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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
7
The article notes that African elephants rarely approach humans, often flee, but can become dangerous when attacked. It describes Kongo specimens with very large ears that extend beyond the neck, grayish blue color, and no reports of sacred white elephants. It cites heights over fourteen feet at the withers, weights beyond eight tons, tusks over 200 pounds and six and a half feet long.
Professor Masterman spoke at Cambridge on modern England and the liberty of the subject. He said Hyde Park Sundays produce enough treason to fill a German fortress, but orators go home to tea. He noted it is remarkable that state power resents attacks on the sovereign least in Europe.
A Shenandoah Valley tale from 1864 where Mosby allegedly hid in a cabin near Millwood. A hungry Confederate rider, seeking food, asks a contraband woman if Mosby is present. She confirms and directs him to the house, prompting a pursuit by his regiment. In a twist the colonel finds only a cradle and a child, not Mosby.
London Notes and Queries catalogs trades and surnames from medieval London. It counts 407 taylours including 140 cissor, 61 smyths with specialized subtypes, 186 wryghts and 81 faber, 26 butchers, 43 fysshers and 19 skynners among others, noting leather manufacture and craft guilds as reflected by surnames.
Dora and Nellie discuss Clara Sharpe's selfish act as Mr Spooner visits. Nellie delays conversation by asking Spooner to turn the piano music so she can not talk to him.
A child recounts conflict at home where his father a physician and mother a Christian Scientist differ on medical care after illness. The boy says both parents refused to listen or treat, prompting a judge’s library note on family and medicine beliefs.
In a Kansas plains scene a European hunting party including Auguste Rouzand and Mr Blackmore rode into Dodge City with a carload of gear and new butcher knives. A Sixth Cavalry detachment from Fort Dodge accompanied them, signaling a planned slaughter of buffalo.
An account contrasts a French hunter with a brutal sport ethic. While Englishmen kill hundreds of buffalo, the Frenchman harms no animal, instead stabbing slain carcasses with knives and wrapping them to display as trophies when he returns to Paris. The piece notes his view of sport as exhibition.
The St. James Gazettes notes that contemporary surgeons use an array of threads from kangaroo tendons to horsehair silk and fine silver wire. Some dissolve in weeks while others last months, matching healing time and leaving no trace. Different needles, including spear and bayonet shapes, accompany the kit.
A speaker recounts a season abroad and a London dinner with a parade of aristocrats. The earl and others correct mispronunciations of names such as Featherstonhaugh Freestonhay Dalzell Deal Leveson-Gower Bohun St. Maur Seymour Calhoun, while the story resumes.
A correspondent recalls a quiet wager with Professor Blackie over Sankey hymns during their vogue. A lady hosts lunch, he praises Stilton to deflect, later receiving Sankey verses and more cheese as a playful nudge to provoke opinion.
In reminiscences, Sir Algernon West recalls Robert Browning inviting a guest to dine. The visitor pressed questions and monopolized conversation, prompting Browning to protest that further talking would insult his host. The incident ends with Browning noting the guest must stop.
An elderly figure with a twinkle wonders if soda water is written as two words or with a siphon between them. The playful quip reflects linguistic whimsy and timeless curiosity about language specifics.
Mr Bubkins praises the suitor as a man after his heart while the blushing fiancé denies aiming for the daughter in London Answers.
A villain muses on an altered plot with a hiss and asks a partner to consider failure. The accomplice calms him, recalling a prior statement that the plan has thickened, implying twists or escalation in the scheme.
A thoughtful aphorism from Carlyle defines wealth as the count of beloved things a person cherishes and is cherished by in return, framing prosperity as valued attachments rather than material riches.
An advertisement offers a hard coal stove for sale in this issue. Call Times office to arrange purchase or pickup.
A teacher notes that animals frequently attach to people while plants do not. A student jokes asking if plants ever form attachments, prompting a light exchange in a Chicago News style.
The fragment asks whether Mr Snif King is sincere in his writing and mentions a person named Oldgirl-Do. It reflects a casual dialogue tone and lacks clear factual events or names beyond those two individuals.
In a New York Press quote, a shoe clerk vents about customers lying about their feet and shoe fit. He notes burly men with bunions and coins insist their shoes never trouble them while asserting perfect fits. Women deny corns, blaming unique shapes as pain surfaces under light footwear.
Washington Star notes Harriet Beecher Stowe on pie as an English institution thriving in America. It contrasts nursery tales of meat pies with early printed recipes for live birds and extols pumpkin as the culinary peak, surpassing old birds and arch pies in American taste.
A Newport society matron belittles a young girl by asking for her identity. The witty reply asserts that she cannot reveal Miss Blank’s identity any more than she could reveal the matron’s own background when she first arrived in Newport. The exchange showcases social snobbery and sharp social satire from the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The New York American notes Pompeii was buried in ashes and easily disinterred, while Herculaneum faced a rapid lava surge that hardened like marble. This made excavation harder, with less digging at Herculaneum and a newer town rising above the site risking undermining by exploration.
A famed amateur yachtsman faced a perilous moment when an anchor dragged near rocks and another line failed in a stiff inshore wind. After a tense near-miss with the shoreline, a third anchor held and the danger eased. He later heard a spoon against a bowl as the cook prepared salad dressing below.
An exchange recalls a near wreck at sea. The crew laughs at a delay caused by mayonnaise, the joke highlighting a close call and the captain or mates questioning why someone stayed below deck. The light-hearted tale preserves seafaring banter.
Dr Edward A Ayres explains insect compound eyes as thousands of unit lenses forming a single eye. Locusts lack a lens while house flies show needing a lens. Eye counts vary from 50 in ants to over 60 000 in mordella butterflies and dragonflies aid sight for feeding and hunting.
In the Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne the Duchesse de Berry is praised as one of history’s bravest. While riding with the Duc de Berry, their horses bolted and wrecked the carriage, yet she kept speaking in her steady tone, replying when asked if she saw what happened that there was nothing to be done to stop them.
In a Chicago shop two old acquaintances reconnect after 27 years. Bill Snoo per reveals he is a traveling evangelist while Tom Grigson, now a life insurance solicitor for a leading company, offers insurance plans.
Fry's Magazine argues that falconry is the cheapest sport open to workers on common land. It contends falconry is humane, with the quarry often succumbing instantly and wounds avoided, presenting sport without prolonging suffering.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows Cholly pressing Freddy to recall a familiar saying about a nod being as good as a wink. Freddy struggles to remember, while Cholly urges him to try.
A brief noir exchange from the London Telegraph where a prisoner explains he struck a telegraph operator after asking to send a message about gas and the operator began to read it. The dialogue captures a terse courtroom moment.
A remark in the Ohio State Journal notes that nearly every man in the crowd seems to hold back a blush when told that an honest man is the noblest work of God, reflecting on virtue and modesty.
A fragment reflects on refinement as a spiritual danger, suggesting true progress aligns with communal kinship and divine purpose rather than isolation. The terse line echoes philosophical debate on virtue, society, and individual striving.
A woman near Sligo visits the police to ask if her husband Pat has arrived home with his pay. The constable replies that Pat is not there but that they are expecting him at any minute, implying an upcoming arrival.
Somerville Journal argues that for quality results one should hire an expert rather than attempt a task alone. It emphasizes that self work often ends in errors and underlines the value of professional skill.
A lively scene with Jamie Maclauchlan hosting fifteen pipers in a small back parlor. Each plays a different tune, creating a dreamlike, heavenly atmosphere as the music fills the room.
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