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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
8
An advertisement from Loughran & Bauer touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a natural remedy for weak stomachs, asserting it restores the digestive system to its normal state and enables others to perform tasks they could not. The endorsement comes from Sumerville, Alabama resident P. T. Thomas.
Advertisement by Loughran and Baner for DeWitt's Little Early Risers claim Recto delivers relief for piles with a refund if not cured. They tout bowel regularity and urge samples to be sent to L. M. Bosworth. The copy emphasizes safety and effectiveness.
The annual Iowa Baptist Sunday School Assembly will be held in Iowa Falls from August 4 to 17. The Iowa Central Railway offers excursion tickets at one and one third fare for round trips on the certificate plan from Iowa points. For details see Iowa Central ticket agents.
O O Buck of Beirne Ark reports being troubled with constipation until using DeWitts Little Early Risers. He states he is now completely cured and recommends them.
Dr W E Harriman offers specialized surgical eye care and glasses fitting in Ames Iowa. He lists an office in Ion Block over Thorton’s hardware store, a residence near Story County Bank, and both office and home telephone contacts.
James White of Beleville Indiana reports that DeWitts Witch Salve cured running sores on both legs after six years of suffering with no help from doctors. The ad touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a permanent aid for indigestion, claiming it digests what you eat and relieves the stomach by resting it. Loughran & Bauer promote both products.
The article outlines the Farmers' Cooperative Association handling real estate, farm loans, insurance, grain and coal, and literary and electrical supplies. It then describes steel rail production with rolling, cutting, cooling, and drilling, noting sparks from saws and the shaping by rolls.
The text explains absolute zero as the lowest temperature where heat is absent and particles would be at rest. It notes the conventional 0 Kelvin or 274 C 461 F reference with everyday use of heat and cold differing from scientific definitions. It also mentions ice contains heat at levels far below human body temperature.
An uptown restaurant man notes that many New Yorkers now want four meals daily breakfast lunch dinner and supper. He argues the shift invalidates the old idea of three fixed meals and says supper is not essential for those who dine well earlier. The notion that extra meals harm digestion is dismissed as absurd.
A village pastor recalls a German undertaker famed for reversing details. A client asked him to telegraph a florist for a floral design titled Gates Ajar. The undertaker misinterpreted and exclaimed Heaven wide open, revealing the intended meaning in a humorous mix up.
A simple principle yields a banana pulled from its skin. Light alcohol-soaked paper in a bottle, place a ripe banana on top, and as the internal air heats and cools the outside pressure forces the fruit downward until it slips out of its skin.
A sequence ranks animal sounds by how far they can be heard. The lion leads, followed by the hyena and owl, then the panther and jackal. The donkey's cry travels fifty times farther than the horse, the cat ten times farther than the dog, and a bear cry travels farther than both cat and dog.
The Baltimore Sun notes French anthropologists Gabriel and Adrien de Mortillet described a Chelsean epoch junction between Europe and America via the British Isles, Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. They place this bridging event at about 150000 to 160000 years ago.
Bridget explains she is replacing every dish she broke after being asked to mend the shelf with broken items scattered, showing the household task turning into a larger repair effort.
The Malay peninsula hosts a burrowing cricket-like creature called a worm by locals and a real earthworm named musicus. Foraging near the surface the worm’s bristles strike stones, producing a musical twang akin to a Jew’s harp, described by London Express as singing.
A Pennsylvania note purports to show Andrew Jackson handling a tailor bill in 1829. A clerk in the State Department allegedly owed $64.50 and Jackson advised the secretary of state to discharge the clerk if not paid, urging that honest men settle debts and that the government must avoid involvement in swindling. The case was referred to Amos Kendall with an allowance of ten dollars per month for C. E. Kloff, while Gooch remained in his post.
A 19th century note recommends lemon juice in water for boiling fish to improve texture and flavor. It suggests soaking sweetbreads in lemon dilute bath to whiten and firm and adding lemon juice to scrambled eggs. A new use describes pretender rolled beef with lemon juice and skin rolled inside to produce tender aromatic meat. The Brazilian beef note links flavor to cattle pasture with fallen lemons.
A collection of wedding folklore notes varied beliefs about rain at weddings. In Brittany and Simbrisk regions brides cry the day before to shed sorrow, while Greece uses water to drench the bride for good fortune.
The Piggott diamond once valued at 200000 dollars disappeared in a dramatic episode. Ali Pasha kept it in a green silk purse, wore it at his girdle, and after being mortally wounded by Reshid Pasha, ordered his wife poisoned and the gem crushed before Captain D Anglas. The gem was ground to powder.
The article notes turtles as ancient vertebrates closely resembling reptiles of the mesozoic era. It mentions sea tortoises with flippers spanning 20 feet and tertiary tortoises about 12 feet long from head to tail.
A brief outline of London bridge construction noting Westminster bridge started 1788 and finished 1746, Blackfriars bridge begun 1760 finished 1770, Waterloo bridge opened June 18 1817, Southwark iron bridge begun 1814 finished 1819, and the present London bridge begun 1824 opened August 1 1831.
Tit-Bita notes humor about Mrs Highlife buying an expensive gown that caused her to cancel a trip and remain at home.
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