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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
10
A Bismarck Tribune reader urges kindness to a tired traveler who has stubbed his toe. The speaker notes people rush past while the hurt linger, and advice is given to offer comfort and a moment of care. The piece reflects on life's sudden slips and the need for simple human aid.
The NY Sun essay describes night bells in urban life: drug store bells glow in windows guiding patrons, undertaker bells signal emergencies, plumbers provide 24 hour response reflecting modern urban needs, and wrecking company bells mark maritime aid available by night in a water side wall.
The Century quotes Napoleon Bonaparte speaking to Dr O Meara at St Helena. He says he would refuse the French throne again to avoid becoming an executioner and shedding oceans of blood. He laments age and desires retirement rather than face Europe’s powers.
In Ecuador's Pacific forests a palm yields hard white vegetable ivory nuts. Germany buys two thirds of the harvest with the rest going to the United States France and England. The crop comes in the rainy season with rafts of nuts floated down rivers. Workers are Indians and mixed races. unpeeled nuts sell for about 60 cents per 100 pounds.
Historical note describes rat tails yielding strong sutures. Proper handling allows extraction of five to six tendon bundles per tail. Tendons can be used directly as threads after preparation, offering an easily threaded wound closure option.
The text notes large scale cultivation of dandelions around Paris with strong market prices. It also contains dialogue about a bargain and a proposal in Philadelphia and a remark about Irish stew never appearing in Ireland.
A humorous anecdote shows Archibald Forbes outworking rivals at night. He hides, writes quickly by candlelight, rides to deliver, and returns before dawn while colleagues snooze. They wake to find they were a day behind his scoop, proving Forbes sharpness and timing.
In Etretat Offenbach arrives to a playful send off, halberdiers parade, a donkey carries a flag, and fireworks erupt from a hotel balcony. An old man presents a silver platter with the hotel’s key, prompting tears and a heartfelt protest that the gesture is too much.
The Mocona waterfall in Uruguay lies two miles below the Piperi Assu river mouth where a rock splits the river into two arms. In winter the right arm stays level while the other drops 22 feet, creating a two mile long water feature. In summer both arms join into one navigable stream for large freight steamers. The fall was described in 1691 by Rev. Antonius Sepp from Tyrol.
A humorous Freeport Journal adage compares human growth, speed, and vision to various creatures. It imagines if man matched silkworm growth, house fly speed, butterfly vision, or spider spring, producing exaggerated scales. The quip ends by asserting that man isn’t the whole thing.
Describes artificial sponges produced in Germany by treating pure cellulose with zinc chloride to swell in water and harden when dried. Alkalikaloids are added to prevent shrinkage, creating a paste shaped in a mold after salt treatment, washed in alcohol and water to finish. Also includes two light quips about naming a baby and learning.
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