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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
3
Historical overview of laws penalizing single men and the social push toward marriage. From Sparta to Athens to Rome, early laws used penalties and disincentives for remaining unmarried, with reforms under Julius Caesar and Augustus shaping inheritance and family incentives.
The article notes cave insects lose vision over generations as their compound eyes shrink and lenses fade. Despite blindness these insects display sighted behavior, guided by heightened touch and proportionally long antennae, suggesting ancestors were sighted in embryo stages.
A Scots university report describes ragging at St Andrews where shaved heads are painted red and a dissenting student is punished by being ducked in the Swilean burn. The incident follows a guilty verdict for libel against regal figures and emphasizes harsh campus rites. The licorice plant is detailed, noting its growth, flowering, and the traditional three-year path to commercial value.
The article cites early historians and writers Clement of Alexandria and Hesiod as noting constellations. It references Chiron as maker of the first celestial globe 1,420 years before Christ and Newton’s support, with Job and Hesiod indicating ancient star groupings known to readers.
The deepest wells in Europe are cited at Passy France 2000 feet La Chapelle Paris 2950 feet Grenelle Paris 1798 feet Neusalwerk near Minden 2288 feet Kissengen Bavaria 1787 feet Sperenberg near Berlin 4190 feet Pesth Hungary 3182 feet. In the
United States records list wells in St Louis at 3843 feet Louisville at 2086 feet Columbus Ohio at 2775 feet and Charleston West Virginia at 1250 feet. The data details depths for multiple sites across the region.
An article explains a French Mutualite plan where a three year old can join by paying 2 cents weekly. One cent funds daily illness benefits, the other builds a pension. A teenager contributing 34 cents monthly could receive about 73 dollars annually at age sixty.
A brief note quotes a conversation about a performer named Bosh and Josh. Bosh is blank on stage with confirmation of a first appearance two years ago and a last appearance on the same night. The Detroit Free Press source records the exchange.
In Philadelphia data, Miss Strongmind asks Tess to serve as her best woman. The exchange marks a social engagement and confirms a bridal party arrangement.
A New York Press cartoon quips a savage ruler apologizing to “my people” while the envoy demands no apology. The ruler flatly states the insult can be wiped out only in real estate, implying land as compensation rather than words.
A dialogue from the Houston Post questions if beauty alone suffices for royal suitors. The exchange contrasts an emperor and a duke with concerns over wealth and desirability.
An advertisement features L. M. Bosworth promoting Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to fatigue insomnia and poor appetite claiming it builds strong nerves and rich red blood with a 35 cent price for tea or tablets.
A Philadelphia Ledger comic caption jokes that Delilah cutting Samson's hair made him milder, prompting a pupil to remark it would shame a man when a woman cuts his hair. The exchange reflects humorous early 20th century dialogue.
A manager urges an actress to add venom to a spoken line while comparing it to shouting a rival greeting. The exchange highlights stage combat between performance and real hostility in a theater rehearsal setting.
A admonition on judging people by inner worth rather than outward looks. It warns that noble spirits may wear poverty and a flashy exterior can hide a villainous nature.
The article describes various book dwelling pests such as bookworms scorpions and mites. It notes book lice silver fish moth cockroaches and white ants infest bindings and labels feeding on farinaceous substances and wood fibers. Moths and beetles bore and tunnel through covers, damaging interiors as larvae feed.
A Baltimore American quip has a lecturer announcing a move into furniture selling. He jokes about making one night stands under a lecture bureau using time tabies, eliciting amused reaction from the audience.
A wry Baltimore Herald line asks when a young widow should discard her weeds. The speaker parries that she should cut them out when ready to raise a second crop of orange blossoms.
A pithy saying notes that character shapes power dynamics with the paradox of an inferior mind commanding a superior. The remark implicates leadership, authority, and moral force in human conduct.
Hawley declares his piece is fiction while the reply hints at a payment deadline. The humorous back and forth reveals a tailor’s request for money and Hawley’s plan to mail a check next week.
A humorous exchange about a sugar coated pill that seems to shed its coat before beginning its journey, illustrating a quirky medical mishap.
A Cleveland Leader item features a child named Dottie praying for Mamie Ross to be good and for a new doll to be kept as a noble self sacrifice. The playful prayer reflects hometown humor and family life noted in the paper.
Lavater notes the liar fills his time boasting of hatred toward Lars to mask his own defect.
A noted quotation from Fielding contrasts how slander can rival praise as a form of recommendation, highlighting the persuasive weight of reputational words and public discourse.
Uncle Eben advises son that life brings regrets but still requires doing what one can be proud of, a practical life lesson quoted by the Washington Star.
Descriptions note common clear glass left in desert regions soon alters appearance and gains color, turning rose purple or amethyst. Some attribute this to alkaline soils while others insist it occurs without alkali, due to intense actinic sun rays in clear atmosphere.
In a Washington Star line, a man of severe ideals challenges a street fakir about selling nonsensical toys. The fakir admits feeling foolish yet asks what the questioner thinks of buyers.
An elderly churchgoer repeatedly bowed whenever Satan was named. The minister scolded her, but she explained civility costs nothing and you never know what will happen. The exchange appeared in Harper's Weekly.
Report describes cooling by ice blocks in summer and heating in winter for the air inside the House of Commons London. During fog the outside air passes through six inches of cotton wool, once turning black with soot. Despite dense fog outside, internal temperature stays around 62 degrees, rising to 65 in hot weather.
The passage traces the origin of daily news from salaried correspondents in London sending manuscript letters to the provinces, to printed forms during the Commonwealth. It notes 1680 libel law by Judge Scroggs as making newspaper publication potentially illegal and provocative of unrest.
The District Court of Story County Iowa appoints the administratrix of the estate of John A Buchanan deceased. Creditors must present claims legally authenticated to the court for allowance and all debtors must pay the administrator. Dated Gilbert Iowa April 20 1905.
A Belle Plaine Minnesota reader reports a friend nearly died from a hand infection described as blood poisoning. Bucklen Arnica Salve is praised for drawing out the poison and healing the wound, with a 25 cent sale noted at L M Bosworth's drug store.
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