughter of English people in his caricatures and pranks. He cites Mr Pickwick in a wheelbarrow and Tony Weller in his waistcoat as vivid examples observed in London’s Battersea Park on a Saturday night.
Five year old Johnny laughs off his mother plan for a husband while she contemplates remarriage in a light, humorous dialogue excerpt from the Boston Transcript.
A Missouri official recalls Senator West on a southeast Missouri campaign tour with a boy driver who sits front seat and repeats the speech. The senator scolds him for attending every meeting but the boy persists awaiting his turn to drive, prompting a later surrender.
The New York Press notes a dangerous operation as elephants, bound to pegs, are hoisted by cranes twenty to thirty feet onto ships while mahouts are slain. The piece depicts a prosperous but bloodstained elephant fleet along the Indian coast with heavy, unmanageable freight.
Redfern Mason argues in Atlantic that music beauty depends on listener culture and inner harmony. Understanding a composer requires full cooperation and awakening of personal faculties to renew the music’s revelation.
Gladwin Michigan resident John Deye endured a 12 year running ulcer, paying doctors over 400 dollars with no relief. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve reportedly healed the ulcer and cured fever sores boils felons eczema salt rheum and offered piles burns scalds cuts corns at 25 cents at druggists.
About 60 percent of Bagdad’s population lacks beds and sleeps on floors in winter and roofs in summer. Heat drives rest to roofs or open gardens, with women cooking at sunset and spreading bedding for the night. The dry climate reduces danger from night air, though privacy varies with roof lattices and open exposure. The piece ends with a Chesterfield quote on learning and politeness.
A Wolcott Vermont citizen recovered from a violent dysentery after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The druggist M J Leach reports the patient was helped promptly and it is offered for sale by J E Cagwin.
A doctor defends a health food recommendation by noting its nourishing value. The speaker cites the credibility of the man who introduced the diet, claiming he supports a large family on it. The exchange highlights trust in unconventional nourishment.
James Wright of Spurlock Kentucky claims to feel like a 16 year old boy after six bottles of Electric Bitters. He cites kidney trouble as a burden for thirty years and credits the medicine as a great cure. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a godsend for frail and old people, priced 50 cents at druggists.
The Metropolitan Magazine essay argues coal’s central role in global power and peace. It notes European mines are deep and dwindling while U S coal supplies remain vast, sustaining industry, transport, and wartime effort. The piece frames coal as a enduring pillar of national strength.
Promotes tonic relief as an all round laxative health builder. Claims to tone regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood strengthen nerves cure constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headaches chills and malaria. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
In a witty exchange a man asks if love could be learned and the woman replies she might, but as a man she would hate to call love an acquired taste. Chicago Record Herald.
A dental and herbal remedy advertisement claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea restores health and vitality. It touts a spring tonic for the whole family with 385 cents priced tea or tablets and credits J. B. Cagwin as seller.
The article details a large British government elephant fleet in India used for draft work and tiger hunting. It notes elephants are transported from Dacca to districts, involving dangerous loading on rafts through rough surf. The piece highlights elephants’ central role in Indian life and the perilous tasks for mahouts.
The season ends with Lena Rivers praised for its well crafted comedy and strong cast. Audiences across venues applaud each performance, and the Armory hosts the show on Friday May 14 offering locals a chance to judge the merits of the company and play.
Hundreds of thousands rely on Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a family tonic. If taken this month it will keep the family well through spring. If it fails, refund offered. Price 35 cents. J. E. Cagwin.
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