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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
6
An advertising notice from The Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta Ga promotes Mother’s Friend of Druggists at $1.0 with express delivery on receipt of price and invites readers to write for testimonials and information about “Tree.”
A grocer offers Morne ae cane based beverage described as tasting like coffee yet non stimulant. Marketed as a health builder suitable for children and adults with benefits to nerves. Priced at 15 and 25 cents, costing about one quarter the price of coffee.
Railway timetable notes daily departures from Marshalltown to Des Moines and nearby stops. Trains feature free chair cars Pullman standard cars and dining cars on European plan. Agent J A Evans Marshalltown IA provides information.
A scrambled timetable lists trains east and west with times such as 8:00 am and 10:15 pm, naming services like Chicago Express Overland Limited and Dakota Express. It includes notes on baggage policy and passenger access, and ends with a signature line G. W. Rogers.
A humorous exchange recalls a vaunted joke about the end man and a small boy. Grier dismisses the tale as newly heard, while Frier counters that many others have heard it before yesterday.
A German project uses 250 miles of steel wire to form a flywheel with a 20 foot diameter. The item appears in a London Mail excerpt detailing industrial curiosity and technical scope.
Conversation from Chicago Tribune notes a shift in belief about Slasher. One speaker recalls claims of incurability and heavy smoking linked to a constant cough, while another mentions Sam's encouragement as the cough worsens.
The Chicago Great Western Railway promotes vacation travel with reduced rates to eastern and midwestern resorts including Niagara Falls Chau tauqua Lake Canada Michigan Minnesota the Northwest and Colorado. It offers homeseekers excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays in August September and October at about half fare for those visiting friends or seeking new locations.
The memorandum book contains a Cuba map, lists of U S and naval vessels, ship drawings, military terms, distances, ship and army commanders, and regimental data. It has 80 pages, pocket size, up to date. Send ten cents to Cons 8 Fer, General Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific, St Paul Minn, to obtain.
The readable fragment notes an event or rule set to take effect on December 19 1808. It mentions an action labeled eaten or beled ake re eene in error prone OCR text. No clear names or places are evident.
A notice invites carriage owners to request a free catalogue from the Elkhart Carriage Harness Mfg Co in Elkhart. The ad promotes harness and carriage savings and doubles the pleasure of driving with their products.
The Des Moines Leader has seen remarkable growth in the last three months, delivering news to Iowans that previously required eastern papers. The paper now supplies the people of Iowa with the news matter they formerly had to seek elsewhere.
Ad lists Black Minorcas Red Pile Games Pit Games and White Brahmas available for stock and egg sales. Includes various fowl breeds offered with noAdditional details provided.
The 898 edition of the Illinois Central Railway pamphlet has 264 pages and is rewritten with letters from northern farmers along the Central Railroad line in Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Lowes. It aims to provide homeseekers with reliable information on accessible prosperous parts of the south and offers free copies through J. F. Merry A. G. P Heel Iowa.
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