The Rural Delivery Horse and Its Caring Guide
At a Des Moines meeting W. J. Hoon of Ames touted the rural delivery horse as the core of the service. He urged endurance, medium size Morgan-type horses, thorough care, regular watering, feeding variety, and strict hoof maintenance to sustain eight thousand miles yearly and meet Uncle Sam’s seven o’clock starts.
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State Association of Rural Letter Carriers
Des Moines
W. 3. Hoon
Ames
Uncle Sam
RE. F. D
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Pills Ease Gripes
DeWitt's Little Early Risers claim to prevent sickness and gripe with small easy to take pills sold by C. A. Gamble. The ad emphasizes reliability and patient ease, presenting the product as a safe daily remedy available through Gamble's outlet.
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DeWitt
C. A. Gamble
Thrice-a-Week World offers combined Ames Intelligencer deal
The Thrice-a-Week World says its news service is thorough and impartial and promises full, prompt world coverage with markets, cartoons and fiction. A yearly subscription is $1 for 156 pages, with a combined offer for one year with The Ames Intelligencer at $1.75, compared to a separate $2.00 total.
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Ames Intelligencer
Jeffersons Rule on Eating In Heat Advised
An old quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson is highlighted to justify sparing meals in hot weather. The piece recommends Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia to aid digestion and notes it is sold by C. A. Gamble.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
C. A. Gamble
Dreaded Cyanide Crystals Tempt Chemists in Labs
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt quotes a chemist warning that cyanide or potassium cyanide can trigger a fatal compulsion to taste the crystals. The text notes deadly cases of young, prosperous men dying beside glittering white piles, leading many works to bar lone access to the cyanide area.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Sunday School Bribe Story from Chicago News
A mother questions her son about good behavior cards at Sunday school. The boy says he earned two by taking money given for the heathen and buying them from other boys, implying a stingy teacher.
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Harold
Chicago News
Getting Ready for School Mothers Help Child and Teacher
The article advises mothers to prepare children for school with ample clothing and supplies. Emphasis on home made aprons with pockets, neat book covers, a sturdy tote for books, and personalized items for ownership. It suggests noiseless slates, proper slates with frames, a small wastebasket, desk pad, and a folded desk shelf to reduce noise and damage in busy classrooms.
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Johnny
Jenny
Boarding School Outfit For Attractive Comforts At Home Away
The article lists practical comforts for boarding school students especially girls and older girls. Items include chafing dish or alcohol lamp for hot drinks, smoothing irons operable by electric light, hot water bag, draperies for decor, framed portraits of home folks, and a folding rocker to ease the transition and aid study.
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A&s AU Rela Dwight
Capers Use and Varieties in Culinary Practice
Capers are unexpanded flower buds of Capparis spinosa pickled with vinegar and used in restaurants. The shrub grows in the Mediterranean, with pinkish white flowers and ovate leaves. In commerce buds are graded nonpareil superfine fine capucin and capot by harvest time and value.
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Sicily
France
Steward’s Bulletin
Death by Imagination Ends Payne Knight
The article details the death of Payne Knight who, suffering long and seeking release, used prussic acid to end his misery. He prepared the deadly dose, raised the glass to his lips, and died before a single drop entered his mouth. The piece notes his name is linked to a notable bequest of coins bronzes and gems to the British Museum.
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Payne Knight
British Museum
London
The Dead Monkey
An account from James Forbes describes a shooting party killing a female monkey and the surrounding tribe’s reaction. The alpha male pleaded with gestures for the body before it was returned, prompting witnesses to vow never again to shoot a monkey.
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James Forbes
Polite German Worker Responds With Classic Quip
A Germantown woman questions window fixtures set too high as a workman quietly continues. She demands an answer and accuses him of rudeness. He replies in gentle tones that he cannot speak because his mouth is full of shrews and must swallow first.
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Harper’s Weekly
Greyhound Speed Among Four Footed Animals
Experiments show the greyhound is the fastest four footed animal. At full gallop it covers twenty yards per second about a mile in one minute twenty eight seconds, a pace nearly equal to a carrier pigeon.
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Curry
Ayer
TT Swell
Mac
Mate
J.cayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Brussels
W. CG FG
Ames, Ia
J. J.grove
Iowa
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