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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
6
The article describes roundhouse operations for locomotives, from arrival to start of repairs. It explains car cleaning, fueling, and the turntable method to position engines, plus detailed tire tightening using oil flames, and the role of the roundhouse foreman in keeping trains ready.
A metaphorical definition contrasts experience with fragile dreams. It imagines experience as a shabby shelter carved from the remnants of imagined grandeur, highlighting how human hopes devolve into modest shelter from the distractions of wealth and fame.
The article describes large scale quail trapping around Capri using shore nets and long coastal nets, noting vast annual catches sometimes fifty to sixty thousand. It mentions methods, such as night migration, use of dogs to mark, and post-capture handling, with similar nets along other Italian coasts and decoy birds used to lure flocks.
Notice proclaims a special election in Ames Iowa to submit a proposition to issue bonds totaling 5000 for waterworks. The vote will occur at Ames City Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on October 10, 1904, per petition and legislative authority. Attest: Mayor Parley Sheldon and City Clerk A B Maxwell.
Objections to the plat and schedule for sewer construction along Burnett Sycamore Agate and Kellogg streets in Ames Iowa must be filed with the City Clerk by September 21 1904. The city will finalize assessments after council corrections based on owner names and parcel data in the filed plot and schedule.
Mortimer Menpes recalls Whistler's sharp wit as a youth. In a government office he painted a demon on a sacred magnifying glass, then watched the chief uncover a horrifying grin when he lifted the glass, prompting a dramatic reaction.
London Truth notes baronetcies began under James I with a £500 payment and observes most creations since then reward party service. MPs who vote as whipped can secure a baronetcy with persistence, sometimes needing funds, while occasional displays of aggression may reduce costs.
A Hayfield Mower critique condemns exclusiveness as a brand of nothing used to shield the powerful from risk. The piece mocks exclusive society as a flimsy, self serving crew of fools and hangers on, ubiquitous in Boston and New York, yet still present in Hayfield.
A Scotch minister, beginning his sermon, identifies three types in every congregation. He aims his plain speaking at the third class, which he calls positive devils. Raising his sleeve and clenching his fist, he points and proclaims, Now, ye devils.
City of Ames Iowa enacts rules for constructing reconstructing and repairing sidewalks on streets alleys and avenues. Costs mostly borne by abutting property via special assessments with work supervised by a sidewalk committee and standards for brick and cement sidewalks including grading timing and finishing.
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