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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
3
An editorial warns consumers against stores offering substitutes to Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It argues that advertised reputation implies merit and that sellers pushing alternatives are fraudulently profiting from credulity. It urges caution and notes Cascarets are sold only in metal boxed packaging stamped with the brand.
Homeseekers excursions occur every first and third Tuesday in June July and August with one fare plus 2 00 round trip to southern states including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas Return validity twenty one days from sale Stopovers allowed in Homeseekers Territory New wide vestibuled train Chicago to Waco and Fort Worth Texas departs daily 1 50 P M Through Pullman Sleeping Cars and Free Reclining Chair Cars Contact any agent or C L Stone G P and T A Chicago
The note urges readers to consider buying land along the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line in Marinette county Wisconsin. It promotes cheap land, long-term payments, a good climate and markets, and soft water. Call C. E. Rollins land agent at 161 La Salle Chicago for details.
One night trips from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via the Great Rock Island Route depart August 21 September 4 and 18 at 445 PM. Excursion fares from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah are $2.00 round trip with return by October 1 1900. Tickets valid on regular trains too. Berth reservations and the book Colorado the Magnificent are available free from John Sebastian G P A.
The J. & Macvine Medicine Company of St. Louis boasts seventy years of service with no failures. Their Benne Plant and Cundurango products are household names sold in all druggists. A free booklet offers guidance against pathos Dy sentery or Cholera Morbus and guarantees accompany every medicine.
Prepared by THE J. & C. MAGUIRE MEDICINE CO., 8ST. LOUIS, MO.
Washington reports that the US will not enter negotiations on a Chinese settlement until Beijing meets prior demands. The note reiterates protection for ministers, free dispatch, and restored order, with Li Hung Chang named envoy to seek immediate cessation of hostilities.
Every cavalry regiment now has two waterproof canvas boats that fold when unused. Each boat accommodates six to eight men, and two boats lashed as a raft support 25 to 27 hundredweight.
A reflective note on Chinese dinners, seen as pleasant mainly in memory. It contrasts simple meals with lavish displays, rich floral decorations, and unique customs, while deeming many edible offerings inedible.
A well-dressed man posed as an agent for a Chicago based farmers supply outfit, taking advance payments and promising 25 to 75 percent discounts. He worked near Radcliffe until exposed when a customer demanded a refund after learning no such company existed. Several hundred dollars were lost in total.
Iowa Anti-Saloon League secured evidence against violators and filed suits in Newton and nearby towns. The Adams Express Company was tried before Judge Clements, found guilty of violating the prohibitory law by handling C.O.D. liquor shipments, and fined $400.
Charles F. Clark of Cesar Rapids sues in U S courts at Des Moines seeking an injunction to stop the county treasurer and auditor from granting a title to property sold for taxes under special assessments. The suit questions the validity of Iowa special assessment laws and argues the taxes are illegal for not proportioning to benefits to the owner.
The ad asserts that improvements in society drive change from candles and wheels to engines and autos. It claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has sold for over fifty years, proving its value for stomach and liver trouble and dyspepsia as Nature's own remedy.
Bronson discusses the brutal realities of war and the survivor’s gaze. He cites daily journal readings and asks what readers know about the horrors endured by soldiers and civilians alike.
Do your feet ache and burn in tight shoes Allen's Foot Ease powder calms sore burning feet. Eases itching corns and swelling and stops sweating. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. 25 cents sample sent free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A dated humor item contrasts a medical student with an old doctor. The doctor jokes that women are acceptable as physicians while noting they yield two thirds of the income, reflecting period attitudes.
An old Boston Tran script style advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement promotion and gentle liver and kidney action. It asserts health through peace and cites cures for headache with prices at 25 and 50 cents.
A historical ad promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Drugstores offer a refund if the remedy fails to cure. The advertisement notes a 25 cent price.
A collection of fragmented quotations and ad-like lines appears, including notes on love’s benefactions predestined by divine goodness, a dubious credit purchasing excuse, a wordplayquiring exchange about postmasters, and a mock dye advertisement claiming simple success with Persam Fapeness Dyes sold by druggists.
A reflective note asks what profit remains when a man wins the jackpot yet faces a defeat in the following day’s horse races. The piece meditates on luck, risk, and the volatile nature of betting outcomes.
A fragment notes that chewing serves as a thirst suppressant and identifies a central component of the product marketed as Yucatan Gum. The text presents a brief, generic reference without additional details or context.
In the Indianapolis News a reader notes that the phrase partition of China is not equivalent to the Great Wall. The comment contrasts political division with a monumental wall and suggests careful language.
An old newspaper brief presents Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy priced at 75 cents. A quip claims a man saves money by telling his wife how to economize, featuring a playful nod to Arkansaw Thomas Cat.
A short letter from Wm. O. Endsley of Van Buren Indiana dated February 10 1900 extols Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung affections. The page also quotes a Boston Transcript line advising to reduce friction rather than fight it.
Advert says the remedy helps women maintain figure and facial freshness by supporting female health through natural crises. It cites letters from women published in the paper as testimonial.
Rev Zachary Taylor Queen of Mystic was jailed in Centerville on bigamy charges from his alleged son but has been released. He returns home with the woman in question whose husband he claimed to be. No one pursued the case further, the woman never testified, and the son reportedly disappeared.
A Waterloo man devised a plan using rats and a ferret to lay telephone cables. Rats were released in a 700 foot conduit with a cord attached to the ferret. The chase ended with the rat emerging into daylight just ahead of the restrained ferret.
A promotional appeal extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap land, healthful climate, abundant churches and schools. It invites readers to request information on The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country and to take advantage of cheap excursion tickets on the Chicago and Northwestern to tour Nebraska, with details from P. S. Eustis, General Passenger Agent.
Col. Thomas Wilson presented the Town state historical department with a classified set of European prehistoric archaeological specimens. The collection is labeled to show chronologically the origin of man and the advancement of civilization across the countries represented.
The article notes Winfield residents celebrate Mark Derby owned by Tip Johnson after recent wins in Davenport and Hedrick. Derby, hailed as the state’s fastest pacer, is greeted by the Winfield military band as he tours the principal streets at 2:10? and 2209?14.
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