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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
5
A long list of county disbursements reads like a ledger of poor relief and public services. Names such as Wells John M and Silliman R appear alongside payments for med service, juror meals, mdse poor, and clerical blanks, with figures scattered through a dense financial roll.
Beware of ointments for catarrh that contain mercury the warning states such preparations harm smell and overall health. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo is promoted as mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The notice advises obtaining genuine Hall's through Druggists with a 75 cent price and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
M Jay Adams and wife to Perry Bower for 5000 dollars an 8 foot lot 21 and 16 percent of lot 22 block 11 Ames. James Hutchison to Lydia J Gilchrist for 1 dollar lot 4 block 7 Ames. W H Van Deizer and wife to William Smith for 500 dollars lot 1 ex 25 feet and lot 2 block 1 Lee and Littles add Ames. A M Perkins and H Cramer and wives to E G Gould for 125 dollars lot 18 block 16 Barnes add Ames. Perry Bower and wife to M Jay Adams for 1889 dollars wig lot 1 block 14 Ames. and vice versa for 100 dollars and infin etg lot 1 block 14 Ames (en n 101 feet thereof).
Mr J W Hanlon editor of the Despatch Ovilla Georgia praises Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential. He states his family has used it for years and never be without a bottle. Sold by Loughran & Bauer.
Payne’s line on home spurs praise of American travel. The piece extols national landscapes from the Riviera of Gulf and Pacific shores to Pike’s Peak, the Imperial Niagara, the Mississippi, Yosemite, the Colorado, and the Golden Gate, arguing no abroad trip surpasses home. It cites Naaman and urges patriotic exploration within the United States.
The Orion constellation is traced from Egyptian and Theban carvings to Hindu and classical references. It appears as a symbol of stormy influence in literature and as a calendar sign marking seasonal changes. Its name in Greek astronomy signifies the light of heaven and it is associated with a great hunter in modern times.
A quirky old saying notes that if cows produced butter humans would need milk, calling milk nature’s emulsion butter shaped for digestion. It adds cod liver oil is nourishing yet must be emulsified to digest.
Scott and Bowne chemists promote Scott's Emulsion as a superior nourishing medicine made from oil and hypo phosphites. Advertises the product as easy to digest and more beneficial than oil alone, priced at $1.00 and sold by all druggists.
A Shakespearean reflection notes vanity as a force that preserves self approval while alienating peers and critics, leaving the self secure though public esteem wanes. The quote contrasts internal validation with external judgment, highlighting self-regard over communal favor.
The Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse is a 64 foot high parabolic chamber with an elliptical arch and smooth stalactitic walls. Its shape, depth of 187 feet and width from 17 to 35 feet, allegedly let Dionysius hear captives from above, while echoes amplify whispers and drops in wells or long corridors. New Orleans Times-Democrat reports on its acoustic effects.
The London Mail notes Fig Sunday on Palm Sunday when figs are freely eaten in Bedford Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire Northamptonshire and parts of north Wales. Dunstable shop windows stock figs for crowds who climb Dunstable downs. In Kempton keep worsel means feasting on figs with friends.
A Maidstone tailor fifty years ago offered an alluring appeal to the public praising neoteric cutting and alimodal style for coats trousers and vests. He promised scientifically constructed garments symmetrically adjusted to anthropological flexibilities and promised exacting, melliloquent service at the given address.
In a historical vignette Bishop Phillips Brooks during illness briefly yielded to a visitor, Robert Ingersoll. The exchange centers on Brooks explaining he may not often see friends in this world, while certain of meeting them in the next. The story highlights wit about life and eternity.
In a school history class a teacher asks who started the temple fire at Ephesus. A frightened boy denies involvement, insisting he had nothing to do with the incident.
A Washington youth writes home that after eloping he is married and all troubles are over. The line playfully chides husbands not to titter at the tale, reflecting a light social mood from the era.
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The article notes Boer tobacco is grown mainly in Natal and Cape Colony with cultivation in the Orange River Colony. It sells by the roll for about 8 dollars a pound and by the sack, widely bought by whites who use it to reward Kaffir labor or to deter unwanted visitors with a pipe. Traders push this weed to secure native trade amidst competition.
This excerpt argues that opportunity favors the proactive. It contrasts alert workers who seize chances with those who miss them, using Bunyan, Theodore Parker, and Lucy Stone as examples of finding openings in unlikely places. It emphasizes making use of spare moments to pursue education and advancement.
Helen Johnson in Good Housekeeping advises adjusting Sunday eating to lighter meals and less activity. Begin with a lighter breakfast, limit to two meals if hearty, or three small meals, and plan a near normal supper with a chafing dish. Treat the day as a rest for cook and digestive system.
An Irish clerk corrects a customer using local slang about buying mutton and broth. The tale highlights provincial speech quirks and local shop life observed by a Presbyterian narrator in Philadelphia.
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