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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
4
The piece argues that men over fifty sleep less and endure more steady strain. They stay longer, resist temptation, and show fixed moral habits. Elderly men are loyal, tied to long bonds, and wiser in character, making them better at selecting and retaining agents. Washington Times.
A Nebraska judge explains the origin of the nickname bug eaters rooted in a 1874 grasshopper plague. An eastbound eloquent speech claimed the insects ate wagon tires and railroad tracks, leading to the remark our people have nothing but grasshoppers and bugs.
A London Chronicle report notes a superstition tied to the seventh child of a seventh daughter. Doctress Anne Pounsberry, who died December 11, 1813 aged 73, practiced herbal healing in Somerset near Bridgewater. Her cure for the king's evil involved toad leg powder worn in a bag.
Glass use dates to 2000 years before Christ with the Slade collection at the British Museum housing a lion head glass piece bearing an eleventh dynasty Egyptian king. Breezing, a varnish technique on pottery, likely dates to the first Egyptian dynasty, supported by glazed glass beads in tomb finds from that era.
The article surveys weeping trees with focus on facts behind myths. It notes travelers describing the rain tree of Padradoca in the Isle of Ferro and cites John Cockburn’s 1735 account of a Vera Pas tree dripping pure water from every leaf and branch in Central America.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich received a letter in a feminine hand announcing a child’s death and asking for a verse from Babie Bell. He sent the full poem, later saw it offered by an autograph dealer with a tidy price.
A neighborhood exchange jokes about a girl learning music by ear. The remark by the woman next door and Mrs Kostique turns on the phrase picked up by the ear and sent to the conservatory.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon shows a man praising his new cook while fearing she will demand higher wages. He keeps silent to avoid her quitting, illustrating workplace pay anxieties.
A compact note cites London population density and contrasts it with a quip about density as a name. The Philadelphia Record and Chicago News are referenced for commentary on education and jokes across newspapers.
The report details asbestos discoveries in Georgia North Carolina Virginia and Vermont with new pockets at Tryon Mountain and northwest Habersham. It notes major sources in Canada and points to open quarry mining and growing demand for chrysotile with 1901 US production at 747 short tons valued 13498 dollars and imports 601828 dollars.
Ad promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a rapid cure for eczema itching and skin diseases. Claims quick relief for ulcers fever sores salt rheum cuts burns bruises and piles. Sold for 25 cents at L M Bosworth’s drug store.
Carrie Nation plans to appear in Marshalltown on Thursday July 3. Despite a recent 30 day jail term and fines she remains undeterred and will lecture in the afternoon and evening. Saloonkeepers fear a new temperance push while the public expects a lively event with her outspoken address.
Fr L Merepurn Claim Agency offers special attention to collecting promissory notes and accounts. Farm loans available at 5 percent with first mortgage preferred. Borrower option payments. Provides lines of fire and tornado insurance. Located over Miller's grocery store.
If you have a loan on your place that can be paid on any interest pay day see us let us take it up and reduce your rate and also get you a loan on which you can pay any amount on any day you choose We charge you no commission on such a loan Story County Bank Also travel offer to San Francisco with North Western Line tickets May 27 to June etc for Imperial Council Nobles of Mystic Shrine via private sleeping cars twice weekly through drawing room and observation cars Apply to Chicago North Western agents.
North Western Line offers round trip excursion tickets June 1 to 3 with return by July 7 for Fraternal Order of Eagles. Denver excursion June 22 to 25 with return by Oct 31 for International S S Convention. Apply to Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
Advertisement notes horses for sale including imood Go and COPESTAKE on Bay Road. Details on lineage, pricing, and contact not fully readable. Potential buyers urged to inquire for additional information and availability.
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