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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1894
Page
5
A Philadelphia Times retelling places Perseus on Seriphus with Polydectes demanding Medusa's head. Guided by Mercury and Minerva, Perseus obtains winged sandals and the cap of invisibility, slays Medusa, rescues Andromeda, then petrifies Polydectes and his court with the beheaded Gorgon.
Miss Ida Dent Wright of Atlanta broke off her engagement with Gen Antonio Ezeta after learning of his prior affair and children. She repaid gifts, avoided political peril, and even sought clemency for Ezeta with President Cleveland, while noting his fall from power and possible travel to San Francisco.
Italian sailor Michael and his large Maltese Joe share a fishing trip in San Francisco. Joe eagerly dives into the net to seize the largest fish, wrestles a rockfish on deck, and twists tails as fishermen laugh at the playful, wet spectacle.
A playful old method instructs using a hair tied to a ring hung above a glass. The ring sways and taps the tumbler to answer yes no style questions, with one to three taps conveying meanings.
An old rail-fence near a wood becomes the focus of change after a farmer reads about barbed wire. A small red squirrel, once eager to learn current events, withdraws to hermit life, preferring to avoid newspapers and fences.
A mother scolds her son Robert for petty misdeeds and his habit of saying rats. She warns of severe punishment if he repeats it. Later, after another offense, he mutters about wanting to strike at the small black creatures under the sidewalk.
Take one half pound almonds blanch dry and search them in the oven. Heat half pound chocolate vanilla flavor is best and dip each almond into the chocolate separately. Put them on tins until quite cold and then lift them off with a sharp knife.
A brief anecdote from Youth's Companion recalls Little Walter and his sister Helen sleeping separately in the same room. Walter shouts for help claiming his sister fell out of bed, but on the father's arrival Walter reveals the true cue and confirms it was him.
Grace fell silent as bowed heads framed the inverted dishes when Bobby spoke. He asked what lay beneath the plate, sparking a brief, curious hush and a gentle family pause.
Prince Komatsu of Japan, a cousin of the Mikado, has traveled in the United States but returned home at news of war between China and Japan. A 27 year old member of a premier royal line, he studied naval service in Japan France and England and is expected to receive a high navy commission in Japan.
Thomas Hennessy of Whitneyville Maine watched a mink seize a duck in a brook near alders. The duck died from a wound as the mink eluded capture and disappeared. Hennessy prepared to use the fowl for stew before the theft became a mystery.
The San Francisco Argonaut portrays David B Hill as a highly political figure with no private life. He is described as unsociable and never dining with others, and he avoids inquiries about a senator’s ill wife or daughter. All personal matters are said to be merged into politics.
Prince Adolphus of Teck, brother of the duchess of York, is set to marry a daughter of the Duke of Westminster, a major London landowner. The match links two prominent noble families with extensive holdings in the capital.
Dr. A R Amos of Des Moines showcased electric light applications in medicine before the Polk County Medical Society. The glow lamp inside the stomach via a swallowable tube allowed visualization of stomach walls and oral and facial tissues, with additional demonstrations illuminating the eye and air passages.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a mine fire at Lakefielder colliery has killed one man and trapped four others as no escape routes remain. Fifty five workers escaped through smoke and toxic gases while officials blame Buffington for disobeying lamp rules, causing a blaze that may take six weeks to drown and years to fully resume operations.
The note mentions Park and Odell law firm Des Moines and references a general guarantee of perfect fit, with casual mentions of banks, lawyers, and health products, forming a stray ad-like fragment rather than a cohesive news item.
Reports on electricity cutting glass, Ohio ranking second in pig iron production, phonograph testing near Niagara, daily US postal card use reaching 200000, church attendance ratio of five women to one man, and US coal production in 1893 totaling 162, 14,977 gross tons.
A description explains making the jumping mierry toy from a turkey bone. A string is stretched across the bone, twisted around a stick, and a soft substance grips the end to launch the bone high. When the string tightens the piece jumps, forming “jumping frogs” as a result.
The hotel elevator boy, a longtime friend of Jack, stopped offering rides after a quarrel. Jack admits he punched the boy, who expelled him on the tenth floor. Jack defends the punishment, saying the ride should have ended sooner.
Walleting dialogue shows Jim Mickey ordering a splintered breakfast with pancakes, fish, liver and bacon, spring chicken, fried mush, stew potatoes, and a glass of something, though he protests hunger and calls for various dishes in a hazy scene at a summer hotel.
A boy named Tommie injures a finger at the bowling alley and endures a splint and bandage. He enjoys watching the doctor attend to him despite the pain. He tells his father that obeying him led to the injury, but the boy says it helped him when others envy the splint and care.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mr Meanitall testing acceptance from Tommy while Lisa asserts plans to be a sister to him. The overheard exchange hints at family entanglements and potential social expectations in a domestic setting.
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