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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
7
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Jones depart for Chicago to buy show cases for a new ice cream parlor and confectionary store to open in Ames. Jones has long been in business locally and plans to lease the Hardy building for the venture, aiming to be open by October 1.
A Youths Companion tale recounts Joseph Watt of Missouri joining Oregon emigrants in 1844. He buys boots with borrowed money, forges ahead barefoot, entertains fellow travelers, sleeps in shavings, and later becomes a woolen mills pioneer on the Pacific coast.
A brief note on the Hawaiian alphabet of twelve letters with pronunciations and a claimed thirteenth added by missionaries. It describes vowel sounds, Waikiki pronunciation, and differences between high and low caste speech. The piece links aloha to greeting and farewell and explains extended phrases like aloha nui.
Curious readers explore sea robin fins used to craft fans. The fish’s large pectoral fins dry flat on boards to become fans. Smaller sea robins show brown shading while larger ones are maroon, with many rays in each fin. A large fin yields about a six inch wide fan.
The article explains drying a bamboo or veneer fan to create a slender tapered frame. It details mounting as a fan when dry, then dipping in varnish. The varnish enhances color and acts as a preservative, enabling the finished fan to last for years.
The article describes small black dogs used as alarm clocks in Greece to rouse workers such as watchmen stage drivers and railroad men. When paired with a stage driver a dog is strapped to a stool and barks to keep the driver and passengers awake, pausing to drink from a basin before resuming the wakeful task.
A snippet from the Cleveland Plain Dealer frames aging as a simple creed to longevity. The quip reduces the lengthy guide to two words, underscoring a humorous, blunt view on living long without dwelling on specifics.
In a Highland church a lone auditor mocks the sermon. The minister asks whether to preach Gaelic or English or both. The auditor demands both, joking that the minister is well paid for it, as reported by the Dundee Advertiser.
The London Telegraph notes that after bituminous coal was adopted as fuel a royal proclamation forbade its use and ordered furnace destruction for offenders. Fuel scarcity later forced a resumption, and during Elizabeth I's reign coal was again banned in Parliament to protect members' health.
The passage reflects John Ruskin’s view that true richness lies in nurturing the most noble and happy people, and in achieving self perfection while wielding broad influence through one’s resources to aid others. It presents a philosophy on wealth, character, and social responsibility.
A preacher explains the word phenomenon with a folk tale. He says a cow sitting on a thistle and singing like a bird would qualify as a phenomenon, unlike common cows or singing birds.
A compact admonition urging young men to show Teutonic pluck and steady purpose. It extols resilience, focus on future tasks, and distrust of overdone consistency, concluding with a quotation attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
A classroom riddle where a teacher explains circulation by standing on his head and asks why blood doesn’t rush to his feet. A clever student answers that his feet aren’t empty, delivering a punchline to the science joke.
Orville Wright visits a sick Irish employee at the bicycle factory in Dayton Ohio bringing beef tea. The man returns to work soon after and explains his beef tea tastes better with milk and sugar, in a humorous exchange about seasoning.
A small town gentleman mourns his wife and follows her dying wish by cremation. Bridget Flannigan, a former servant, consoles him with a lament about the dead and questions the cremation prompting a wry exchange. The brief anecdote reflects humorous superstition about burial and divine care.
Ella and Stella discuss chivalry in the Middle Ages. They compare courtesy between older and younger men, noting elders more often offer seats in streetcars. The conversation links historical norms to present behavior.
humorist Simeon Ford recalls a girl who kept a large wax doll given by him. A new real baby arrives at her home and the child declares she no longer needs wax dolls, since the real baby consumes all her time.
A prince explains Perkin Warbeck as the pretender son of a king who actually came from respectable parents. The exchange highlights the difference between royal claim and ordinary origins through a child’s memory of a historical name.
Mike compiles the male names of the nearby population while his wife notes the effort. Pat OLeary discovers his own name on the list and confronts Mike, demanding answers as tension rises in the humble setting.
Two men scuffle with boastful exchanges as one claims to add a name to a list while the other challenges the act. Pat presses Mike who retorts he will remove the name, heightening the street contention and drawing a crowd.
A tense exchange unfolds as a warning about consequences is given to Marie. The lady asserts fear of future events while Marie responds that the workload already exceeds one person. The concise back and forth hints at mounting strain and domestic tension.
A humorous overheard exchange between two Boston youths selling papers. The younger asks for the best way to teach a girl to swim. The reply suggests pushing her off the dock, revealing a comic misdirection about sisterly relations.
A mother recalls a school day when her child brought a cockroach in a bottle for nature study. The boy says there are many more specimens and offers to bring one each day, prompting amused remarks from his mother.
Entranced by his newborn, a father gazed at the crib and whispered that he could not believe how such a crib could be bought for 99 cents. His wife, moved, drew close as tears filled her eyes.
A forlorn man brought before a magistrate for drunkenness and disorderly conduct quotes Wordsworth’s sentiment about man’s inhumanity to man and then is sentenced to thirty days. The officer is ordered to compile a list of names for circulation.
In a classroom a teacher asks how a mother can give five children equal shares when she has four potatoes. After silence a boy suggests the solution mash the potatoes to share evenly.
In a Scotch regiment the colonel seeks votes on adopting trousers over kilts. The sergeant canvasses, learns only two men side with tradition, calling them noble two. The names are Michael Doolan and Patrick Murphy.
A school scene depicts a teacher asking which is worse worms or sparrows to trap a boy’s attention. Johnny replies he never had the sparrows, illustrating a humorous misdirection about agricultural pests and invasive birds in a Ladies' Home Journal anecdote.
A summer boarder and a farmer discuss education as a drawback. The boarder notes adults who have not learned farming, and the farmer responds with an example of men over fifty who have never planted corn.
E P Ober holtz er notes in Book News that Poe’s attachment to his wife and his devotion to beauty shaped his poetry and criticism. The essay highlights his romantic idealism and reverence for literary ideals evident in his writing.
Mr. Graham recalls the poet's dying days and his intense, anxious care for a beloved companion. He describes the nurse as a mother for her firstborn and notes the poet's shudder at the slightest cough. The memory lingers amid poverty and sorrow after her death.
A writer notes typographical errors in a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Examples include a misprinted bonnier that oddly praises the mayor’s daughters in shepherdess costumes, a cow on tracks prompting an engineer to crash and cut it into two calves, and Mrs. Astor kept home by a bad child due to a misprint of chill.
At a battleship launch the slipways are smeared with tallow and linseed oil to ensure a smooth slide into the water. As the ship enters, tallow salvors swarm the water, gathering fat from the keel and bottom plates to sell to soap makers, sometimes earning £2 to £3 per launch.
A young minister is asked to speak to a Sunday school. To gain time a girl asks what he knows best. The girl, famed for declamations, asks the preacher to reveal his strongest topic with sympathy in her bright voice.
A brief snippet from Stray Stories shows a tepid exchange between Mr. Hunker and Miss Throckmorton's social circle. Mr Spotts notes Throckmorton's limited connections, calling them listening acquaintances.
A paraphrase of a Plato quotation notes that altering sports influences the manners of the young, reflecting concerns about how athletic culture shapes behavior and values.
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