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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
5
A Dayton druggist notes a customer praising "Mother's Friend" for easing pre confinement symptoms and elasticity of skin during childbirth. The ad claims the liniment offers relief and ships free booklet "Before Baby is Born" from The Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
Delivers a health drink described as a non stimulant daily aid for digestion and nerves. Sold by grocers and favored by both children and adults who drink it as a substitute for coffee. Priced about one fourth the cost of coffee, 15 and 25e.
Marshalltown agent J A Bram lists daily schedule for Chicago Great Western trains to Des Moines Leavensworth Waterloo Dubuque and Chicago with free chair cars dining service and Pullman cars. Multiple departure times 4:40 9:15 6:00 4:16 and 20:88 daily.
A historical timetable excerpt lists arrival and departure times for multiple routes including Chicago and North Western lines. It notes express and freight services, Sunday restrictions, baggage handling, and a staff signature W. Rogers.
On July 19 August 2 16 September 6 20 October 4 and 18 the Northwestern Line will sell home seeker excursion tickets at exceptionally low rates to numerous points in the West and South. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago North Western Bay.
Slogan and brief ad copy claim Grain-O is a non stimulant coffee substitute that nourishes and che ers, suitable for nervous people and children. It promises to resemble coffee in taste and appearance and is sold in 15 and 25 cent sizes.
The Chicago Great Western Railway advertises reduced rates for eastern mountain and sea shore resorts including Niagara Falls Chau tauqua Lake Canada Michigan Minnesota the Northwest and Colorado. Homeseeker excursion tickets go on sale the first and third Tuesdays in August September and October to many north and west points at about half fare.
The Northern Pacific advertises a pocket memoranda book with a Cuba map, lists of U S Navy vessels, ship drawings, glossary of military terms, distance tables, ship commanders, regiments and more. 80 pages, ten cents, for General Passenger Agent, St Paul Minnesota.
The dialogue jokes about an end man and a small boy sparks a debate on novelty versus familiarity as readers discuss a tale claimed by Grier and Frier. The exchange captures a lighthearted newspaper humor tone.
A German project uses 250 miles of steel wire to form a flywheel with a 20 foot diameter, creating a large energy storage wheel. The sizable wire length suggests a high mass distribution for rotational inertia.
London Mail reports on Dodd the Dustman who founded the barge race and claimed founder status of the Royal Dramatic college. He offered funds to Benjamin Webster and Charles Dickens, received scant civility, and was caricatured by Dickens as Boffin the Golden Castman after Webster’s shelving.
In Chicago Tribune style, a local health note shows Slusher improving through encouragement. Reported concern over a persistent cough linked to smoking is noted but outweighed by hopeful signs from medical advice.
The text lists several time marks appearing as 5:20 p m 1:40 a m 9:40 a m 6:00 a m. The OCR shows mixed punctuation and spacing suggesting clock times or schedule fragments without clear context or events.
This pamphlet covers letters from northern farmers located along the Central Railroad line in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. It offers accessible information for homeseekers about the prosperous portion of the south and how to obtain free copies from J. F. Merry A. G P. A. Manchester Iowa.
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