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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
6
The advertisement touts Cole's Original Hot Blast as the cleanest stove on the market. It highlights ash removal methods, a dustless ash cover, and an air tight draft that prevents dust and ash on floors, promising fuel savings and easier cleaning.
A collage of humorous and pointed vignettes features lines about spelling errors jokes mischief at banquets and odd social observations. It includes a discussion of a wartime teamster curses a flea trick during a banquet and a patient Irish clergyman’s quip about a dog and pig in one tale.
Anecdotes touch on Jacksonville Florida streetcars replacing mules with electric power. A darky recalls the old mule era with a wry quote about emancipation. An American actor receives a rose from a silent admirer in a Western hotel and replies with a note about souvenir seats.
The mayor planning a new cemetery sought a fitting gate inscription. While riding with his chauffeur he asked for suggestions, and the driver replied We have come to stay, prompting a practical, enduring alternative.
A father argues his daughter should marry for fortune but she lists habits she detests such as smoking chewing drinking swearing clubs cards late nights and solo motoring. He concludes with the line that heaven is her home.
An admirer of Whittier’s works granted an interview and spoke at length about the poet’s patience under a friend’s taunts. He recalled a moment when Whittier paused and, with a smile, said the friend had called him Whitaker.
The piece recalls Joseph Jefferson near Buzzards Bay at the Wareham road. A couple of ladies in bloomers on bicycles encounter the actor and ask for directions to Wareham. He responds with a wry remark about the road.
A mother and child exchange a playful exchange about marriage and family roles. Jenny asks if she will marry like papa or become like Aunt Susan, then concludes with a humorous line about being in a fix. The vignette lightly reflects concerns about adult expectations and female roles.
A polite guest compliments Benny on his pretty dimple. The boy replies that the lady should see the one on his stomach, revealing a candid, humorous moment from a Ladies' Home Journal item.
At the war’s start Colonels Brown and Smith raised Wisconsin regiments. Smith’s chaplain noted ten baptisms in his unit on the last Sabbath. Brown ordered fifteen men to be baptized to keep his regiment ahead in religious matters.
An Irish landlord reappears after weeks away to find a tenant on a wall whistling. On greeting him, the tenant scowls and abuses the landlord, saying the steward is evicting him. The remark frames a permanent grievance between landlord and tenant.
Fragment from Mrs Browning warns against calling it loving unless one can endure every facet of absence praise breath and fate. It contrasts earthly passion with ideal love and ends with a firm refrain that true love endures life death and distance.
On a homeward trolley ride a tired businessman avoids seating a trio of middle aged ladies by bowing to the oldest and offering his seat. The ladies redirect their attention to ads, and the man returns to his seat.
A telescope proprietor urges spectators to observe Mars with a penny admission while a bald headed man is asked to move from the instrument, amid lively crowd banter and showy display.
A farmer visits a hardware store where the proprietor suggests a bicycle for sale. The farmer prefers to spend money on a cow instead, arguing riding a bicycle on the farm would be foolish. The hardware man jokes about milking a bicycle. A second tale says a patient is told to rest, eat beef, and smoke one cigar daily as a cure, followed by a one month rest.
In Chicago, Rabbi Hirsch offered his seat to a young woman on a crowded street car. A burly man quickly sat down instead, provoking a silence before he asked if the rabbi planned to eat him. The rabbi calmly stated he cannot eat him as he is a Jew.
A traveling man receives a telegram from his wife announcing twins and more by mail. He replies that he will return home tonight and, if more come by mail, send them to the dead letter office.
A group of four men from France Germany England and America boast about each nation’s greatness. Each lights a cigar with money from his wallet, but the American finally uses a $10,000 check from a New York bank, illustrating his nation’s supposed superiority.
A Pittsburg man recalls Francis Murphy the temperance reformer sharing a tale of a clubman who challenged his lecture on drink. Murphy faced a witty retort about wine and a table versus a pump, illustrating the enduring quarrel over alcohol.
A brief cartoon-like quip shows a guest declaring plans to quit housekeeping and a host joking that his wife wishes to ease the burden by dismissing the cook. The exchange captures light social humor from a Puck satire.
A terse reflection notes that delaying action past the moment of consideration can render timely effort moot. The Latin philosopher Quintilian emphasizes the peril of waiting too long to begin.
Westfield resident G. S. Clark credits Dr. King's New Discovery with saving him from near death after a severe lung illness. He reports the dry cough ceased after the first bottle and a full cure after three bottles, praising it for coughs and lung ailments. The remedy is guaranteed by druggists at 50 cents and 1.00.
W. W. Talbott and Eugene Smith left over the Northwestern to Solon Springs Wisconsin as season opens to hunt jack rabbits and deer in the pineries. Foley's Honey and Tar remains compliant with the National Pure Food Law, containing no opiates and recommended for coughs and lung troubles by Cagwin the druggist.
The group plans to scout the woods and set up camp before the November 15 opener. They will hike at dawn in search of game and sometimes get lost in the forest. Last year Talbott and Gene with Abrams from Gilbert bagged five deer, Talbott taking two and Abrams one. This year they aim for similar luck and hope to add an extra deer with Abrams absent.
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