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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
3
A Maine attorney famed for sharp bargaining signs a costly betrayal by charging $500 more as council fees in a deal with two wealthy partners. The venture later crashes as the partners reveal they unloaded early after a tip, leaving him with nothing while they claim they never lost a cent.
Readers praised Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles and painful menses. Mrs Amos Frescuien of Romeo Michigan, Mrs Clara Stieber of Diller Nebraska, and Mrs E F Custer of Brule Wisconsin describe dramatic improvements, urging others to try the remedy.
More than 2,000 missionaries from around the world gathered at Carnegie Hall New York on April 23 to open the ecumenical conference on foreign missions. Ex President Harrison and President McKinley welcomed delegates, with Gov Roosevelt present.
The Boston Congregationalist notes The Little Minister has been more profitable than any prior play while running. It praises its clean wholesome diction and scenes from start to finish, yet argues theaters must appeal to coarser passions to survive.
The writer William Dean Howells began his first literary workshop as a boy, turning a small stairwell space in his father's house into a writing den for five or six years.
Supervisor Elliott in Hawarden announces hiring several women to collect census data across Eleventh Iowa district counties including Buena Vista Cherokee Clay Dickinson Ida Lyon Monona O Brien Osceola Plymouth Sac Sioux and Woodbury. This innovation, though rare a decade ago, aims to improve accuracy of age statistics and reflect the traditional belief women are inquisitive.
Alderman Higley and four other prominent men plan to cultivate vacant city lots near Mason City for sugar beets. Free land will be allotted to unemployed workers, with 3.50 dollars per ton offered by a Minneapolis factory. The effort aims to prove beet profitability and spur future local farming.
The piece notes millions spent on baseball versus health care and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a inexpensive sure method to strengthen the stomach aid digestion relieve constipation biliousness and weak kidneys.
Baltimore American reports a satirical exchange about a coronation ode. The poet laureate laments lacking metrical feet while an officer is told to cut feet from slaves to satisfy poetic needs, a controversial line reflecting colonial cruelty.
In a Philadelphia Press column Mrs. Marryat suggests naming the baby Mary after John’s mother, while Mrs. Newitt objects, calling the idea horrid and warning the girl will bear the name for life.
A local druggist advertises a sample bottle of a cough cure claiming to stop the cough at once and prevent consumption. Large bottles are priced at 25 and 50 cents, urging customers to act quickly due to danger from delays.
A fragment notes that gambling draws attention as some men win while many lose. The brief hints at social interest in gambling behavior and its outcomes during a period labeled Aban.
A light anecdote from the Boston Transcript where Birden jokes that his wife never complains before a dinner guest arrives but starts fussing only after the guest leaves. The exchange highlights intimate household humor.
Putnam Faceless Dyes colors Silk Wool or Cotton perfectly. Sold by all druggists.
A witty remark from the Chicago Daily News notes that when a man endures ennui he leaves many others fatigued, implying his restlessness drains those nearby. The quip reflects social weariness and humor about mood affect on crowds.
Edward Entwistle 87, who rode with George Stephenson on Stephenson’s 1829 Rocket trip, is initiated into Des Moines lodge No. 113. He was 16 as Liverpool apprentice during the first locomotive trial and later became a steamboat and stationary engineer before moving to America in youth.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad offers round trip tickets at about half rates to major points in Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida. Details available from P. Sid Jones Immigration Birmingham Alabama or J. K. Ridgely Northwest Passenger Agent Chicago Illinois.
In a Baltimore American note, Count De Flattebroke pleads love for a young heiress, praising her beauty rather than age. Miss Asleigh dismisses him, noting wealth lacks appeal without appreciation, and hints a mirror has spoken to her about self-worth.
A Philadelphia Record note quotes two medical students. the ad promises a refund if the remedy fails to cure. Fay druggists offer the product at two cents with a money back guarantee.
A letter from Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 praises Piso s Cure for Consumption as an infati ble medicine for amas and colds. The note quotes Town Topics reflection on life and perspective 琀
A Sabula man named Han lon died poor but later evidence suggests he left money. A house search revealed several hundred dollars buried under the floor, with indications of several thousand more buried elsewhere, prompting a careful treasure hunt.
Ed A. Davis, in concert with the board of control, has secured a position in the war department and will report in San Francisco by May 1. He will serve as a stenographer in the commissary department earning 1200 dollars per year and depart in a few days. Davis is a former newspaper man from Villisea.
Marshalltown jury finds for the plaintiff in the suit for $25,000 damages over a premature gunpowder explosion that cost him an eye. The verdict awards $5,000 in recovery.
Alma Paul of Chicago sues George B Provost a wealthy Dubuque bachelor for breach of promise to marry seeking 15000. She left Berlin to come to America to wed him after years of seeking him.
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