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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1910
Page
5
A report explores deep sea life color, eyes, and feeding behavior. It notes orange hues in subocean creatures, shells abundant on seafloor ridges, and shellfish boring holes in bones. A separate scene describes a lioness threatening a man before retreating and disappearing.
A young Wagner wrote a successful sonata that he later tried to suppress. He bought a thousand copies from a publisher and paid a large bill. Months later more copies were sent back as if returned from distant places, with a note that they had been moved to remote markets.
Planet experts admit vast ignorance about Venus Saturn Jupiter and Mars and their features. The London Family Herald notes Venus rotation may imply life and vegetation but likely clouded. Saturn rings' composition unclear. Jupiter bands possibly cloud lines. Mars often obscured by haze and sand or snowstorms making canals hard to detect.
An African hunting party member, while amusing two lion cubs near camp, found himself trapped as the cubs played. The cubs fledgling play drew a lioness to the scene and the man faced a perilous situation, legs scratched as he sought escape.
The article recalls artist William von Herkomer’s poverty early in his career before he found success on a weekly illustrated journal. It also recounts E. L. Drake of Titusville establishing the first oil well in 1859, facing ridicule until his bore reached depth and yielded twenty five barrels a day.
The costly walking sticks hail from the Malay archipelago. The best malacca cane reaches a yard in length with a dark chocolate color and smooth straightness. It is reared in glass tubes to insure straightness and finished with lacquer that chips easily if handled roughly.
A reader relates a home remedy of focusing on a wall spot under light to induce sleep. The piece then pivots to a public notice declaring the incorporation of J. Jacobs Company, Incorporated, at Ames Iowa, detailing its capital stock and governance. The notice lists directors J. Jacobs E. W. Mick and E. W. Valentine and outlines corporate powers and structure.
Sam Berger the burly fight manager arrives in a small California town to gauge holding a prizefight. The local police chief, flaunting a large badge, warns that such an event is illegal and will not be tolerated, while Berger retorts that the marshal’s law is a misdemeanor by appearance.
The painter Ferdinand Fuseli chides a visiting group by casually declaring I had pork for dinner today The remark is playfully defended by Fuseli as as interesting as any discussion of the hour turning a light moment into a witty deflation of small talk
A tale describes a Turkish sultan selecting a bride from twelve veiled ladies in white. With a threat of death, the groom must guess which woman is his wife from two among the twelve. He weighs facial expressions and instincts and finally picks the correct bride.
The document, dated May 5, 1910, in Ames Iowa, shows incorporators J Jacobs B W Mick and BE W Valentine agreeing to debts of the Corporation as provided by Iowa state law. The text records signatures and the place of filing.
The remarkable work of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily coming to light. No remedy for liver and bowel troubles was ever known before. Thousands bless them for curing constipation, sick headache, biliousness, jaundice and indigestion. Sold by all dealers.
In Iowa District Court of Sto County a referee will sell at public auction on May 28, 1916 at 2 PM the east 5-8 of the west half of the southeast quarter of section 5 and the north 10 acres of the east 5-8 of the west half of the northeast quarter of section 8 all in township 82 north range 24 west, containing 60 acres more or less. Sale subject to bid rejection and conveyance by deed with title abstract. Nevada Iowa.
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