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A survey of industrial field developments and notable personal and political happenings at home and abroad. highlights include domestic industry shifts and international events shaping markets and policies.
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
6
A survey of industrial field developments and notable personal and political happenings at home and abroad. highlights include domestic industry shifts and international events shaping markets and policies.
The senate refers a people elected congress bill to committee while the house debates naval appropriations of 61 million. Trust regulation moves advance. Hoar opposes expansionism. Pension bills, Alaska issues, presses for civil affairs in Porto Rico, and veterans pensions surface. Floods, deaths, elections, and global events fill the brief.
Across the nation a spate of calamities reported including a tornado that tore houses apart in Hamburg Iowa, a jealous husband slashing his wife and himself in Troy New York, and riots and killings in several states. The era's turmoil touches courts, politics, floods, and war reporting.
Des Moines reports detail Iowa Agricultural Society plans for the next state fair including improved walkways sanitation with dry closets and a stock pavilion. The Fifty first Iowa regimental band will provide music and a Hagenbeck trained animal show may appear. Gov. Shaw signs the music in schools bill as education groups back it. The Iowa commission for Shiloh battlefield monuments is set to raise 50000 with 3000 per regimental monument and 2000 for expenses, aiming for completion by April 6 1901.
A Rochester mother describes her three month old child’s severe skin sores cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla with Hood’s Medicated Soap and Hood’s Olive Ointment. She reports rapid improvement after less than two bottles and invites readers to request the full letter.
Mons Thompson of Whiting returned to Norway after living 29 years in America but found Norway was not America. He soon came back to his adopted home in Whiting to spend his remaining days.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials, with F J Comer & Co of Toledo promoting the remedy and Hall's Family Pills as a supplement.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a woman pleading affection from George and asking him not to call again. The male speaker offers grand gestures but is gently rejected, highlighting a vow to end the visit. The piece reads like a shy dramatized exchange with flowing rhetoric and restrained emotion.
Advertises Grain-O as a nourishing drink to replace coffee. It aids digestion and strengthens nerves, not a stimulant, suitable for children and adults, and costs about as much as coffee at 15 and 25 cents. Sold by all grocers and praised for tasting like fine coffee when prepared properly.
A witty line from the Atchison Globe notes a pretty woman can look sympathetic at the happiest man and make him feel his troubles.
An old advertisement urges readers to ask their dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a foot powder that rests and soothes feet. It promises relief from corns bunions swollen or sore feet hot sweaty feet and ingrown nails and says it makes new or tight shoes comfortable. Sold by all shoe stores for 25 cents with a sample mailed to Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A playful exchange about work and happiness features a busy bee who loves labor. The tale contrasts industry with ease and hints at the joy found in diligent toil as reported in a Philadelphia press excerpt.
A brief note describes a remedy promoting regular bowel movements for health. It mentions gentle action on the liver and kidneys and claims to ease sick headaches. Prices listed are 25 and 50 cents.
A fragment describes a man named Jack proposing to a woman as music shifts on the piano. The Philadelphia publication hints at a misread or misunderstood moment with a terse reaction.
Quote from Atchison Globe notes that steady effort in performing duties can develop a taste for the task. It reflects on perseverance and eventual appreciation, comparing dedication to acquiring a preferred flavor.
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