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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
5
A passage recounts Arcturus as visible in summer evenings from June to September and notes its immense speed. It explains observers would hardly perceive its motion over a lifetime or even a thousand years, citing Professor Simon Newcomb.
A clubman recounts a New Orleans Times Dem view of a peculiar Chinese snack. A young laborer in San Francisco sent a jar of a brownish paste made from peanut buds and ginger jelly. The paste, costly and aromatic, is made from ground roasted peanut sprouts and life germ material.
A Boston boy named Willie Jones turns to selling worms and toads to neighbors for small coins after his mother tells him to earn money. A back yard display lists worm prices and a thriving, if cheeky, side business undercuts her assumption.
A commercial traveler fears smallpox in an eastern city and his wife urges a masking odor. He doubts the plan but returns claiming a constant smell. She reveals she sewed a bit of asafetida in his coat pocket to ward off contagion, proving imagination or trickery.
Tommy explains he was kept after school for arguing with the teacher. Mrs. Tucker questions the delay as Tommy confirms he could not spell certain words.
Passage notes Boney unable to raise Hawley's pay but kept by Sharpes to avoid losing his services. The firm loses money daily as Skinnie praises the move and Boney cautions about losses. The snippet ends with a historic Hastings reference and fatality ratio.
A Colorado man recalls a tale of a desperate miner who refused a fortune for his claim until a rider offered eight dollars in cash. The stubborn owner insisted the ore was worth a million, and the stranger’s answer collapsed his dream with a simple cash bid.
The piece recalls Samuel Houston leaving Tennessee politics in 1829 to join the Cherokees after a troubled marriage. It notes his adoption of Cherokee dress and customs, his appearance in Washington in Native attire, and the lingering mystery of his motives before his later remarriage showed a civil life he kept private.
Poach eggs in buttered cup or pan then serve on buttered toast. Use seasoned beef tea thickened with corn flour or pour warm cream with celery and parsley over the egg. The method includes two serving options from the New York Post.
A Welsh traveler in London rings a door bell after reading Please ring the bell. A powdered footman appears and jokes that nannygoats grow on gooseberry bushes back home. He notes in London a monkey pops out when the bell is rung.
A Belgian restorer transferred an aged Italian school painting to a new canvas. He glued Manila paper to the front, removed the decayed backing, applied fish glue, laid a fresh canvas, and pressed it dry. After washing away the paper, the picture surfaced bright and clear, like new from the easel.
An Ames based auctioneer offers live stock and bankrupt sale services on commission and promotes telephonic inquiries. The notice also advertises Iowa Central Railway Homeseekers Excursions on February 20 March 8 20 April 8 and 17 1900 with reclining chair cars and palace sleeping cars and directs inquiries to Geo. B. Barry Marshalltown Iowa.
Merton Wisconsin resident W W Mayhew quotes One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy for coughs colds croup bronchitis grippe whooping cough pneumonia throat and lung diseases. Early use said to prevent consumption. children and mothers endorse it.
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