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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1894
Page
3
A humorous dialogue sketches voices from Amusing Fancies with quips about a voice like mine and a whist party. Gossiping entries note Mrs. Wabash's three husbands and a brisk kirk anecdote about an old Scotch woman stepping to the pulpit.
The article argues memory persists after left brain damage, suggesting right brain houses memory. It cites Lieutenant Brady after a gunshot wound, who afterward forgot Black associates but restored recognition of white colleagues, indicating selective amnesia.
The piece promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for many ailments including Bright's disease diabetes and bladder trouble by stressing early symptom awareness. It claims the tonic prevents progression and also treats constipation liver complaints malaria rheumatic pain and general debility.
A garbled excerpt presents a heated exchange with a large speaker asking about the taste of food compared to a servant's prior cooking, followed by an evasive reply. The fragment ends abruptly, leaving the context and identities unclear.
Des Moines ticket sales publicized for Wabash home seekers' trips to Indian Territory and Oklahoma with dates November 6 and 20. Information available at 220 Fourth Street, Des Moines. Horace Seely, Commercial Agent. 8 W. Flint, City Ticket Agent. Additional ads reference a Lone Star state promotion and a Venus Sukkar note.
Knowledge about Syrup of Figs highlights its pure liquid laxative action improving health and easing colds headaches fevers and constipation. It claims to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and notes medical approval and wide satisfaction. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package and warns against substitutes.
The article recounts a Dieppe spree of grisly killings linked to a single killer Jacques Reynauld. It describes the dawn crowd at the guillotine in Dieppe, the detective work tracing two Rue des Armes and Rue Grellard murders, and a widow Beaumaurice who aids the arrest. It ends with an eyewitness note about white bats observed during a vacation.
Estimates vary from twenty to seventy percent of blindness attributed to negligence by midwives and others after birth. The blindness in these cases is declared absolutely preventable by at least two simple means.
A compilation of scattered facts and anecdotes from different eras. Topics include French cavalry, Dresden, Pittsburg occupation start date, asparagus as old edible plant, ancient Athens board cost, rubber and gutta percha, Irish land reclamation, Constantinople cold, New Orleans San Francisco train, US pig iron production, moving a house in Seattle Olympia, Tappan church anniversary, Montana horse thief case, imperial strangulation method in China, Vermont governor plans regional staff purchases.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured except by constitutional remedies. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urging readers to send for free circulars. It lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and Hall's Family Pills.
The notice advertises Santa Fe route Home Seekers' Excursions to Kansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas Colorado on December 18 with round trip tickets at reduced rates. Readers are urged to contact the nearest Santa Fe route agent or A Higgins Chicago for full details.
Professor Peal described to the Asiatic society that Nagas on the Assam border justify head hunting by taunts from women. Un tattooed men respond by killing, with about half the trophies being women or children. In a twenty mile square area, over forty years more than twelve thousand murders occurred for these ghastly trophies.
The Viscaya, a belted cruiser built for the Spanish Navy at Bilbao, reached 13.6 knots in trials under natural draught. The Bilbao yard sits in a highly favorable position for receiving raw ore and turning out fully equipped warships.
A helmet diver reportedly reached 201 feet, exceeding the 150 foot safety limit for underwater diving work, using a helmet apparatus rather than a diving bell. The report notes the diver descended using a rig associated with Sims.
William L. Douglas, president of the Monteiro Brockton plant, has issued free medical attendance cards to every employee. He champions employer employee cooperation and arbitration, hoping to reduce labor conflicts and prove bosses are friends.
A deacon presses a young man about admitting to winning a hat in an election. The spry youth confirms the outcome and denies gambling, insisting he was certain of the result.
The Burlington Route offers Personally Conducted Excursions to California for moderate budgets. From Ohio Wednesdays and Omaha Thursdays, through cars to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Second class tickets accepted, $600 from Chicago or $5.00 from Omaha for a double berth. Route visits Scenic Line of the World via Denver Salt Lake City and Sacramento. contact Burli Fairfield Ottumwa Albia Osceola Afton or Omaha. J Francis General Agent Omaha ep.
A concise moral observation contrasts true integrity with those who appear honest yet are shaped by legal constraints and penalties. The saying underscores skepticism toward outward virtue and invites reflection on character and justice.
A Burlington advertisement touts a daily Omaha departure for Helena Bute Anaconda Spokane Seattle Tacoma and Portland via the New Short Line. It claims fastest service to Montana or the Pacific Coast and urges travel westward with the Burlington Route. Francis, Gen Pass Agt Omaha invites inquiries.
A garbled quip filled with old patent medicine lines and aphorisms. It mentions Piso's Remedy for Catarrh and Camphor with Glycerine, cites L C Johnston of Iola Texas dated June 24 1891, and ends with a wry remark about happy women and nations.
A mix of curious facts and notes from 72 A D cloaks to aviation hopes. Items include Charlemagne paying seven dollars for shoes, a 92 year old Boston widow dying by gas inhalation, Chicago university with nearly half women, and six larger buildings than Texas capitol.
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