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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1904
Page
4
An Independent Review piece outlines the harsh fate of aging men sidelined by modern city life. It describes how by forty they lose social value and by fifty face bleak prospects, with many forced into degrading work or poverty.
A young man fresh from college begins as a cub reporter covering police courts for a New York daily. His mother, new to newspaper work, expresses great enthusiasm over his first step in the journalism world.
Quote from Harper's Weekly lauds a person for obtaining a splendid position as the crime editor at the police court, highlighting the prestigious appointment and its significance in journalism and law coverage.
An old family remedy praised for cuts chilblains and gathering pain uses equal parts beeswax rosin and cleaned mutton suet melted in a jar set in boiling water then poured into jars. The New York News notes its old fashioned but effective healing method.
A Washington Star quote features Mr Meekton claiming women are not great poets or musicians because they are too sensible to waste energy on poetry and music. His wife questions his remark, prompting a brief exchange.
The Princeton Tiger notes Toggs ended his engagement to Miss Sadbird after a walk up Fifth Avenue revealed that none of the men stared at her, a reason framed as justification for the breakup.
A reflective quotation by Hayfield Mower compares eternity to an endless cosmic journey. It argues against overindulgence in earthly foods and drinks, warning it delays the enjoyment of eternity’s remaining days.
A fragment from the New York Tribune quotes a semieducated young Black man and an older Black man in a sharp exchange. The younger man asserts the elder is nearly eighty, and the elder warns him not to repeat it or risk violence with a stick.
A notes filled paragraph lists many visitors and travelers stopping in Ames and Boone. Names include Luke Corkin Mrs J M Jones Arthur Mr H L Munn Mrs Fred Munn and son Hiram Miss Alberta Monaghan Miss Grace Schleiter Rev T D Ferrall and wife J J Fenton and others visiting relatives in Ames Boone Wall Lake Battle Creek Des Moines and Chicago. The Wickham family reunion near Ames draws relatives from Indiana Illinois South Dakota and Nebraska with a week of picnics Chautauqua and college visits.
A playful exchange recounts John Graham and David Dudley Field in a contest of wits as Field codes laws while Graham presses for gaps in the code. Graham likens it to a game of catch, claiming he consistently finds weak places Field cannot block.
In a playful exchange Mabel and Clara remark that Miss Ponds is in love with a young lawyer. They jest that she would suit a man marrying for money, highlighting social ambitions and matchmaking talk.
A humorous exchange defines chagrin as the feeling after kicking at a cat and tumbling backward, credited to Uncle Richard and Little Dick-Uncle Richard in the Indianapolis Journal.
In distress and misery the eye turns to friendship. In gladness and conviviality the need is friendship, a universal craving stated in a timeless moral line.
A cheerful forgetful man explains he carries two umbrellas to remind himself to fetch his wife’s umbrella and his own, in case he forgets one. A friend listens as the humorous tale unfolds about why he has both items.
A French artist bought an old helmet and tried it on to judge its effect. A released visor suddenly sprang shut sealing him inside alone. He escaped to the street where amused passersby helped a charitable observer free him.
An eccentric Englishman’s estate at Swanage features a large globe ornament carved in stone. The globe overlooks the sea and is visible from afar. Storm surfaces show oceans lakes and deserts with Scriptural texts tied to their local relevance.
A London firm’s India trade records show clerks with long names like Jagava jala Seethasamahhendrudu Manthirri Pragada Suryanarayana Vangar Pathangy Vijayaraghavacharrar Con jeeveram Muttukumaraswamy Mudhar Poonamalie Shunmugasundaram Mudliar Keduramangalam Subraman ist Chidembera Lyer Peruvayel Cooma leeswarenpettah Rajaruthna Moodliar highlighting the breadth of naming styles in mercantile circles.
A brief Galway Ledger exchange notes poets speak of dull care while recalling that every care felt sharp. The witty dialogue contrasts literary phrasing with lived worry.
A dialogue where a boy lists earth water fire air and adds the lawless element, remarking on the completeness of natural elements in contrast to the missing concept in the school lesson. The lines appear in Yonkers Herald style with a teaching frame.
A veteran thief recalls a first burglary and the judge’s sentence of five years in prison. The Detroit Free Press presents a dialogue between a young burglar and an old one reflecting on early crime and its consequences.
Whales migrate from Norwegian and Finnish waters in March and April to the Azores Bermuda or the Antilles in May. They return to Norway in June traveling great distances and sometimes bear harpoons from South American coasts as evidence of their journeys.
A brief exchange from the Minneapolis Times shows a mistress advising her maid to slap her husband if he tries to kiss her. The maid confirms she has already struck him twice, illustrating marital tension and playful but sharp domestic discipline.
Local column notes a playful domestic misunderstanding as Mrs Stubbs questions her daughter’s head filled with nonsense and jars a comic paper curl trend seen in Philadelphia record writings.
A French professor is reported to possess a collection of 920 human heads, representing every known race on earth. The unusual exhibit raises questions about provenance and ethical considerations surrounding display and study.
The Upper Des Moines Baptist association holds its forty fifth session with First Baptist Ames hosting. Twenty four churches totaling 2248 members report 38710 raised for work and 2545 for benevolence with 282 new members and 204 baptisms. Officers elected include moderator Robert Carrol and clerk Ed W. Burch. delegates expected at least 125. women’s foreign mission society noted.
The city schools begin the fall term on Monday with Superintendent Scoggue anticipating the largest turnout in town history. The notice lists teacher assignments for Central School with grades and staff, plus the principals at Third Ward and Beardshear.
The final Chautauqua night saw a serious wreck as a buggy with Miss Addie Nutty, her brother Ray Akin, and Lottie Sheehey traversed the viaduct. The neck yoke broke, the team ran wild, and driver Akin leaped clear to seize the horses.
The Ames Homestead No. 833 expresses sympathy to the bereaved family of sister Inez Ball. They note her as a true and faithful archer, request their charter be draped in mourning for thirty days, and authorize copies for the family minutes and local newspapers.
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