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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1894
Page
3
An unnamed British narrator recounts a deadly encounter on a Burman island near Akyab. A cobra or khorite coils on his shoulder, threatening instant death. Emir-Alli, a trusted native servant, lunges with a sword, distracting the snake and saving him with a swift, decisive strike.
A report describes a khorite about three and a half feet long that bent to strike at its own body after falling on a man’s back from the roof where it was pursuing rats. The scene highlights the creature’s sustained aggression despite being wounded.
The Idler notes Italy and Germany restrict or condemn dueling yet allow it as sport. It details first blood sword duels, few fatalities, and officers punished or dismissed. Dueling is portrayed as safer than football, though morally critiqued, with emphasis on age groups and social habits.
A witty exchange notes the chain of ownership from ordinary people to politicians and finally to the stock exchange and the devil. The quip ends with a brisk farewell, reflecting skeptical views of power and finance.
Local gossip centers on a wild accusation as a man faces a big damage suit. A heated exchange reveals a misheard paper claim of lynching over theft. The altered tale claims the accused stole a heifer, prompting a dramatic challenge to his integrity.
A St Louis Republic tale describes a young couple visiting friends when the husband recounts a comic misadventure. He corked washstand outlets to stop sewer gas, flooding the house and triggering a fiasco as the next floor residents panic. The wife finally explains the cure was simply turning off the water.
A murky exchange recalls a campaign line about Will Brown and a striking war record. The anecdote notes he owns a mule shot twice, said to have gone through to the surrender, underscoring a tale of persistence and grit.
A miscellany of curiosities from the era includes 1000 umbrellas left at a world fair, a 36 year old horse dying near Ashland Oregon, a Butler Pennsylvania woman strangled by a lodged false tooth, and various oddities about population density, tea production in Jamaica, and royal etiquette across lands.
A decade ago in Cairo the late Prince Frederick Charles learned beggars insulted him after he gave alms. He drew a riding whip, confronted the crowd, and whipped a beggar who used a foul Arabic term, earning praise from locals for his swift chastisement.
A barefoot man in a New England village trades three quarts of molasses for blackberries at a store. He walks away with a walking stick and pin, slips on a proverb as molasses pours down his back, muttering he never valued the saying.
A collection of anecdotes highlights famed memory and public figures. Notables include Will H Hayne, Mrs. Potter Palmer sending a souvenir to the queen regent of Spain, and mushroom foraging by the czar in Denmark.
A collection of light quips and remarks including jokes about relatives, petty feuds, and a nurse kissing a child. The piece then promotes Hosetetter's Stomach Bitters, praising its relief for biliousness, digestive issues, and nerve fatigue, endorsing a wineglassful three times daily. It closes with a quip about aldermen and public money.
A child questions why many men lounge outside the capitol and learns they are United States senators. The parent notes only one senator is inside giving a speech, highlighting a scene described in a Texas setting.
The irrigated lands of Idaho are suited to apples apricots peaches cherries pears plums grapes prunes hops alfalfa corn and potatoes with strong markets and good prices. Advertising matter will be sent on application by EL Lomax G P T A Omaha Nebraska. It is hard to say which is the greatest congressional evil the cold tea or the absentee.
A collage of curiosities and brief notices covers science trivia from meteors to elephants, travels and fairs, medical cures, and local ads. Items mention meteors containing twenty two elements, thunder unknown in certain regions, a sunken garden at Fairmount Park, a 16 year old Brooklyn boy saving a child, and various patent remedies and railway excursion offers.
A garden guide advises long back borders of double hollyhocks, clumps of old fashioned perennials, and a formal arrangement of beds. Select shrubs and evergreens suited to the climate, enjoy Clematis jackmani on a sunny trellis, winter protect with straw, and plant giant double zinnias away from paths to conceal fading foliage.
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