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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
9
W. J. Kennedy explains how to select and buy feedlot steers to maximize profit. Emphasizes prime, well-muscled, handling-quality feeders from beef breeds, with strong constitution and early maturity, plus careful timing and pricing to secure at least 1.5 cents per pound gain.
A doctor tricks a patient who believes he is dead by staging ghostly attendants at table. The patient asks if dead men eat and, convinced by the ruse, agrees to eat and survives the deception by joining the meal.
A New York Times quotation reveals a milliner explaining why she sticks to modest hats for country customers. She notes selling extravagant New York styles alienates husbands and countrymen, leading to lost trade.
A clergyman recounts a tale from a Scotland visit about Rev. David Daw a diminutive minister who marries Grace Wilson a bride taller than him. On the first Sunday after the wedding another minister preaches to keep Daw from mentioning the marriage the sermon cites Ephesians III 8 as Daw’s supposed Grace.
A prison superintendent reading in his private room faced a dangerous convict who produced a long iron bar and threatened murder to escape. The superintendent calmly noted the convict’s error and asserted the plan was to escape tomorrow, leaving the would be killer momentarily unsettled.
A prison official informs a convict a pardon arrived today for good conduct and offers money, then unlocks a drawer revealing a revolver pointed at him, creating a chilling confrontation as the papers are shown.
The Turkish joker Khodja sees the moon in a well and lowers a rope with a hook. The hook breaks, leaving him flat on his back, certain he has put the moon back in its place.
A traveler asks if he has twenty minutes to wait or to eight, and the railway restaurant waiter replies I said aaythur you had twenty minutes to ate and that’s all yez had. Yer train's gone now.
A Brookyn Life quip notes a person stays busy amid separation, reading cherished letters in the morning and replying in the afternoon, implying affection and distraction from George's absence. The item captures light social wit and domestic humor of the era.
A Harper's Weekly cartoon caption contrasts optimism and pessimism with a father and son dialogue. The exchange frames an optimist as believing times are ripe and a pessimist as believing they are rotten.
A playful exchange hints at hotel dining quality with a rimshot of humor. The optimistic remark about meals prompts a pessimistic punch line, capturing a light moment in casual dialogue.
The Philadelphia Inquirer cites a quip about debating figures being defeated by overthinking. It suggests a punchier twist by proposing the phrase be rendered as extinct rather than lost, implying a critique of endless deliberation.
A humorous exchange notes Spender lacking fire insurance after a blaze. The quip contrasts his past wealth with current financial trouble, illustrating a common joke about sudden misfortune and the need for insurance.
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