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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1886
Page
2
After January, counties with 16 000 or fewer people will have five grand jurors, larger counties seven. No more than one juror from a single civil township if townships meet or exceed juror count. No consecutive-year service. Indictments require four of five votes for five member juries and five of seven for seven member juries.
Des Moines reporters condemn Congressmen Weaver Hall Frederick and Murphy for voting against the vetoed pension bill for the widow of Gen Hunter. They say the vote insults a dead soldier's family and helps partisan aims, noting it would mark the first time a Major General's widow is denied a $50 monthly pension.
A young man in Eastport faces leaving for California after seeking a profession and clashing with a hard foremast hand. Blanche Sefton offers courage and a secret pact, promising a future beyond the village and a kiss as they bid farewell under the summer moon.
Ames hosts a grand reception in the Agricultural College to honor Dr. Chamberlain. State officials, alumni, and leaders from Drake University and Callanan College attend, with military companies, a floral banquet, student-served supper, and speeches affirming industrial education and college goals.
Local merchant L M Bosworth touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption colds and coughs with a free trial bottle offer. The note also mentions visiting “soft er boys” from surrounding towns who will enjoy beer wine and sporting crowds in Marshalltown, warning about officers cracking down on such activity.
Readers urged not to trust self cures and to buy Dr Bigelow’s Cough Cure as a safe remedy for recent colds throat or lung trouble. The ad notes a fifty cent bottle for quick relief and a dollar bottle for chronic or family use sold by J Hi Pickett & Co 36.
A Sunday school teacher discusses Ruth with children and recalls Boaz’s acts of kindness. A boy humorously answers that Boaz married Ruth, prompting laughter as the class reflects on biblical devotion and generosity.
Clarke's flax extract Papillon skin cure, discovered via pulp vat exposure, allegedly clears cuts, eruptions, warts, and scrofula. After ten years of trials it is presented as a scientific boon with sales totaling 1,082,000 bottles in two years. Bottles priced at $1.00 sold by druggists. City Bakery offer noted.
An advertisement touts Shiloh's Cure as a fast remedy for hacking and throat issues. It claims the liver remedy will cure you and offers guaranteed effectiveness.
The report notes 2,001 whiskey sellers served time in state prisons while 2,615 were cooled off in station houses. Of 8,034 total, 1,615 have escaped police. The tally includes 501 Americans, 2,176 Germans, 3,641 Irishmen, and 254 Negroes.
Advertised tonic Papillon claims to cure catarrh hay fever and colds with 86 000 gallons sold in two years and bottles at 1 00. It is described as harmless and effective where other remedies fail praised by all classes.
Bran Paxton offers a Helpmate sewing machine for sale. The notice invites potential buyers to call and arrange examination of the item.
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