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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
1
A historical advertisement promises reliable service and excellent value from a grocery store. It emphasizes fairness, a wide selection of quality goods, substantial savings for holiday trade, and debt-free credit practices to avoid losses. The copy urges customers to visit and compare prices.
In an Italian theater a king faces a blank throne speech. The chancellor reads the empty roll, the king signals a plan, and the chancellor resigns after admitting he cannot read the speech. The royal gesture ends with the official departing.
An elderly New Hampshire man delivers a wed ding speech with pathos and humor. He tells guests that his wife’s successor is a stranger in town and asks the women to help the bride feel at home, noting he misses his first wife, especially at such moments.
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows a bride arguing with a post office clerk over stamping and charging letters to Mr Newliwed. The clerk refuses, sparking the bride’s protest that her husband’s credit and their habit of using the service should allow the charge.
A short humorous fragment from the Indianapolis Press notes the rich have troubles and recalls a personal anecdote about moving items between two pairs of pants, with a wry line on the labor of changes.
A Belgian farmer left quicklime near a shed and let rain heat it overnight. The resulting heat ignited the shed, starting a fire. The article also discusses hollow bones in birds and a lighthearted look at odd insurance schemes from the London Mail.
The text argues that tall men often have disproportionate bodies and fatigue more quickly. It notes they tend to drop out during long marches unless they have well knit frames. It concludes that soldiers between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 or 9 inches are typically best able to bear life’s strain.
The Farmers' Cooperative Association operates a farmer's exchange and general real estate business, negotiates farm loans and writes insurance, and handles grain, farm produce, coal, farm supplies, Chautauquan literature, chemical fire extinguishers, and electrical conductors on buildings.
An advertisement sequence features DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills praised for being non gippy and Foley's Kidney Cure promoted for kidney disease. Claims include guaranteed relief and encouragement for the discouraged. Also cited are E F Kistner and M Jay Adams & Co with New Buckwheat flour at Bradley & White's.
A downtown night wanderer finds jelly locked up by his mother but breaks the guard and discovers soft soap in the jelly jar. In near darkness he spreads it on bread, savoring until the joke lands with a cheeky twist from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Poultry buyers announce readiness to purchase all kinds of poultry at highest market price starting Monday November 19. Also notices offer baths at O K Barbershop Sundays, employment ads for crayon drawing training, Des Moines portraits studio, and Wing's Model Laundry lace curtain cleaning.
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