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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
8
Advertises DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises boils eczema and piles. Warns of counterfeits and urges customers to look for the BFC DeWitt & Co. Chicago name, with Judisch Bros. selling the product.
W S Philpot of Albany Georgia reports during a bilious attack he took one small pill and it did him more good than calomel blue mass or any other pills while also giving pleasant effect. The DeWitt's Little Early Risers are endorsed as ideal by Judisch Bros.
A succinct aphorism notes that prudence comes from learning through others costly mistakes. The maxim urges readers to study others missteps to avoid repeating them and build wiser personal or business choices.
Travelers gain faster access with the new sleeping car line from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St. Louis and Peoria. The Limited departs Marshalltown at 3 15 a m daily for Peoria and points east and arrives at Peoria at 1 30 a m.
Persons troubled with indigestion can eat all they want if they take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The remedy prepares the stomach for reception digestion and assimilation of wholesome food and helps digestive organs convert it to health giving blood. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Some people enjoy beer while others prefer frog legs as favored foods. The contrast shows varied tastes among diners, reflecting cultural and regional differences in eating habits.
Advertises Rocky Mountain Tea as a method for women to stay young and beautiful. Claims youthfulness enhances charm and success in life battles as quoted from L. M. Bosworth.
A concise reflection on diplomacy notes that it enables both sides to declare success. The statement suggests victory is a flexible outcome shaped by negotiation and perspective.
Ninety nine of every hundred stomach disorders in children stem from indigestion and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is claimed to help children as it does adults. Mrs Henry Carter of Nashville reports her three year old boy improved after one bottle, with doctors failing before. Sold by Judisch Bros.
In a New York Herald tale the hangman moves through town erecting scaffolds by sunrise and extorts large sums from prominent house owners who fear an execution in front of their homes. After collecting from several magnates he finally sets a scaffold in a remote wood and the condemned man is executed.
A science note argues that a rare ear fold linked to archaic features appears more in women and in one man and one city woman. The author cites persistent wisdom teeth and other traits as evidence of transitional anatomy amid erect posture and civilization.
The Rev John Mathews noted for strict views and quirks as a pioneer Alabama Methodist preacher. His liberal wife once sold a bureau to buy a new hat and he publicly named late arrivals, calling his wife Sister Mathews with a bureau on her head as she entered.
The first published book in Philadelphia was Atkin's Almanack for 1686 a ten leaf unpaged pamphlet. Two copies survive. Printed for Colonel Markham Penns deputy the council demanded removing the phrase Lord Penn altering the edition and recalling it.
The act of throwing a slipper at a bride recalls barbarous times when marriage power resembled master and slave dynamics. In Anglo-Saxon weddings a shoe passed from the bride’s father to the husband signified transfer of authority, often marked by the groom tapping the wife on the head with it to show approval.
Coral used for ornament comes mainly from Italy. Men fish the rocky stream bottoms with frames and nets to entangle the coral. delicate branches are crushed in the process. The finest pieces are obtained by diving.
A Century remark by Thomas Bailey Aldrich on dialect tempered with slang as a communication bridge between people who have little to say and those who dislike proper speech. The note reflects on slang as an admirable, if imperfect, medium in social interaction.
Quote notes a scholar driven insane by overstudy and warns that many remain inane from understudy. The line from the Boston Transcript reflects on learning and madness, contrasting extremes in intellectual pursuit.
Quotation attributed to Hawthorne stating that those who require monuments should not deserve them.
A poor country doctor’s daughter travels to New York for a dinner with a renowned surgeon. She blushes as she eats oysters with a fork and is gently eased by the hostess. At night she offers a rose to her gracious host as thanks.
The text explains that iris color changes mainly due to disease such as acute iritis, causing clouded iris fibers and contracted pupil with brownish white specks from iris lens adhesions. It notes color variation stems from iris pigment and that the white sclera can be affected by illness or injury, including a bloodshot look.
A report to the Presbyterian general assembly in Melbourne recounts the Allan bequest committee’s discussion on sin. Students offered varied answers after the question what is the difference between original and actual sin, mixing biblical examples and interpretive notions.
Bunions require careful footwear and foot care. Wear seamless stockings and shoes with fine uppers, avoid heat, and change shoes often. Some relief comes from sweet oil or iodine, with cauterization as a last option. the procedure is briefly painful but provides lasting relief.
The article explains that the high seas mean open water beyond any country's civil jurisdiction, extending three miles from shore, and notes that even the Great Lakes fall outside this limit under the law of nations.
A restaurant proprietor explains a half hour wait to a guest due to a workers strike. The guest assumed a routine delay, unaware of the walkout affecting service at the establishment.
Advertisement offers the Des Moines Daily and Sunday News at 150 dollars yearly postage paid with 1.50 per year 100 for eight months 80 cents or 50 cents for three months. It claims to be the most complete Iowa newspaper and notes it is the only daily stopped when time runs out. Address The News Des Moines Iowa.
Loughran and Bauer promote Man-Er-Vine as a nerve tonic and blood purifier that strengthens nerves in worn out men and women, claiming it builds resilience like steel.
An illustrated thirty six page promotional booklet by Chicago and North Western Railway highlights the state’s scenic beauty and its commercial, industrial, and transportation advantages. The piece markets Pacific Coast travel to prospective visitors and offers the booklet for four cents postpaid to WB Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago. The ad concludes with a cattle proverb about seeing and herding.
The statement asserts that adhering to moral self discipline aligns actions and society. It emphasizes inner virtue guiding outward conduct to restore harmony and proper governance of personal and communal affairs.
They are pure, T. J. MILLER & Son.
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