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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1904
Page
5
An explanation of the modern air brake system listing components such as the air pump main reservoir train pipe triple valve and brake cylinder. It describes pressure equalization the process of applying and releasing brakes and the effect of a train break on brake pressure.
The Washington Post notes that high grade writing paper uses linen rags with some wood pulp. It asserts bank notes must use clean new linen and even shirt clippings form a sizable material share. It mentions Ireland supplying top quality linen and highlights the heavy handling bank notes endure.
A London dream story recounts how a clergyman’s account and a man named Samuel Longsmith were implicated after a dream alerted the authorities. Horrocks, murdered earlier, was identified as the victim. Longsmith confessed to involvement with three accomplices in a prior robbery and murder, with court proceedings following.
Acknowledging his guilt, the individual offered a full confession a few days prior to execution.
A traveler praises the Jakuns of the Sea, or Orang Lauts, as having the most varied diet. They eat fruits and a poisonous yam prepared with lime, and consume venison, deer, wild pig, birds, fish, porcupines, lizards, squirrels, rats, mice, and snakes with little discrimination between meats.
An English joke claims people find the biggest fish near their coast. The punchline hinges on wordplay between Wales and whales. The Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt plays with dropping h sounds for humor.
A collection of aphorisms praising the heart over wealth and outward cheer. It links heartiness to virtue and generosity, noting sorrow accompanies those with open hearts and that true greatness rests in tenderness and compassion.
A Philadelphia Ledger anecdote tells of a wealthy widow inviting a distant preacher to deliver an elaborate funeral. After the service the minister questions why he spoke for a man locals knew well. The widow explains she chose him because others knew the deceased too well.
A Chicago Record Herald writer recounts a city auto rampage that missed the sidewalk, crashed into a basement, rolled several times, and settled with wheels spinning in the air. A cobbler trapped in a shop corner survived unhurt but dazed, mistaking the car for an angry customer over shoes.
In a domestic scene Henry tells his wife he is hard pressed for money while she begs him to leave ten dollars for town. She embraces him with affection as he quietly notes the financial strain.
In Sir Archibald Geikie’s Reminiscences a housemaid explains her London Scots are understood because she “spelt English there.” She describes how she “spits out all the R s and gives the words a bit chow in the middle” to mimic English speech.
A London Spectator quip contrasts a northern railway station boasting polite porters with a lady who finds her luggage missing. A porter tells the lady there is none in the van, prompting the joke about regional manners and efficiency.
A Berlin Journal snippet shows a wife reacting to her friend Frau Moller receiving a priceless diamond set from her husband. The husband notes the high cost of at least 1500 marks, prompting the wife to lament the expense she cannot yet afford.
An exploration of style in writing with a tale of De Quincey, Choate, and Fields. It contrasts distinctive writing voice with a humorous note on insect delicacies such as wasp grubs, stag beetle larvae, and deviled wireworms as unusual menu items.
Advice urging avoidance of aging through counting years and fear, embracing sunlit living and temperance. Promotes avoidance of stimulants, excess, and ambition, claiming discontent furrows age and shortens life. emphasizes contentment as key to longevity.
Mecca remains the lone parallel to Lassa with shared draws of pilgrimage. Burckhardt and Sir Richard Burton once lived there and mingled with locals during rites. Both cities attract converts to Islam and Buddhism, host vast temples, yet hide extreme filth and vice behind closed gates.
A historic insect menu praised by Pearson's Weekly shows Green Caterpillar Soup and Fried Locust with Wood Louse Sauce. It notes caterpillars feed on cabbages and lettuce and lauds locusts from ancient times with multiple preparations.
The text explains frog skin as a breathing organ and water absorber. It notes pores allow rapid water uptake, soaking up to half the frog's weight per hour. Moisture is needed for gas exchange and cooling, while an internal water sack helps amphibians traverse dry periods.
The London Chronicle traces the origin of the phrase getting into a scrape to early Scottish golf. Rabbits on sandy downs created rabbit scrapes that hindered play, leading to special rules at St Andrews. The term spread from northern golfers to the rest of Scotland and beyond.
After the Reformation long sermons grew popular in England. Hourglasses were mounted in pulpits to curb dreary preaching, with some preachers receiving an accompanying book and hour glass in 1623. Iron stands and costly designs appeared, lingering in country churches until after the Restoration.
A report describes five or six men approaching the animals openly and then retreating, four men emerging later and departing. The animals, thinking all are gone, are seized by the remaining hunters.
Dialogue from the Boston Transcript recalls a grim exchange about patient fate and medical money, highlighting a physician and a former patient as they reflect on mortality and profit in care.
The piece recalls antique math confusions with old currency and measures, citing a Northampton arithmetic excerpt. It then reports the Wabash line unveiling the Banner Blue Limited, daylight trains from St. Louis to Chicago running eight hours, with four-car consists and a new daytime luxury service.
A man begs for 25 cents, lamenting homelessness while another man remarks his wife will clean house soon. The dialogue from the Washington Star sets a stark urban poverty tone through brief social exchange.
A mother instructs Tommy to study refined fractions at school and avoid vulgar fractions, promising tomorrow's lessons will introduce more advanced math. The exchange shows parental guidance shaping his mathematical education.
Quote attributed to the Chicago Journal reflects on marital harmony and hidden thoughts within marriages, noting that spouses rarely know each other’s true inner perspectives.
A mother scolds her son Tommy while landing a firm, painful reprimand. Tommy whispers fear that the hard board might worsen his mother's pain, reflecting a domestic scene cited by the Chicago Journal.
The Chicago Record-Herald is praised as a fearless nonpartisan paper that presents news and editorials from a public good perspective, free of party or private interests, with Partisanship barred from news. Business ads list opportunities across 300 towns along the Chicago Great Western Railroad and invite inquiries to W. J. Reed, Industrial Agent, 604 Endicott Bldg, St. Paul, Minn.
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