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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
3
John White of 38 Highland Ave Houston Maine reports a lasting cure for a yearly cough after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He notes the remedy vanishes his cough in winter as well as spring with a few doses each season.
A Reidsville North Carolina man praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a sure cure for ulcers and burns. He says a bad leg sore last summer healed after using the salve, leaving no scar. The advertisement guarantees relief for piles and other conditions. price is 25 cents at druggists.
A contemporary English magazine recounts Lieutenant Edward Hepenstall of the Wicklow militia, famed as the “walking gallows.” It alleges he executed rebels by forcing a drum rope aside and using his own neck—his running noose—tossing each victim over his shoulder until death. The tale notes his notoriety, trial mentions, and his death in 1804, with sensational epitaphs and posthumous repudiation.
In January a Hoboken ferry struck by an ocean tug split a V gash below the waterline. Captain Scott on the wrecking tug Reliance ordered aid as the crowded vessel faced sinking, and a crewman’s brave action halted the flooding.
A Glasgow botanist Professor Allman as a boy asked pharmacist Thomas Elliot for sixpence worth of patience. Elliot counseled him to sit and wait, and the lesson proved pivotal in the lad’s future success.
In a mother and child scene, Little Raymond begs his mother to change her mind after she warns she will punish him for disobedience. Sobs fill the room as she insists she must keep her word and enforce the penalty.
A Michigan physician struggles with memory and asks a patient how to spell her name. She calmly answers her name is Hill, exposing his forgetfulness in a light anecdote from Success Magazine.
A short editorial note echoes caution about enemies in life. It warns that friends rarely threaten progress while enemies stay awake seeking opportunities to strike. The Atchison Globe tone stresses vigilance and prudent conduct.
Britain has the longest coastline in Europe with Italy, Russia, and France following in that order.
A caller reports a thin cat stranded on a pole amid a barking dog on Bristol street. The animal is described as playing with a transformer and possibly at risk of a short circuit. An electric company contact is sought for rescue assistance.
A Judge's Library quip notes Mrs. Rogers as a model wife who rises early to share breakfast with her husband each birthday. The light anecdote highlights domestic devotion and social expectations of marital roles.
A Philadelphia Press anecdote has Hadley claiming his wife is the most forgetful. He jokes she cannot recall where he left his pipe the night before, prompting a lighthearted exchange with a friend.
A vivid description from St Nicholas outlines life aboard a submarine showing how space is compacted into a working deck 7 by 25 feet with mills of machinery turning at 500 rpm a steel cigar hull lighted by portholes and lamps battery rooms ballast tanks torpedo tubes and a compressed air cylinder capable of drilling through a board. It notes crew living spaces tool boxes bunks and the delicate balance of safety in a vessel designed for silent deepwater travel amid rattling gears and powerful propulsion.
At Port Hudson Louisiana Alphonso Dubreuil a young sugar planter led a brave Confederate gun crew and married Amelia the doctor Chatrands daughter. She was killed by shell fire while visiting the fort and Dubreuil returned to his gun as dawn broke on a day of ceasefire.
A seaman diver asleep on a battleship propeller while others feared a deep sea accident. After a missing diver triggered distress signals the rested man woke, finished the task, and returned to sleep as fishes gathered around the searchlight. The officers, amused, imposed no punishment.
A friend recalls young Marshall Field’s persistence when he sought work from a Chicago merchant. After rejection on every question the boy continues, asking if the business must have a boy, and the merchant concedes they likely need “a boy just like you.”
A wife complains the editor published their musicale alongside death notices in the morning paper. She cites prominent guests and laments the editorial choice as a social miscue. The husband notes the editor aims to call attention to fortunes differing among people.
An exchange cites a Pittsburgh Post quip on aging and athletics. The expert jokes that education could work for an older man while sports like baseball or football are unlikely, hinting at practical life choices after fifty.
An elderly man responds in a Philadelphian Ledger quote that fish stories from his boyhood are being repeated. The exchange contrasts aging perception with ongoing jokes about decline.
A compact aphorism noting that without personal faults there would be less enjoyment in criticizing others. The quote by Fenelon emphasizes self-scrutiny before judging others.
In St Nicholas account the flying fish rises not from the sea like a bird but shoots from caves on wind with wing like sails. It can reach heights of about fifteen feet and travel up to roughly 500 yards before touching a crest again. Ships at night report flying fish hitting sails and rigging and sometimes dying on deck.
A bright boy named Barber recalls his father mentioning neighbors Mr Wood and Mr Stone and their children The child suggests if those neighbors met the father they would greet him with a playful remark about the little shavers
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