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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
7
A Times observer quotes an educated young American purist who states Americans express their life as strenuous by saying Americans do everything rashly. The remark highlights a view of American vigor and haste.
Ad for a cold remedy promises cure in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25e.
Johnny notes Jimmy accepts the new job despite pay hours and workload. The quotation reflects Glasgow social commentary on labor conditions and personal attitudes toward employment.
A reader credits Piso's Cure for Comenguen with saving her life three years ago in Warwick. The note is dated February 17, 1900, and ends with a streetwise aphorism about pride and being walked on.
A brief rail advertisement notes the Overland Limited runs daily from Chicago to the coast on the Union Pacific and North Western lines. It includes a midcentury promotional voice and phrases about high status and dye brands, concluding with a social quip from Town Topics.
Des Moines reports state fruit crops at partial yields but expected high prices with grape prospects helping. Iowa livestock conditions improve with rabies rare and TB controlled. inspections aim to prevent spread at state fair. Plans for a Home for Deserted Wives in Des Moines, a Knoxville facility review, and a state manufacturers’ conference at the Des Moines fair are noted, along with civic and political appointments and upcoming stock shows.
Professor P G Holden of Ames Agricultural College leads a drive with the Iowa Corn Growers Association to boost yields by uniform seed size and deliberate planting. A $450 trophy for the best Holden method results stands in as incentive, and studies show Iowa averages could rise from 35 to 50 bushels per acre with full stand.
A Minnesota saleswoman praises Peruna for easing daily mucus loss and pelvic catarrh symptoms after long hours on her feet. The endorsement extends to Congressman Mark H Dunnell who calls Peruna a tonic aiding physical recuperation. Readers are invited to write Dr. Hartman for free medical advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
Special correspondence from Nelson Howell, a farmer near Cumming, describes a clock regulated endless cable mail system. Mail bags along the line deliver to homes by automatic devices, weather and roads not hindering, at low cost. Howell holds patents and the US government is examining the invention. he operates an eighty-rod plant on his farm and reports perfect operation.
William Larson of Marshalltown rode a fast mail train to Cedar Rapids. The east bound engine struck a herd of four steers near Belle Plaine, killing them. Larson was pulled from the pilot severely injured with head and body bloodied, ankle sprained, and he crawled away on crutches.
Captain Hobson spoke to about 2,000 people at Clear Lake, delivering "The United States as a World Power." That evening he gave a second address, "The United States as a Missionary Nation." Since February he has given 161 lectures and traveled 5,000 miles.
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